Fire your vinyl sign maker, and paint one yourself!

Okay, that might not always be so easy, but you have to admit that hand painted signs have a wonderful charm. Even when they are done poorly!

Below are some of the hand painted signs from around our little town of Carrboro, NC, although one is a tag that I thought was hilarious, and another is of some old vinyl letters that are slowly peeling off of the side of a building. The crinkling paper-like quality of the aging vinyl wins my vote, and thus is allowed in to this gallery. If you have any links to hand painted signs, feel free to add them in the comments, I would love to see some from near where you live. (Is it me or am I beginning to sound a bit like Mr. Rogers?)

Tacos

Shrimp

El Futuro

Oddities

Nomadic Carpets

Huggins Hardware

The Douglas Building

Clown on Black Sign

Clown on Silver Sign

Call in SickCliff’s Meat Market

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