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Retro Pin-Up Girl Decor

May 11, 2022Pin-Up Girlsjackandfriends

Nothing speaks of American history more than the pin-up girl does. Featured in most product advertisements in the 1940’s, 50’s, and even the early 60’s, the original pin-up girl was Fernande Berry and her images date back to World War I. Pin-up girls have always been the epitome of the kind of girl that men wanted, who women wanted to be, and it was an effective tool to sell everything from calendars to gasoline. Any retro or vintage enthusiast would love to have a metal sign with a pin-up girl to add to their collection. It’s simply a fun way to decorate any space!

The Days of the Cheesecake Photos Are Back!

There’s just something nice about the image of a beautiful, shapely woman that is scantily clad. These images, which are sometimes called “cheesecake photos,” are a tribute to the beautiful women that around us each and every day. These images, which were often based on photographs of actual models in similar poses, were often a way to remember that special girl back home, awaiting the safe return. Though some may see pin-up girls as a demeaning representation of the female form, the intent of these images has always been to honor it in some way.

You can honor your favorite girl with one of these amazing vintage metal signs featuring the classic cheesecake photographs for products, services, and other forms of advertising today. Which one of these vintage tin signs is the right one for you?

Vintage Pin-Up Girls Are For Any Occasion

The beautiful thing about pin-up girls on a vintage metal sign is that they come in just about every version of Americana that you can dream up. This gives you the perfect opportunity to compliment any look for your home, add a memorable piece of flair to your business, or simply create that perfect space where you can sit back, relax, and remember the best of days. Our pin-up girls on metal signs come in:

vintage product advertisements,
military promotional items,
service industry signs, such as gas stations and garages, and
postage stamp replicas.

Whether you prefer blondes, brunettes, or redheads, there’s a perfect pin-up girl just waiting for you. From pin-ups posing on muscle cars to a lucky lass with a pint, you can see the nostalgia in every single image available on our metal signs. Discover your newest wall decoration today!

A Man Cave Deserves a Beautiful Woman

There is no more perfect decoration for the modern man cave than a vintage pin-up girl. These women pose with awesome cars, favorite brands, and are even wrapped up in the American flag for a touch of patriotic flair. Each model brings with her a certain personality that is on display, letting you create the character and ambiance you want for your man cave at an affordable price. All of the tin signs featuring pin-up models are authentic replications of the original cheesecake photographs that were used in marketing purposes decades ago.

Who says you have to be your grandfather to appreciate a beautiful pin-up model?

Vintage Metal Signs Are Easy To Install

Maybe the best part about investing into vintage metal signs is that they are incredibly easy to install. Have you ever invested into some wall art that you had to hang with two nails, perfectly level, and perfectly spaced apart? Even with the right tools, that can be a difficult task to accomplish! With our pin-up girls available in a wide variety of themes and styles, you’ll be able to create the customized look for your garage, bathroom, den, restaurant, workshop, and other location quickly, easily, and afford-ably with these stunning metal signs. Drilled and riveted for easy hanging, you can have the perfect image at an incredibly affordable price… right now!

Pin-Up Girls Add a Level of Vintage Sophistication

Beyond the advantage of having beautiful women displayed prominently in your home or business, vintage metal signs with pin-up girls bring a level of sophistication to any environment. You can add a level of nostalgia that is second to none. You can create talking pieces that will spur engaging conversations. You’ll help take people back to a different time, a different place, and even different life circumstances and create a positive home or customer experience. That’s why pin-up girls add a level of vintage sophistication to whatever environment they happen to be in.

Permanence Through Sublimation

How are our vintage metal signs with pin-up girls made so that they are such a durable, almost permanent fixture within the home? It starts through the use of high grade American steel that is durable and reliable because without a proper foundation, a metal sign is essentially worthless. Upon that foundation, an image is placed on a sign thanks to a process called “sublimation.” This means the image on the sign is actually baked onto it through a powder coating. Each sign is then given a vintage appearance by hand, giving that aesthetically appealing retro appearance even though it is a brand new sign. Perfect for indoors, these signs are not designed to defeat the outdoor elements. If you want a pin-up girl, there’s no easier way to get one than this!

Are You Ready For Your Own Pin-Up Girls?

The best part about the pin-up girls on our vintage metal signs is that they are completely affordable. They make the perfect gift… and don’t forget about giving yourself a gift as well! Each pin-up girl sign is handmade in the USA, features materials crafted in the USA, and is a perfect representation of what modern Americana is all about. If you are looking for that perfect image to compliment your home or business, consider the variety and beauty that these pin-up girls could bring your walls today.

Make ‘Em Laugh with a Humorous Sign

June 9, 2018Funny Tin Signsjackandfriends

Who says that artwork has to be serious? While there are definitely settings where you want to have a retro sign make a serious or stylish statement, there’s nothing wrong with injecting a little humor into your decor. There are many places where humorous signs made of tin are great additions to the overall look of the room, including:

– Kitchens – A funny sign in the kitchen will be viewed frequently by friends and family and can be a fun conversation piece when new people are visiting.

– Dens and Game rooms – In the spaces where you relax and unwind, a retro sign that makes a funny statement can add to the carefree feel of the room.

– Garages and Workshops – Even if you enjoy spending time under the hood of your car or working on a project, there are always times when the work can become frustrating and you’d appreciate the comic relief of a retro sign.

– Vacation Houses, Cabins and Lodges – Retro signs are great additions to second homes or vacation properties where you arrive feeling in a good mood and are ready to laugh and enjoy some fun.

– Offices and Cubicles – Everyone needs a little comic relief at work from time to time. The right choice of humorous sign can make coworkers and even your boss chuckle.

– Waiting Areas – In businesses with waiting areas or in spots where people must line up to wait for service, humorous signs can be an icebreaker.

There are many different types of humorous signs from those that feature clever quips to those that are sarcastic to those that are a little or a lot naughty. When you’re considering retro signs with humorous artwork or messages, make sure you consider your audience. In some places, it may be okay to push the envelope and be a little risqué, but you don’t want to risk offending anyone. Shop our huge selection of humorous signs to find the perfect style for your space.

Retro Garage Signs Bring a Sense of Nostalgia

June 1, 2018Automotive Signsautomotive signs, garage signsjackandfriends

If you’re looking for the perfect gift, then a retro garage sign from the days gone by can often leave the lasting impression that you want. Nostalgia is bigger than ever these days as even the youngest generation is exploring what life used to be like for their grandparents, great-grandparents, and beyond. With retro metal signs that can quickly add a nostalgic atmosphere to any garage, workshop, or game room, you can give the perfect vintage, personalized gift that your friends or loved ones will greatly treasure. What sign would be the right one for you today?

Classic Signs Make Your House a Home

The decorations of a house are what really make it a home. With classic vintage cars on a retro garage sign, you’ll be able to communicate your personality in an aesthetically pleasing way. Automotive signs have always been part of American society since Henry Ford first invented the automobile. With the wide open spaces that the roads of the United States connect, everyone loves the nostalgia that a classic vehicle on a road trip can provide.

It’s not just an automobile on a sign that speaks of this part of Americana. There are a number of other symbols that are part of this fascination with cars, open roads, and endless blue skies:

gas stations and/or gas pumps,
advertisements for classic vehicle products,
Highway 66 signs,
retro mechanic signs, and even
classic automobile pin-ups.

With metal signs coming in many different sizes, shapes, and images, you can select the perfect retro garage sign that will make a lasting impression today! Why not support your preferred brand loyalty for the automotive industry with an incredible, yet affordable, retro metal sign that will work anywhere within your home?

Why Give the Gift of a Retro Metal Sign?

There’s a number of reasons why a metal sign makes the perfect gift. Unlike a photograph that could yellow and age, metal signs remain timeless as long as they are hung in dry, climate-controlled environment. Like a photograph, however, these retro metal signs have the ability to communicate on a personal level to anyone who sees the image. It could be that moment when someone fell in love, that first time driving in a car, or that favorite road trip that changed a life that these beautiful signs can help to memorialize. In many ways, retro garage signs are simply a creative and unique way to express who you happen to be. That’s why it makes such a great gift… even if you’re just giving it to yourself!

You Really Can Find the Perfect Retro Garage Sign!

The retro garage signs that you’ll find here run the entire gambit of preference and taste. From classic car designs to that one piece to finish off a vintage collection, these metal signs will definitely make someone the envy of their friends when they see it hanging up. Our unique vintage signs speak to a higher level of quality and service than you’ll find in other metal signs. Created with love and care, we provide these personalized signs because we understand what these images really can mean to you.

Retro Garage Signs Aren’t Just For the Home

Because these retro garage signs make such a lasting impression, they make for the perfect addition to any business. Maybe you’ve got a restaurant that has an automotive theme – a personalized metal sign with your business name and a classic car design can help make that critical first impression on a new customer that will have them coming back time and again. Vintage metal signs in a bar can create the perfect atmosphere for your establishment. You can even use these stunning signs for school as an educational experience about what life was like!

Mechanics, gas stations, can all benefit from what these signs can do to create a relationship with a customer. Why not try hanging up one of our highly affordable retro metal signs today to see what a positive memory could do to help your business out?

Retro Garage Signs Are Perfect For Older Clientele!

If the people who tend to visit your business are of the older variety, they will appreciate the nod toward nostalgia you have created with your business. They’ll appreciate the dramatic statement you are making in representing your unique preferences for certain automative brands or products. You might even get into a healthy debate about why you don’t support someone else’s preferred brands! This kind of atmosphere is what will lead to better sales because people will feel welcomed because they believe you are in touch with what they want.

In some ways, by using your brand loyalties on retro garage signs, you’ll be building your own brand loyalty for future business.

These Metal Signs Come in a Variety of Shapes and Sizes

The unique nature of the signs of the days gone by are that they communicated a subtle message to people through their unique shape. An advertisement for a can of motor oil, for example, would actually be shaped like a can of motor oil! This would help customers remember the advertisement when they saw the product on the shelf.

Our retro garage signs replicate this old school marketing style by incorporating the unique shapes and designs that these signs sometimes had. You’ll find metal signs shaped like tractor trailers, lighthouses, highway markers, and even spark plugs! When you combine the product message you select with the shape of the product in your home or business, you’ve got a memorable piece of artwork that will bring back memories… guaranteed.

You Can Even Remember Lost Logos

We all have a unique relationship and loyalty to specific products. A modern example of this is people who loyally drink Pepsi instead of Coca-Cola, or vice-versa. Though certain products, businesses, or logos sometimes cease to exist, our memories of the good times we had using those items will never go away. You can stir up those good times once again with a retro garage sign that incorporates those lost logos because let’s face it – those items really helped to make us the people we are today. Now you can display your loyalty once again proudly and affordable with one of our unique sign designs!

You Can Even Achieve That Vintage Look with a New Sign!

The whole purpose of using the term “vintage” is that it communicates a second-hand nature. You’d go to a vintage clothing store to purchase previously worn clothing. So how can you purchase a brand new vintage sign? It all starts with the design process.

We take the classic image that you want for your brand new sign. You can then choose to have the image be clean cut and perfect for an amazing decoration or advertisement. You could also choose to have the sign designed to have “rusted” corners and edges to give it that aesthetic vintage appeal that old signs have for so many people. Are they actually rusted? Of course not! But they look like it and that’s what matters for most people.

How Much Would You Spend For a Great Memory?

Many people go out to eat during a special event or occasion. For less than the price of dinner for the average couple, you could give someone [or yourself!] a gift that can truly keep on giving every time it is looked upon. Hot rod signs, gas signs, oil signs, and even Busted Knuckle signs are all available to order, right now, and they all depict the history of the advertisements that make Americana such an explosive collector’s field right now. Be part of the time honored tradition of displaying your preferred parts and products in your garage, home, or business today. Not only will this be a treasured gift or a lasting first impression, a retro garage sign has the durability to last for a lifetime. Select your favorite one today!