Portable Signs and Banners
Want portable signs for your church? I've googled this for two weeks now. Finally got some great answers.
Signicades seem to be the easiest, most portable option. You can't buy direct from the manufacturer and most distributers are wholesalers who only sell to sign companies. I even told her I might re-sell them to churches....nope, couldn't buy them from her.
Finally, Sign Warehouse came through for me. I await for my six signicades to arrive, at the best price I could find on the web (about $60 each). A local decal making company will create the lettering, our logo and directional arrows. I cut out the middle man for the sign cost, and am keeping my design local (to ensure it is correct). It also lets me tell more people in our city about our church, "which is now meeting at Carmike Cinema..."
Signicades are hollow plastic boards, which lock out into an a-frame like sandwich boards. Plasticades (the brand) come in a variety of sizes. Our are the largest, 46inh x 36inw. You can fill with sand or water improve stability in wind. Drop them as you drive through the path to your church entrance, fold up and stack them as you leave. When your application sticker or lettering gets worn, you can purchase sign fronts as well with special fasteners. Or, use velcro and create interchangeable banners to stick onto the signs (not really our favorite option).
We also had to create a lightweight, yet large sign for a high traffic, 40-50 mph street, to tell them we are now at the Carmike. A 4x6 double banner sewn together like a pillowcase will slip over a pvc pipe frame, with 5 ft legs on each side for stability. Yellow with blue lettering (blue matches our logo colors) stands out the best (black and yellow is standard advice for street signs). We'll sandbag the legs to keep the banner upright in high wind. Ask me in a few weeks how it really works with our Indiana winds...
No more 6 foot wooden plywood a-frame signs to lug to the street corner.... I'm eying those to saw into panels for our new equipment carts...
