Ordering a custom word art picture as a gift is a bit of a winner to be honest. They make ideal personalised presents for birthdays, weddings and anniversaries, not to mention Christmas, Christenings, engagements and retirements. Whoever you give it to will love it. Really love it. They might even cry. And you'll find you really enjoy making the list of words about them - adjectives to describe them, places they've been, family names, pets' names, cars they've owned, things they say - endless possibilities. You might start off thinking you know nothing but it all comes to you. The middle of the night is my bright spark time. And I love making them, no two ever come out the same because the lists are all different and different fonts and colours mean that every custom order is absolutely unique. Prices for custom orders start at €70. As I said, they're a bit of a winner. Enjoy browsing them here and there's a separate tab on how to order one.
Please note that the last date for placing a custom order for 2021 is the 15th October.
Please note that the last date for placing a custom order for 2021 is the 15th October.
An Irish Dancer
An image with lots of movement for a woman who inspired and taught many over a lot of years. Names, dates, places and adjectives can all go in to these personalised word art gifts. A unique and memorable retirement gift.
Let's mix things up a bit -
For the baker in your life, show them you can whip up a thing or two yourself.
Sew Beautiful
Given to a school secretary who was leaving to set up her own quilting business, this picture was filled with words by friends who will miss her but wish her all the very best in her exciting new venture. Word art retirement gifts are very popular as they can be given along side a cheque and they are a personal piece which the recipient will love. If you'd like to order a retirement gift just come up with a list of words, contact me Susan Brambell here at The Word Bird in Greystones Co Wicklow, and I'll do the rest.
The Classic Love Heart
You really can't beat it, I come back to it time and time again as the classic shape which holds its words brilliantly. Ideally suited for presents celebrating engagements, weddings, family and friendships. Different fonts and colours can be chosen or you can just let me do my thing - it's a pleasure to work on a piece of word art for you either way.
Mam custom word art heart - what's not to love?
It can be hard to tell your mam what she means to the family, but it's easy to show her with a custom word art picture from The Word Bird.
Family Heart Word Art
All the people, pets, places and things that a family loves. This word art heart is a lovely one to make up for your own family involving the children in the choosing of the words and colours.
Wedding Mementos
This was a lovely idea that the bride to be came up with. She had hearts made up with all the details of the day to be given to the mothers of the bride and the groom as a keepsake. So lovely.
Ring The Changes
Mark and remember all the details leading up to when the question got popped by filling a ring for your friend or your soon to be other half. This lovely word art picture celebrates a couple and their engagement in a unique and memorable way.
Something's cooking....
This one was given to an Avoca chef as a unique retirement gift; his work colleagues chose a saucepan shape for the word art and filled it for him with words relating to him and some of his utterances!
A Hero's Helmet.
This is a silhouette that conjures respect the second you see it. Given as a Father's Day gift, these children gave this surprise to their dad, their hero. The personalised word art gift I heard later went down a treat and has been a treasured piece in his home ever since.
Let's Celebrate!
This commission got the celebrations off with a bang. The cork flying out of the champagne bottle word art was the suggestion of the girl who ordered it and it worked out really well. Love this one. There is plenty of room in this shape for lots and lots of personalised details about the recipient, their interests, where they've travelled, their hobbies etc. It is such a unique gift and it's a lot of fun making the list too.
The Poolbeg Towers
by The Word Bird
How about this one for a Dubliner away from home? It needs lots of words and over 80 single ones just to make the Poolbeg Towers, but it's a great visual piece to give someone. The Pigeon House at the bottom holds some phrases making this piece of personalised word art a unique and memorable Irish gift.
Square Custom Word Art by The Word Bird
School secretaries are right up there at the top of the tree of people we love and need. And when they leave it's a struggle to find a gift that conveys what they mean to us. These pictures managed to do just that.
Hen Party Word Art Gift
When elegance is what you think of when you think of the girl about to get wed, then this is the perfect shape for the perfect present -
Gifts for Golfers
A perfect hole in one for a golf loving woman, this is a gift she'll never tire of looking at.
There really is something for everyone with a word art gift. Choose from the crouching golfer or the one in full swing.
There is no better friend than a sister....
This beautifully compiled list of words must have made one twin sister well up! For her 40th birthday her sister gave her a silhouette symbolizing their love, sisterhood and friendship filled with words for those in multiple languages including Irish, Japanese and Maori. It expresses its intent eloquently and looked very elegant in the dark gold, brown and navy times chosen by the customer. It's the first time I'd used Japanese characters in a word cloud and they are stunning in there.
Never Lego of me
Given as an original and unique wedding gift to a Lego mad couple who celebrated their wedding day in the most colourful and fun way imaginable. Even their wedding cake was lego themed. Word art works very well with instantly recognisable shapes and these lego characters worked superbly.
P..pick up a Penguin
Oh I am showing my age with that caption! This word filled penguin was given to a penguin loving mum from all of her children.
Teacher's Gifts
Word art pictures are a super present for teachers whether from an individual or from the whole class. All the memories of what has been learned, activities and trips can go into a shape that you think the teacher will enjoy.
The Tree of Names - School Gift
The Tree of Names is a perfect end of year teacher present or a class present for 6th class students at the end of their time in primary school. It's a lovely way for the teacher to remember any of the classes they have taught or for the outgoing 6th to have a visual reminder of the friends and peers they spent up to eight years with. Available framed or mounted.
Apple for the teacher
Another idea for the end of year present for the teacher. All the children's names can go into the apple, as well as some of the activities they've enjoyed together.
Customised martini glass for the glam gal
This shape is great for a personalised gift, it can hold a fair few phrases and still has room for lots of single words. It conjures up memories of all the good times spent sipping a cocktail while dolled up to the nines too.
The Pink Elephant
I'm sure that was the name of a bar or a club back in the day. The 80s day. Anyway this pretty little Ellie was made up with love and given to Abbie.
Custom Word Art Star by The Word Bird
I love the star shape for custom word art gifts for both children and adults.
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Gift Ideas for Cyclists
The racing bike silhouette is great fun to make with words and can be the perfect present for someone who is mad about their bike. It works best in the bigger size rectangle, the 16 x 21" with lots of single and two word things on the list. It's just fab.
A Tree of Pride of Place....
Made up of words chosen by the community of Donabate and Portrane, this word art tree by The Word Bird celebrates all that there is to love about the seaside area to the north of Dublin. It was presented as a 'thank you' to judges who had worked with them on their Pride of Place Committee.
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The Oak Tree
by The Word Bird
This is my all time favourite shape as it works very well for word art and it's a classic design which one would never tire of. It can hold phrases easily as sharp clean edges aren't a requirement. A longer inscription line can run below the tree as the grass. It's perfect for a family gift or wedding anniversary present as it symbolises family, growth and time. It's also one of the best shapes for men too.
Ah go on
Few things symbolise friendship more than the cup of tea. It saves the day more than it's given credit for. It is what's shared over good news and bad, over gossip and confidences. Why not pour some words into one for a friend of yours?
And roll it there
This custom word art order was a delight to work on as it reminded me of so many Irish film and tv productions that I've loved over the years. We really are a talented lot here in Ireland.
Grandad's hurl
Another gorgeous personalised present that I loved working on, this time a hurl and sliotar from grandchildren to their grandfather.
Gifts for Rugby Fans
by The Word Bird
For the rugby lovers this rugby player design might work; there's the strong silhouette of a male player in action, ball held out, power through the legs. You supply the words and favourite colours and I'll do the rest.
The Rugby Ball
A good alternative gift for the rugby player or rugby fan in your life is the word art rugby ball. This shape holds plenty of words and phrases about the person and can be done in their favourite team, regional or national colours.
Hoopy Birthday!
Custom Basketball Word Art by The Word Bird
Sometimes the space helps make the shape as much as the solid areas do and this is clear in this basketball filled with words for a star player.
Custom Word Art for the Soccer fans
The soccer ball shape is brilliant for word art, it's got width for the phrases and lots of room for single words. The pattern of the ball gets laid over the words and the recipient's team colours can be selected to complete the personalised gift.
Happy Surfday
by The Word Bird
Surfs Up!
Game, set and match
A perfect present for a tennis player or fan; customised word art in the shape of a racquet. All the frames for my pictures are made in Co Wicklow and set the pictures off beautifully.
Word Art Crown
This one really is a one off piece because I can't remember how I did it! Lucky Mimi :)
High heels & handbags
by The Word Bird
How can you beat the glamour and drama of a pink stiletto?
I love the lines of the stiletto here- it makes a great word art gift by The Word Bird for all the shoe lovers out there.
I want to go to Paris with you.....
Eiffel Tower Word Art by Susan Brambell
It doesn't get more romantic than this....
Another unique engagement gift, this piece of word art by The Word Bird was commissioned for a fianceé to thank her for saying yes. A keeper, he is.
Another unique engagement gift, this piece of word art by The Word Bird was commissioned for a fianceé to thank her for saying yes. A keeper, he is.
Strum along now...
Guitar Word Art
The guitar by The Word Bird works very well as a shape to hold words in a word art picture. I've done one for a band member with all their songs in it and one for a man whose sister combed his iTunes account and listed all the bands he loved. Others have been made up of general information, like the one below. Plenty of room for both phrases and words so a super one for someone about whom there is a lot to say.
I can see clearly now the rain has gone....
A Gift to a Hothouse Flower
Fiachna, from 'The Hothouse Flowers', was given a word art guitar filled with the songs, album titles, record labels and collaborations from his career to date..
More Guitar word art ideas
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The Big Black Bull
This word art bull articulates very clearly just how much John is loved and cherished. It was the first bull I'd done here at The Word Bird.
This present suits him down to a T -
This was great fun to do as I was told to go as mad as I liked with the fonts for this t-shirt loving 40 year old. Word art offers so many possibilities with typography as well as shape and makes every custom gift completely unique and original.
Funky Fonts for Fifty Years
Golden Weddings Anniversary gifts are well suited to word art as there are so many memories to go in to the picture. This one was from the adult children with all their memories of family life, holidays and food from their childhoods.
A Rose By Any Other Name....
I was over the moon to receive a word art commission from the Rose Festival Committee as a gift for each of the 2016 roses. All of their names are in there along with key festival words and people. The Word Bird dined out on this one for a while I can tell you.
A vintastic present...
The Excitement was In Tents....
A Wedding Festival Celebration! I love this marquee shape and it's great for weddings or for festival goers. If you'd like to order a unique wedding gift of word art just come up with a list of words, contact me Susan Brambell here at The Word Bird in Greystones Co Wicklow, and I'll do the rest.
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Having a whale of a time
What a great way to remember the holiday of a lifetime!
A Gift For A Gorgeous Gran
A bright and funky word art heart for a much loved Gran from all her grandchildren. They all put in words and phrases to describe her and memories of fun times they've had with her.
Gifts for Grandads.....
Oh well this is PURE heart melt! Get the grandkids to list all the things they love about their grandad and let me put them in a heart. Guaranteed to bring a tear to his eye.....
A Graduation Gift
A word art gift to show how proud you are of your very clever, very hard working, very dedicated graduand.
There's Whiskey In the Jar Boy....
With golden tones and plenty of room for words and phases, the whiskey bottle is a great word art shape for someone who has a fondness for liquid gold. Just come up with a list of words, contact me Susan Brambell here at The Word Bird in Greystones Co Wicklow, and I'll do the rest.
The Mini - a Design Icon
The Mary Quant of cars, the Mini has been a design classic since the '60s and has a loyal following of enthusiasts. The recipient of this picture has owned and loved many Minis over the years. The Word Bird loved working on this one I can tell you.
Fly Me To The Moon
by The Word Bird
Eddie Rockets was a favourite post-pub haunt of mine in the 90s, (night life before children, I remember it well...sort of!) so I was very pleased to be asked to make a rocket for the founder of the great chain!
Strength & Beauty
I loved how this commissioned word art picture turned out - bright, strong and lean, and full of love and affection.
Karate Word Art
'You just don't know 'til you try' is an age old piece of advice and it was true of this one when I was asked to make a gift for a man celebrating his 40th birthday. The request was a karate kick and I think it worked out brilliantly.
Giddy Up - Horse Word Art
Along with the tree and the heart the horse is one of the most popular word art shapes and when you see it here you can see why. It holds plenty of words and lots of phrases and has a lovely movement to it, right down to the swing of its tail.
70 is the new 60
A very special 70th birthday word art gift.
21st Birthday Present
A lovely gift for a a girl; a bra full of things to make her smile.
A Gift for World Travellers
This will always be one of my favourites; a present from an adult daughter to her father, a retired pilot from the US Airforce. She used this piece of word art to record all the places he'd been stationed and all the planes he'd flown and then gave it to him for his birthday. Needless to say he was absolutely delighted.
I am sailing, I am sailing...
Well you'd really believe summer to be on the way if you looked at an aqua coloured sailing boat every day! Fresh and airy.
If she means the world to you, tell her....
100 not out.....
This will always be one of the most special pieces of custom word art I've ever made. It was gift for a man celebrating his 100th birthday! His sons came up with all the words which represented his life and chose the shape of a cricket bat to set the word art into. We kept the fonts clear and the typesetting uncluttered so that it would be very readable and then we printed in BIG and presented it to the customer in a custom made frame.
If you'd like to order a unique birthday word art present just come up with a list of words, contact me Susan Brambell here at The Word Bird in Greystones Co Wicklow, and I'll do the rest.
If you'd like to order a unique birthday word art present just come up with a list of words, contact me Susan Brambell here at The Word Bird in Greystones Co Wicklow, and I'll do the rest.
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I don't like asking too many people if I can put up their pictures as they are so personal but here's a sampling of others in such teeny tininess that they can't be read. Prices for standard shapes (heart, tree, shoe, star, number, rugby player, boat) start at €70 for a 11" square. Please contact me at susan@thewordbird.eu if you have an idea, I'd love to hear from you.
Susan 087 6434664
