Ordering a custom word art picture as a gift is a bit of a winner to be honest. 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.
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.
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.
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!
100 not out.....
This will always be one of the most special pieces of birthday 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.
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 Dub 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.
Having a whale of a time
What a great way to remember the holiday of a lifetime!
I can see clearly now the rain has gone....
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..
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 an a 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.
I want to ride my bicycle.....
What a lovely gift from a daughter to her mum on her 70th - a custom made word art bicycle filled with love, memories and family.....
And the speedier version -
It can be a challenge to the list maker to come up with enough single words to make all the fine lines for a bike but the list maker ordering this one did a fantastic job with the result being one very happy recipient. This was a good big one too, designed for hanging on the wall, it was 13" by 19"in a handmade black frame. Nice.
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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An American Football
This word art American football made a great present for a 40th birthday. Prices for a framed 11x11 inch personalised picture start at €70, postage extra. The frames are handmade for me by James Griffin here in Greystones, Co Wicklow.
The Rugby Player
by The Word Bird
For the hard to buy for rugby fan this design of a player might satisfy; great movement, shoulder forward and the ball there under his arm nice and safe. This one works best with quite a lot of single words and short phrases.
And one more rugby player....
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.
High heels & handbags....
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.....
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...
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.
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.
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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Happy Surfday
by 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.
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!
Strong Beau
Cute Heart Alert.....
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.....
I'm Going to the Chapel and I'm Gonna Get Married....
A gift to a newly wedded couple; the story of their honeymoon.
Any birthday number can be done so don't be stuck again for a significant birthday birthday present!
A lovely gift for a a girl; a bra full of things to make her smile.
Flying High.
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.
You might think it will be hard to come up with a list of 80 or so words but once you start you'll fly! They will repeat to fill the shape and they need to, otherwise some would be too small to be clearly legible. While phrases can go in too, the more single words you have the tighter the shape of the word cloud can be.
What better gift to give for a 50th than an affectionate and hilarious trip down memory lane?
Balls...(childish snigger)
For the longest time I didn't do footballs for people as they just looked like circles and then finally, I had the not very bright idea of layering a semi transparent layer back over the text. It was a long time coming but it's a good solution! The ball can be done in any team colour.
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.
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Possibly the more thoughtful gift you you could give an au pair returning to Spain....
Wedding Bells...(well heart)...
I love getting wedding word clouds here at The Word Bird and they are a great way of recording the big day if you are giving a gift after the event!
If she means the world to you, tell her....
The Druid's Glen, Co Wicklow
The design here is the logo for the Druids Glen Resort in Newtownmountkennedy, Co Wicklow. The names are all the colleagues of a member of staff who was leaving. The custom made frames come in a choice of off white, black or dark brown.
Keep on truckin'.
This truck was made up from a photo a girl gave me of her dad's truck. She made a list for his birthday of all his words, sayings and favourite phrases and I filled his gravel truck with them. Needless to say he was over the moon with it!
And the prize for best present goes to......
How about this for a cinema lover? An Oscar :)
This pint was customised with favourite pubs and set against a favourite colour.
I loved this one....a sister gave her brother a guitar with all his favourite bands for his birthday. What a good sister!
If you've ever been to New York it makes a lovely outline to fill with special memories of the trip.
Two separate pictures for bathroom doors
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What could be better than being given one picture by The Word Bird?
...being given two :)
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
