Entries by Mark Lemon

Lover’s Key Resort, Fort Myers Beach, Florida

Signs by Crannie was chosen to retro-fit the Lover’s Key Beachfront Resort signs from neon to a more energy-efficient LED lighting, and to add new channel letter faces to freshen their image. The highest 2 signs are on the each side of the condo tower over 140 feet in the air. The challenge was working […]

State Farm Insurance Agency, Flint Township

A local State Farm agent wanted an updated sign with State Farm’s new corporate logo. Signs by Crannie obtained the artwork for the new logo, then integrated it into this all-new back-lit monument sign. The second building tenant provided their own sign face for the project. Note the top detail was added by taking a design element from the […]

Mott Children’s Health Center, Flint, Michigan

The management at Mott Children’s Health Center in Flint wanted a look that was clean, and exemplified safe, professional and reliable. Signs by Crannie worked with them to design the new lighted cabinets, then fabricated and installed them on the Flint campus.

Holly Lanes in Holly, Michigan

Signs by Crannie was asked to update the entrance sign for Holly Lanes in Holly, Michigan. This beautiful monument sign used interior lighting and cost-effective changeable letters to create a great look at a reasonable price. The parquet wood is a digital print, and SBC used real bowling balls on the poles for finials.

Creasey Bicentenial Park in Grand Blanc

Parks officials knew that the park had an identity problem and being located next to an expressway overpass is was difficult to see the entrance in time to safely slow down and make the turn. This is NOT a sign, the design originally included copy but this municipality does not allow a sign over 6′ […]

4 Great Tips for Sign Design

Laura Ries, president of Ries & Ries Marketing in Atlanta has put together a great article in the Nation’s Restaurant News entitled Shape Up Your Signage. In the article, she describes some best-practices for designing a new sign (and logos too). According to Laura, One of the least expensive ways to court new business is […]

Fisk Corners Shopping Plaza

This shopping plaza sign incorporates an Electronic Message Center (EMC) to market all of the tenants to the passing traffic. The message center allows even the smaller occupants of a center to get big street exposure. We used halo push thru letters with day/night plastic laminate for the title panel, creating a unique night time […]

Applebee’s New Entry Canopies

Signs by Crannie designed this new style entry canopy for Applebee’s with routed push-through lighted copy and LED accent lighting. See the original style below. This new canopy is part sign, part canopy, and part sun-shade with built-in lighting and speakers. Working with Applebee’s Corporate, Signs by Crannie installed both the lighted signs and canopies […]

Local News Features Signs By Crannie Restoration of Nuclear Missle

Signs by Crannie was recently featured in a WNEM-TV news story after it accepted the contract to renovate a 60’s-era U.S. Polaris nuclear missile. The missile comes with historical significance. “I’m told it was on a submarine during the Cuban missile crisis, somewhere in the world,” Crannie said. “The information that was provided to us […]

Oakland University

Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan selected Signs by Crannie to replace their main entrance sign on University Drive. The sign is constructed of 1 inch aluminum plate letters stud mounted on a monument base with granite wall.

Ithica High School Stadium

Ithica, Michigan is home of the 2010 and 2011 MHSAA Division 6 State Football Champions. The Ithaca Schools Alumni Association takes high school sports very seriously, and they wanted a stadium to match it. To complete the new stadium, Signs by Crannie installed this 10×24 foot WatchFire electronic messaging center and scoreboard. Click here to […]

Ya-Ya’s Chicken in Flint

Check out the new look of YaYa’s. Michigan’s best chicken franchise has made some nice changes inside and out, and asked Signs by Crannie to update their signs. We’re proud of the way they stand out at night.

Signs By Crannie Van

Signs by Crannie transformed a typical “grocery getter” into a mobile billboard parts & delivery van. This van started out silver. Notice the details. This is a complete wrap from stem to stern.