Entries by Mark Lemon

Florida Sign Installation Services

Perkin’s Restaurant & Bakery is updating their corporate branding. As part of the project, their national sign company contracted with Signs by Crannie in Florida for sign installation services at one of the Perkin’s franchise locations. We received the signage, then went on site and replaced the original canvas awnings with new, aluminum ones for […]

YouthQuest Teens Learn about Manufacturing Careers

A bright-eyed group of teens visited Signs by Crannie July 14 to learn about all the skills – and potential careers – that go into creating a commercial business sign. The manufacturing field trip was part of the YouthQuest program coordinated through the Flint & Genesee Chamber of Commerce. The goal of the trip was […]

Custom Entry Canopy

Michigan Health Specialists and Hurley Specialty Clinic chose Signs by Crannie to supply the signage for their new facility in Grand Blanc, Michigan. The project included a monument sign with an electronic message center, a custom entry canopy and window awnings. To cover the older-style arched windows and give this re-purposed building a different look […]

Fleet Vehicle Graphics

ABC WJRT-TV 12 picked Signs by Crannie to identify their new fleet of news vehicles due to our reputation of quality and value. Fleet vehicle graphics and vehicle wraps are one of the highest visability and most cost-effective forms of advertising available. Vehicle graphics boost awareness and marketing power for your particular product or service. […]

Food Bank of Eastern Michigan Donor Plaques

The Food Bank of Eastern Michigan needed to recognize the many levels of donors at their new facility in a way that complimented the beautiful wall mural in their new location. Signs by Crannie designers created these tasteful multi-level donor plaques and individual room donor plaques. They were designed so that additional donors can be […]

Semi Truck Wrap

When the Chrysler Group was rebranded as FCA – Fiat Chrysler Automobiles last year, they wanted a semi truck wrap that could be used at NASCAR and other events throughout North America. Fortunately, Signs by Crannie was up to the challenge. In fact, this became the most extensive truck wrap in SBC history. Beginning months […]

Aluminum Letter Signs

The Food Bank of Eastern Michigan’s new state of the art facility needed signage that that reflected their new image. Signs by Crannie worked with the architect to come up with a sign that fit the vision they had for for the facility. These plate cut aluminum letter signs are illuminated with an energy-efficient 12 […]

Interior Signage Design

Karen’s Carpetmax needed a new interior signage design that would separate their sleep center and identify it separately from the floor covering department inside the store. SBC designed, produced and installed the wall graphics and hanging signs to create the “store within a store” effect using digital prints and cut vinyl graphics. As a result, […]

Custom Monument Sign

The Wagon Wheel American Grill and Bowling on 7888 E. Grand River has been a Portland, Michigan business since 1947. The owners of the Wagon Wheel, Chopper and his wife Jonda, contacted Signs by Crannie in the hopes that we could design and build a custom monument sign that would encompass all that the Wagon […]

New Outdoor Sign Face, Fenton, MI

Guenter A. Beholz Jewlers chose Signs by Crannie to move his lighted cabinet sign to his new location at 114 South Leroy Street in Fenton. At the same time, we made a new outdoor sign face with his new logo. To save money, SBC lit the cabinet with new, energy efficient LED lighting. When the […]

Pan Formed Sign Faces

The owner of Premier Realty on Marco Island purchased a custom, two-piece pan-formed sign from SBC for his business. He installed it himself into an existing cabinet mounted on the building. The owner asked us to make the sign in 2 pieces for future savings. He wanted the ability to update either section separately as […]

AluPanel & Channel Letter Signs

SBC installed channel letter signs on each face of our new building entrance tower so it would be visible on all four sides. The “green” signs are face lit and halo lit with energy efficient LED’s.  The tower is covered with Alupanel® brand panels for a 3-dimensional look that will last for many years. About […]

Commercial Awning Replacement

Commercial awning replacement and an exterior illuminated monument sign helped McKenzie Health System re-brand one of their locations. McKenzie Health Systems campus in Sandusky, Michigan is the hub of a group of regional health care facilities in the Michigan “thumb” that provides medical services to local residents. They wanted a modern, sleek looking sign that […]

Subcontracted Sign Installation

One of the largest national sign manufacturers in the USA selected Signs by Crannie for the re-imaging of the Flint, Michigan Gander Mountain store. This project started out by removing the existing building-mounted sign cabinets, repairing & painting the holes left in the fascia, and installing the 7×48’ entrance signage. We also installed new flexible […]

Signs by Crannie Moves Into New Building

Next phase of growth for company celebrating 30 year anniversary Signs by Crannie has begun the move to their new building in Flint in April, 2015 – 30 years after the business was started. The recently renovated 52,000 square foot building at 4145 Market Place in Flint next to Bishop Airport represents the continued expansion […]

Signs by Crannie Employee Honored by International Sign Association

Chad VanEffen, Account Manager/Outside Sales Representative for Signs by Crannie, has been selected as a member of the International Sign Association’s ISA Elite. The ISA Elite is comprised of young professionals who work in the sign industry. They are considered by the ISA as the next generation of sign and visual communications industry leaders. The […]

Pylon Sign Construction

New highway pylon sign construction uses a frame and fabric. Great for temporary signs, but what if you want a permanent installation? The owners of Swartz Creek Meadows, located on the north side of highway I-69, in Lennon Michigan between Lansing and Flint, Michigan were spending thousands of dollars every month on off-property billboards to […]

Custom Sign, Chelsea, MI

Carolyn McNagny, the owner of Bumble’s Dry Goods was in the market for a custom sign that captured the spirit of her shop, and would complement the feel of Downtown Chelsea, MI. She had reached out to a number of sign companies, yet had not received the customer service she sought or deserved. Perhaps the […]

Southwest Florida Airport Signs

The new Southwest Florida International Airport Signs welcome visitors to the airport from I-75. Thru value engineering, Signs by Crannie was able to redesign the signs mounted across the 4-lane roadway using polycarbonate panels instead of the original plan of using glass panels. The new materials made the signage substantially lighter, much safer and less […]