Putting up a widwi billboard in NJ

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This is the empty billboard

This is the empty billboard


This is the view from across the highway

This is the view from across the highway



http://www.makemania.com/widwimg/69/89/b_L1010608_305x230.jpg
This is the empty billboard
http://www.makemania.com/widwimg/69/89/b_Banner_PrePress_305x230.jpg
This is the printer that the banner came from (namifiers.com)
http://www.makemania.com/widwimg/69/89/b_Banner_PolePockets_305x230.jpg
namifiers.com hard at work
http://www.makemania.com/widwimg/69/89/b_Banner_Seal_305x230.jpg
namifiers people at work
http://www.makemania.com/widwimg/69/89/b_Banner_Section1_305x230.jpg
the banner is printing
http://www.makemania.com/widwimg/69/89/b_Banner_FinishedProduct_305x230.jpg
the banner is finished printing! (it's 8' wide by 13' across) it's huge!
http://www.makemania.com/widwimg/69/89/b_IMG_0652_305x230.jpg
13' box doesn't travel so well - this is how it arrived
http://www.makemania.com/widwimg/69/89/b_IMG_0655_305x230.jpg
that's a long box
http://www.makemania.com/widwimg/69/89/b_IMG_0656_305x230.jpg
rolled and wrapped nicely
http://www.makemania.com/widwimg/69/89/b_L1010583_305x230.jpg
We didn't like how the "/" looked in red.  "before/after" looked like 1 word.  So we decided to paint it...
http://www.makemania.com/widwimg/69/89/b_L1010586_305x230.jpg
Paint, brush, and tape for the /
http://www.makemania.com/widwimg/69/89/b_L1010587_305x230.jpg
Taped it up...
http://www.makemania.com/widwimg/69/89/b_L1010588_305x230.jpg
A few coats of white paint..
http://www.makemania.com/widwimg/69/89/b_L1010591_305x230.jpg
The "/" looks great.  We ended up putting on 4 coats of outdoor paint.
http://www.makemania.com/widwimg/69/89/b_L1010603_305x230.jpg
The blank billboard
http://www.makemania.com/widwimg/69/89/b_L1010598_305x230.jpg
Hanging crew at work
http://www.makemania.com/widwimg/69/89/b_L1010597_305x230.jpg
Hanging crew still at work
http://www.makemania.com/widwimg/69/89/b_L1010601_305x230.jpg
Almost done
http://www.makemania.com/widwimg/69/89/b_L1010599_305x230.jpg
Just about finished
http://www.makemania.com/widwimg/69/89/b_L1010621_305x230.jpg
Thanks to Competitive Signs and Graphics for a job well done
http://www.makemania.com/widwimg/69/89/a_L1010626_305x230.jpg
This is the view from across the highway
http://www.makemania.com/widwimg/69/89/a_L1010606_305x230.jpg
Another view from way across the highway
http://www.makemania.com/widwimg/69/89/a_L1010613_305x230.jpg
This is from an overpass pretty far away
http://www.makemania.com/widwimg/69/89/a_L1010615_305x230.jpg
Should have brought a can opener
http://www.makemania.com/widwimg/69/89/a_L1010620_305x230.jpg
Billboard complete
http://www.makemania.com/widwimg/69/89/a_L1010623_305x230.jpg
Billboard completed
http://www.makemania.com/widwimg/69/89/a_L1010624_305x230.jpg
A view from the highway
http://www.makemania.com/widwimg/69/89/a_L1010631_305x230.jpg
Another view from the highway (it's legible, this picture is very deceiving)
Description

widwi put up a billboard in NJ!

widwi has a very nice friend who has helped us out with the space to put up a billboard.  The location gets a lot of New Jersey car traffic every day.  Find it above the toll at the exit where 280 becomes the Garden State Parkway, in East Orange, NJ.

After we came up with the design, we sent the specs to the nice people at www.namifiers.com .  They are great to work with.  Their prices are outstanding and they provide great turn-around and shipping time.  This is the 2nd time we've used them and we highly recommend their work.  The banner did have a few problems, but they took care of the 1st one (missing grommets) immediately and they have yet to learn of the 2nd minor issue.  I'm sure they will continue to provide excellent customer service.  

The billboard went up this morning and it looks great!  A few lessons if you're making a banner:  Use bigger letters than you think you'll need.  Have your banner printer measure your banner in person or before they ship it to make sure it's exactly what it should be.  Use highly contradictory colors - we thought (and were told) that the red of "before" and "after" would pop right off the banner.  However, we should have made those words black.  The red gets a little lost.  

Overall, we are extremely pleased.

<b>Send us your pictures of this banner and we'll send you a free widwi magnet and add your pics to this widwi posting!</b>

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