Personalised name, illustrated

A nursery name sign you print, not order.

The baby’s name spelt in illustrated letters — watercolour animals, playful creatures or botanical — framed like art on the nursery wall. Everything a name sign is, as an instant $9 print you choose yourself.

Three alphabets · three frame sizes · $9

21 MARCH 2025 · 05:3050 CM
Watercolour animals · blush

A name sign, reconsidered

The name, made of little illustrations.

A custom name sign is one font cut into wood, ordered and waited for. This is the name spelt in illustrated letters on a ground you choose, framed to sit among your other art — warmer, more flexible, and yours the moment you make it.

A name sign, without the sign
The baby’s name large on the wall — but a framed print you choose and change, not one fixed object cut from wood or bent in neon.
Letters that are illustrations
Watercolour animals, playful creatures or botanical letters — each character its own little painting, so the name is the art.
Tuned to the nursery
A calm light ground you pick — blush, sage, oat, clay or cream — keeps the name gentle on the wall and easy to match to the room.
Instant and inexpensive
No weeks of lead time or custom-sign price. Download a print-ready PDF for $9 and frame it the same day.

How it works

Name, alphabet, palette.

  1. 01

    Type the name

    Enter the baby’s name — it spells out in illustrated letters and leads the whole print.

  2. 02

    Pick an alphabet and palette

    Choose watercolour animals, playful creatures or botanical letters, then a calm ground to match the nursery.

  3. 03

    Add details and print

    Add the birth date and measurements if you like, download the print-ready PDF, and frame it for the wall.

Questions

About the name sign.

Is this a physical name sign or a print?

It’s a print — a high-resolution, print-ready PDF you download and frame. It does what a nursery name sign does on the wall: the baby’s name, large and personal. But instead of one fixed wooden or acrylic object, you choose the letters, the colours and the frame, it arrives instantly, and it costs a fraction of a custom sign.

What do the letters look like?

Each letter is its own little illustration, and you pick from three alphabets. Watercolour animals — soft painted letters, each a sleeping baby animal. Playful creatures — chunky, friendly characters with gentle faces. Botanical — elegant letters entwined with fine leaves and flowers. The name spells out from whichever set you choose.

Will it match the nursery?

It’s built to. The illustrated name sits on a calm light ground you choose — soft blush, sage, oat, clay or warm cream — so it reads gently on the wall rather than shouting. Pick the palette that suits the room.

Does it work for longer names?

Yes. Short names sit large on one line; longer names wrap and scale to stay balanced and legible, so anything from “Mia” to “Alexander” reads cleanly. The letters use A–Z, and accents are shown as their plain letter.

Can I add the birth details too?

You can. Beneath the name you can show the birth date, time, weight and length in small, calm type — so the print is both a name sign for the room and a quiet record of the day they arrived. Or keep it to the name alone.

How do I get it printed and framed?

The file is sized for three standard frames — 50 × 70 cm, A2 and A3 — so it drops straight into off-the-shelf framing. Print at a local or online lab on a heavyweight matte stock for the softest result, then frame it yourself.

Make your name sign.

Type the name, choose an illustrated alphabet and a calm palette, add the birth details if you like, and download a print-ready PDF to frame.

Make yours

Instant PDF · high-resolution · ready to frame · $9