What does this sign say?

It reads “Glue Stick Instead of Chapstick”, carved into the wood and hand-stained. The wording is fixed — this design is not personalised, so what you see is what arrives.

Is this a safe gift for somebody else's house?

Yes. It carries no name or date to get wrong, so there is no spelling to confirm and no guess to make. It suits a housewarming, a wedding or a milestone anniversary.

Where do family signs usually hang?

Entryways and mantels take the shorter lines; kitchens and living rooms suit the longer ones, because those are the rooms people sit in long enough to read them.

What finishes can I choose from?

Twenty. Stains run from Early American and Dark Walnut through Briarsmoke, Weathered Gray and Aged Barrel, and there are solid paints in White, Black and Gray. Every one is hand-applied, so the grain still reads through the stains.

Are the letters carved or printed?

Carved. Every letter is cut into the wood on a CNC and the piece is then hand-stained. There is no vinyl and no printing, so nothing on the surface can peel, chip or fade off — run a thumb across it and you can feel the letters.

Shut the Fuck Up Sign | Glue Stick Chapstick Carved

The Shut the Fuck Up Sign for People With Manners

Some folks say it directly. The rest of us hang this. Our carved take on the shut the fuck up sign makes the point with craft — Some People Need a Glue Stick Instead of Chapstick — deep-cut into solid Kentucky wood, the polite way to say the impolite thing.

An Insult Aged Like Bourbon

Crude versions of this message come on cheap tin. Ours is CNC-carved into solid pine or poplar and hand-stained in one of twenty finishes — smooth-talker walnut to innocent farmhouse white. The joke lands harder because the craftsmanship pretends it's civilized.

Where the Suggestion Hangs

Office or cubicle — aimed at no one in particular, obviously
Break room — the memo everybody endorses silently
Living room — for family gatherings that run loud
Craft room — where the glue sticks live, poetically

The Specs

Solid locally-sourced pine or poplar — never MDF
Three sizes: Small 16" x 3.5", Classic 24" x 5.5", Bold 30" x 7.5"
20 hand-applied stain and paint finishes
CNC-carved lettering — never printed, never vinyl
Sawtooth hanger pre-installed; handmade in Kentucky, free U.S. shipping

The Gag Gift for the Chronically Interrupted

Office exchanges, birthdays, the friend whose coworker narrates every meeting — this is the sarcastic decor that says what HR won't let you. Three carved sizes, twenty hand-applied finishes, free U.S. shipping with the sawtooth hanger pre-installed. Pair it with our other sarcastic carved signs and finish the wall of things you almost said.

The Silence Is Golden Sign is the other one people weigh against it, with “I Love the Sound When You Shut Up”.

Shut the F Up Sign — Glue Stick Instead of Chapstick | Carved

The Shut the Fuck Up Sign for People With Manners

An Insult Aged Like Bourbon

Where the Suggestion Hangs

The Specs

The Gag Gift for the Chronically Interrupted

Real Wood. Real Craft.

V-Carved, Not Vinyl

Handmade in Kentucky

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