Mother and Daughter-in-Law who love all things rustic, vintage, pallet, wooden, watercolor, abstract, artistic, and creative.

How our rustic signs came to be --
Hi Everyone! I'm Colleen, aka the daughter of the mother and daughter- in- law team! I am a mom, a wife, a sister, a daughter, an aunt, and probably a few other titles! :)

I work full time for our family heating and air conditioning business, which helped me to discover my love for rustic pallet signs. I saw pallets coming back from jobs daily and they were being discarded. My husband and I had just purchased our first home not long before this and my mind was in constant decorating mode, which led me to realize the potential these pallets held! ;) Sure enough-- once I finally figured out the whole dismantling thing (which really was a bear at first) they transformed in to some awesome home decor. I hope you find one that you absolutely love as much as I loved making it. Each sign is hand painted.

Hi, I’m Jodi – the mother-in-law of the team (and also a grandma, which is my absolute favorite job of all time). I work full time in an office by day, but when I have time “in between,” I love to express myself creatively through watercolor and other art. Most of my art is available in its original form, 5x7, 8x10, and 11x14 prints of the original, and greeting cards sold in boxed sets. I love painting in a loose, impressionistic style. I use Daniel Smith, Winsor Newton, and M Graham paints and typically work on 140lb Saunders Waterford, Fabriano Artistico, or Arches Cold Press Paper (though I sometimes venture onto 300lb or Hot Press). I also enjoy blogging at www.thecreativelifeinbetween.com, and have written and illustrated two children’s book for all ages called Klaus the Mouse and other Silly Animal Tales and Lucas the Lucky Lion and his Fun Rhyming Friends, which can be purchased on Amazon here: https://amzn.to/38geJPm and https://amzn.to/2H9tRBY. Thanks for visiting our McKinneyX2Designs ETSY shop. It is such a thrill for me to collaborate here with my daughter-in-law, Colleen. I hope you will find something here at McKinneyX2Designs that speaks to your heart and will fill you with as much joy as we experienced creating it. You can also visit our website at www.mx2d.com.


All of our items are handmade by the two of us. Together we are McKinneyx2Designs, and we hope you enjoy our handmade creations.