SolitudeValley

Oregon, United States

2.7k
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5.0 (911)

13 years
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Last updated on 17 May, 2025

With unlimited talent and zero artistic abilities, we think outside the box, but color inside the lines.

My wife and I are a couple of retired, old geezers who up and moved out of the city a few years back. After 23 years in the Army, I retired and joined the Carpenters Union. I enjoyed working at Disney World, NASA, and a nuclear power plant, so I’m a Mickey Mouse, rocket, and atomic carpenter. After 25 years with the US Fish & Wildlife Service, my wife retired and together we bought ourselves a 40-acre backwoods hideaway and aptly named it Solitude Valley. We have all we need, everything we want and more than we deserve.

We found our rustic sign-making passion by making funny but to-the-point no trespassing signs for our property. The neighbors saw them, wanted some and said we ought to sell them online. We made a bunch of them and needed more wood, saw blades, chisels, router bits and a big ole’ chainsaw. So, here we are on a merry-go-round, making and selling signs to get more wood and tools to make and sell more signs to get more…. We have a lot of blown-down and dead snag trees, waiting to be given a new life as signs that WILL HANG AROUND AT YOUR PLACE.

I have to tell you we aren't exactly the greatest artists on Etsy, but with your inspiration, we can make you a beautiful sign. We will never be satisfied or finished with it, but we will pick the best place to stop and ship you that nice sign. We specialize in National Park and rustic live-edge wood slabs from trees that died of natural causes. We also use driftwood, vintage, salvaged, primitive and barn wood.

I will cut the wood and make you some mock-ups on our computer and then my wife will bring your sign to life with chisels, router, paint and the like. For rustic signs, I put on 5 coats of all-weather urethane, make a custom box and ship it to you. We do everything the old-fashioned way, and as Mother Nature intended, colors, textures, and character will be different for every piece of wood we use. We tend to email and send pictures as we go and when we finish. Nails and wormholes are free, but knots and knotty wood are not. Wood is good unless it’s knot wood or Hollywood. We take pride in what we make from start to finish and hope that you fall in love with the sign that we make for you. We enjoy making signs, so we know that you will enjoy having one hanging around at your place.

If you are ever in our area, stop by and have a look at our original pioneer cabin, barn, outhouse and outstanding wood workshop. There is a nice little stream and river running through our property, trails you can hike and the beach is just 20 minutes away. Bring a picnic basket with fried chicken, because we like chicken a lot. You won’t find us anywhere but Etsy. We don’t know anything about Facebook, Pinterest or Twitter, so feel free to post pictures of our signs on whatever social media you use, because we just don’t know how and are too old to figure them out.

My wife says she gets all the money we make and/or she ain't gonna give me none. The coffee cup, sign stand and forest in our ad pictures are not included and or for sale. Feel free to use the coffee cup to help visualize the size.

WILEVI & MARY
HANDMADE WOOD-CRAFTS
MADE WITH HAND TOOLS

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Wilevi and Mary

Reviews

5.0 (911)

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We calculate this number using a recency-weighted average of all ratings, with a rating's value decreasing by half each year to best reflect the current experience.

Etsy buyer on 14 May, 2026

5 out of 5 stars

This was just what we wanted. Great quality. Lovely people. Will order from them again for sure.

Hand Carved Personalizable Cedar Lodge Sign: Reflective National Park Style

Hand Carved Personalizable Cedar Lodge Sign: Reflective National Park Style
Amy on 19 May, 2026

5 out of 5 stars

We love our sign! It looks perfect on our treehouse.

National Park style TREEHOUSE sign or plaque, hand carved routed painted for lodge cabin playground campground. Reflective lettering MN026Fx

National Park style TREEHOUSE sign or plaque, hand carved routed painted for lodge cabin playground campground. Reflective lettering MN026Fx
Etsy buyer on 17 May, 2026

5 out of 5 stars

Such a helpful and communicative seller! Love the piece, very high quality!

National Park style FAMILY CAMPGROUND NAME customizable sign. For road street cabin lodge. Carved routed painted reflective letters MC410Ax

National Park style FAMILY CAMPGROUND NAME customizable sign. For road street cabin lodge. Carved routed painted reflective letters MC410Ax
Todd on 17 May, 2026

5 out of 5 stars

Beautiful work. This seller is awesome!

Rustic Natural-Edge style Volcanic Driftwood Recapitate sign, Hand carved routed painted letters sv

Rustic Natural-Edge style Volcanic Driftwood Recapitate sign, Hand carved routed painted letters sv
Todd on 17 May, 2026

5 out of 5 stars

This is everything you hope it will be!

Hand Carved Business Name Sign - Custom National Park Style Vendor sign sv

Hand Carved Business Name Sign - Custom National Park Style Vendor sign sv
Laura on 29 Apr, 2026

5 out of 5 stars

This transaction was delightful from start to finish. I have had my eye on Wilevi and Mary's beautiful work for years, and I finally pulled the trigger. Starting with our initial correspondence, I felt like they were on top of everything and that they had a vested interest in my satisfaction. My HUGE National Park sign was well packaged and their shipping policies clearly stated (they ship out on Wednesdays). After I received my work of art there was more positive communication (and some banter - Wilevi is quite witty) and now all that is left is for my husband and I to get up to our cabin and hang our new sign. Pictures to come!

Arrowhead and Buffalo iconic National Park sign Hand carved routed letters & background on exotic Doug fir root wood Indoor outdoor sp759+

Arrowhead and Buffalo iconic National Park sign Hand carved routed letters & background on exotic Doug fir root wood Indoor outdoor sp759+
Brad on 12 Apr, 2026

5 out of 5 stars

Great work… super happy with address sign

Hand Carved VOLCANO ADDRESS - Custom National Park Style Sign sv

Hand Carved VOLCANO ADDRESS - Custom National Park Style Sign sv
Paul on 04 Apr, 2026

5 out of 5 stars

If you want your sign to look 1950s Forest Service ….solitude Valley is the only one who has the”correct” lettering “look”… my sign is just like what I used to make when I work for Mt San Jacinto wilderness State Park in 1966…I’m really pleased

Hand Carved National Park Style Trail Address Marker with Reflective Letters and Hiker

Hand Carved National Park Style Trail Address Marker with Reflective Letters and Hiker
Todd on 04 Apr, 2026

5 out of 5 stars

Great work, great communication. Perfecto!

National Park style VISITOR PARKING sign. Hand carved routed painted for parking area road street cabin camp. Reflective lettering MA046F+

National Park style VISITOR PARKING sign. Hand carved routed painted for parking area road street cabin camp. Reflective lettering MA046F+
Todd on 04 Apr, 2026

5 out of 5 stars

Just as great as you hope it will be!

National Park vintage style BASE CAMP sign. For your trail road drive lodge cabin camp. Carved routed painted reflective letters mn151Z-7/0

National Park vintage style BASE CAMP sign. For your trail road drive lodge cabin camp. Carved routed painted reflective letters mn151Z-7/0

About SolitudeValley

HAY!!! Go outside and play. Nature awaits!!!

Sales 2,729

On Etsy since 2012

HAY!!! Go outside and play. Nature awaits!!!

Check out our hand hewn Cedar cabin, from back in the pioneer days.
That’s the boys and me lookin' for some good wood to make signs on.
Got dressed up for the picture, forgot to shave, don’t look a day over 30
Love is the two seat reading room, where my wife and I go to think.
We make most of our signs on salvaged wood from trees that died of natural causes.

From our place in Solitude Valley there are trees as far as the eye can see.

You will find a gazillion signs on Etsy, but not only are our signs way better, my wife and I are way better looking and smarter than other Etsy sign makers. Heck, we actually hand-make our handmade signs. Check out our ETSY SHOP to see some great handmade one-of-a-kind signs. Keep in mind we are as old as the hills, and get ticked off easily. SO DON’T TAKE ANY CHANCES! While you are in our shop favorite a few of our signs. Heck, you may even want to buy a sign, just to make us crabby ass old folks happy.

PRICING: Natural+One of a Kind = Arm+Leg. YOUR ARM AND LEG NOT OURS.

GUARANTEE: 100% life time! That’s our lifetime (not yours). Keep in mind that we are old, so it’s probably a fairly limited guarantee. If you have any problems with your sign, just send us an email, if we send one back our guarantee is still good.

If you are hesitant about allowing us the pleasure of creating something special for you, please have a look at our Etsy reviews.

WILEVI & MARY
HANDMADE WOOD-CRAFTS
MADE WITH HAND TOOLS

Shop members

Mary & Wilevi

Owner, Maker, Designer, Curator

I retired from the Us Army and the Carpenters union, my wife from the U.S. Fish and wildlife service. Now we are just a couple of hard working old geezers discovering life and love in the country. We have a good ole’ time making signs and sawdust.

Production partners

Father Time

Seaside, OR

He's an old koot with nothing but time and patience
Mother Nature

Seaside, OR

Mother Nature works 24/7 and does a dang good job. It would be impossible to make rustic wood signs without the beautiful trees she grows. My wife and I love and respect everything Mother Nature provides us with.

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My talented wife

Seaside, OR

She works hard, is a bit bossy, and is always right.

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Last updated on 09 Oct, 2022

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