Always great service and quality work. On time and helpful for all our needs. Highly recommendedread more

My business has used Kness Signs for many years. I can't tell you how many times I have called…read morethem, sometimes in a days notice, to design a sign, banner, decals, practically anything to promote my business. The patience and the willingness to listen is to every detail makes them simply the best!

i cant say enough good things about this place. I am on tour and needed merch and had 2 hours until…read morethe show also didn't have time to pick it up. they printed a bunch of shirts and embroidered a bunch of hats then brought them to me at the venue. literally saved my night.

This was my 3rd time having work done. The first two visits/jobs were done just the way I requested…read more& looked great! This last time however. Not so much. Extremely disappointed with the finished product. It was my American Legion Cap. Nearly 3 years ago I took my Legion cap in to have the word "Commander" embroidered on the side. Gold letters. Came out perfect. Last week returned to have "Past" embroidered above, in smaller letters. When my cap was sent back to me. The word 'Past' was way larger than requested. Shocked. Not at all what I wanted or how it should look on the cap. So upset & displeased. I cut out the stitching myself. UPDATE: This business did get back to me to redo/refund. However, I will not take my cap back. As I do not wish to take the chance of having it damaged.

I learned about this place through Yelp event I attended. This was a really fun event! I got to…read moremeet Ashleigh and Elena, the owners of this shop. They were super nice and Ashleigh showed us how to screen-print our own shirts. I really enjoyed learning how to do it. It was fun and easy to do and the shirt designs were so professional-looking. We got to choose from four different designs and choose the color and size of t-shirt we wanted. I always love events where there's a make-and-take. The shop is really cool and has a lot of fun designs for t-shirts. They also sell coffee mugs and drinking glasses with a Des Moines logo that Ashleigh designed. Another great thing about their merchandise is that it's all so reasonably priced unlike a lot of other t-shirt places out there. They also do mobile screen-printing. They can come to festivals, small parties and corporate events and people can print their own t-shirts. That's such a cool idea! I can't believe nobody thought of it before. You have to come and check this place out.

The Side Garage is really rad screen printing shop that pops up around town at festivals and…read moreevents! Much like a food truck, for design and printing.. Crazy idea right! That's just one reason I love it! They let you be hands on and see the cool process of what they do! Each time I have seen their pop up customized print shop at work it has been unique to the festival or farmers market they have been working in! I have never seen anything like this and I think it's totally crazy and awesome! They also do design services. If you want to find out where they are popping up shop, keep an eye on their website or facebook page. And go get your hands dirty!

I wanted information on replacing a monument with a new one and never got a response. I was in…read moreIowa and wanted to see what the cost would be since I my sister died and I wanted to place her remains in the Peoples Township Cemetery in Boone County. I thought it might not be a location the Winterset Memorials would service??

Sometimes you meet the absolute best when life is at its absolute worst…read more Before I get into specifics, I'd like to say that this company is top-notch. From their showroom reps to the their behind the scenes artists, craftspeople and installers. And I don't pay this compliment lightly. I am a very particular person with high expectations. These folks knocked it out of the park. Every single step of this project was met with the utmost patience, care and professionalism. I never felt I was imposing when I asked questions or made requests. And no request was too big. In fact, one of my design asks lead to a road block. They could have easily let the situation ride, and that would have been the end of that. But they didn't. Instead, they came up with a very creative solution. The end result? Spectacular. Creating a forever tribute was extremely difficult for me. I had already faced too many end of life realities; made too many decisions that no one should have to make. And I was ... weary. To make the situation even more daunting, I knew I had to get this right the first time. Mistakes in stone are permanent. I searched both the internet and local cemeteries for inspiration, but nothing stood out to me. I worried I was going to have to settle for ordinary. Discouraged, I visited the showroom of Des Moines - Winterset Memorials on University, a business I have passed by a million times; always with a glance, but never a need ... until now. With low expectations, I passed through their trademark front yard cemetery and entered their showroom. Within moments I was standing in front of what would become the gravestone I was searching for. I could not believe they had what I was unable to locate online or spot in the wild. I began to feel hopeful. With the floor manager's help, I made an appointment to meet with a rep, and returned a couple of days later to discuss the stone. That's when I met Tony, Des Moines - Winterset Memorials' sales representative extraordinaire. From moment one I knew I was in the right place and in excellent hands. Tony explained where and how the stone was quarried, shaped and polished, as well as the technique the artisans used to create the beautiful, three-dimensional detailing. From there Tony invited me into a comfortable meeting room where we discussed the memorial details: the words and imagery that would adorn the stone forever. This creative phase had its own unique challenges and ultimately took weeks to finalize, not because of Tony, but because of me. And the man has the patience of a saint. Not only did I have more words than a gravestone could possibly hold, I wanted to incorporate design images from my deceased grandparent's gravestone that was made 50+ years prior. And this is where Team Tony really excelled. While I worked on whittling down the pros to a more realistic count, Tony; unbeknownst to me, visited the family grave and literally traced the images from the 50 year old gravestone, which he turned over to the graphic designers to use as a template for the new stone. To say that I was touched that Tony did this is an understatement. The Big Reveal A couple of weeks later I received an email from Tony. The stone was complete. In fact, the stone was installed. After almost five years of plotting, planning and postponing, this project; this chapter, was coming to an end. I was a wreck. As I stood in front of my mother's grave, I was dumbfounded. The headstone was ... perfection. It was everything I had hoped it would be and more. I was so taken seeing my mother's headstone for the first time, I actually felt joy; an emotion I had not associated with this unbearable loss until that very moment. I smiled from ear to ear. And I marveled at the exquisite reproductions made from the old gravestone to the new, thanks to Tony and his tracing paper. I am proud of this accomplishment. I am beyond grateful to Team Tony and Des Moines - Winterset Memorials for their outstanding craftsmanship and their kind and thoughtful hearts.