For those of you who don't know, homecoming is when a service member comes back from a deployment. It is an epically fantastic time. Photographers are hired, outfits are planned, nails are done, your hair is fabulous, etc. To say the least, it is quite a production.
As you can imagine, signs are often made. The sign posted here was for Ryan's pre-deployment leave. I live in Wisconsin, he lives in California, so it was the sign I made for when he got off the plane to come visit. These signs can be as simple or complex as you would like. I chose to go with a theme from the Disney/Pixar movie, "Up." The romantic theme in that movie alone is so adorable and so I thought it was most fitting for the occasion. I used simple poster board, sketched it out free hand and then my residents (I'm an R.A., here at UW we call them House Fellows) were ecstatic to help color it in. Pretty simple, pretty basic. You can go to a local copy shop and have one printed on thick cardstock or posterboard. The thing with homecoming is that you want to go through the least amount of stress possible. You can have an elaborate idea planned out and if something goes wrong, you could end up ruining your own homecoming. So take a deep breath ahhhh, and realize that your significant other will love you no matter what.
