SG MoCo

20/05/2024

We love helping bring extra fun and excitement to so many great events in the area! Today we are excited to show off our display for the Darnestown Elementary PTA’s Charity Golf Tournament happening today at Bretton Woods Country Club. The Darnestown PTA is hosting the event today to support the organization Caring Matters, which supports our community with hospice, grief and bereavement care.

16/05/2024

It has been a year since one of the most traumatic events of my life occurred.
On May 16th, 2023 the world lost a very hard-working, loving and kind man! This loss rocked a family that not only depended on him, but loved him dearly.
The days and weeks after his death were difficult and are still very hard to put into words as the moments of that afternoon replay often in my head. The doubt, the questions, the what-ifs swirl but the reality is unchanged, Josè is still gone.
Today, as I look back at my post on FB from last year, to anyone and everyone I knew to help me bridge the burden and gaping hole left by his death, leaves me astonished by many things, but 2 stand out to me as the most profound.
First, just a mere two days before his death, I posted on May 14th (Mother’s Day 2023) about how the day was absolute perfection! I enjoyed the day hiking with family and friends and it was truly one of the best days that I enjoyed in the past year, my words weren’t just filler for a post on FB! I have held that Mother’s Day in my heart as a beautiful memory this entire year.
Just 2 days later, while still living on the high from my day with family and friends, I was confronted with one of the most traumatic days of my life that rocked me to my core with grief.
In 2 days, I went from the highest of highs to the depths of a despair I have never known. There was no warning and no way to prepare.
I have wondered about why I was so devastated since I didn't know Josè that well. A reasonable question, and one I have reflected on during this last year. Why am I feeling so much? I have come to understand the profound impact of the moment when I was the one looking in his eyes as I pushed on his chest and watched him slip away. How I sat there on my knees after the medics arrived for what seemed like an eternity praying that they could do what I couldn’t and that feeling of pure desperation is not something I will ever forget. That type of trauma transcends and connects you to a person on an unexplained level. As a result, Josè settles into my mind often and sometimes very unexpectedly, but I have made room for him now and I have a new peace when he randomly permeates my thoughts, and I smile for him.
and give myself some grace as I become distracted from what I should be accomplishing in my day to day and instead learn to sit with my friend Josè until I get the thoughts out. (This post is a perfect example…so much I need to do but I can't focus on that until I get this just right!)
My second reflection of astonishment is about the community that rallied around this family and how much you all accomplished in such a short time. It is truly unreal how quickly so many of you reached out to help both financially and emotionally. Some of you I know so well, while others, only in the world of FB and IG, and yet it didn't matter. When I sent out that agonizing plea for help, you didn't pause, you jumped in and came through for Josè’s family and for me!
Knowing how much that fundraiser post made a difference for his family helps me me find peace when my self-doubt creeps in during quiet moments leaving me wondering if I could have done something different that might have saved him. Your answer to my plea to help brings me a calming peace and I’m so thankful to all of you! Astonishingly, the fund raised over double the initial goal of $10,000. Gratitude pours out if my heart to all of you who reached out and helped Josè’s family. Today take a moment and just smile up at the sky knowing you made a difference.
These are the two screenshots of the posts from my feed showing the polarizing moments of pure joy and elation of May 14, 2023, followed so quickly by the depths of loss and grief on May 16, 2023. A startling juxtaposition forever captured in the chronicle of FB.
Rest In Peace Josè!

15/05/2024

What a special Mother’s Day Celebration we got to help celebrate! Congratulations to little Anna’s Family!🍼🌸💕
We are now booking for Father’s Day to celebrate all those great Dad’s, too!

06/05/2024

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week to all the wonderful teachers and staff out there that work tirelessly to make sure kids are learning each and every day!🎒✏️🏫
We had a lot of fun putting up all these signs at Sherwood Elementary School, Georgetown Hill Early School (North Potomac), Cold Spring Elementary School, Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church Nursery School, Pyle Middle School, Sligo Creek ES PTA knowing how much the teachers and staff would enjoy them!!!

15/03/2024

And just like that a little more 🍀Magic has landed in another yard! We are the LUCKIEST to be able to have this much fun while we are working!!!🍀💚🍀💚🍀💚

15/03/2024

We are in our Shamrock-Mobile delivering 🍀Lucky Charms🍀 all over MoCo! Where are we heading next?
Will you be the next lucky recipient of our shenanigans!! 🍀💚🍀

15/03/2024

Our St. Patrick’s Day signs are heading out today!
If you know us well, you know St. Patrick’s Day is our favorite holiday!
1. We are O’Briens, so naturally!
2. Our 2nd son is actually a 🍀leprechaun🍀! Shane Matthew Patrick O’Brien is turning 13 on St. Patrick’s Day! (Yes, an official teenaged leprechaun!🤦‍♀️🍀)
Below is the first ☘️ sign to hit the streets today!
And I can’t resist, a pic of Shane the leprechaun as he jumped out the door on his way to school this morning sporting his favorite color…wait for it…YEP, Green!💚 (Fun factoid about Shane, he actually wears ALL-Green every Friday and has done so every Friday since he started middle school! They call him Green Bean 🫛at his school! (He is hilarious!)
Later, I will be putting up his birthday sign and will post the past several year’s versions! We 💚our SHAMROCK LEGEND!🍀

13/03/2024

Big Day at Our Lady of Good Counsel High School! Day of Giving 2024! This school does so much to support students from all around the area and benefits the Olney area tremendously! If you can help them continue to “Drive the Future” and support programs like STEM, Sports, Music, Fine Arts, Service and many others! http://www.olgchs.org/dayofgiving

12/02/2024

❤️Feel the Love!❤️ Our first LOVE GRAMS have been delivered!
If you still need to order, we have very limited availability left for delivery tomorrow!

19/01/2024

Valentine's Day is just around the corner! Are you searching for the perfect, fun and different gift for those you LOVE most!🥰 ORDER YOUR LOVE GRAM TODAY! Indoor and Outdoor options are available, so weather is not an issue!🥶🥶

20/12/2023

We have had a lot of fun setting up some very MERRY greeting around MoCo! If you still want one we have only very limited install spots left. Weekly rentals only at this point in the season Greeting display Photo Backdrops, since we are closed Saturday, December 23rd - 26th. Order now! Indoor and Outdoor display options available!

02/12/2023

We’ve got our Jingle On and are thrilled that this is the 3rd year we have been able to bring festive fun to the Arthritis Foundation’s Jingle Bell Run MoCo! Stay Warm Runners!

09/11/2023

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09/11/2023

SG MoCo Thankful Campaign

Give Thanks and Make a Difference!

Introducing the SG MoCo Thankful Mini!
Just in time for Thanksgiving, this display is the perfect way to show your gratitude. And that's not all - with every purchase of the Thankful Mini, we will donate 10% to ComfortCases.org , an organization that ensures kids in foster care thrive with dignity. Help us make a difference this Thanksgiving!

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31/10/2023

We have had a busy couple nights creeping around putting up lots of Boo’s! It is fun tonight to sit and watch all of you out there creeping around in the dark tonight! Happy Halloween!
So thrilled that Boo and Halloween orders will benefit Comfort Cases as well!
Stay tuned for info tomorrow about our Thankful Campaign!!!

27/09/2023

We spend a lot of our day out helping bring BIG SMILES to all of you celebrating around MoCo and NWDC! 🎉🎂🎊 Today, we are celebrating one of our own, Rusty O’Brien!
This man is the rock of our family, the most loyal NYGiants fan you will ever meet, and the best LEGO building Dad out there! (And likely the friendly red-headed guy you see removing your sign after the celebration has ended and clean up begins!)
Just wanted to make a little shout out and say Happy Birthday to this special guy!

23/09/2023

We are excited to kick off this Homecoming Season at Good Counsel HS! We were able to install their sign in the perfect photo spot for all the alumni visiting their alma mater! Our night lighting upgrade really makes it shine!!
Contact us to get one for your school today! We can do outdoor signs for the game and indoor signs for dances! We can also do photo frames and backdrops for those perfect homecoming photos!
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22/09/2023

Enjoying Friday Night Lights with the Community and Alumni at Good Counsel’s Homecoming! Perfect night for football! At the end of the 1st GC Falcons are up 7-0! GO FALCONS!!
We are also excited with how great our Homecoming sign turned out! Night uplighting makes it really shine! We love being a Community Partner with OLGCHS!

22/09/2023

I need your input!!!!!
This backdrop business line pilot was just released by SG Corporate, focusing more so on indoor set ups.
I’m envisioning Birthdays, Mitzvahs, Dances and Corporate events. It would look really spectacular in partnership with a balloon artist like Ballooney Bin!
Pink is the only option at this time, but more colors to follow if high interest.
Thumbs up or a positive comment determines if I will offer this to my local SGMoCo customers.
Name is added with removable vinyl ink or it can be rented without name.

Let me hear you NOW…should we bring this backdrop line to SGMoCo???

19/09/2023

We are so excited to be partnering with Sherwood ES PTA on this FUN-Raiser!
Such a great way to benefit the School PTA and support Small Local Businesses! Is your school PTA intersted in starting a FUN-Raiser with SGMoCo? EMAIL US TODAY FOR DETAILS!

Sign Gypsies MoCo delivers, installs, and removes celebratory yard greeting signs to Montgomery County, Maryland and NW DC. We deliver signs for all types of events: birthdays, anniversaries, baby showers, graduations, retirements, and more!

19/09/2023

I have just learned that our live links to our website on both FB and IG are not working due to a TECHNICAL ISSUE with WIX. They are addressing the issue!
In the meantime here is a quick work around!
JUST TYPE OUR WEBSITE ADDRESS (www.SGMoco.com) DIRECTLY INTO YOUR BROWSER and it will load our site with no issue.