Bob’s Your Uncle 2017
Hot Donuts Tea Towel, page 10.
Bob’s Your Uncle was founded by Michele and Martin Yeeles in 2001. Originally from England, they moved to the states in 1993 “just for a year or two” and have been there ever since. Martin is a graphic designer, Michele a former shoedesigner. “Bob’s your uncle” is a British expression used to indicate that a given task is very simple. Possibly inspired by Victorian Prime Minister, Robert Cecil, who appointed his nephew to a ministerial post, therefore to have Bob as your uncle was a guarantee of success.
textiles & tablet Inspired by crosscountry road trips, our textiles and melamine collections feature the images of vintage neon signs that we sought and photographed along the way. A nostalgic slice of Americana , they don’t make them like this anymore...
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Textiles
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Aprons
100% natural cotton aprons featuring illustrated images of vintage roadside signs. Made in India. Steaks LN02 Pit Cooked LN03 Hot Donuts LN08 Chicken Dinners LN10 Grannys LN09
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Textiles
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Market Totes
100% natural cotton totes featuring illustrated images of vintage roadside signs. 15” x 12” x 5.5” with two interior pockets. Made in India. Hot Donuts LN15 Beer Mug LN18 Granny’s LN16 Chicken Dinners LN17 Let’s Eat LN06 Lee’s Farm LN07
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Textiles
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Tea Towels
100% natural cotton tea towels featuring illustrated images of vintage road-side signs. 18” x 25”. Made in India. Hot Donuts LN11 Beer Mug LN14 Let’s Eat LN04 Chicken Dinners LN13 Granny’s LN12 Farm Market LN05 11
Porcelain
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Diner Mugs
Porcelain mugs featuring images of vintage signs. Mugs measure 3.5” high x 3.5” diameter. Made in China. Steaks PW02 Let’s Eat PW04 Grannys PW03 Hot Donuts PW01
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Melamine
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Signs Tray Set MLS20
A boxed set of four melamine catch-all trays, each 8” x 5.5”, featuring black and white images of vintage signs. Packaged in a kraft box. 15
Melamine
Hot Donuts Tray MLS27
Melamine tray featuring an illustrated image of a vintage sign in Queensborough, Louisiana. Tray measures 13� x 9�.
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Liquor Tray MLS28
Melamine tray featuring an illustrated image of a vintage sign in Culver City, California. Tray measures 13� x 9�. 17
Melamine
Happy Whale Tray MLS29
Melamine tray featuring an illustrated image of a vintage sign in Wildwood, New Jersey. Tray measures 14.5� x 11.75�.
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The original photgraph of this signs is available as a framed giclĂŠe print. Contact us for details. 19
Melamine
Vice Quad MLS24
Nesting set of four melamine catch-all trays featuring images of vintage signs. Trays measure 11.25” x 8”, 9.75” x 6.75”, 8” x 5.5”, 6.5” x 4.5”. Packaged in a kraft box with a belly band.
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Melamine
Albuquerque Motel Tray
MLS22 Melamine catch-all tray featuring a photograph of a vintage sign in Albuquerque, NM. Tray measures 19” x 8”.
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Melamine
Pool Tray MLS12
Tray with cut-away handles, featuring a photograph of a vintage sign near Yucca, AZ. Tray measures 16.5”x 11”, with 1.5” sides.
Pointing Tray MLS26
Melamine catch-all tray featuring a photograph of a hand-painted roadside sign on Highway 101, CA. Tray measures 13” x 9”.
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Melamine
Drugs Tray MLS17
Small melamine catch-all tray featuring a photograph of a vintage sign in Tucumcari, NM. Measures 6.5” x 4.5”.
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Wash Soap Dish MLS10
Small melamine catch-all tray featuring a photograph of a vintage sign in Boston, MA. 7.125” x 4.375” soap dish. 27
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In and Out Tray Set
MLS04 Pair of melamine catch-all trays featuring photographs of roadside signs in Wellfleet, MA. Set of two 9.75” x 6.75” trays.
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Melamine
Color TV Tray MLS18
Tray with cut-away handles, featuring a photograph of a vintage sign in Tucumcari, NM. Tray measures 16.5”x 11”, with 1.5” sides.
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Kids
All You Can Eat Meal Set MLS30 Featuring an illustration of a happy whale neon sign in Wildwood, New Jersey. Melamine Set includes bowl, cup, spoon and plate packaged in a kraft box.
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Stationery & suc We began Bob’s Your Uncle with a line of greeting cards, then over the years expanded the line to incude other stationery products, including our best seller of all: the 8 days-a-week journal, inspired by the Beatles song.
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Kids
A-Z Animal Flashcard Set
PP29 Heavy card stock, packaged in a kraft box. Each letter is paired with a detail of the animal and the backs of the cards show a silhouette of the full animal with an interesting fact about its unique feature. Illustrations by Mark Fisher. Printed in USA using soy-based inks on paper derived from responsibly managed forests. 13� x 9.5�.
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A-Z Animal Book PP31
FROM ANTEATERS TO ZEBRAS Wiro bound on heavy card stock. On the left hand pages each letter of the alphabet is paired with a detail of the animal along with the upper and lowercase letters. The right hand pages show a silhouette of the full animal and an interesting fact about its unique feature. Printed in USA using soy-based inks on paper derived from responsibly managed forests. 13� x 9.5�.
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Kids
Place Mat Coloring Pad PP30
Twenty-six sheets featuring animals A-Z. Illustrations by Mark Fisher. Printed in USA using soy-based inks on paper derived from responsibly managed forests. 15� x 11�.
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Games
A-Z Alphabet Memory Game PP39
Set of 54 tiles (2 each of 27) featuring photographic details of roadside sign lettering. Two sets of each in a kraft box. Produced in China. The tiles are 2.25� x 2.25�.
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Puzzles
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Puzzles
Each of our puzzles and their boxes are produced from 100% recycled paper in the U.S.A. 550 pieces, completed size is 18� x 24�.
A Shelfie Puzzle PP76
Featuring the spines of a vintage cook book collection. Photographed by Joe Keller.
The Mayflower Passengers Puzzle PP51
This picture is of a community notice board on Commercial Street in Provincetown, Massachusetts, the town where the Mayflower ship first arrived in 1620. Photography by Michele Yeeles.
A Vinyl Collection Puzzle PP52
Featuring the spines of vinyl sleeves from a record collection. Photographed by Joe Keller. 43
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Stationery
Road Trip Placemat Pad PP43
Twenty-four pages in a tear-off pad, a different image on each sheet. Printed in USA using soybased inks on paper derived from responsibly managed forests. 13�x 9.5�.
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Stationery
Recipe Box & Index Card Set PP42Hi Wood box with burnished graphic on the lid. Made in USA. Eighty 6� x 4� recipe index cards (ten for each section). Printed in USA using soybased inks on paper derived from responsibly managed forests.
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Stationery
Index Card Set PP41
Eighty 6� x 4� recipe index cards (ten for each section). Printed in USA using soy-based inks on paper derived from responsibly managed forests.
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Stationery
8 Days-a-Week Journal J05
Fifty-two spreads. Monday to Sunday plus Someday… Undated with half hourly time slots. Wiro-bound with hardback outer cover. Printed in USA using soy-based inks on paper derived from responsibly managed forests. 7” x 9.5”.
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Stationery
8 Days-a-Week Embossed Journal J17
Embossed text on cover. Fifty-two spreads. Monday to Sunday plus Someday… Undated with half hourly time slots. Wiro-bound with hardback embossed outer cover. Printed in China. 7” x 9.5”.
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Stationery
Four Seasons Wall Planner PP035
An undated year-to-view heavy stock paper wall planner, color coded to indi glance appointments. Suitable for home or office. 30� W x 20� H. Printed in US
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icate the seasons. Ideal for planning vacation time, seasonal tasks and at-aSA.
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Stationery
Open Sesame!
Password Reminder Book PP25 A handy little book to help you remember important passwords and user names. If you prefer not to have all your passwords in one place you can just write down a hint to jog your memory. Wiro-bound with hard-back outer cover. Printed in USA using soy-based inks on paper derived from responsibly managed forests. 3.5� x 6�.
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Stationery
Open Sesame!
Keyhole Password Reminder Book PP74 A handy little book to help you remember important passwords and user names. If you prefer not to have all your passwords in one place you can just write down a hint to jog your memory. Cover has a die-cut keyhole shape. Wirobound with hard back outer cover. Printed in China. 3.5� x 6�.
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Stationery
Sketchbooks
Size is 7�x 5�. Eighty sheets of lined, grid or dotted patterned paper with 30% post consumer waste. Printed in Canada. Lines Sketchbook PP73 Lined paper in green. Dots Sketchbook PP75 Dotted paper in red. Squares Sketchbook PP77 Grid paper in orange.
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Greeting cards Our first greeting card design was back in 2000. Home for the holidays, attending a midnight mass on Christmas Eve with my mother, I began looking through the hymn book and reading the words to familiar carols, yet the words became unfamiliar by the time I got down to the second or third verse, for example, this line from Silent Night: “Shepherds quake at the sight.� In bringing the statement out of context and by placing it big and bold on the front of a card, our style was set. Our cards have always been printed in Maine, USA using soy-based inks on paper derived from responsibly managed forests. Our best sellers are shown overleaf, to see the entire collection please contact us for the separate greeting cards catalog.
Over Gay X44
Words from “Deck The Halls”.
Best Selling Greeting Cards
over fun X42
over humbug X43
over gay X44
over joseph X45
over santa X46
over xmas X47
celebrate V110
at once V03
very much V53
million V78
big thanks V164
poor thing V154
29 again B04
30 something B17
30 ish B08
40 ish B09
50 ish B10
certain B27
LIVE
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LONG & PROSPER
MIDDLE
AGES
pushing 30 B28
pushing 40 B29
pushing 50 B30
returns B53
prosper B55
middle ages B54
umpteen B42
big three-oh B38
big four-oh B39
big five-oh B40
old once B21
perfection B23
Best Selling Greeting Cards
truly V37
sugar pie V38
half V48
fleas V67
always V69
sexy V70
big kiss V102
big hug V103
chocolate V122
you too V124
man V153
handsome V163
white wedding V108
mayhem V152
better V156
richer V157
time V166
cherish V151
coochy V23
sugar V45
slugs V46
1 already K01
2 already K02
3 already K03
pops V73
best male V98
figure V135
all mothers V74
mother knows V94
best female V97 61
Custom & conta Yes we can.
Custom items. Private label ranges. Graphic design. Branding.
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Custom products, licensing & private label
We have worked with the following companies to design and produce custom items and whole ranges of private label goods: Crate & Barrel fourTwelve, Rockland, ME International Center of Photography, New York Life is good Mark Tetro for Macys National Archives Museum, Washington DC Pottery Barn Santa Monica Museum of Modern Art Shelter Home, Asbury Park, NJ Urban Outfitters Europe Utilities, Provincetown, MA West Elm Please contact us if you are interested in any custom, private label, graphic design or branding work: Michele Yeeles Bob’s Your Uncle michele@bobsyouruncle.com Phone: 617 670 3782
NYC Taxi melamine tray, Mark Tetro for Macys.
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Custom products, licensing & private label
Framed prints
Our library of Road Trip signage photography is available as archival quality giclĂŠe prints on acid-free premium paper, with sizing and framing options. Please enquire for details.
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