diff --git a/ape_aws_kms/accounts.py b/ape_aws_kms/accounts.py
index a50b870..eafe5c2 100644
--- a/ape_aws_kms/accounts.py
+++ b/ape_aws_kms/accounts.py
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 import boto3
-import json
+from hashlib import sha256
 
 from datetime import datetime
 from typing import Any, Iterator, List, Optional
 
+from eth_account.messages import encode_defunct
 from eth_utils import keccak, to_checksum_address
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
 
 from ape.api.accounts import AccountContainerAPI, AccountAPI, TransactionAPI
-from ape.types import AddressType, MessageSignature, TransactionSignature
+from ape.types import AddressType, MessageSignature
 from ape.utils import cached_property
 
 
@@ -29,7 +30,6 @@ def kms_client(self):
     def raw_aliases(self) -> List[AliasResponse]:
         paginator = self.kms_client.get_paginator('list_aliases')
         pages = paginator.paginate()
-        # return [AliasResponse(**page) for page in pages for alias_data['Aliases'] in page]
         return [
             AliasResponse(**page)
             for alias_data in pages
@@ -74,7 +74,16 @@ def address(self) -> AddressType:
         return to_checksum_address(keccak(self.public_key)[:20])
 
     def sign_message(self, msg: Any, **signer_options) -> Optional[MessageSignature]:
-        ... # self.kms_client.sign(<convert message to proper schema>) And convert to a message signature
+        message = sha256(msg.encode()).digest()
+        response = self.kms_client.sign(
+            KeyId=self.key_id,
+            Message=message,
+            MessageType='DIGEST',
+            SigningAlgorithm='ECDSA_SHA_256',
+        )
+        return response
 
     def sign_transaction(self, txn: TransactionAPI, **signer_options) -> Optional[TransactionAPI]:
-        ... # self.kms_client.sign(<convert txn to proper schema>) Gets appended to the message
+        """
+        To be implemented
+        """
diff --git a/ape_aws_kms/py.typed b/ape_aws_kms/py.typed
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/ape_aws_kms/utils.py b/ape_aws_kms/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b8f33c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ape_aws_kms/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import botocore
+from typing import Any, Optional
+
+from pydantic import (
+    BaseModel,
+    Field,
+)
+from hexbytes import HexBytes
+
+from ape.types import SignableMessage
+
+from eip712.messages import EIP712Message
+
+
+class Transaction(BaseModel):
+    nonce: int
+    to: str
+    value: int
+    data: str = Field(default='0x00')
+    gas: int = Field(default=160000)
+    gas_price: str = Field(alias='gasPrice', default='0x0918400000')
+
+
+class Message(BaseModel):
+    msg: Any
+    key_id: str
+    client: botocore.client.KMS
+
+    def sign(self) -> Optional[Any]:
+        message = None
+        if isinstance(self.msg, str):
+            message = self.msg
+
+        elif isinstance(self.msg, int):
+            message = HexBytes(self.msg).hex()
+
+        elif isinstance(self.msg, bytes):
+            message = self.msg.hex()
+
+        elif isinstance(self.msg, SignableMessage):
+            message = self.msg.body
+
+        elif isinstance(self.msg, EIP712Message):
+            message = self.msg._body_
+
+        if not message:
+            return None
+
+        response = self.client.sign(
+            KeyId=self.key_id,
+            Message=self.msg,
+            MessageType='DIGEST',
+            SigningAlgorithm='ECDSA_SHA_256',
+        )
+        return response
+