Customised Herb Pots

My first project using the Silhouette printer was to make some customised plant pots to cover the boring plain herb pots we have in the kitchen.  I had looked around for a while for indoor plant pots but they are so expensive!! So instead decided to start from scratch and bought some cheapy (50p) outdoor ceramic plant pots and trays (because outdoor pots have a hole in the bottom) from the garden centre.  For paint I bought a tester pot of wall paint from Homebase which was more than enough and thick enough to cover in a couple of coats.  Note to self: Open paint on a table so you don't spill it all over your favourite new jumper FAIL!  I downloaded a lovely handwritten font from the internet and cut out a template using the Silhouette from adhesive vinyl to stick on the side of the pot.  After painting and drying, the vinyl was peeled off and the end result was better than I could ever imagine, reaffirming my love for the Silhouette.  To finish I dropped in the herb pots and put on a sunny window for them to enjoy.

Update: If you do spill paint over yourself, wash straight away in warm water, I missed a huge patch on my sleeve so it dried, hard! but managed to get it off with acrylic nail varnish remover and a cotton bud, it's very strong so make sure you rinse immediately afterwards so it doesn't stain.  Good as new!!

Stumbled

This post is a tad too late for last year but I found the best Star Wars Snowflakes on Stumble this week which I have to try out on my new Silhouette printer.  Therefore I'm dedicating this months Stumbled post to Star Wars at Christmas so that next year I can have a spectacularly geeky christmas!!

Star Wars Snowflakes from Anthony Herrera Designs

How amazing are these you can download the cutting patterns from his blog, you'll need a good craft knife.

Snow AT-AT from Mexican Viking

I wish we had enough snow to make one of these!!

Jawa Vegan Cookie-Cupcakes from Just JENN Recipes

These are made using Star Wars cookie cutters I'm definitey going to have to get them!!

Star Wars Ornaments from hearts4ever on Etsy

Lego, Star Wars and Christmas total win!!

Reindeer Darth Vader Christmas Card from Crap Apple Designs on Etsy

and finally the best christmas cards I've seen, hope these are still being printed next year.

2012 Resolution 3 - Get Out More and Have Fun!

I wouldn't say I have had the worst year, but last year was pretty stressful on a number of occasions; as life is.  So now that Graeme and I have our own flat, have settled in and feel we have grown up (a little bit) I am determined to make the most of it.  We both have lots of hobbies which we want to concentrate on more, we are also highly addicted to a computer game called Skyrim, which has magical powers to make 20 minutes pass in 3 hours.  I would also like to get out a bit more, we don't know Woking very well at all so it will give us the perfect opportunity to get out and explore, although early searches haven't been fruitful.  We checked trip advisor for things to do in Woking, it brought back 3 results, 2 paintball centres and a fluentintution Cook and Talk.  Which does sound quite fun when you read the blurb but isn't really our thing.  I think we will have to spread out search slightly further a field.  The most important part is to have fun though, I really want to make the most of 2012!!