What makes a good stencil material?
We put three lasercuttable materials to the test to see which makes the best stencil material!
No vector program, no problem!
A guide to creating artwork if you have no access to a vector program.
A Bit of Bling!
Its nice to come into work looking a million pounds, so to cheer up everyone in the Nice-Cuts office during this blustery gloomy springtime I decided to have a go at …
Working With Wood
This week we were asked if we could laser-engrave onto some beautiful circular wooden slices. We said we’d give it ago! The disks arrived in the post, sent to me …
An Alpine Christmas Gift!
A couple of weeks ago we wrote about a particularly bespoke wedding gift order for a Harry Potter loving client (read about it here). Zoë went on to develop her miniature …
Christmas make off round two – wreaths.
Following on from the plywood and acrylic mistletoe of last week, I wanted to make something else Christmassy in a similar style. So next up… Wreaths! I played around with a …
Mistletoe! Christmas make-off 2017
Every year, coming up to Christmas time, I take part in a ‘make off’ with some of my other laser cutting friends. It’s not really a competition, it’s just for …
Harry Potter? Let’s make it stand up!
This week an interesting query came in. ‘Can you design me something special for a Harry Potter themed wedding – that stands up?’ Hmm… It’s an unusual one but over …
Puzzling puzzles! …and preparing artwork for cutting.
Earlier this year we were asked to help design something simple for a customer that was hosting a treasure hunt. The idea was that participants of the treasure hunt, around 120 …
Mini Maker Window Workshop
The leaves are falling and it’s ‘Back to School’ time yet again. Over the summer however, the Nice-Cuts team had a bit of fun dreaming up some fun activities for these …
Beautiful Bears! For those without the means to create vector artwork.
From time to time we’re asked to prototype and laser cut work for people that don’t have access to a vector design program at all. Here at Nice-Cuts we use …
This Book Belongs To…
We’ve had a couple of requests for rubber stamps recently, and having been inspired by a lino printing exhibition I decided to have a think about how best to go …
No-Water Houseplants!
It seems as if summer is coming to a close, and as sad as this is, I am feeling relieved that I no longer seem to be a slave to the …
Postage Problems!
One of our regular customers, Oh My Dear Julia, creates beautiful bespoke wedding invitations and favours. She actually wrote a guest blog for us back in March (read it here!) …
Engraving convert!
Recently we’ve had a few orders coming in for engraved pieces. While this is something I’ve always thought was nice, I tended to think the expense of choosing to Engrave …
Amaziograph… The most addictive game
Recently I’ve been playing around with a fantastic app I found on IOS called Amaziograph. I was recommended to it by a friend back in December when I was having fun …
Laser Cut Bunting!
Whilst beavering away with my projects for Newcastle’s Maker Faire UK 2017, I turned my attention towards how best to decorate our stall! This year I joined the Oomlout team and we certainly wanted to …
Laser Cut Your Way Into The Christmas Display… Packaging
A few weeks a go I talked about prototyping for my laser cut Christmas baubles. I started working on them back in November so they would be ready to send out …