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 …
Guest Blogger! Stephen Emmerson’s Poetry Wholes
A couple of months ago we had an interesting project pop up in the Nice-Cuts inbox! We didn’t really understand Stephen’s Poetry Wholes, though we certainly had great fun in the …
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 …
Guest Blogger! Oh My Dear Julia
I had been running a business selling wedding stationary for a couple of year now and doing relatively well, but for various reasons, not the least my technician moving to …
Maker Faire UK – Pimp my badge!
This March we were again set the task of creating the badges for Maker Faire UK 2017 – this is our fourth year on badge duty, so we’re keen to celebrate with …
Laser Your Way Into The Christmas Display… Prototyping
So a few months ago, the leaves were falling, it was beginning to get very nippy in the workshop, and I was busy thinking up a master plan for how …
Run out of ‘Cs’?? – Just cut another one!!
This week I wanted to have a go at making an old fashioned marquee board sign – you know, the kind they have outside old cinemas – to let people know if …