What makes a good stencil material?
Over the last couple of months various orders have come in requesting stencils. I thought I’d put this to the test and try a few of different materials to see …
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 …
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 …
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 …