That's a neat idea. I bet it looks nice too. I hope they stand up in the sun. I had problems labeling garlic as the labels often faded or disappeared in the deep snow here in winter. I am a plumber. My solution was to take a large copper drain pipes cut 2"x3" (or what ever size) rectangles out of them using tin snips and bang them flat with a hammer I use an etching tool to engrave the garlic names into the flat plate and on some even a little drawing of a garlic clove, then solder the plate to a 1/2 " copper water pipe and cut the bottom on a 45 degree angle so it will easily push into the ground. (even nicer is using two 1/4" pipes, one on each side of the plate.) They weather very nicely as copper usually does in the elements and last forever. Now i am making more for my herbs in the spring and my mother loved them so much that now sheÂs bugging me to make her some for her flowers and such for Christmas. :)

It took me a while to find this on my computer but here it is. I don't remember where I found this so I can't give credit. All Season Blocks 1 has N D H also has three small flowers stenciled on it 2 has E I P and a Christmas looking tree 3 has M P G and a small Canadian or American flag 4 has Q A I and the number 4 5 has L O R and a heart 6 has L A W S 7 has E T J and a shamrock 8 has V O H R 9 has A B C D 10 has Y G C and a pineapple 11 has H E L R 12 has S D N W 13 has S O A C 14 has T N W Y 15 has T V U O 16 has F I K M The # of each block was stenciled on the bottom, the symbol on the top and the letters were stenciled on the side with one side left blank to be used for blank spaces in the messages. Some suggested messages J A N U A R Y 7 9 1 15 4 11 10 BLOCK # TO BE USED H A P P Y N E W Y E A R 8 9 3 2 10 14 11 12 14 7 4 5 F E B R U A R Y 16 7 9 8 15 4 11 10 G R O U N D H O G D A Y 3 5 8 15 1 9 11 13 10 12 4 14 B E * M Y V A L E N T I N E 9 7 5 16 10 8 13 6 11 1 15 4 14 2 P R E S I D E N T S D A Y ** 2 5 11 13 16 1 7 14 15 6 12 4 10 3 M A R C H 16 4 8 9 11 M A R D I G R A S 3 4 8 1 16 10 5 4 12 S T P A T R I C K S D A Y *** 6 15 3 9 14 8 2 13 16 12 1 4 10 7 L U C K O T H E I R I S H 6 15 9 16 13 14 1 11 4 5 2 12 8 L E N T E N S E A S O N 5 11 12 15 7 1 13 2 9 6 8 14 A P R I L 9 3 8 4 6 A P R I L F O O L S D A Y 4 3 8 2 11 16 13 15 5 6 1 9 10 A P R I L S H O W E R S 9 3 8 4 6 13 11 15 14 2 5 12 A R B O R * * * * D A Y 4 8 9 15 5 2 12 13 10 P A L M S U N D A Y 3 4 5 16 6 15 14 9 13 10 P A S S O V E R 3 4 6 13 15 8 2 5 G O O D F R I D A Y 3 15 5 1 16 11 2 9 4 10 * HEART ** FLAG *** SHAMROCK ****TREE ++ FLOWERS (*) PINEAPPLE Josie

They painted up nice(screw eyes)! Wondered where you got the blocks!! Our Michael's has changed so much, not near as much stuff as used to have. Lighting isn't too good so hard to find what you want. Should go to a different 1. After looking at the ornament some more I do think the screw eyes add a richness to it that a cord wouldn't. Thanks for the info. I made a spider last night, I can't find 1 I made last yr. It is just black bumpy chenille 4-12 in. long, pieces. Each piece needs 4 bumps. Put them together & take 1 & twist around the other 3 spread out all 8 legs. In center add 2 in black pompom with hot glue. Arrange legs ,I turned up tips a little & bend where each leg gets thin so it sits like spider, see where you want to put 2 ziggle eyes 10-12 mm attach with hot glue. turn over & hot glue little on area legs come together under the pompom so you won't "lose a leg!! Place with you decorations for Halloween. Very easy, about 5 minutes to make. Jan

anjabee, I don't know of anyone who has a cricut. I'm not really sure how they work, but I've seen them in craft stores and I know they are expensive. colorcrazy, the only craft store I've tried so far is Ben Franklin. They only had the alphabet/numerical stencils, and I think they were lightweight cardboard or something. Will try Michaels later today.