Stone Garden Markers

As I mentioned yesterday, I'm going through a bit of drama in real life at the moment and haven't really had time (or mental power) to do anything overly creative this week.

I did eke out a quick little project for my garden though.
Here's what you need:

You also need a cutting machine~

1) Use the text function on your cutting machine to write out some of the yummy veggies you're planning to plant in your garden this summer.  Make sure to use a font that has some fat and skinny parts.  I chose "Vijaya".

2) Adjust the spacing of the letters so that they're all touching.

Don't worry if some of your "o's" start to look like "a's" or "r's" start to look like "n's", you'll still be able to figure out what everything says.

3) If you're using a Silhouette machine, select the whole word and click on the "Weld" button in the bottom left hand corner of your screen.  This will ensure that the whole word will be cut out as one piece.

The second to last button is the "weld" button.

4) Using some high quality vinyl, have your cutter cut out your words for you.

5) Place the each word onto a pretty polished stone.

Those are not actually potatoes, they're weeds,
but in a few months they will be replaced by potatoes!

This is so simple but I swear I always forget what I've planted where, so I know this will be mega useful for me.

Yeah, that's not really corn either,
just more weeds~

If you have a cutter, this really only takes a matter of minutes to make.

I stick to the basics in my garden.

I was almost going to use outlines of the shapes of veggies instead of the words, but I figured everything would just come out looking like a blob, and that wouldn't help me very much.

May long weekend is this weekend and it signals the turning point for us here in Saskatchewan.  It means we're free and clear of snow and we can finally start planting and putting flowers out!!!  Yay! 
It also means the countdown to the end of lovely summertime temperatures begins. Only 3 months to get it all in!

Do you plant a garden?  How do you keep track of everything?  Make sure to share your garden organizing tips with everyone below~

Have a great, and loooooooooooooong, weekend everyone!

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