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Put a Label on it! Herb Names for Plant Stakes

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Herb Markers
For my Birthday last year, my daughter gave me a lovely set of Slate Herb Markers where you write the appropriate herb name on the stake with chalk.  A few months later, the only herb we were growing  was a pot of sad looking Parsley which wasn’t really worthy of being “identified” with a plant marker.

Then my husband planted a lovely variety of herbs in a big rectangular planter. Instead of writing  in chalk, I cut the names out on My Silhouette Cameo  with some Silver coloured adhesive book covering ( like contact paper really). The Silver showed up beautifully against the dark slate, but you could use whatever vinyl/contact you have on hand and any material for your markers – wood, ceramic, metal, tile etc etc.

Herb Stakes

I used the regular vinyl settings on my cutting machine with the “French Script” font. The cutting file (see end of post)  has 14 herb names. Don’t worry if I haven’t included a name for a herb you are growing : I’ve used French Script MT Font in Size 72.  It’s pretty easy really – text with a bit of kerning (spacing) and welding.

Herb Markers

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It’s summer here and the herbs have really flourished in the last month or so – in fact so much so, that the herb markers barely show anymore! Ha Ha – time to prune and harvest! 🙂

Here’s the Free Silhouette Studio Cutting File.

Update: Go to this blog post to get the SVG Version of this free cutting files.

This post is part of “The Silhouette Challenge” where fellow blogging friends participate in a monthly challenge to create a new project with their Silhouette Machine.

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This month’s theme is “Organization”. Now that I’ve labelled my herbs and I can easily identify my Flat Leaf Parsley from my Coriander 😉  I’m off to see what the other Challenge members are doing to get organised.

Please join me and check out the links below! Here’s a little preview of all the projects.

Get-organized-with-your-Silhouette-Machine!

  1. DIY Window Shutter Mail Organizer by Weekend Craft
  2. Kids’ Art Wall by Tried & True
  3. Organizing Silhouette and Craft Supplies by The Happier Homemaker
  4. Simple Recipe Organization by It’s Always Craft Time
  5. Put a Label on it! Herb Names for Plant Stakes by Get Silvered < You are here
  6. Super Simple Linen Closet Labels by Two Purple Couches
  7. Beware of the Animals Vinyl Toy Box by A Tossed Salad Life
  8. Child desk accessories by Architecture of a Mom
  9. Organizing & the Important of Labels by The Turquoise Home
  10. Index Card Organizer for Easier Meal Planning by Chicken Scratch NY
  11. Create Craft Room Labels by Dragonfly & Lilypads
  12. Simple Storage Solution for your Christmas Ornaments by Vintage News Junkie
  13. Organize this: DIY Planner Covers, Tags & Dividers (made with Cereal Boxes) by Black and White Obsession
  14. How to Make a Cut File into a Print & Cut by Create & Babble
  15. Simple Chest Freezer Organizational Board by Nearly Handmade
  16. Vinyl Your Kitchen Canisters! by From Wine to Whine
  17. Nursery Closet Dividers & Silhouette Cut File by Creative Ramblings
  18. Make Custom Box Templates with a Silhouette for Drawer Organization by One Dog Woof
  19. Organizing the Craft Room by What’s Next Ma
  20. Vinyl Wall Calendar by Crafts Cakes and Cats
  21. Personalized Toy Storage Bins by Lil’ Mrs. Tori
  22. Personalized Routine Chart by Work in Progress
  23. Blog Planner Sheet Dividers + Free Cut Files by TitiCrafty by Camila
  24. Simple Project Calendar by Little Blue’s Room
  25. Dry Erase Photo Frame Menu Board + Free Cut File by Essentially Eclectic
  26. Receipt Organization with Free Cut File by The Thinking Closet
  27. Cute and Easy Labels by Life After Laundry
  28. “What’s For Dinner?” Menu Planning Board by unOriginal Mom
  29. Mixing Organization and Function: An Easy Conversion Chart by My Paper Craze
  30. Why do my cookies taste so bad? A lesson in baking. by The Life and Times of a TAP
  31. Custom Drawer Dividers by Please Excuse My Craftermath…
  32. The evolution of my labeling system by feto soap
  33. Ikea Drawer labels by McCall Manor
  34. Glass Etched Vinegar & Oil bottles by Terri Johnson Creates
  35. Organize It: Bathroom Closet by The House on Hillbrook
  36. Ombre Butterfly Magnet Board by Sowdering About

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    • Thanks Rachel, They are holding up really well with the book covering. Ir’s been a month or so and the names are holding fast.

  4. I <3 these so much Pam! They are beautiful in their simplicity. Oh, and I'm totally jealous that you can grow herbs right now (just saying). I have an herb planter myself, and my husband is always asking which herb is which. I think I might use your project as a jumping off point to make my own! Thanks so much for sharing your project!

    • Thanks Kristy, It’s summer here so everything’s growing really well at the moment. The mint is trying to take over the whole planter though so may have pull some of it out! Iced peppermint tea anyone? 🙂

    • Thanks Glenna, Although my daughter gave me the set, my hubby made me a few extra from an old slate tile.

      The font is great isn’t it – good one for the Silhouette and welding.

    • Thanks Tanya. They’re really handy. Just have to pop out the back to cut a sprig or two of Parsley or whatever!

    • Thanks Jessica. Yes that true! My stakes have held up well to frequent watering.
      Although dare I admit that my motivation to use vinyl was that my chalk writing efforts looked like the work of a four year old. -which is why I went with the cut out text instead – LOL

  14. What a great idea! The vinyl looks so good against the chalkboard finish. Thanks for joining our Anything Goes challenge at Silhouette Challenges!

    Becky
    Silhouette Challenges DT

    • Thanks Janice. I’ve been pleasantly suprised how well the book covering contact has held up during waterings too!

  16. These are so cute. I initially couldn’t even tell it was vinyl! The silver is the perfect combination with the chalkboard.

  18. Thank you Pam for sharing the herb markers cut file. Certainly as a nice touch. I want to use them for markers as my are “not as nice”, used marker. I have other items I would like to make markers for and wanted to know what font was used.

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