Homemade gifts..

[Scrumpy]

What a good idea crabbyob.. A sign post can look attractive  in a garden.. or near a front gate.. It's also a memory that you have visited her... Go for it.. 

[crabbyob]

i can get the mileage from google....lol

[klondike]

Might have trouble getting it on the plane though. Best make it there.

[Diasi]

From where the post is situated.... !!!  Some places are a far away.. others nearby and one on the spot..
Why do you ask.?

Because the direction & distances will be totally dependent on where the post is placed.

New York isn't the same distance from John O'Groats as it is from Lands End.

[crabbyob]

she will obviously check the distance from lands end, then add the distance from her house to Lands end...

[Scrumpy]

I will check the distance on Google from my daughters house to wherever..
.. and hope she doesn't bloody move..

[klondike]

You could put the pointers on hinges and include some spare paint...

[crabbyob]

and if she moves the she should leave the sign... :biker:

[Diasi]

How many of you could point to Modbury on a map without Googling it first?

[crabbyob]

me..... thats where lands end isnt/..

[klondike]

How many of you could point to Modbury on a map without Googling it first?

About as many as would notice if you got it wrong? 

[crabbyob]

i still think its a cracking present...

[Scrumpy]

Thank you crabbyob.. Paint is being delivered today.. Charcoal Grey for the pointers..
I can then put the place names in different colours.. Most colours go with grey..


Question.. Could I use Acrylic paint for the place names..would it stand up to the outside elements..?

[Raven]

Scrumpy, I use Acrylic paints when I do rock painting. I always wait untill they are dry then add a couple of coats of clear varnish over the paint. I have had no bother with leaving some outside though I do put them in the greenhouse over the winter months.

[Scrumpy]

Thank you Raven.. Because the sign is out in all weathers I don't think acrylic wording will work..