My 1000 sheets of 12 two inch round labels ran about $240 I recall. That including tooling and setup charges. Tooling is actually the making of the cutting die and setup is for setting up the dies in a punch press. The paper grades and types are numerous, so I opted for a medium weight removable adhesive. The glossy surface isn't as much as a photo glossy, more like a magazine type soft gloss. The label weight (thickness) was such that it would block out any printed words on the metal round lids of regular mouth quart and pint jars. It fits nicely in the circle of the lids. The source below has a 3/4 inch by 1 7/8 inch oval. Also, found 1/2 x 1 3/4 inch rectangle as a closeout at this link: http://www.planetlabel.com/catalog/product_info.php/cPath/10_17/products_id/125 and: http://www.onlinelabels.com/OL6025.htm And then the jelly jar types: http://www.kitchenkrafts.com/product.asp?pn=PP0016 Here is a link that might be useful: Oval labels

Hello, Luvs, sounds like you had a blast with your two friends today. It's great that you are still be celebrating your birthday. Hope you post pictures of your goodies. Let us know how the breakfast in the park goes with GD. That sounds like fun and I bet those triplets are adorable. Anj did you get some painting done? I'm looking forward to your big leprechaun so hope you get one cut out soon. If not you will just be early for next year. LOL Michaels has a few cute clover painting projects on their site that all of you may want to take a look at. The 3 hearts put together to make a clover is pretty and luvs may want to check out the napkin rings. Luvs do you decorate your table for St Patty's Day? Belle let us know how DH is doing. The chest pains sound pretty scary so hope you know more by now. Did you find a new outfit for the banquet and did you enjoy it? My sis just brought me a gold plate or platter. It says it has gold leafing on it so I'll have fun trying to figure out what to paint on it. I found out today that DS wants us to come up tomorrow and help paint on his new home so I may not have time to post tomorrow. He bought a new razoo power sprayer so it should go pretty fast. They are suppose to be out of the apartment by the 15th so if they don't get the house finished I'll have a house full and won't be painting for awhile. We took GD to the kids fair at the mall today and she had a blast and loved all the freebies they were handing out. I found quite a few good buys also. I got a new pair of UGG's, 3 new Coplumbia vests & 2 turtlenecks for under $100 so I walked out a happy shopper. I also bought a new book A Festive Collection by various artists that has Christmas ornaments in it. I wanted JMP Between The Vines 9 but they didn't have any. The clerk told me to go on line and request that they carry all of her books and any others I want so that's why I was on their site. Need to get things put away and start a load of laundry. All of you take care and keep in touch. Punk

It looks like there was plenty of room for cutting a backsplash on the back side of the templates so that can't be used as an excuse. Usually you want the grain to wrap, looks like they had quite a bit of room allowed for that. Blades aren't that thick, maybe an 1/8 th of an inch, or 3/16 ths of an inch, even dressing the seam doesn't take off more than an 1/16 th of an inch. Looks simple, slice the seam then make the other cuts. They only thing I can think of is if they cut that small bumpout to the left before they cut the seam. When you cut that way, the saw blade will go past a couple of inches and waste that much stone. I agree that granite seams won't be perfect match, but it looks like mustbnuts went to a lot of trouble to attend the layout so that the seams would match. It should have been like cutting a piece of paper, maybe a tiny offset in the angled grain. That looks like two or three inches! It is a pretty stone, but that isn't the issue. The issue is that the pictures of the template showed it was to be cut a certain way and it wasn't. The fabricator should remove this top and redo it correctly or give you a substancial discount for botching the seam. And one other question, why did they cut it in the first place? Usually an L top is not a problem unless you are dealing with an elevator or a difficult access situation. This isn't rocket science, get what you paid for. The pictures prove it all.

Hi Sandplus, That is cloth in my photo above -- but maybe you mean one with more white? Anyway, I ended up buying "napkin rings" from Etsy. The napkins rings were 50 cents each. I got napkins at Pier 1; they were the ones I liked best on line and in person they did not disappoint. The napkins were $3.71 each (versus $15.26@ for the British ones). I ended up getting some salad plates, too, for $3.88@. I looked first at Goodwill because so many people are getting rid of their china, I figured i might find something interesting. I didn't find anything that would work, and plates were cheaper at Pier 1, LOL. I do not really need plates but WTH, so cheap and the color works well. When I am done with them I can always donate them to Goodwill! I also bought a beautiful set of Alphabet cards for a new baby in the family. I was looking for someone who did fine printing like the napkins at the top of my post, and was reminded of a local co that makes gorgeous notecards (but alas nothing on fabric). While on her site, I just fell in love with her alphabet cards! http://www.saltboxpress.com/alphabet-cards/