A bit of schtick about painting your laptop

I don't believe I've mentioned Schtickers before.  These are preprinted vinyl stickers to put on your laptop cover to personalise it.

Of course, there's a good reason I've not mentioned Schtickers before: Last year I pimped my new laptop myself,with a traditional waterways 'roses & castles' design.  I didn't need Schtickers.  And besides, they don't do a waterways design. 

In fact, they don't do any sort of sophisticated, intricate design.  However, you can download a full-size scan of my laptop design here, and they'll reproduce it on a custom 'LapSchtick'. 

But it wasn't my design, of course;  I commissioned it from waterways artist Victoria Hignell at last year's Saul Festival.  Her fee wasn't that much more than the $25 Schtickers charge, but it was an original work of art.  And it's on a clip-on plastic cover, so when the computer dies or becomes obsolete I can remove the cover and frame it.

When you get tired of your 'LapSchtick' you can peel it off and reuse it, but I don't think it would look quite the same framed.  And if you use my pattern, you might have to pay Victoria commission; we never discussed who owns the copyright.

But I suspect it would be a much better investment to ask Victoria or one of the Waterways Craft Guild to paint your laptop for you.