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.
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