Happy Birthday Dad C!

Last year, Stephen's dad turned the big 6-0 and we headed down to the good 'ol KY to be a part of a wonderful surprise celebration in honor of him.  It was a good time!  This year, we played things a little low key and we had a simple family meal at Stephen's parents house.  I've known what I wanted to give Dad C. for his birthday since Christmas time.  It all started when I was flipping through my Pottery Barn catalog and I stumbled upon this:

Remember how Stephen loves the Steelers? (I know, shut-up already) Well, he was born into a family proclaiming Steeler Nation.  I knew that Stephen's dad - a lover of the Steelers and of good ales, would love a gift like this!  So I promptly got online and found some beer glasses and a beer pitcher from Amazon, as well as a glass bowl from Target to finish things off.  

I quickly got to work warming up my Silhouette and searching online for the perfect Steeler logo.  After finding the perfect logo, I followed this tutorial to use the .jpeg and turn it into a vinyl cut-out of the logo.    I adhered the logos to the bowl, 4 glasses and the pitcher and layered on tons of etching cream.  I waited in anticipation, hoping for a Pottery Barn-esque masterpiece and here's what I got:

Ta-da!  Needless to say, Stephen wanted them :)

Any new projects your working on?  Do share, I love me some inspiration!

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