Have a cuppa...

Happy October!

This is the best month of the year. Leaves are (still) falling, the weather's getting cooler, the boots are coming out, and suddenly it's appropriate to just lay around drinking tea (this is always appropriate in my books, but some people don't think so... humph!).

So, this week I decided that since I'm going to be drinking a lot of tea in the near future, I need a good, solid cup to drink it with. Enter, what? Pinterest, of course.

I saw a set of really cute cups a few months ago and pinned them to my "Love DIY stuff" board on Pinterest... take a look...

Photo cred: Gillian St John's Pinterest

Cute, right?

Well, I loved them! So I was thinking of ways to personalize them because I'd feel awkward making myself a cup that says "beautiful" and decided to use nicknames. 

OK, now don't laugh. My boyfriend and I have really silly nicknames for each other. I call him Bubbi - from singing baaaaby, baaaaby, baaaby oh! (a la Justin Bieber) to him, but it didn't suit, so Bubbi it is - and he calls me Schmoopsie - again, my fault. I changed my name in his phone to be funny. Unfortunately, he thought it was cute and it's stuck ever since.

So anyway, I decided to use our nicknames, keep the "good morning" idea, and give it a little more of a personalized kick and do our M & M thing (Megan and Mike - M&Ms - so cute) on the back.

Behold...

Yes, I dotted the 'i's with hearts and I'm not at all embarrassed about it.

They turned out pretty cute, right? I had no idea it would be so hard to write on a cup with a permanent marker... it was so hard. I had to write and rewrite 5 times before they stuck. Brutal!

If you want to make some cups yourself, here's the how-to:

You will need:

- A cup (or two)

- A permanent marker

- A stove

Wash the cup(s) well and dry. Set the oven to 400 degrees celsius. Write whatever message you would like on the cups. Place cups on a cookie sheet in the oven and let cook for 20 minutes. Turn the stove off, leave the cups overnight. 

The heat should help the permanent marker soak into the cups for good. That's it!

So easy, so fun. Make some tea - Pumpkin Spice from Tim Hortons in my current favourite - and you're set!

Happy pinning!

 M