Last month Mairi treated a friend and me to a massage in a local shopping mall in Glasgow. Having arrived early for our appointment we took time to enjoy a coffee in the mall's Starbuck's coffee bar. My eye fell on Starbuck's plastic coffee mugs which function as a holder for take-away coffee with a secure lid are the shape and size that could fit into a car cup holder.
This early morning arrangement is exactly what our Alastair does in Vancouver (or wherever he has lived) but what really attracted me to this carry-out coffee container was the fact that you could put your own picture in the exterior of it by slipping the paper in from the bottom.
This early morning arrangement is exactly what our Alastair does in Vancouver (or wherever he has lived) but what really attracted me to this carry-out coffee container was the fact that you could put your own picture in the exterior of it by slipping the paper in from the bottom.
So if you are looking for a Christmas present here is an idea: the Starbuck's container cost £6.99 as is shaped as in the above photo. You screw off the black base and prepare a photo (or whatever you use for a picture) to the size of the lime green template that sits inside the cylindrical wall of the container.
Here is the paper template ironed flat. I made a copy of it by tracing around the outside on to a plastic file folder. Then I cut it out.
Then I laid the plastic template on the photograph (one I took of the Duke of Wellington statue with its Glasgow humour in evidence.) All that is left to do is roll the photograph into a tube and slip it into the base and finish by screwing the base back on again. Done!
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