In the mean time, the kids and I made markers for our vegetable garden. They turned out pretty good, and look much nicer than the package with a stick through it- especially after a couple weeks of watering...
We made them out of polymer clay. (I had lots on hand- I got very ambitious a couple years ago watching The Carol Duvall Show- she had so many great ideas with polymer clay...). Here's the kids running the clay through the machine to get it nice and thin. They thought this was pretty neat.
After cutting them out, inserting the stick, glueing together and baking, they were ready for the names. Bre obliged and did a great job writing the names on them. Brandon even did a couple (with Grandma's help).