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I used small wood slices as escort cards, and tried out a lot of different expensive pens to find the right one that was both easy to write with and most attractive. The winner? A brown sharpie! (Black would obviously work, too.)
@farmersdaughter: Where did you get wood slices? I feel like i've searched everywhere
Thanks all... I ended up buying some black sharpies. Hope they work out!
@wstonesifer707: I don't know where she got them, but I've seen them on etsy - search branch slices.
@wstonesifer707 they sell them at Michaels and A.C. Moore craft stores (in Pennsylvania anyway).
i've used a fine tip sharpie on wood cuts like this many times. my method to prevent bleeding is to spray a coat of clear acrylic spray paint to the surface you want signed and let dry at least a couple hours before writing (do it a week before so the smell is completely gone). then after everyone signs it you can do another coat of spray to protect the writing even more. good luck!
I second the sharpie, but make sure to test it out! It could bleed into the wood grain.
There are also some pretty easy-to-use paint pens out there. They might have a higher viscosity and not bleed as much.
Either way, i'd definitely test it out first!
Dang, I hadn't even considered testing it out first. Duh. OK, the pens and the wood slice are already in a box on their way to NH.... but when I get there, I will definitely test it out (on the back, I guess I'll write something cute?).
Thanks! This is why I love this place... my brain gets all cramped with bridal stuff I lose common sense!
No problem! I've had a lot of experience with wood (ar har har) and sometimes it can be difficult to just plain write on it.
Something fun? Maybe a carpenter's pencil if all else fails. It would be appropriate, and you could even correctly whittle it. Some even can be custom!
http://www.google.com/images?q=carpenter's+pencil&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=SVNQTIHkEoSdlgfZ6-m7CQ&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=6&ved=0CE8QsAQwBQ&biw=1202&bih=894
you'll have to let me know what you decided to use and how well it worked, I'm doing this too!
I'm bumping this!
I am using a wood slice as well and want to order wrapped sharpies, but at $30, I wanted to ask you guys first if regular sharpies worked...or if I need a fine tip sharpie.
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We're having a wood slice guestbook, like the one below, but I can't figure out what kind of pen would be best to use for guests to sign it.
Any thoughts?