Tutorial: How to make Branded Wooden Utensils from the Gold Rush BBQ

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Planning a western BBQ? The "branded" wooden utensils from the Gold Rush BBQ party in Festivities Magazine are easy to make and add a perfect touch to any western themed party.

Pie tin plate, bandana napkin, and wooden silverware branded with BBQ tied with a denim and string napkin ring.

The wooden utensils were already adorable, and perfect for this picnic, but the BBQ brand really made them custom and special.

Materials for "branded" (stamped) wooden utensils:

Wooden fork, small clear B and Q stamps, and brown ink stamp pad.

It's so simple it's almost embarrasing.  Just use the tiny stamps on the wooden fork or spoon!  The wood is pretty absorbant, so having a light hand with the ink helped keep the stamp from bleeding and making the design fuzzy.

Wooden fork and two wooden spoons stamped with BBQ that looks like a western brand on a granite surface.

To create the effect of a branding iron, I offset the stamped letters and overlapped them just a bit.  Using clear stamps really helped place things properly.  

Pie tin plate, bandana napkin, and wooden silverware branded with BBQ tied with a denim and string napkin ring.

There are so many beautiful stamps out there, and wonderful artists who make custom stamps as well.  That makes this a fabulous, versatile technique to add a little something extra to any party, no matter what theme.  

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