Lettering on bamboo cutlery

Barbecue planning with style

Now that summer’s here, we can eat outside in the garden once again. And whatever’s on the barbecue, it will taste even better when accompanied by delicious homemade sauces and dips. If you’ve got several little side dishes on the buffet, it’s a good idea to label them clearly. One option is to write the name on the handle of the bamboo serving spoon (e.g. salsa, hummus, peanut sauce) so people can identify them at a glance. Your family will appreciate this and will relish your food all the more! edding calligraphy pens are particularly good for beautiful labelling. Thanks to their special calligraphy nib, it doesn’t take much effort to produce expressive lettering. If you want to find out more about writing with calligraphy products, or you’d like to pick up some hints and tips on technique, we recommend you take a look at our Calligraphy Training Course.

Categories: Summer
Creative garden ideas
Kitchen
Products: Calligraphy markers and pens
Materials: Natural materials
Wood
Difficulty: Easy peasy
Downloads: Images (ZIP)

Step-by-step

Step 1

You can see everything you need at a glance in our photo. The edding 1255 calligraphy pens come in three stroke widths and five colours. In our example, we opted for 2 mm and 3.5 mm widths and chose black as our colour. To help you pick the colour and nib that best suits your handwriting, we recommend you try out the different line widths on paper beforehand.

Step 2

Using the edding 1255 calligraphy pen, label the bamboo spoons with the names of the various sauces and dips. Tip: the secret to expressive calligraphy is to hold the pen in the same position (known as the “writing angle”) at all times, and don’t twist the nib as you write.