Charms/wooden initial etc

Going to sew up my nephew's Christmas stocking this week and I hope tie a ribbon and pompoms around it for decoration. I'm not going to embroider initials as the pattern suggests but like the idea of having an initial attached to the threads. If I have to I will do red and white felt tag, but what I would really like would be something like a little wooden "charm", not too big or heavy, and very plain.

Has anyone (a) seen something like this or (b) got an idea of some way I could make my own...I wondered about maybe a home made salt clay? Or papier mache? Or is there some craftsperson lurking out there who could help?

Or...a slice of wood, sanded smooth, and then could I burn the initial in to it...what do I need to get started in pyrography? Twisted Evil

Any suggestions most welcome, as I thought this might be a nice thing for presents in general etc (the charm could be reused year after year).

sean

Would a soldering iron work? You'd probably need a bit that you weren't planning on doing any soldering with.

Sarah D

A wooden initial would be nice - how about a piece of driftwood or similar from the woods wittled into shape?

Treacodactyl

Some of that old recycled oak we have could be used to cut a largish circle out and the initials either engraved or burned in. A hole can also be drilled in so it can be tied to the sock.

Bernie66

A Dremel or the cheap equivalent might do the job if you have a steady hand. Then the internal profile of the initials could be stained/dyed

Lozzie

Do you mean "salt dough", Bugs?

These are made with it:

There is a very straightforward recipie here:

http://www.ancientnile.co.uk/saltdough.php

sally_in_wales

How about a slice off a smallish log, then just heat a skewer over a flame (open fire or a gas burner) then with very well protected hands do the pyrography with that.

Or, make a little stuffed initial out of two layers of scrap fabric and a bit of cotton wool or wadding or whatever, could even add some spices so it smells nice?

marigold

Lozzie wrote:

There is a very straightforward recipie here:

http://www.ancientnile.co.uk/saltdough.php

Oooh that looks like fun! Another thing to add to the "one day....." list
Laughing

P.S. I've used sally-in-wales pyrography technique - skewer heated in fire and used to dot a pattern on a piece of drift-wood. Simple and pleasing to do. If you also put the year on whatever you make, you could do something similar each year to gradually create up a set of very personal Xmas decorations.....

hermil

If you think you'll be doing a lot of pyrography the machines are very good and I should think could be picked up on eBay for less money than you could find them for in craft shops. Just a thought. You could always look in a craft shop first to see them in the flesh and decide which one you preferred. Some of them come with different shaped ends so you can do more special effects such as textures.

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