Making His & Hers Wedding Pen's

[BJohn]

Received an amazing phione call Saturday evening from my youngest daughter, well she is now engaged to be married.

I would like to make them a set of wedding pens. A couple questions for those of you out there that have made these.

Those that I have seen here have used white blanks. Have you used Acrylic blank's or maybe Holly ?

What pen kits have you used ?

Ball Point, Roller ball or Fountain ?

All input is welcome, those that have recently posted wedding pens please watch for PM's

 

[lyonsacc]

Some ideas:
Trustone white mother of pearl and Trustone black mother of pearl.
Have someone pour some blanks to match the colors of the wedding.

Fountain Pens always look fancy, but if they are going to be used for the guest book they will likely get messed up after just a few people sign the book (nib could get bent by folks like me that don't often write with them).

My preference would be a rollerball, but the problem with a roller ball is to make sure there is a place to keep the cap from rolling off the table.

 

[jsolie]

For my daughter's wedding, I made a couple of rollerballs and used acrylic blanks that matched her colors. It tied in very nicely with the guestbook and all the other stuff for the day since it was all color coordinated.

 

[Jim Burr]

I've used holly, beautiful stuff. Ebony id you can find it. Rollerball is better IMHO because it doesn't need to be capped.

 

[nanosec12]

I recently did a set for a friends wedding...for the Bride I used a white marble tru-stone on a Majestic Jr, and for the groom I used the black and gold tru-stone on a majestic. Both of them rollerballs, and yes they were thrilled with the unexpected gift that I had made for them.

 

[BJohn]

I like some of these ideas Keep them coming.

 

[Brooks803]

First off...Congrats!

If it were me (my little girl turned 2 yesterday so I'm a LONG ways away) I'd make 3 pens.

1 for the bride
1 for the groom
1 for everyone to sign the guest book

I'd stick with the black and white since it's classic. The TruStones are very nice. Since I cast my own material I'd make them myself.

For the guest book I'd do a pen that matches the wedding colors.

 

[BJohn]

Second Thing "Enjoy every minute of it" It will go by faster then you think. This is my youngest and she is 27 now. Finished Collage with a masters in engineering I lost her to those books for what seemed like for ever & now to another guy. Belive me you will always remember her as your 2 year old.

I like that idea, I am just getting into casting so I guess I may have found my first casting project. Azure Blue with Silver running through should look really nice.

Need ideas for the kit's. I will use a roller ball for the quest book pen but what about the his & hers.

 

[BJohn]

Just got off the phone with my daughter she asked if I can make some nice pens they can use for gift's for the weeding party.

I so far have just been making pens that I like the looks of. The kit's for the guy's I can figure out So now can ya'll help me with what is the best kit for young ladies.

 

[BSea]

I actually use a Jr Gent ballpoint for the guest book. There is no cap to keep up with. I've just done the cast for my son's wedding in October.

 

[southernclay]

First off congrats...hope he's worthy!:biggrin: J/K I'm sure you raised her to make solid decisions.

I have a 2 year old daughter and makes me tear up to think about it. I personally would choose rollerballs for all, I love the idea of the three pens. Ultimately though I would let her weigh in on the decision as much as possible, it would be a good chance to get some time in with her before you give her hand to him. Maybe he or she could help you make them too?

 

[BJohn]

Had a Berea Hardwood catalog mailed to her so she can look, but for me I am just looking for thoughts so when I visit wit her in a couple weeks I know what I am talking about.

 

[rblakemore]

My daughter is 29, she and her husband of 4 years are visiting. And, I agree I think of her as 2 and some ages of special events.

I made pens for my son and his new wife this last spring; I used white and gold web trustone and black and gold trustone. They came out fabulous. I made a matching cake serving set (Chefware Kits, $29 set). The pens are a WC Cambridge, they came out well; but, I do not like the Cambridge plastic ring. I suggest either a Jr. Statesman or a Jr. Majestic, really looks good.
Here is the white one. As a side note, the pens are now lost, possibly stolen. So, perhaps, the Jr. Gent, or similar size, in a twist is a better choice.

 

[dtswebb]

For a nephew's wedding, I made two Sedona sterling silver rollerballs. Both used acrylic blanks - the bride's was white with thin black swirls; the groom's was black with thin white swirls. Ken at Kallenshaan Woods made up a beautiful wooden two pen box with wedding bells, their names and wedding date on the lid. The gift was well received.

 

[BJohn]

Thanks for the tips. the majestic has popped up a couple of times. I like the white blank with the gold.

 

[Woodkiller]

Here are my thoughts on this. I'd do the groom pen in mostly silver with azure blue highlights. I'd do the brides in azure blue with silver highlights. I'd do the guest pen in half n half. Have Jonathan mix them up for you. Put them on a majestic for the groom, majestic jr or squire for the bride, and whichever the bride doesn't get is the guest pen. Rhodium and 22k for the set should do it. Check with the groom as to weather he would prefer roller or fountain, maybe the bride too. Guest book for sure a roller.
That's what I would do.

 

[Tom D]

Here is what I did for my daughters. The grooms pen was a majestic and the brides was a majestic jr. Hers was in alternate ivory and his was alternate ebony the blanks came from Exotic.
http://www.penturners.org/forum/att...rowed-idea-wedding-pens-imgp2558_edited-1.jpg

I my son made one to sign the book and sometime during the evening it was replaced with a Bic.

 

[BJohn]

Tom you are the second person that mentioned the quest book pen mysteriously came up missing.

 

[darrin1200]

This is a wedding set I made last year for a good friends daughter.
The four signing pens (roller balls for the bride and groom, ballpoints for the maid of honor and best man) were commissioned. They were used to sign the wedding docs.

The guest book and pen were my gift. The book is Peruvian walnut with a maple inlay.
The pen stand is layered Peruvian walnut and maple shaped like a climbing rock as they are avid fitness nuts.
The pen is a slim made using holly and African blackwood with a feather in the wedding color.

Went over quite well.

 

[Brooks803]

Here's the one I did for my wedding. I had only been casting 4mo at the time so I got pretty close to the wedding colors.



Secondly, if you're going to do a Majestic not everyone loves the crystal in the clip. If it is an issue you can always modify it like this.

 

[BJohn]

Tom where did you get the engraving done?