Thanks to TechShop, I finished my platter plans for the holidays with these six offerings. All are in the 11-12″ range and have been laser etched with family names and dates — weddings and birthdays — to personalize them.

After watching a Mike Mahoney demonstration on heirloom pieces, I got the idea to create platters that could serve to honor families in much the way we used to mark the inside cover of old bibles with the birth of each new child.

These are designed to be somewhat functional platters, but really intended to be displayed on the mantel or left on the family dining table to be seen, not filled.

I used the Epilog laser at TechShopRDU to etch the pieces after spending several hours planning the presentation and process.

You can read the blog post if you want the full details of the etching process.

-- Norm