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How to wood burn a “couple” set of letters

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Initials are a fun way decorate and wouldn’t these letters with an ampersand make a great gift for newlyweds or an anniversary gift? To embellish the surface I wood burned the letters with their own letter and the ampersand with what else? An ampersand!

Big wood letters wood burn ombre

18″ letter “B”

18″ letter “S”

18″ letter “&”

Walnut Hollow wood burning tool

Wood burning tips-letters

Wood burning tips symbols and numbers

wood burn letters in ombre pattern

I did the wood burning very close together on the top left and then spread it out toward the bottom right.

woodburn letters on letters

If you over burn it is easy to fix. Simply sand the surface a bit

over woodburn fix

You can see how much of a “halo” the “&” has in the lower left corner of this photo.

how to fix over wood burning

After just a bit of sanding you can see the “halo” is gone and it looks like the others.

Like the idea of wood burning and letters? Check out another of my wood burning projects that features an ombre alphabet.

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