subject: Great Gifting Ideas For Personalized Serving Platters [print this page] Looking for a unique gift? You may want to take a look at personalized serving platters. These are welcomed by most anyone who cooks, and they make great gifts for many occasions.
Platters can be an expensive addition to the family table, but most every table can use one or more. That is because platters are used for so many different things. Some families do reserve special ones for their holiday dinners. But other families use them for every meal.
If you want to make family member feel particularly important, you might choose to have his or her name and favorite recipe title included on a platter. What a nice gift to give and to receive this would be. The owner might then use the special platter each time that dish is served.
Ceramic and porcelain platters can be hand painted with china paints by a skilled hand to add a message or a name. If done this way, the handiwork will be permanent, because the piece will be fired in a kiln to let the china paint sink into the existing glaze. A skilled china painter can do this job very easily. If you prefer, you can have an artist add acrylic lettering with a pen, but the piece will need to be hand washed, and the permanence of the work is not guaranteed.
Some families decide to create family tree platters. It might be as simple as writing the names and birth dates of each family member, or as elaborate as including characters for each person. Many families choose to keep these as heirlooms, and display them in their dining rooms.
Personalized wedding platters are also a lovely gift for any bride and groom. In terms of messages to add, there are abundant choices. Some couples prefer their names and the marriage date. Others enjoy seeing symbols of love and romance included as part of the personalization. It is also possible to buy platters that guests may sign on the wedding day with a permanent ink pen. All of these tend to become display pieces rather than functional.
Though platters often tend to be on the large side, you can also purchase small ones designed to hold appetizers or party snacks. These may be engraved with the initials of the family that will own them. Usually made of easy to clean plastic or acrylic, these functional platters really allow for easy and casual serving.
Elegant platters are made in sterling silver, stainless steel, copper, and other metals. These are perfect candidates for engraving and make great presentation gifts at special occasions. Though these are quite the traditional version of personalized serving platters, they have never gone out of style. You may give these or any others with great confidence.
