A cutting board is a gift a new household will actually use. Here's our Arkansas cutting board, and why it works for a housewarming or a wedding.
It's in our Arkansas gifts collection.
What the board is
The Arkansas wine bottle cutting board is solid bamboo, 17 by 5.25 inches, cut in the shape of a wine bottle. That long, narrow shape makes it a cheese board, a charcuterie plank or a bar tray. The design is laser engraved into the surface, so there's no ink or paint to wear off, and the engraving shifts between browns and blacks, so no two boards match exactly.
For a housewarming
The board comes in our 16 Arkansas designs. For a new house:
- HOME Outline, HOME with the state outline as the O
- Home Sweet Home, with the state shape as the O in HOME
For a wedding
For a couple, Home Script & Heart (the state outline with home in script and a heart) or Floral Damask (the state shape in ornate floral scrollwork) reads a little more formal.
We don't add names or dates, and the board isn't on any registry service. If the couple has a registry elsewhere, this works as the off-registry gift that still gets used.
Pair it with coasters
A board and a coaster set together make a fuller gift. The Natural State slate coaster set has the state outline with the capitol dome, an apple blossom and a mockingbird on natural slate coasters, sold single or in sets of 4, 6 or 8, 4 inches across and a quarter inch thick. Slate soaks up condensation instead of pushing it onto the table.
Care
Hand wash and towel dry. No dishwasher, and don't leave it soaking. A little food safe mineral oil every so often keeps the bamboo from drying out.
Timing
These aren't made in Arkansas. We keep plain blanks in stock in our workshop in Hilton Head, South Carolina, and engrave each piece after you order. Boards ship within 1 to 5 business days in a plain box, so plan on wrapping it before the party.
See everything on the Arkansas collection page.
