# Making engraved bookmarks with the Bookmark Generator

> wood and acrylic bookmarks with stacked phrases, symbols, and a tassel hole

This is the rigid-bookmark sibling of the leather version: a wood or acrylic blank with engraved lines of text stacked down its length. Click **Add Phrase** to stack as many lines as you like - a name, a quote, a book-and-chapter reference - each with its own font, and control the spacing between them with **Row Gap**. Add a **Symbol**, choose a **Corner Style** (Square, Rounded, or Beveled), set the **Bookmark Size** and **Hole Size** for a tassel, and export.

## What you need

- **Laser cutting:** 3 mm [laser-grade plywood](https://yxecreations.com/collections/laser-grade-plywood) - the classic - or [acrylic](https://yxecreations.com/pages/acrylic-sheets) for jewel-tone translucent bookmarks
- **Finishing:** embroidery floss or thin ribbon for the tassel, a wipe of finishing oil for wood

## Step 1 - Build the text stack



Add phrases one per line - a strong combo is a short name line in a script font over a quote line in a clean serif. Use **Row Gap** to breathe; cramped lines engrave into each other on small bookmarks. A **Symbol** at the top or between lines anchors the design.

## Step 2 - Shape the blank



- Set **Bookmark Size** - 40 x 150 mm is the comfortable standard.
- Pick a **Corner Style**: Rounded survives pockets and page corners best, Beveled looks sharpest in acrylic.
- Set **Hole Size** to 4-5 mm so a folded tassel cord passes through.

## Step 3 - Export the SVG



Download the **SVG** - text and symbol on the engrave layer, outline and hole on the cut layer.

## Laser Cutting & Engraving

### Laser cutting



1. Engrave the text first - on plywood, aim for an even dark burn; on cast acrylic, a light pass gives a frosty engraving.
2. Cut the outline and tassel hole after engraving so the part never shifts between passes.
3. Mask plywood if you want zero smoke staining around fine fonts.
4. Oil or wax wooden bookmarks; it deepens the engraving contrast dramatically.
5. Add a floss tassel through the hole and it is gift-ready.

## Make it yours

- Teacher thank-you set: each one engraved with a different line the class voted on.
- Book club editions with the club name on line one and the year's reading list as tiny lines below.
- Clear acrylic with white engraving looks like etched glass between pages.
- Beveled corners plus a monogram symbol makes a sharp groomsman gift.
- Engrave reading milestones - 10 Books! 25 Books! - as kids' reading rewards.
- Walnut plywood with gold-painted engraving (paint fill after engraving) is the deluxe upgrade.
- Pair with the Reading Guide Generator for a literacy gift set.

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