Domestic Goddesque

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Simple upcycled spoon plant markers

I’ve seen quite a few plant marker posts on Pinterest, my spiritual home. Sadly they seem to involved metal stamping of some kind and that, quite frankly, is beyond my threshold of what-can-be-reasonably-achieved-in-my-lifetime. I’m fairly sure that the tools required would throw DH over the edge and may force him to move into his as-yet-unfinished-man-shed and never return.

But I am nothing if not inventive. Aside from the fact that our garden has been roundly trashed in the construction of the aforementioned-man-shed, the stone markers I made last year had been ravaged by time and weather, causing a rethink. Fortunately for me, and DH I imagine, the rethink took the form of a bunch of mis-matched dessert spoons I found in a charity shop for a mere 10p each.

Home I took my booty, which also included a hat, two cardigans and a play kitchen (a gift to The Girls from DH to thank them for surrendering their playhouse to storage of ‘important stuff’ whilst the man-shed replaces the shed.) With a mere fifty minutes before I had to leave the house to start the school run, I immediately searched out my porcelain pen. The pens were last used to embellish the plant-pots that were painted orange at the Pumpkin party, so I knew that they would work on my project.

There was no banging, no stamping, no hammering, no noise, in fact, of any kind. Just me, a pen, and a few spoons. Which, after being left to dry, looked like this (click to enlarge).

Now I just need my garden back so that I can use them.

Me and My Shadow

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  2. halsey says

    Seriously!! What a cool idea, I can’t wait to try this out! Does the ink stay on if you by chance have to wash the pens? FYI…I am featuring you in the morning on Spunky Junky.

    xoxo
    Halsey

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    • Domestic Goddesque says

      Thanks Halsey- I’ve just seen the link. I really appreciate the feature! Thus far the pens have stayed put- they have been sprayed thoroughly and rained on, but not ‘washed’ if that makes sense.
      Glad you like them Jen, and thanks for visiting. No pen- super quick.

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    • Domestic Goddesque says

      Thanks for visiting ClaimingOurSpace- glad you like the project!
      Liz- I had concerns about the amount of finger bashing too!

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  4. Liz Burton says

    Great idea!

    I’ve seen those pics on Pinterest too and like you always fancied a go but was put off by the toolery/noise/hitting of thumb aspect. This is a great way round it.

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  6. creativejewishmom/sara says

    Sometimes the simplest solution is great too! I do love those stamped spoons, but you have to have a set of those letters, so your solution is so much simpler, and quite cute! Thanks so much for sharing on Craft schooling Sunday!

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