I was browsing Country Living (one of my top 5 magazines ever, $10 for a year on Amazon…just sayin’…) in the carpool line at the school the other day when I came across these:
Cute, right? And $8? Not bad, but I wanted to see if I could make them myself for less.
Supplies:
Baby wipes, metal stamps (I already had some from the washer necklaces), old silverware, a Sharpie, and a hammer.
Apparently no one in Utah throws out forks or spoons because knives were all that I could find at our local thrift store last Saturday. Maybe you’ll have better luck?
Using the hammer and the stamp set, stamp the name of your herb/vegetable/whatever on your silverware. I’ve found it works best to do this outside on concrete. There are no pictures of this step because it was 28 degrees outside.
Using a Sharpie, color over the letters you just stamped.
Grab a baby wipe and wipe off the excess. If the letters aren’t dark enough for your liking, do it again.
How cute would one of these be in a pot with a fresh herb as a hostess gift?
And if you don’t want to make them? You can always go here and buy the ones from Country Living.
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I remember eying those on etsy awhile back–and thinking I could do that! Now that I know it's as easy as it looks, I will.
Cute!
These are adorable!
Very cool! I love that look!
So cute! I can't wait to make some of these.
Very cute! I just signed up to follow. Thanks for sharing your "crap"…love it!
I LOVE this! I don't have any herbs at the moment, but I could still use them in my living room plants. Thanks!
i love your blog! and instead of baby wipes, you could use 0000 steel wool and not have anyting to throw away and it would be brushed and a little shiny! fabulous way to use up crap!
Love it! I saw these on Etsy and wanted to buy some for my mom, but never got around to it. Now I can make them for her instead. Thanks!
so cute!! the boys and I are going to do an herb garden on the back porch this year. These would be perfect. Good job.
Very cool! I will have to try this out.
What an adorable idea! Love the butter knife!
~ Sarah
What an amazing idea!! Love it!
laura@6lalas.blogspot.com
I love them! Fabulous.
OMG! I just finished a tutorial for the same thing! I just used spoons but did not think of knives! Yours looks so good, I would love to have some metal stamps. I need to research those!
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That is very neat! I really like it!
I love your blog name!!!
I love this – and I had to laugh at "there are no pics because it's 28 degrees outside". I hear you!! LOL
If I invite you to dinner would you bring one of these to me as a hostess gift? Even if you won't
, just having you to dinner would be fun enough! We should meet some where one of these days…
And all a dollar has silverware sometimes…
very cute!
for sure I am doing this, with all 25 of my Antique silver ware I bought at the antique mall for like a quarter each, oh yes, and they are all spoons
where did you get the stamps? do they come in different sizes?
really cool tutorial.
where did you get the stamps? do they come in different sizes?
really cool tutorial.
The stamps came from Harbor Freight. They do come in different sizes and are pretty cheap.
Love it!!!
XOX
Jen
Great idea!
Also, if Utah is like Georgia Thrift Stores can't sell silverware, I have no idea why but they can't.
this is so cool, ive been wanting to do it for a while! may i ask you where you purchased your letter stamping kit? I want one really badly but do not want to spend a fortune.
Thank You for sharing!
~Amber