Altered spoons

The other day I was taking in some eye candy on Pinterest and saw some beautiful mixed-media jewelry made from bent silver spoon handles. Some had beads attached and some had words stamped onto them. Poetry Spoons by Kelli Nina Perkins could be turned into art to wear. I immediately thought of Kelli Nina Perkins's popular poetry…

Way back on November 29, 2011 the kids and I decided to kick off the year's Christmas crafts with altering some spoons. (I can't get over how little Brayden was! Twelve is a lot younger than nearly fifteen!) So we made all these beauties We got a good start on it and then I set them aside. Then we got distracted making spool garland and forgot about the spoons. I put them away with our Christmas ornaments and the next year pulled them out, intending to make use of them but we'd just lost…

The Artistclass projects are wonderful, absolutely inspiring and I have already learned a lot - although I am hopelessly behind with my projects ... :-( but I enjoy every minute of it. Mary Green from Green Paper and all participating artist have done a great job in organising this class and putting all bits and pieces together. Nancy Maxwell James from Sugar Lump Studios offered the tutorial for the whimsical spoons. I must admit that at first it didn't go very well. I am not quite sure…

Hello my dear friends, yesterday I had fun using June's lovely images and altered a spoon. I will show you two versions and it would be ...

An altered spoon that was made using vintage buttons, glitter, wire and such.

Altered spoon.

A DIY Silver Spoon Ring is simple to make and a timeless style. This is a detailed tutorial on how to make your own ring from silverware.

Spoon crafts need to be on your radar. You wouldn't believe what you can make with plastic, metal, and wooden spoons! Create gorgeous wall art, beautiful jewelry, and the most amazing plastic spoon rose. You'll also find crafts that use spoons as an essential supply to making something awesome. Several of the tutorials below include helpful videos so you can follow along step-by-step. Most of these projects are for adults because they work with heat to warp the spoons into different shapes…

….is the challenge over on Mixed Media Mondays. Well I’ve certainly never altered spoons before! I’ve signed up for a swap on Mail Art World for altered spoons (based on an idea …

Still playing with cutlery, thank you SO much Charlotte Kemsley; moving from mostly forks to spoons at the moment. Two soup spoons were flattened by my husband. The center teaspoon was pounded just…