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These used to be spoons!

Earrings I made from antique spoon handles

I 'll admit it, I have a hard time throwing pretty things away, even if it is something that is considered "scrap."
After making a spoon bracelet out of a pair of orphaned antique silver plated spoons I found myself left with the cut off bowl-ends of the spoons — and they had such a pretty filigree design on the neck (the thin part of the spoon that connects the handle to the bowl) that I just had to make something out of them...
....so I removed the bowl of the spoon and kept the thin, ornate necks and transformed them into these one of a kind earrings! (click photos for larger images)

(total measurement 1/4" wide by 2 & 1/4" long including sterling ear-wires and Swarovksi crystal drops )

I added sterling wires and pearls to this pair

Antique silver spoon earrings with pearl drops
What do you think of them?

Just how many things can you do with old spoons?
I love these ornate orphaned spoons who've long lost their matching mates. Who wants to lay around in some old silverware drawer anyhow? Being turned into an extremely cool bracelet is much more fun!
Check out these stamped silver spoon bracelets I made a while back with antique and vintage silver spoons. I also made some matching stamped spoon pendants (with the handles cut off) that hang from a chain.

Potty Mouth. Everybody knows one!

Trophy wife!

Dream big...

Enchanted
What would you want yours to say?
What do you think?

Thursday's Thrift Shop Treasures!

Vintage silver flatware ad. This is what I look like when I find something good at the thrift shop!
I squeezed an hour out of my busy morning to swing by one of my favorite local thrifts and it was a good thing I did....I found this awesome set of ornate, antique birth record spoons — and for only a few bucks!

Antique engraved baby spoons!
Each is hand-engraved with a child's name and birth date. I feel a bit sad that they are no longer with the family of the original owners and landed up for sale in a thrift shop — but I will take good care of them! They are silver and in need of a polish, but I do sorta like their current state — their aged, tarnished patina is so charming!
These will not be made into jewelry!