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Flattened Flatware. Closer photo
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At the Sunset annual open house, I fell in love with recycled silver that had been flattened and herb names stamped in the center.
Christmas brought two sets of stamps to make them ourselves, and that has been a fun excuse to hunt around yard sales and junk stores for cast-offs.
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| Spoons are not flattened |
While doing that, we stumbled into a Frank & Mike style pick in the backyard of the SkeeterVac guy. We found an old, woodburning box stove in pretty good shape for the Shop.
There are so many clever ideas. For instance, we are now using 3x5 cards in a ziploc bag with a Miniature Golf pencil to hang from a limb of our fruit trees, to chart fertilizer and deep waterings. We take notes, and learn about our trees as they grow.
Love the learning curve. Here are more veggie marker ideas.
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| Great Cub Scout project idea. Popsicle sticks, ziploc bag, artwork |
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Raffia, twigs, veggie pictures & glass beads
that are flat on one side. And waterproof glue. |
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| This would be an easy kid project whittling one side down |
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| Any crafts store would have these supplies |
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They make really wonderful gifts.
Flattened flatware
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| Limb rounds, burned design with a quick coat of varathane |
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| You can repurpose anything, even wine corks and old bbq skewers |
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| More elaborate flatware can be put out utensil side down |
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| Or re-use your old wooden spoons |
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| Or just grab a rock and let the kids go to town |
