Just before Christmas I bought a box set of metal letter stamps on ebay for the purpose of making old spoon and fork garden markers. It was lots of fun making them and I followed this tutorial http://mossymossy.com/?p=491
Unfortunately these are my first 'worst' batch as I gave the best looking ones as Christmas Gifts. But in the end I wasn't 100% happy with the look of them, I think I need to get thicker, smaller and deeper metal stamps as the letters came out too faintly. I got all of my silver plated spoons from a Salvos shop at 20c each!
And when I tried them out in our veggie and herb garden they just looked lost as the garden is too big, they would suit a potted herb garden better.
They are heart shaped blackboard markers and are MUCH better suited to our garden.
When I have to go outside at night to pick herbs for my cooking I can see the names quite clearly as they stand out on the black chalk board.
Our Basil is on it's last legs before it dies off over winter :(
I hope to use my metal stamps for other purposes though, I used them to stamp words onto my Christmas clay tags which was fun.
Do you have a veggie garden? What do you use as garden markers?
I hope to use my metal stamps for other purposes though, I used them to stamp words onto my Christmas clay tags which was fun.
Do you have a veggie garden? What do you use as garden markers?
Have a lovely day,
