Spring has indeed sprung

It is officially spring as of this past Sunday.  In celebration I crafted some markers for the veggie garden.  The inspiration came from several lovely products on Etsy and I spent a fraction of the price on 3x as many markers!  16 various sized tarnished silver plated spoons off eBay - some varnish & archival quality markers from Michaels and it was time to start my garden markers.

 

I flattened each one with a hammer on a metal workbench.

After consulting the seeds & seedlings I used the archival markers to doodle little veggies on scrapbook paper and glued it to the spoon. I'm no Van Gogh but they're cheery little suckers:

The beans are indeed purple.  We're growing green, yellow, and purple beans along with orange peppers, "carnival mix" peppers that include ivory & purple, and our radishes are sort of inside out.  

Such an oddball little garden we'll have.  

The lot of spoons included 3 very small spoons, and since my lovely BFF enjoyed the markers I crafted her a set of herb markers for her plants:

Naturally, my mother was highly impressed with my fly spoon smooshing skills and demanded her own set.  Since I love my mother dearly, Shawn and I went to the flea market in search of spoons.  He found a matching set of 10 (5 small & 5 large) for the low low price of $5 so I made my mom a set for her garden:

I must admit my mom's pumpkin marker looks much better than mine and the peas turned out pretty damn cute.  Both of our sets need onion & lettuce markers - they will be finished and varnished by the end of the week.  The varnish no longer sprays for some reason so the remaining markers are on hold until I get a new can.  I'm also trying out regular clear coat on a tester (strawberry) marker so I may not be using the craft varnish - we shall see.  At any rate I think the finished product turned out well and I'm eager to see how they hold up to the outdoors.

Forrest, on the other hand, is unimpressed.