Altered spoons and tins

 Hello there! I hope you had a good weekend. I was busy finishing up some last minute gifts for my girlfriends.  I altered a silver plated spoon and two small tins for a gift exchange. The Victorian Santa graphics came from Karen at The Graphics Fairy. I'm sure most of you know that her blog is a great source for FREE images.  I'm going to link this project up to her Brag Monday party. It is a great party to visit and see all the projects that other bloggers have made using her freebies.

The tart tins were altered into ornaments. The first thing to do is to make two small nail holes in your top. I do these right in the middle so the ornament will hang properly. I then used a thin gauge wire to create a loop and added some wooden beads and pearls. For the inside, I simply layered some cheesecloth, lace and the image then adhered to the bottom.  The image was covered in a gel medium. I then painted some Tacky Glue around the edges and dipped in glass glitter.

The silver spoon is my favorite. I love how ornate the serving spoon is all by itself. It's beautiful.  I did not convert the spoon in to an ornament. I knew my girlfriend would want to display it with one of her many, many vignettes around the kitchen and dining room or frame it. We've talked about altering or framing silver for this purpose in the past. So, it was fun to surprise her with this little piece. I added some crinkled ribbon and a vintage earring to the spoon along with the same layers of cheesecloth, lace and image. I made a frame this time out of the glass glitter. 

I hope you enjoyed my little project.  The best part is the serving spoon was .50 at a local antique store and look how it has been repurposed!  The tins were also .50 and from my trip to Renningers last month.  Have a great week! I have a few more projects to share with you. I've been playing with paper clay. More on that soon! Also linking to Between Naps on the Porch Vintage Inspiration Friday and Nifty Thrifty Tuesday! Stop by and see us!