Step One... fail

"Only the spoon knows what it is stirring in the pot."

                                                                                             -Italian Proverb- 

Spoons, Spoons and more ... Spoons. 

I've been collecting them for a few weeks now after envisioning a spoon garland to deck out our bare kitchen windows. Today I decided to put some action to my plans for the spoons. First I tried to pound them out flat, but without a mallet, it was a fail.

So then I thought "I'll bend them so they hang all cute from a ribbon." Fail. 

I ended up with an oddly shaped "hook" spoon scared with battle wounds from the hammer beating.

My second idea with this garland was to write or draw a design on each of the spoons. I used a black permanent marker and then buffed a bit of the marker off to subdue the look. This wasn't exactly a fail, and I like the results, but now I'm not sure what to do with them.

F.A.I.T.H. (I know it's hard to see)

I tried to hang them each with a ribbon from our kitchen window (and I regrettably did not take a photo) but they didn't look right there, so I took them all down. 

Now I'm stuck with a big vase o' spoons. 

p.e.a.c.e.