Metal Stamped Spoon Plant Markers

The other day I had a few minutes to kill so I stopped in the Goodwill near my school.  I found several books and then wondered to the housewares section to see if any treasures might be waiting for my discovery.  No treasures were found, but I did buy a few pieces of silverware to use for stamped plant markers.  At $.25 each, I knew that even if my plan didn’t work, I wouldn’t waste much money.

Supplies include:  silverware, metal stamp kit, hammer, Sharpie, and baby wipes.


I invaded Mr. SP’s workshop to use his anvil as a pounding surface to hammer each utensil as flat as I could get it.


Next I used my stamp kit to add the names of herbs that I like to grow.  I discovered that stainless steel is extremely hard and very difficult to stamp.  Silver plate would probably be a much easier to work with choice. 


After stamping on the letters, I went over them with a Sharpie and then wiped away the excess with a wipe. (Since I accidentally stamped two O’s, I was careful to only fill in one O with the Sharpie to hide the extra O.)


Rosemary is the only herb that I have that isn’t dead or dormant, so it gets the honor of sporting a new marker.


This coming weekend I will have many thrifting opportunities and hope to find some silver plate flatware to use for more markers.  Stainless is too hard and I found it very difficult to get a look that was neat enough to use.

It won’t be long until it will be herb planting time.  What’s your favorite herb?  I like Basil for eating and Rosemary for smelling.