• Spoon hunt in Athens

     


    This week I visited Athen's flea market and antique stores and found myself quite lucky in my spoon hunt.

    I was digging into piles of dirty old cutlery, and all the sellers were wondering what I needed so many spoons for.

    Now that's my kind of shopping!

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  • Happy birthday to my mom!!

     

    Being back in Europe means I can be around for family birthdays and events! 
    It was my mom's birthday a couple of days ago and I was able to come down to Greece from Switzerland. 
    I made her a nice serving spoon and fork, and since my mom is the best cook ever, she deserved a spoon with the title 
    **The best cook***Happy birthday** Rafina is the town where she lives, next to Athens.


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  • Rubber letter stamps

     

    Last Christmas when I visited my boyfriend's family in Indiana, I spent a lot of time browsing in antique stores, and found this set of rubber letters stamps... I wasn't sure what I was going to use them for, but today I did!! I stamped this piece of wood from a wine box, for my display at Comepony in Zurich. The set is probably 40-50 years old and there are letters missing (the i is actually a !, and the D is a G and ! combined).

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