Crafts, content strategy, flatware, and dogs. Not necessarily in that order.
You remember my friend Kate, right? The one who is responsible for almost all of the Italy spoons in my collection? Well, this one time, she got totally drunk in Italy and went to a souvenir shop in Florence and said (in a very bad Italian accent) “Please to give me your BEST Firenze a-Scoop-a!”
And they did. And it’s wee and ceramic and has a tiny painting of the Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore (or “Il Duomo” as the kids call it) in the bowl.
Because Brunelleschi!
On June 25, 1788, Virginia was admitted to the union, becoming the 10th state.
This tiny spoon is from Newport News, Virginia and although there are no makers marks on the back to help narrow down the age, it probably dates back to the early 1900s.
Happy Pride weekend, everyone! Here’s a festive spoon from the great state of Hawaii with a beautiful rainbow on the badge and a dangly pineapple hanging below. Because nothing says “love is love is love is love is love is love is love is love” like a dangly pineapple.
