Creations, Fancy Flatware

Setting fun and unique tables, “tablescaping” is one of my very favorite pastimes. I don’t have warehouses full of china, linens and glassware to draw from and I have limited flatware choices so I have to get creative to keep things interesting. The idea of embellishing plain flatware has been rattling around in my head for a while

I have a bunch of these forks that I bought at Target several years ago when HH was complaining that we never had enough forks

I think they were $1 each, and had a nice plain, big, manly handle. He hates them! I give up! So I knew he wouldn’t care when I borrowed a few…

A shell and some glass beads secured with my favorite E6000 glue

and they started to look so pretty!

a little wire to finish the look

This is 24 gauge white wire, very easy to work with, thin and light

After letting the glue dry for 24 hours I began to add wire starting by wrapping the space just above the shell 3 or 4 times, tightly, leaving a couple of inches free for finishing at the end

Then I laid the wire diagonally across the next stone and repeated the wrapping above it, wrapping the stem 3 times, and repeating this to the top

After wrapping the wire 3 times above the top stone, I worked my way back down to the bottom, crossing the stones in the opposite direction

Once back to the bottom I wrapped the wire above the shell 2 more times and twisted it with the starting end on the handle back and tucked the wire ends under the wrapping. Secure with a dot of glue if you like but I was able to get it very secure without glue. This wire is thin enough so you won’t have sharp edges.