Look on the bright side, I tell myself, peering out from the living room window onto ominous skies: with rain comes Life. The horse fields are lush and green, the bleeding hearts in bloom, and the lilacs about to burst. For days now, it's been a steady stream of rain here in upstate New York, so until it stops and I can finally begin to cultivate an English garden of my own, I'll remain indoors, cleaning, sifting, wading my way through Things. Pretty as they are, even I get overwhelmed. Today, from the more hidden depths of our butler's pantry, I unearthed two sets of berry spoons. The first was a gift from my grandmother Dottie to my mother and, most recently, to me. They're English Sheffield, probably from the late 1800s. Dottie bought them years ago at a tag sale near her first house in Greenwich, Connecticut.
They're beautiful, heavy spoons with an intricately detailed relief and gold overlay on silver, which prevents the bowls from tarnishing with acidity. Growing up, I remember accompanying my grandfather Eddie to the estates where he worked as a horticulturalist. Together, we'd pick all varieties of berries, then bring them home, where Dottie would macerate and sprinkle them with sugar. Then she'd make fresh vanilla whipped cream and serve them in milk glass hob nail bowls, together with these pretty spoons. Thankfully, Eddie and Dottie—or Poppop and Mommom, as I call them—are still with us today, so for Mother's Day this year, I'm planning to make a lemon berry trifle, served with her very own spoons. As a collector, I'm always finding similar such pieces, and with so much meaning attached, I rarely pass them up. This set, a more modern design from the 30s, I found just a few weeks ago at an estate sale in the Hudson Valley.
Of course, the voice of reason (a.k.a. Jaithan) tried to tell me we didn't need them, which, as usual, I diligently ignored; the price was too good to pass up. Truth be told, I'd seen similar berry spoons at Bergdorf's for upwards of $300. But just because they're berry spoons doesn't mean they're just for berries! These I'd use for serving cold leaf salads, trifles, or any other dessert. They too have a gold overlay on the bowls protecting them from tarnish. But, as it turns out, drawers overstuffed with servingware aren't the best way to ward off clutter in a small farmhouse. (Who knew?) And so, inspired by the generosity of our reader Anne Chamberlain in California, who recently surprised us with a box full of silver, linens, and cookie cutters from her family's estate because, as she wrote in a card, "we'll cherish them," we've decided to pass on the love with our very first giveaway, just in time for Mother's Day! I'm hoping one of you will cherish (and use!) these spoons, just as much as I do my grandmother's. Simply leave a comment, and we'll pick one winner by random, then announce it on Monday evening! Good luck, everyone!
These are beautiful, Eddie! I also love the picture of your grandmother.
How wonderful and lovely. Thanks for sharing the memories and the spoons. Glad your grandparents are still around.
Beautiful, beautiful berry spoons. Will you be mine?
What a great story about your grandmother’s spoons! I too cherish items my grnadmother gave me when she was alive and able to tell the story behind the item. Family pieces are the best!
These are beautiful. Love the spoons and the picture. Thanks for sharing.
Dear Eddie, Thank you for the beautuiful inspiration you share with us all.
My best to you and Jaithan.
Cheryl in Canada
Reading your blog is my daily treat…What lovely stories and beautiful treasures you share ! There is no better way to spend free time than to rummage at a church sale or poke around the local Salvation Army store. Thank you for sharing with all of us in blogland !
Thanks for helping us discover beauty in small packages! Love to hear about your family while you again educate us in all things fine.
Oh, they are wonderful! I would definitely cherish those.
My husband loves berry spoons. I would love to surprise him with some.
I hope you will consider planting berries on your country estate. Raspberries are very easy to do. I also recommend bush cherries over tree cherries as they do not need spraying and are easy to pick.
I love reading your blog. It’s the first thing I check every morning. Thank you for all the inspiration.
I’ve been so inspired by your postings regarding silver. I want to begin collecting and this would be the perfect start. Thanks for the inspirations!
Pick me lovely berry spoons! I promise to give you a good home.
What a beautiful thank you. You and Jaithan are certainly very special people.
The trifle sounds divine. How wonderful and lucky that your grandparents are still with you.
Ann ABCOroville
OOOooH, OOooOOH, Please, please, Me, ME! (I will love them and cherish them, I promise!)
Love your blog and the spoons are absolutely beautiful.
The spoons are so beautiful! I’d love to be able to give them to my future mother in law, who loves anything antique!
I love the idea of “paying it forward”, but doing so with this great story behind it is even better. Kudos, guys!
I love reading your blog and those spoons are beautiful!!
Love that photo of the grandma!
I HATE getting rid of stuff, so I think this is a great idea…to PassItForward!!!
I have room – and the berries – for these fabulous spoons!
Lovely – My mother in law would them!
Eddie I come to your site for daily inspiration, thanks for sharing with us.
What a sweet story. I can’t wait for berry season!
I would make a wonderful lemon trifle with fresh raspberries and serve it with these beautiful spoons also! Thanks for sharing and thanks for the story!
Love the spoons…I have a bunch of family ones too that I use with some of the 120 pints of red, black and gold raspberries I grow. We eat most of them, and some I put in a silent auction for our local scholarship fund. Everyone wants fresh berries picked and delivered to the door. Easy to grow, a weed really…they come up everywhere! Mine are looking great with all the rain this month.
They’re beautiful! I would love them as a Mother’s Day present!
How elegant I’ve never seen anything like these! You’ve inspired me to get out and do some tag sale shopping!
The detail on these is amazing. They would be a nice addition to my collection. Love your blog!!
What fab spoons. They would be treated well and well used in my home.
I am a grandmother and when my little ones visit the only sweet they request is my homemade vanilla yogurt with heaping spoons of all the glorious berries of the season. We would all so enjoy the beautiful spoons with the berry reliefs and the the sharing of the story of the little boy that visited His grandmother. Such a teaching moment…
Oooh, please count me in too! They are beautiful!!
Shannon
Oh Eddie, if you really want someone who will love and adore those spoons then I hope you pick me becuase I WILL!!!
Love your story about your grandmother’s spoons. How lucky you are to have such treasures.
Joanne
Ooooh, Pretty pretty spoons. I love them. Such a classy way to serve delicious foods.
Pick me, pick me! I promise to keep these beautiful spoons polished and used!
xoxo
Evy
it is always good to ignore your inner voice every once in awhile (sorry Jaithan)!
Cool! How beautiful.
these are gorgeous. Thanks for sharing another precious story, Eddie.
I am so glad you have your “inner voice”, so that one of us could profit 🙂
My grandmother was fabulous too. She and I tended her flower garden, protecting it from my grandfather’s lawnmower; we cut and brought in beautiful flowers for the tables. We also had luscious berries, grapes (delicious just picked from the vineyards) and many fruits we picked from the many trees. From these we made jams, jellies, juice in canning jars — what great times. The spoons remind me of her and our fun time together.
Those berry spoons are precious. My grandmother just brought over two boxes of her silver flatware and serving pieces…not one of her children (including my mother) wanted it. I am feeling so blessed and really identified with your story about your grandmother. Thanks for the generosity.
I have my grandmother’s china. It’s lovely and every time I use it, I get flooded with tons of memories of all the times I spent at her house when I was a child, every single memory a cherished one. Isn’t it grand to be lucky enough to be given such wonderful things? Not everyone gets that, you know?
Your berry spoons are lovely and the the berry spoons you have chosen to bestow on one lucky reader are equally lovely! It’s kind of you to pass on the “berry spoon tradition” !!!
Hi E & J, You know I love your blog. Your pictures and stories to go with them are so wonderful, thank you for sharing them. Miss Dottie’s picture reminds me when I was a little girl and we had to wear crinolines(puffy, net slips) that made our dresses stand out, like hers in the picture. Boy, were they a pain! Usually itchy!! But I guess we thought we looked pretty special in them. My, how times change! Your berry spoons are so lovely, I hope that the lucky soul that receives them will cherish them, as I know you do the ones passed down to you by your Mommom.
These spoons are getting me excited for summer when our farmers’ market will have oh-so-luscious berries, perfect for making dainty little tarts.
You’re lucky to have your amazing grandparents around!
Oh, Eddie, I cannot even tell you how much I love those spoons!
Irina
Very pretty spoons.. don’t forget “Trade Secrets Garden Show” on May 16th!
Kristen
These spoons are amazing!
The spoons are beautiful. I love your blog and the inspiration I find in it. Looking forward to the Washington DC trip in September! It’s my birthday present to myself!
Oh, how beautiful!
Wow, a giveaway! What fun! Thanks for your generosity! I love both sets of spoons. The history behind the first set is just lovely!
As much as I love silver, I did not know that the gold bowls were to prevent tarnish. Learn something new every day. Your grandmother’s spoons are beautiful.
I love your blog, and I love those spoons! Please pick me!
Good Morning!I love the spoons. I would give them a good home and lots of attention. Plus if I win you could just bring them to Atlanta in June and save the postage!!
Those are beautiful! But I love your story of mom mom and pop pop and the fresh berries and cream even more!
The memories that you associate with your grandmother’s berry spoons make them all the more lovely. I think your Mother’s Day idea sounds perfect!
Eddie,
I inherited old sheffied plate in the pattern shown for the giveaway but I have no berry servers. My British stepfather (with no male heir)left this flatware to me – it was once part of service for 80 – can you imagine? Now only have service for about 12. n any event, please throw this admirer’s (your admirer, that is) into the hat with the rest!
Fabulous spoons! I adore old silver and china, especially the gifts that were handed down. Three generations makes them more of a treasure. Great giveaway.
The picture of your grandmother with the the spoons is very sweet. How kind you are that you had us in mind and purchased the spoons for a giveaway. What a generous person you are! I would love to own such pretty spoons and please enter me in your givaway.
Berry spoons!!! oH yEs!! Anne in Cali is right, lovely things should be with people who will appreciate and cherish them 🙂
Eddie…those spoons would be beautiful additions to this southern belle’s collection! You’re very fortunate to have such wonderful memories and your grandparents still with you~
As always, your generosity is much appreciated!
I was thinking of my own grandmother, and how much I miss her, before I opened your post. Enjoy the day with your grandparents.
Thanks for sharing 🙂
These spoons are to die for!
One can never have too many shoes or too much silver. Or so I tell my partner.
Your website is the first place I visit each day. It’s so inspiring and motivating. Thank you!
The berry spoons are beautiful and I would love give them a home and pass them down from generation to generation.
You are so lucky to still have your grandparents with you – I love gathering beautiful items for my home like you do but the few I have passed down to me from my mother are the ones that are so special as they serve as reminders of the people we have loved and lost – now its my job to collect beautiful new items to pass down to my descendents
hey eddie, Thanks for all the inspiration. Now that you have an old home I’m looking for some more than ever! I hope you are having fun in Millerton. I used to work there at Gilmor glassworks, such a great town.
I hope the rain stops soon and you can enjoy the lush summer of the Hudson Valley ahead. Now I won’t be able to stop looking for these spoons at every estate sale and Flea market. Gorgeous!
have fun!
Eddie~ ~ ~Thank you so much for the lovely spoons. I will cherish them~ ~and use them well~ ~Ahrisha~ ~
They’re beautiful! How nice of you to part with them! Thanks for the opportunity!
I always enjoy your stories about your grandparents. It is obvious how much you cherish them. There’s no greater gift you can give them than that. Have a wonderful Mother’s Day weekend!
How lovely! Thank you for sharing another beautiful story.
these spoons remind me of my grandma. 🙂
Eddie, Your spoons are gorgeous! I have never seen anything like them – with the relief in the bowl. They border on being too pretty to use! Love it!
Hi E and J –
I also have my grandmother’s (nana’s) flatware that I love and use with my children everyday. I couldn’t believe that nobody else wanted it. Pieces that are handed down or “found” I feel are treasure that have “found” you.
P.S. – the sun is finally out here in MA today and I can’t wait to get outside!
I came across some gorgeous strawberries at the grocer’s yesterday- this spoon set would be perfect to serve them up to my mother for Mother’s Day.
You’re blog is so inspiring- keep up the good work!
I too, love the spoons. I don’t have any berry spoons but I do have some berry dishes. I am named after my great grandmother and privileged to own a beautiful dish of hers. I look at your blog every day. Not sure how I found it, however, I am hooked. It’s very exciting for me to follow your everyday life and I have tried to incorporate finer things in our everyday life because of it.
These would be a perfect way to start my silver collection! Thank you so much for such a thoughtful giveaway, and such a thoughtful post (like always!). I always look forward to new posts from you!
These spoons are beautiful! What a lovely story about your grandparents.
They look like they would find a good home on the coast of Maine! Am expecting tons of visitors this summer and wouldn’t they come in handy!!! Thanks for always writing a great blog with great ideas.
How beautiful those spoons are! I have to admit, I have very little servingware as I just finished grad school, and therefore mainly used plasticware to eat my ramen noodles. 🙂 I’m in the process of buying my first house ever, though, and I *LOVE* reading your blog to get ideas for my new place. I feel like such an adult now! (It only took almost 30 years!) 🙂 I think these spoons would be a perfect way to start my collection and begin accumulating my own “clutter” that I have been deprived of for so long. 🙂
Lovely story and if I’m the winner I will cherish the spoons!
You’ve been inspiring me to spend some time at our great local flea market. This would be a great start to a new collection. thanks for the chance to win the set.
I love the detail work of art on the spoons. One lucky winner is going to feel berry special! Thanks for sharing.
Have a berriful weekend! xoxo
Thank you for this beautiful opportunity for all of us.
I am following you on twitter too… you can’t get away from us!
Hugs
Colleen
http://www.pusteridesing.com
Those sppoons need to come and live with me , we are doing a garden wedding in August and they would be right at home here. They probably have wonderful stories to tell. Donna
I could put those beautiful spoons to very good use.
The spoons are gorgeous! Your blog is inspiring, Eddie.
I adore these spoons and would love to have them. I love the blog (and you as a general whole) Mr. Ross. I just began collecting antiques and would love to add these pretties to my collection!
Besos!
As my mother always says, “some people just have it.” Thanks for sharing your talents, creativty and design with us! You’re always an inspiration.
My Grandmother (Murr) had a set just like these. What fond memories. Have a fab Friday!
While I didn’t get many of my grandmother’s things, I do remember using all of her fine crystal, silver, and china through the years. Her house was an antique warehouse – you would have died to see Alma’s Attic!
Love your berry spoons. They looked great on the fruit tray in your Sunday Brunch photos. In fact, I’ve printed out that fruit tray photo and plan to do something similar with our sheffield plate berry spoons when we host Mother’s Day Brunch on Sunday. Never knew the reason for the gold-plating (my set lacks that); thanks for the education and the inspiration!
You guys are so sweet! I have to say that your blog is the LAST one I check every day. Why? Because in the world of blogs, tweets, emails and nings, there is a LOT of dreck. I want my last exposure to the world of the ‘net to be one that I can savor in my mind, like the last honeyed sip of a good botrytis semillon or the lingering smoky tang of a fabulous bite of dark chocolate. Your blog does that for me, every time, never fail.
So thank you, for all you do for those of us who crave that touch of elegance and beauty in our day!
Oh pick me! Everyone is having giveaways recently!
So beautiful! I’d love to win! Thanks for the chance, Eddie!
I was getting nervous there at first wondering if you were going to part with your grandmother’s spoons! I should have known better.
The newly acquired spoons in the “king’s pattern” are such a classic. I definitely think they should be used for more than just berries!
(Hey, maybe you should do a shadow box with your grandmother’s spoons-like the baby duds you did. Of course, you’d want one with a hinge so you could use them too!)
Thanks for hosting a give-a-way!
GSG
http://GrannySmithGreen.blogspot.com
Gosh Eddie, this is a most generous give-away… Please put my name in for a chance to win… if you don’t mind… I’m going to announce it on my blog…
Pick me, pick me! Love your blog, and what a nice giveaway. :o)
What a great combo: family heirlooms and a beautiful, warm story to go along with them.
What a wonderful story! These are lovely serving pieces!
I love them! And your website!
I’ve never seen spoons like that, and already I’m in love! Beautiful spoons, lovely story — how generous of you to share! I’ll be here keeping my fingers crossed!
What beautiful memories you have with your grandparents. These spoons are beautiful and mean more knowing the story of your spoons!
Your website inspires me to make our house a beautiful home!! The spoons are absolutely gorgeous!
Your site is educating me so much about things I have seen at auctions but passed up because I wasn’t certain what they were or what I would use them for. No longer will I pass up tiny spoons that I used to think were for dolls (salt spoons!). Fortunately, the auction season in Illinois is starting to pick up the pace, so I’ll be digging for treasure on upcoming weekends. I already scored a flat of assorted salt cellars — some of which, admittedly, I used in craft projects, much to my grandmother’s chagrin! Thank you so much for your site!
Simply lovely…..I could see ME dishing up some fresh strawberry salad with those spoons….pick me! pick me!
i am so glad that i discovered your blog. i think you are wonderful and you inspire me when it comes to design!
Love, love, love your blog! These are so incredibly lovely! What a generous giveaway! And, so glad your grandparents are still alive and able to see all that you’ve accomplished!
I too treasure my grandmothers things-she was a wonderful hostess.
That was so sweet of Anne to send you a box full of goodies, and even sweeter that you are passing on the love to us! I love those berry spoons, they are just beautiful.
Hope the rain stops soon so you get get outside and plant that garden- I cant wait to see pictures! Have a good weekend!
They are gorgeous! Whenever I see berry spoons, I think of the exchange in Intolerable Cruelty (a favorite movie) where the George Clooney character grumpily regards a Tiffany wedding gift purchased by his associate for Catherine Zeta Jones.
Clooney: What are those?
Associate: They’re berry spoons! Everyone needs berry spoons!
Clooney: Pollyanna
I think I have a set of berry spoons and I never even knew it! I received a similar set for my wedding from my Gram. I thought they were just serving pieces but didn’t know about the gold overlay on the bowls. How neat!
Hi E&J, I called my grandparents Poppop & Mommom. Their names were Jack & Kitty Reilly and we named our oldest (of the 5)daughter Reilly after them.
Have a great and hopfully sunny weekend!
Kerry
What a lovely idea!
When I got married a year ago, I was quite blessed to have grandmothers and great aunts who had great taste and(sadly) were in the stage of life where they had to down size their amounts of serving ware, silver and linens. We got some lovely things as gifts for the wedding, but things I enjoy using most are the old things that have memories attached.
It just seems to bring an added layer of thoughtfulness to the everyday.
How iconic is your momom in that adorable dress with it’s full skirt and short sweater?! I wish people still dressed like that!
My strawberry/rhubarb compote would benefit from being served with those lovely spoons.
Those spoons are fantastic! Thanks for having such a wonderful giveaway.
I’d use those EVERY day! Thanks for a great blog.
Beautiful spoons – lovely site.
I’ve loved lurking on your site, but a chance to win these berry spoons was just too much! I’ll cherish them and put them to good use! Thank you!
Ah – what a cheering post on these rainy days!
Ok, so I too an a lurker, but I love to read your blog.
However, the Southern Belle in me came screaming out when I saw this gorgeous silver. I would “love, love, love” to have them and I would love (take good care of)them.
Melinda
The spoons are beautiful and have such great detail. I would love these spoons, especially to use to serve the many wonderful salads we eat in the summer.
After reading your blog and seeing all the wonderful things you purchase on all your trips, I want to venture out to some flea markets.
Thank you so much for hosting such a great giveaway!!!!
Long time lurker, your blog is very inspirational! The spoons are beautiful.
What a generous surprise! These spoons are so lovely, it would be a pleasure to use them any time and make any ole thing look and feel truly special.
Beautiful! we inherited my husband’s grandparents special silver and i love using them as often as possible.
These are absolutley stunning!!!
I love the spoons. Have a wonderful weekend.
LIMOM
http://countessofnc.blogspot.com/
Love the Butler’s Pantry before and after. Great spoons. I wish myself luck. The sun is out enjoy your day.
XO
Love these spoons, but I love more the manner in which you speak of them. They are lovely for their purpose, or any purpose, or no purpose.
Your Mother’s Day Giveaway is generous and fun. It is probably just this sort of thing that makes you successful and loved, sharing your joy, Eddie Ross. Gratitude is itself a gift, a great example.
I, too, “lurked” before signing in at your blog, but the joy drew me in. Thanks, as always.
Love the beautiful spoon and your story about you and your Grandma brought back many wonderful thoughts of mine. Love your BLOG!
they are so lovely! and would be pretty in a shadow box, too.
You make me happy.
What a lovely gift, and now to a lucky reader. 🙂
What a wonderful and generous offer! So kind of you!
I read your blog religiously and always find great inspiration from your beautiful stories and photos. Thanks for sharing your life with all of us.
Beautiful berry spoons! The detail is amazing!
I just love reading your blog. I recently made the crudite tray with the cabbage for my son’s baptism and it was easy and beautiful. Thank you for such a nice idea! Those spoons are lovely and I do wish myself some luck just in time for Mother’s day!
Have a great day.
What a great find and what a lovely story Eddie! These spoons are exquisite and would make a beautiful addition to any table on any occasion. -Veronica 🙂
They are beautiful! And it’s so beautiful of you to share. My grandmother started my small silver spoon collection with pieces she had that didn’t match her service, and I’ve been adding to them for years now. I love using them for everything! Thanks for sharing!
All the Best to Y’all! DAM
Oh Eddie…thanks so much! I too have a great memory of picking blackberries as a child. I grew up in Bernardsville, NJ (childhood home of Meryl Streep). The blackberries grew along a stretch of land near my house. I remember picking them with my neighbor friend Karen. We always had great intentions of bringing back the fruit to my mom to make a pie…but, as memory serves, I don’t think we ever returned with enough product because we consumed them all along the way! But today I believe I could resist long enough if I had those beautiful servers to use! Thanks for the shot!
The spoons are beautiful. I am hosting a group of women at my house next month and would love to use them to serve something.
I am in love. And love that dress too!
Thanks for leaving a comment on my blog. It made me feel so special!!
Your grandmother’s spoons are a beautiful family treasure and I am so glad that you are encouraging people to use their treasures instead of letting them collect dust.
Thanks,
Angie in Alberta but missing my home in Nova Scotia
I just found your blog recently and I love it! I can’t get enough of your amazing decorating and antiquing ideas! The spoons are adorable! Thanks for all of your inspiration!!!
~Lindsey
You always show us such beautiful ways to use those things we treasure, whether they’re heirlooms or flea market items (or both!). Thanks for continuing to inspire me!
These would be so lovely in my home 🙂
What a great idea!!!
The spoons are gorgeous, you have such a generous spirit. I hope whoever ends up with them will cherish them as much as you clearly do!
They are so beautiful, and how sweet of you to pass them along. Spring will soon be there for you! It’s already getting hot here in Atlanta 🙁
What a thoughtful giveaway…they are gorgeous!
I so envy your future English garden, it is too hot in the summer here for me to have the beautiful blooms I love!
Have a wonderful mother’s day with your family!
hugs,
Aline
Eddie,
I love your posts – especially when they mention Dottie. I’m a Dottie – my grandmother was a Dottie (there’s an Aunt Dot too!). Have a great weekend.
Dottie
Those are gorgeous! What a sweet Mother’s day idea.
I love these spoons and your story!
These spoons are beautiful. I love old things! Thanks for the chance to win!
Hey Eddie,
These are so gorgeous! What an inspiring post–I just want to go home and make trifles now.
xoxo
Alicia
They are simply gorgeous. I understand your affection to your grandmother’s spoons. I have a few pieces my great-great grandmother’s silver with her initials in it. I plan on displaying it when we get our house finished. The patterns on old pieces are just so breathtaking when you think about all of the skill it took for them to make the intricate details.
Have a wonderful day!
This giveaway just made my day!! The spoons are so beautiful. Thank you for your generosity.
Gorgeous. I love to think of the history of these pieces. Each one has a story, for sure.
Eddie, I enjoy reading your blog, daily & love your creative decor ideas. I would love to have these spoons!
-Lauren
Those are gorgeous Eddie! I’d definitely cherish them. Thanks for the chance!
Thank you for your blog and thank you for your big heart, too!
Hi Eddie,
This is such a generous gesture! I am still quite shocked that you are gifting these. Oh, wait till I tell my husband — he keeps on ragging/ nagging me because I keep on collecting lot of vintage items for my kitchen while reminding him that I shall not be able to give it to anyone & it’s, therefore, here to stay forever! 🙂 🙂
Anyways, it’s very kind of you. ‘N I secretly hope that I am the lucky winner! 🙂
Such lovely spoons, and a beautiful story. Wishing you a wonderful day with your family.
How funny that I would find your blog today just days after my 8 year old daugther asked me when can we watch people decorate on TV…..she and I are such fans of yours…..What a lovely place to visit…I will come back often, not for your generosity, but for your lovely and creative spirit! I adored the story.
The spoons are beautiful! Thanks for offering such a generous giveaway and always wonderful posts!
I think the second set is for serving salad. Best wishes, Diane
I grew up in the in Hawaii where we have no basements or attics and tons of humidity, so family heirlooms are scarce. My mom’s silver was stolen in a burglary when I was little so we don’t have any family heirlooms of that sort. What a fabulous Mother’s Day gift these would be!
I would love to have your berry spoons to cherish! Your blog is awesome! LCD
How beautiful! As a faithful follower of yours and Mary Kay Andrews blogs, I just want you to know how much I enjoy your blogs. You both have an amazing ability to take ordinary things and make them look beautiful. It is truly a gift!
You can be sure that whoever is blessed with this gift – the story behind the spoons, their beauty & your generosity will always bring a smile to the winner every time they are used!
Have a wonderfull summer!
Absolutely beautiful. The family history you add to your blog make it so special and personal. Thank you so much for sharing that with all of us (your readers).
that is a berry nice giveaway!
My husband and his brother inherited their grandmother’s silver which was then divided between them. We use our portion on a regular basis so I would love to have another piece to add to our collection. What a fabulous idea…they are beautiful. Thank you for the change to “win” them!
Your berry spoons are gorgeous, truly an heirloom piece.
What a wonderful giveaway!
They will be a treasure to whomever you choose. The spoons are beautiful.
Pretty please with strawberies on top, pick me!
W.
I adore old silver… Just think of all the hands young and old that have served others with these spoons over the years… what a wonderful tradition to share! Happy Weekend!
Hey Eddie great post, I love thoughtful design and the sentimentality of these spoons is wonderful.
I think it makes a real difference to the enjoyment of food, having cutlery and crockery which has special memories attached to it.
Also precious finds in vintage and antique stores brings me a real thrill. Knowing the items already has a history and that you’re adding to it, by using it on special occasions.
I get real value from reading your blog I always rush off after to cook something fabulous and make a creative dinner setting.
I learn so much about good design from you.
Keep up the great work
Beautiful pattern!
So glad to see the beauty in your home!
MimiG
Your site is the first one I look at in the am and the last one before I turn out the lights at night! I’m so glad you inspire and encourage people to use the treasures from the past that were handed down to them. It’s sad when families have auctions and items are put up for sale the children never saw because they were ‘kept for nice’. I look forward to your ideas and ways to serve and decorate without ‘breaking the bank’…Thanks, B. Wagner
There was a young man named Ross
For ideas he was surely the boss
He’s giving away spoons
meant for berries and prunes
But for me it would be applesauce
Sending some Southern California sunshine to my fav NY boys. xoxo c from paisley petunia
I love reading your blog,you have some great ideas for everday decorating too! My mother-in-law just gave me her silver not long ago. I haven’t used any of it yet but I plan to soon. The spoons would go great with the chafing dish she gave me.
Thanks, Jan
Love your table settings and all your good ideas about using old and cherished things. I have some of my grandmother’s things and they always make me happy to use them. The berry spoons are great! I too check out your blog daily. Such fun and inspiration.
Keep up the good work.
Ginger
Eddie – LOVE your blog! I would LOVE to win a prize too so that I will think of you every time I use them.
A tremendously sweet story-I have a small box of random silver pieces my grandmother picked up at sales many years ago that I recieved after she passed. Knowing my grandmother she would have a story for each little piece-I wish I knew those stories. They are as treasured as the silver. 🙂
If I win the spoons,
I’ll use them for good,
I’ll give them away,
Just as Eddie Ross would.
I know my friend loves them,
As she loves your blog,
So I’ll give them to Alice,
Though her prune poem’s a dog.
What a beautiful story. The spoons are beautiful!
Gosh, what a wonderful giveaway and your story was so sweet. Please enter me.
Bless your heart…your sweet give away is just in time for berry picking season in North Carolina…strawberries sprinkled with sugar served in an antique bowl with beautiful new berry spoons…that’s what I’m talking about!
Hi Eddie! I must say I love all the pieces you feature here in your blog, but those berry spoons have to be the most beautiful to date!
Very sweet post Eddie – I like to hear stories about life in the farmhouse and your grandparents – always a nice touch to get to know a blogger better to hear little intimate stories of their lives. Or stories about how their closets are full too. 🙂
Please count me in. I promise I would adore them.
Terri in Calgary
It will be Nana’s Depression glass plates and Rosepoint flatware here, with Grandma’s hand cut crystal water glasses. It is not a special occasion if these items aren’t used. It makes it feel like these special ladies are still present on Mother’s Day.
Those spoons are beautiful. I’ve got a softspot for silver and come for a family the never kept anything. Although this mean I can start my own collection to pass down to my future generations.
How sweet of you to host a giveaway on Mother’s Day weekend! Thanks for continuing to post gorgeous things and inspiration!
The spoons are lovely. How nice to have a
give away just in time for Mother’s Day!
I am sure that the recipient of this gift
will use them for many years and pass them on to future generations.
I love those spoons! And your blog.
Leslie
beautiful. a great treasure!
How exciting! I honestly don’t have anything like them, and I’d love to own a beautiful serving set like that!
What beautiful berry spoons and just the right time of year to use them.
Beautiful spoons! My family has no heirlooms and my parents never had anything to pass on to us kids, so I love reading your stories of items that have been passed down from one generation to the next. I plan on rectifying that and creating my own heirlooms to pass on to my children.
Wow, Eddie! They’re beautiful! I’d use those spoons to dip berries into my pink depression glass bowls. Thanks for hosting a give-away!
Well, who could pass up a chance for those! Thanks Eddie!
I love the story of your grandmother and the berry spoons. While I don’t have memories of berry spoons, I do have memories of eating Mama’s homemade peanut brittle, sewing doll clothes while Mama made a yo yo quilt, and helping her plant flowers of all kinds. I found your blog quite by accident and have enjoyed reading about your visits to flea markets and thrift stores. Love the before and after stories too!
Miriam
Eddie,
I am on vacation and just missed your Blog so much decided to log in. I am so glad I did. What a beautiful story. I would love to have the spoons and will cherish them ,please include with the spoons your story written by you and signed.
* How wonderful, unexpected and generous of you! My heart did a flip-flop when I first saw yours (!), as we were given a set much like that, if not the same, in a fancy, beautifully lined black box w/ a gold hinge, for a wedding gift 41 years ago… Sadly, OURS were stolen (by movers for sure!) in a move many years ago while DH was active duty Army… So, please DO put my name in the drawing, Eddie… Can my daawg comment to geet a chane too? Warmly, Linda
OOPS… got a little “carried away” typing there… what I MEANT to write was: “Can my DAWG write a comment & get a chance too?”~~~ Smiles~~~
Eddie and Jaithan, What a fab idea, As a silver collector, I understand how you have a weakness for spoons such as these. I have encourged my children to come a polish silver with me and then they would appreciate all the memories that go along with it. My son is a no brainer, he worked at Christies for 10 years. But my daughter and her partner are wondering if they will ever have the time in their busy lives to even have a dinner party. I love the way your blog threads to Michael Devine and his partner and to others. And I do hope you continue to elevate good taste in our childrens generation. Thank you, Martha
Well, my nickname is “Berries”…so don’t you think I am at least should have a pair of berry spoons!? lol 😀
My 3 year old son and I, we love to pick blueberries and raspberries and we even climb out on dangerous cliffs to get cherries…lol.
Being outside together , enjoying nature, spending quality time together and bringing home the day’s “harvest”..not bad at all! 🙂
Dear Eddie and Jaithan, Those luscious spoons are “the berries” ! You are the “apples of my eyes” and the core of my pineapple ! Just remember that “life is a bowl of cherries” !
I heart you!! I hope someone really nice wins those spoons!!
Hi Eddie, I always love when you talk about Grandma Dottie. I love the thought of you picking berries with your grandfather.Your spoons are gorgeous and to have some close to yours would be a delight. I have a berry bowl with individual bowls that these spoons would be perfect in.I would love to be put in the drawing, hugs Kathysue
They are truly lovely. I didn’t know about the coating to reduce the acidity. It’s so much fun to learn new things on your blog.
I was given these same berry spoons as a wedding gift some 25 years ago. WOW!
Interesting post-I swear, you could probably make a whole recurring series in which people sent you pictures of odd serving pieces and you explained what they were for. I sure have a few, but this answers one question-Thanks
What great ideas you have!
I look forward to reading your blog.
Thanks for making the spoons available for a sweet treat!
Eddie,
I was going to post a comment, even before I saw the giveaway….even better now!
You’ve never truly tasted a strawberry until you’ve tasted one from Oregon. They’re the best. Maybe someday you’ll come to my neck of the woods and taste some fabulous fruit and wine!
fantastic spoons and what a generous and touching idea… i too, cherish both the traditions and tokens shared by my grandmother with me. i love your blog and appreciate all of the good ideas. happy spring!
I love the spoons! I collect silver, sterling and plate. I get a rush when I am at flea market thinking what treasure I might find. PS Love your blog too!
I love it that you love your family like you do. I would absolutely love to have these beautiful spoons. I would cherish them as much as you do yours.
Please enter me in the drawing.
God bless,
A Southern Sanctuary
I love vintage silver and would love winning this generous giveaway!
A beautiful post and a beautiful set.
Hello Eddie. These are BERRY lovely. My Mimi (your Dottie) gave me so much; grandmothers love us so! Y’all have a great weekend!
Really beautiful and have never seen any like these.
I would use them for what ever suited my fancy at the time.
Ciao
Your spoons are beautiful. I know any one of your loyal readers would give them a good home.
Lisa
Love, love the spoons!
I love these spoons “berry” much!! (hardy har har). Thanks and have a nice weekend.
Happy Mother’s Day, to everyone’s mothers!
I would LOVE to have these beauties! Hope I win!
Pick me!
Hi Eddie!
I would love to win–such beautiful spoons and if I win I will certainly cherish them
Sue
Happy Mother’s Day and thank you for the opportunity.
I collect and adore old silver – thank goodness my teenage daughter loves it too so I will have someone to pass it on to!
Christy
This is such a lovely idea. Gorgeous pieces! Your work is always inspiring, elegant and fun and thanks so much for sharing it with us. If I’m lucky enough to win, I’ll give these pieces a good home and cherish them.
How generous! Thanks so much for offering such beautiful pieces to your faithful readers! You guys ROCK!
Another lovely post. What beautiful repoussé work. I’ve always been astounded at the workmanship of berry servers. We have a pair, but not nearly so fine.
I second the comment on wonderful Oregon strawberries and can’t go without mentioning Marionberries, too. Something to look forward to during the long winter season.
Love the berry spoons, in fact, I hope that you inspire a resurgence in “love of silver”. I have a wonderful amount of silver(tons)–and use it all of the time. It feels so good to use sterling at dinner (breakfast, too)–the food tastes better and you take just a bit longer to appreciate the moment. Thanks for the post!
Love your blog! I would adore these spoons!
Eddie, you’re sweet. The spoons are truly lovely, but they must come with the lemon berry trifle recipe…! Swap you a very dignified pear cake recipe in return!!!
The spoons are stunning and would enhance the flavour of my famous strawberry shortcake!!
I don’t have any heirlooms from my grandparents, but now that I am a new grandmom,or Mimi, for the first time, I’ve started to think about heirlooms for my newborn grandson. I recently found a vintage silver infant feeder and matching baby spoon and, inspired by you, I just had them monogrammed. They are going to be a gift to Noah on his Christening day. Your recent post on the baby shadow boxes was very timely. Thanks for continuing to inspire me!
Your darling Jaithan sounds just like my sweetie. 😉
Thank you Mr. Ross and Jaithan for the opportunity to win such beauties!
Fi
How exciting! The two of you work so hard and have so much fun. It’s exciting to follow your adventures. Good luck.
Wow – I love hearing the stories of your life and how you have developed your love of old and cherished items. I would love to win your spoons. I love old silver and would love to use them at parties.
you are an amazing designer and blogger. the spoons are beautiful!
Love your blog, especially the great before and afters.
Stephanie
Beautiful spoons.Thanks for the chance to win.
What a wonderful memory-
I love making the connection between beautiful things and family members, don’t you?
I have collected 3 large Pyrex mixing bowls for my 3 adult daughters because my Mother always prepared her cake batter in hers.
Laura
whitespraypaint.blogspoy.com
Those are beautiful spoons. I love your blog!!
beautiful spoons! I can’t believe you would part with them
From twig to hand to bowl to silver spoon, a lifetime for a berry.
Terese
Thank you for the opportunity to play. I think the spoons are gorgeous and I live in berry country.
I have loved you ever since the show. I was so happy to find your blog. Thank you for your generous spirit and inspiring us all.
Oh how I would love to use those spoons!! I couldn’t pass up a chance to win them.
I so enjoy your blog!!
Robin
It’s lovely to see someone else with the same antique disease!!
That is so nice of you! They are gorgeous!!! Well, if I don’t win them I will now be on the look out for some at the antique shows!
I’m so thrilled you are coming to the Alameda show in the San Francisco Bay area in December! I’ve already sent Jaithan an email to sign up! I’m looking forward to meeting both of you!
Beautiful spoons, love your blog! really inspiring to read.
Love the spoons!! You will find that the more you give, the more good things will come your way.
You’ve taught me so much through this wonderful blog and I always save it to read when I have time to savor it.I hope I win these beautiful spoons but even if I don’t-Thanks!
Gorgeous!! They just don’t make things as beautiful as this anymore and with such quality!!! Whoever wins them will be blessed.
starrydeborah
Oh man those look amazing. I’ve started a very small so far spoon collection from all over the world and I’d love to be able have and use those would be incredible. Thanks for the opportunity and the giveaway!
I’d love to win Eddie!
What a sweet gesture! I really enjoyed the story about Eddie & Dottie too and I hope you post on your blog her reaction after you make the Lemon Berry Trifle this weekend!
I always admire families & people with traditions and I keep trying to plan/find one that will stick for me & my friends/family. Thanks for reminding me that I have that desire.
The spoons are spectacular! Aaaah the JOY of giving!
Thank you,Eddie.
I always learn something new when reading your blog, such as the gold overlay to resist tarnish.These are so pretty–hope I’m the lucky one.
Hi Eddie,
I don’t know where to begin but here it goes (12:15 A.M.)….(12:30 A.M.)February marked one year of my mothers passing (Diabetes) but it still feels so painful and new. She had six children all together, four girls and two boys. All my brothers and sisters have children (one alone has eight) except for me, I have none. So, it was only right to pass all of mom’s hierlooms to the daughters and sons with children(at least thats what they told me). But that didn’t mean I didn’t want any of them. And I got the house because, being the one with no children, my husband and I lived with and took care of Mom.
Anyway, Mom was a very old fashion Mexican/American and I guess I took after her, which is why I am so glad I found your blog. I have begun redecorating the house with your, and only your, ideas and advise because they are basically the same as Moms. I want it to look like something she would have done and I didn’t know how to go about it until I found your blog.
I think that the Berry Spoons would be a great addition to Mom’s house. I think that Mom lead me to you because she knew what I was trying to do and she knew you would unknowingly be the one to guide me.
Thank you Eddie, for all your wonderful ideas.
You are always an inspiration. I love using heirloom pieces that I’ve inherited or found at tag sales.
the spoons are just beautiful, so unique.
I enjoy reading all your posts, and think you have a great talent and eye for design. I learn so much from you. Keep up the good work
I just adore hearing your stories about your grandmother and grandfather. Thank you for sharing and for teaching me the history behind these lovely spoons as well.
If I win them, Eddie, I want you to keep them and use them, ok? They were your grandmother’s, hang on to them…
Growing up in Kentucky, we had a fabulous store – “Dolfingers” and I would go and admire all the pretties….it is gone, but I have many pretties from there, including a “berry spoon” which my sister gave me. I would love & cherish those spoons!
I love that you love “pretties!” (and that you share)
pve
What a fabulous idea! I would be honored to win these elegant spoons.
Wouldn’t it be great to take your Poppop back to those estates and do a photo tour of where he worked so that we could see all the wonderful gardens and botanical accomplishments he created. Just a thought and how wonderful for maybe a Father’s Day piece?
Keep up the great work, Eddie and Jaithan!
Yes, NY has been quite dreary lately with all the rain. All outdoor projects have come to a standstill — actually, I barely even got a chance to start! But, wouldn’t my winning those darling spoons make my day just a whole lot brighter? I definitely think so, Eddie!! Thanks, Joanne ~~ glamourgirljoanne@yahoo.com
We share the same passion for old silver, crystal and china. My mother has a beautiful set of desert spoons in a shell pattern that her aunt gave her when she got married. One day she’ll dust them off and pass them onto me. Can’t wait to see you in Toronto in September.
These spoons are absolutely “the berries!!”
As always, I enjoy reading the ideas and information you share with all of us. I would love to win the berry spoons. I have a berry bowl and six dishes that belonged to my great-grandmother. How lovely the set would look with them!
Charla
The spoons are lovely! You are so generous!
Betsy
Eddie, you will never know the pleasure you bring from sharing your simple but elegant treasures.
Thanks for sharing so many of your memories of which we can all relate in our own way. Your value of famiy and friends and the stories that you tell are most refreshing.
Love the berry spoons! I have one which I have always treasured which was picked out for me by my mother. It’s always used with fond memories for holidays with the cranberries!
Thank you again-
They certainly are beautiful!
I WOULD KEEP THEM IN A SHADOWBOX TO DISPLAY THEM WHILE THEY WERNT BEING USED…AH-LA EDDIE STYLE! OOPS LOCK KEY WAS ON! …
Have a great weekend!
Vanessa
How lovely your generosity and desire to share with others. Using such beautiful things as silver berry spoons in the daily life instead of conserving for when guests arrive — those are the things that make the daily life a simple but elegant affair. Hoping to be the lucky winner.
Ciao,
Dee
Thank you for your generous offer and for continuing to share your many creative gifts with us. The spoons are lovely! They would be treasured and lovingly used in our home.
These are absolutely beautiful! I would definately use them and when not in use their beauty would have to be displayed!
Beautiful spoons! I enjoy your blog.
What a great story about your grandmother. I love objects with beautiful memories! Who knows what forgotten memories those berry spoons come with?
Beautiful berry spoons…. I’ve never seen them before. I love checking out your site.
I would love to give these spoons a very loving home. They can join the cherished pewter pieces I have from my grandmother. Thank you for the give away.
Love the spoons and your blog and I promise to give them a good home if I’m chosen as the lucky recipient.
P.S. I had a great time at the Pasadena swap meet – will you be traveling back this way again?
Berryrific Eduardo! I need you (and Jaithan) to come to VT and help me lighten my load for my tag sale. I want to keep everything but have no more room.
Darling spoons…I just love your sweet blog!
What a wonderful giveaway! My mother has a similar pair that are absolutely lovely. As a newlywed, it would be nice to own a vintage pair myself! I love, love, love to cook/bake – and can imagine all the fun things to serve with these. 🙂
Although I don’t own a set of berry servers, I have inherited many lovely keepsakes from my own darling grandmother, whom I adored. I miss her so much! Tomorrow on Mother’s Day, as always, I’ll set our dinner table with her beautiful antique dishes and fill her old white pitcher with lilacs, her favorite flowers, as our centerpiece. It makes me happy to remember her this way.
Give your own sweet Mommom a hug for me. Cherish your time with her. I know that I did with mine, and I have many, many happy memories now.
Lynn
Every time you post about working with your grandfather, I am green with envy. It sounds like SUCH a lovely way to spend quality time together!
Fab-u-lous spoonage!! Love them. I hope I win! I have a big party coming up and could put to good use Eddie!
xoxo
Hi Eddie,
Nice Eddie, what a lovely think to do!
The set is very nice as well. Have a nice Mother’s Day with your grandmother!
Thanks Eddie,
Ciao
Oh Eddie they are beautiful. What a wonderful gift. I have beautiful treasures from my grandmother that I will always cherish.
How fun creating your new garden. I can’t wait to see the pictures. Here in Northeast Florida we really need the rain. I love your blog and have enjoyed following the creation of your brand. Eddie and Jaithan, you are living the dream!
I love love love the internet! I never knew about berry spoons before. Another piece of wonderful information I’ve gleaned from the net. Thank you.
See you both in Alameda in December!
I love those spoons and I love your blog. I check it every day to see what’s new.
The spoons are just wonderful!! I would love to win them. Sally
Love, L-O-V-E, the berry spoons! How deliciously random! That you appreciate pieces from days gone by in our world of melamine plates from discount department stores, makes me smile. Thank you for the gift of your blog!
Phoebe
These spoons are so beautiful. Thanks for the chance to win!
I would be THRILLED to win! The spoons are absolutely beautiful. Thanks for all the inspiration!
Hi Eddie,
I love your blog and check back frequently for new posts. I plan on tackling my bathroom sink with the flour sack and grosgrain ribbon soon. Thanks for all your inspiration!
Michelle
I loved hearing how your grandparents influenced your life. Tomorrow will be my seventh Mother’s Day without my mom. She always loved using her beautiful antique pieces and didn’t just save them for special occasions. Using things I inherited from her makes her feel closer somehow. I’m working at instilling a love for beautiful things in my three boys.
I found your blog when it was mentioned in the Washington Post Home section last year and have been following it ever since! I am enamored of the lovely photos where everything is just so (particularly when you send us bouquets and your vignettes for your etsy items), entertained by your stories, and inspired by your tips and advice (I polished my sterling after your story on polishing and made a beautiful bouquet after your video on floral arranging). It is a real treat at the end of my day to log on and see the latest entry, and I was tickled pink to discover you were giving away a set of berry spoons so I decided to enter a comment for the chance! Even if I don’t win, thank you for such a bright spot to my days!
I could go & on trying to butter you up, hoping to pick me with sad sack stories and whatever makes tears flow but instead I’ll tell you there sweet, I love them and if ya don’t pick me…its cool….but I really want them!!! Hee hee!!!
Alicia
They truly are lovely!
They’re truly lovely Eddie and I would cherish them as you do, and pass them on with some sort of made up history of them being smuggled into the country under the skirt of a beautiful but gentle pregnant aunt running away from slavery or a forced marriage or something super romantic and dramatic.
I’m not sure what the deadline is for the giveaway so I thought I’d give it a shot. Eddie . . . my partner and I will be attending the “Longest Yard Sale,” and I’ll definitely have you in the back of my mind while I dig, dig, dig!
yes, please!
I love the craftsmanship in those beautiful pieces! They are so gorgeous they could be framed!
Thank you for being so generous in giving those to a very lucky someone.
I love stories of heritage and memories and how wonderful to have those gorgeous spoons. Mother’s Day is always “bitter-sweet” for me. My mother passed away in 1988 3 week’s before my first born came into this world. Tell Jaithen that your purchases have a story and you are just adding to their history. There is nothing like a good story surrounded by favorite things and memories.
Beautiful.
Thanks for the opportunity to own these beautiful spoons. They are to be enjoyed as well as shared with others.
I have very little from granparents–a kitchen table a single picture of one grandmother and lovely memories, china, and vases from the other. From my mother, I did inherit a packrat syndrome which forces me to keep far too much, even a simple apron from my grandmother, but I love each and every piece and would like to know more about what I do have. I love using the pieces I have, and hope the granddaughters my mother didn’t have the chance to know, will also love and care for these pieces.
You always find the most beautiful pieces. Thank you for your generosity in words and in gifts.
So very, very pretty! Count me in, please.
I would love to start a collection so beautiful and unique. Thanks for the inspiration.
Such beautiful pieces. Thank you for sharing them with us.
Julia
I have a small silver cake server piece that has the inscription “To My Pal Frankie” inscribed on it. Frankie was my grandmother and I love that piece to distraction. “Things” don’t mean love but it can represent it sometimes if we are lucky. Obviously, Eddie, you were lucky.
Here’s one for the old college try…I want!
They are gorgeous! I would find so many uses for them if I would win! Thanks for a great blog!
I am so happy to hear I am not the only one who ignores their spouse (“but we don’t really NEED it,” he says). Life’s a banquet! Happy Spring to you both.
– Kate
I love reading your blog and would love the spoons to use when we move into our new home.
I treasure a Tiffany sugar spoon I found on the last day of an estate sale at a house so cluttered with “things” it had been overlooked. Got it for $3. Now I look for things I can serve that require sugar sprinkled on top, so I can use my special spoon. But so far, I don’t have fruit spoons. Thanks for bringing our attention to the beautiful pieces we can so easily overlook.
Love the spoons. Love the blog. Loved you on the show. Keep up the great inspiration.
debi
I know you are loving fixing up your farm house. Isn’t living in the country breath taking! I bought six Gulf State Sheep this week and had so much fun at the stores and thrift shop. I found an oval wood and glass table with a wooden serving tray on top. I did not bring it home for as you said space! I found a home for it and hope to go and pick it up this week. I can place a tea set in the table, which has glass doors. I should have bought it then. I never seen one like it. How beautiful your grandmother is and her berry spoons are so lovely! It would be hard for me to give away the spoons you found that are look wonderful with your Grandmothers. Should I win the berry spoon, I will cherish them always. Still wish you had this aqua to turquoise sofa, from the 40-50 era. Wow, maybe I could give it away, for someone to cherish it. I been holding on to it, for the love of my 90 year old neighbor. I have two couches and one sofa. So no room here for it, its in storage. Good luck to one special person who wins these lovely berry spoon!
I read your blog because I am a fellow collector of antique dishes and utensils. It would be “berry nice” to win those spoons.
How generous . . . I’m a “lurker” . . . try to find time each day to read your blog. Thank you for all your efforts! Much appreciated.
These are amazing, thank you for sharing them.
Great spoons and I love your blog. I check it daily.
Blueberries are ripe here in Texas next month – how nice it would be to have such lovely utensils to serve them with
Love these serving pieces!
I just typed a lovely story and then deleted it. Bummer!
How sweet of you to gift your berry spoons.
I’m at the stage in this journey if someone admires something I use when entertaining or take to a function I see to it that they get the item to take care of next.
Love your posts, Eddie, thanks for inspiring us.
Since I never, EVER win anything, I’ll just say thanks for the beautiful blog and the valuable lessons you teach everyday. I appreciate learning about all things of and for the home!
Ellen
I love the spoons! Thanks for the info about why there’s a gold overlay. I love to collect beautiful items as well & would definitely use them.
What a great giveaway! Love how you paired the spoons w/ a picture of your grandmother. Michele
Thanks for this opportunity. They will certainly be loved at my home!
Great spoons and great story!
You inspire me! I have had pair of child’s Chinese silk pants- beautiful royal blue and ivory- heavy with embroidery- that I dug out of a box of broken children’s toys and puzzle pieces at an estate sale a couple of years ago. Always thought I’d do something with them one day…Your story of framing the booties, clothes and book made the lightbulb go off in my head of ideas to preserve my own little wonderful pants. Always enjoy your ideas and stories. It’s like chatting with a life long friend when I read your blog- always brightens my day!! Thanks and if you don’t mind please put my name in for the spoons you are going to share. Thta’s such a nice idea! Hope to see both of you when you come to Hotlanta next month- Connie
I’ve just started to collect silverware from estate sales, and these spoons almost perfectly patch a set of silver that we just picked up!
How blessed you are to be serving up such memories! I think you were destined for this type of business and life, sounds like you had great training along the way!
Take care
Janet
ps…the Kane County Fair has upped their amount of Antique Vendors…many of the folks that are regulars at Sandwich have decided to try out Kane County as well…YEAH. You should have lots to choose from. Have fun!!!!
Berry thoughtful! Hope you had a wonderful Mother’s Day weekend.
I love you and your spoons.
Your spoons would be the perfect finish to my new estate-sale-found green depression glassware. I NEED THEM!!! Thank you for the opportunity.
How exciting and generous of you to offer such a great give a way! I would love to have the spoons and to be able to pass them down to my girls and so on. It is things as simple as these spoons that make your house a home!
Thank you
Sheila
Kingwood Texas
Thanks for the story and inspiration!
Count me in! I’m holding back on berry puns. Barely.
I would like to thank you berry much for the giveaway!
Leslie
Lovely spoon!
Those are gorgeous! I love how beautifully intricate they are. A lot has been lost with modern “sleek” aesthetic, I think.
Throw my name in the silverware box! I’d love to win them!
Your blog is too cute.
I loved the story behind your treasured berry spoons. In fact I just love berries and would love to win the spoons.
Christina
Ah, these would even work to serve a quadberry pie.
I’ve never won a blog giveaway before. Those sweet spoons are just lovely.
Those berry spoons are just beautiful!! Hope I’m not too late to enter.
Beautiful. Pick me!
Thank you for sharing the story about your family’s berry spoons. So glad to hear those are not the pair that is being given away…I was worried at first.
Please include my name as I would love to be the lucky recipient and use them at my daughters upcoming graduation party.
My best,
Tricia – Avolli
Love your blog and love the spoons. I think they would look perfect serving up a fresh fruit (strawberries and blueberries of course) trifle.
I love that she gave them to you because she knew you would cherish them. I try to do that as well with gifts for my daughter – giving her things she can cherish as opposed to someting she’ll never remember. When someone gives you something they believe you will cherish I think it means they cherish you!
Great spoons! My head is Jaithan, “don’t need them”, my heart is Eddie, “Gotta have them”. Oy, such conflict…
Dear Eddie and Jaithan,
My daughter and I so enjoy visiting your blog and your beautiful, yet affordable approach to life. I too adore using vintage items and paying as little as possible for them. I feel like I’m “beating the system” whenever I score! (My best finds? – A heavy sterling revere bowl for 25 cents at a Ft. Lauderdale Good Will. Or maybe it was the signed Arthur Diehl oil painting that I unearthed in a Mebane N.C. junk shop. Then there was the full-to-the rafters, going out of business antique shop in Glasgow, Scotland where everything was half price! Oh how my heartbeat quickens with the memories).
What prompted my love note is the gorgeous berry serving set. I want it for my big sister. It would be a lovely addition to her Kings II silver collection. I give her a piece to add to her service every birthday and Christmas. She is a fabulous hostess and would put it to very good use. We both love lovely vintage things. Our parents immigrated to the U.S. from Scotland bringing almost nothing, so we have absolutely no inherited ancestral items. (our kids will get some great loot from us though).
Our “good eyes” were educated by growing up in Boca Raton, Florida where there was almost too much money and great taste. My sis and I love tchotchkes (but only tasteful, valuable ones). Again, the berry servers would go to a good home and what a story would be told each time they came out!
You are so inspirational and the talent flowing from your brains and veins is causing an intense interest in recycling things from past eras. Your influence is especially valuable in these times of economic uncertainty. You’ve made it cool to re-use!
You’ve gotta come visit our Raleigh, North Carolina fairgrounds flea market. Country Living mag has done articles on it and declares it one of the best. My daughter and I would be first in line to sign on for your tour.
Blessings to you both.
Note – I’m sorry this is so long. (I typed this out for my mum). She is a little technologically challenged and thought she would be writing out an e-mail (not a comment) to you guys. 🙂
Oh, I love these! I grew up picking blackberries in the countryside, then bringing them home to eat, still sun-warmed and dipped in sugar. Not healthy, but oh so wonderful.
Oooh love them! I would use them to serve blueberries on top of my new favorite Bundt cake: blueberry and lemon poppyseed. Delish!
So lovely (the story and the spoons!) Berries are ready and fingers are crossed!
My last name is spelled Baehre but pronounced “Berry.” So while every day life is the Baehres for us, I don’t own anything like the lovely berry spoons in the photo, and I’d be ber-ry pleased to have them!
Love the spoons! You inspire me to be a better hostess and fill my home with beautiful treasures.
What better to celebrate summer with than a beautiful berry spoon. The more rain the plumper the berries!
I would love to have these spoons in my collection!
It’s called pay it forward! I love how your reader gave you something she new you would love and appreciate!
you are truly an inspiration! thank you for sharing your creative and fun ideas. i love looking at your website to see what new ideas you will be sharing.
thanks, colleen
Am another fellow collector of silver and these berry spoons are so interesting! Thank you for the opportunity to win them =).
These spoons are beautiful!
Gorgeous, Eddie! I hope I win!
Oh they are lovely and I would like to be entered!