In my twenties I worked at a variety of antique stores. Now in suburb-a-topia, and transitioning away from "Geekdom", I frequent estate sales, and such. I see vintage silver plate flatware all the time and was wondering what I could do with it. After playing around a bit with a micro torch, solder, pliers and some finger burns, I started producing these fun little critters. The "gardeners" in my life all love them, so I thought I'd put some up for sale on Etsy and see what happens. Enjoy.