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Hand-Carved Welsh Love Spoons — A Living Tradition in Wood

by Dawn Cowan | Mar 18, 2026 | Carvings, Kitchen & Bar

For centuries, Welsh suitors carved love spoons by hand and presented them as tokens of devotion — each symbol carved into the handle carrying its own meaning. Hearts for love. Vines for growing together. Celtic knots for eternity. Chains for binding. Keys for the...

Supernatural Spoons

by Dawn Cowan | Mar 13, 2026 | Carvings, Kitchen & Bar

Dawn is a geek. A geek's geek. The kind of person who even 15 years later when Sar created a key spoon she insisted he make a lock spoon. These are both Welsh Love Spoons. A wonderful gift for the geek love of your life or just the love of a TV show that went off the...