My 10 year anniversary (the traditional tin gift year) present to my husband, the cook :) An eco-friendly, handmade from found and recycled objects, herb window box - total cost $6 for seeds and organic potting soil. I used some old left over wood that we had lying around to make the window box- it probably should have taken me hardly any time at all, but I had to learn how to use my husbands circular saw and air trim nailer, so it took me a LONG time! The glass 'vases' are recycled juice, and various sauce bottles with their labels removed, and the tin cans are an assortment of recycled canned food tins. I picked the flowers from a nearby meadow. The metal brackets I used to attach it to the house, I found in our pantry- I believe I paid less than .50 for the pair a few years ago at Home Depot on clearance.
hand metal-stamped spoon 'markers' with the name of each herb to be planted, tied off with a hand stamped gift tag and hemp string, and 10 packets of herb seeds tied off in hemp. I've had these spoons for at least 5-6 years that I got for free. The seeds were only 20 cents a packet!
I cut out aluminum heart shapes from a tea can and metal stamped our anniversary date on them. Then I found some tiny nails in the shed to attach them to the box.
