My Souvenir Spoons Collection is 25 years old!!
On this page you can see some of it - how it started, some celebrations, and friends appreciation photos. This page is work in progress - I will be adding photos and information later, so, if you are interested, just check it out from time to time. Thanks!
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This year I am celebrating 25 years of my hobby - collecting spoons. Almost all the spoons are 'just' souvenir spoons - brought either by me or by my friends from their trips to different places. It is a really great way to keep track of the trips and the best way not to spend much money on souvenirs (not my case :-) And to me, it is also one of the signs of friendship - meaning being happy for my friends' wonderful experience. Thank you for thinking of me during your trips!
25-years of Collecting Spoons party is here (click on image) 
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Types of Spoons - work in progress - more types to come
I included some old photos here (from my 10-year-old information kit - 2003) - that is why the quality is not very good.
Later, I might replace them with new ones. But for now, you can see different shapes of the spoons, different sizes, different parts of spoons, etc.
Later, I might replace them with new ones. But for now, you can see different shapes of the spoons, different sizes, different parts of spoons, etc.
People - work in progress - more photos to come
About 3/4 of my spoons were brought by me or by my family; the rest - by my friends
Anna brought a lot of spoons from the United States where she went to university.
Anastasia - from France where she was on a short-term student exchange visit.
Anastasia - from France where she was on a short-term student exchange visit.
My sister Larisa brought me spoons from all her travels in Europe, but the most exotic one is from India.
My thanks to: Kathy and Ted Trojanoski, Sveta and Dan Russell, Adel Nokolayevna, Marina Verkhorubova, Dima Kats, Sveta Korneychuk, Sherry Brock, Language School students: Sveta Bakhvalova, Igor Litvin, Kostya Polyakov, Christina Gushcha, and others, Marina Berezina and her parents, Marina Solovyova, Svetlana Stepanova and Natalia Rudaya, Dima Zhuravlev, Ludmila Polyakova and Joaquim, Lena Kolyshkina, Larisa Panteleeva, Larisa and Alexey Kokorin, Lena and Boris Kats, Ostap Storoshchuk, Valera Panteleyev, Anna and Oleg Gordus, Judith, Tatyana Shtulberg, Zhenya Kritskiy, Katya Sorokina, Sveta Ionova, Sheliza, Ludmila Nakleishchikova, Natasha and Nikolai Udakoff, and others. Hope I did not forget anybody. Thank you.
In 1996, Boris brought me 8 spoons from Germany, Belgium, Holland and Finland. Then there were numerous others from Europe and the Caribbean.
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The last one was from Berlin, and it was brought to this party !! Coincidentally, it turned out to be the 505th in my collection!!
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One of a Kind Spoon
Anya and Oleg Gordus - Egypt, France ... and one very special ...
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This spoon is unique. It was made in Velikiy Ustug, Russia, and was given to me by Oleg Gordus. It reminds me of where I am from and of my family and friends.
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2003 - Spoon Collection 10 years
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