You can grow your own gourds to create these adorable painted gourd snowmen! Keep them for yourself or give them as gifts!
Don't miss out on these unique hand carved, lighted gourds. A perfect conversation piece for all your fall visitors to your home. They are selling fast! Stop by a get yours today.
How to stain natural gourds for fall. We will be using these gourds in our fall mantel decor.
This is dedicated to my sweet friend, Tracey, who is taking an ART class now. She is learning to do the real stuff - this is about as artsy as I get. I painted this several years ago in tole painting class I took. Tracey, I can't wait to see your masterpieces. I know they will be fantastic ! Thanks to all my Flickr friends for all your sweet comments, I really appreciate them.
Wash & dry your gourds for birdhouses & other crafts Gourds have beautiful, hard shells and unique shapes that make them popular in crafting projects, like birdhouses and decorative bowls. If you're drying gourds, it's super easy to clean...
Ever since I started my blog, I've wanted to devote a post to APPLE GOURDS. They are unique and intriguing. A fascination to me. I've grown a lot of gourds, when we lived in the country and had the space. You've probably seen them made into bird houses and decoration crafts. My favorite is the Apple Gourd. They grow to about 8" to 10" and look just like an apple. I'm doing this post in hopes you fall in love with them as much as I did. Right now, during the Fall Craft fairs and events is when you'll find them. This year's crop, from the patch will look like this one. If you buy a green one, you will have to dry it. CLICK HERE for information on drying, growing and variety s of gourds There's a big bonus buying any gourd. There's seeds inside ! I would buy a fresh picked green gourd and dry it on your own if you want to harvest seeds. With the dried gourds, there's no guarantee how old the might be and I've had difficulty growing older seeds. If they are dried, they will look like these. Buying dried gourds cuts down on a lot of work and may be a little more expensive. They are ready for painting, decoupage or making a bird house. CLICK HERE to learn how to make a bird house. ***always wear rubber gloves*** For those of you who have not discovered the miracles of TSP...CLICK HERE Can be purchased at Lowe's Home Depot Walmart Here is one of my Apple gourds, I decoupaged the kids, grand kid's & great gran kid's photos onto. I sculpted my leaves with Crayola Model Magic. After they were dry I hot melted them onto my gourd. This is not an Apple gourd, but I painted it in 04' ( Crap...that was ten years ago !) and still decorate with it. Here's some more examples of pretty Apple Gourds, for ideas. Some of the images are linked to sites. Here's a sheet of elements you might want to decoupage onto your gourds using a cute pair of kittens from BUM,BE BUTTON and pretty roses from FLICKER (1) Clean the gourd (2) Paint the gourd (3) Decoupage the elements onto the gourd (4) Add an antique glaze When I decoupage, I prefer to use decoupage paper, wrapping paper or tracing paper.
A cute decorating idea that uses some of those fall gourds. Our fabulously dressed chickens started out as these lowly dried gourds. Well, everyone has to…
This is the first in a series of step-by-step tutorials on creating a beautiful piece of gourd art. See and read here on how to make your own art.
How to add natural dried gourds to your fall decor, where to get them, and how to make them beautiful.
Many cavity-dwelling birds love to nest in gourds. They're safer for nestlings than birdhouses with a ledge or porch, and a variety of bird species inhabit them. Lots of people paint gourds white to attract birds and keep nestlings cool on hot days; others paint them decoratively and elaborately.
