Thought for Today

You know you're getting old when your grandchild asks you to close your eyes so she can give you a surprise and you don't wake up until the following afternoon.

Yup!!

Pumpkin Head

Here's a Pumpkin Head Candy Container that I've been working on. The gourd is sculpted Apoxi Sculpt. Fun stuff that.

I'm still not quite up to parr from my fall last week. Boy did I ever try and do myself in. Felt pretty sorry for myself to a few day, but I'm getting better each day now, so no one's going to have the pleasure of planting me for a while yet. Ha!

I'm not a well person right now!!!

OMG! I think I'm killed! I had to go to the dentist this morning and when I left her office I stepped in a hole on the sidwalk and fell really hard. I didn't think I would ever get to my feet again. Didn't break anything, but my knee is all swollen, I've pulled a muscle in my back, and messed up my neck again so that I'm going to have to do traction twice a day again for a while. I'm so mad at myself. I really didn't need this to happen right now. Whine! whine!

Oh well, I suppose I'll live. Sheese! Always something it seems.

Gourd Animal Ornaments

I almost forgot that I wanted to post phots of these ornaments that I just finished. These little gourds were of really strange shapes. What to do with them. This is what I came up with. They are all about 5-6 inches tall.

New Pieces

I've been a little busy with me gourds lately. I'm trying to get as much done as I can before we beging lambing. I'm not sure how much time I'm going to have after that.

These first photos are of a sculpted gourd Santa, of course, then my little garden Urchin, and a Witch called Bella.

I really like doing the gourds. They don't take near the time as an art doll or a full body sculpt.

Gourd Santa Ornaments

Well, you can see what I've been working on. I'm trying to get as much done as possible between now and lambing time. I imagine I'll have the men to cook for again this year so I won't have just lots of time to play.

These are pretty fun to do.

Ornaments

I just finished these Victorian ornaments this afternoon. They are really embellished egg gourds. Amazing what you can do with gourds. Fun stuff. Anyway, I sort of liked them after they were done. The photos don't really do them justice. I painted the flowers on the gourds, then covered them with irridescent mini beads and embellishments.