Once in awhile shopping leads to an unexpected discovery. This happened to me recently. I discovered beautiful, folk art gourds at gallery 30 in Gettysburg, PA. The shop was filled with gift items, many types of handcrafted treasures and a whole section of folk art, handcrafted gourds which I was pleased to find as I ...
Bowls Many of the round gourds (often referred to as canteen, bushel, or tobacco gourds) lend themselves to becoming beautiful bowls. You can design bowls to have lids, or to be uncovered, depending on your preference. You will find that each bowl you make is as unique as the gourd from which it is created. ...
Gourds are a staple of the fall season. You’ve may have seen these odd shaped fruits next to the pumpkins at your local grocery store and wondered what you could do with them. Although related to the pumpkin, gourds for the most part are inedible and usually dried and used in fall decor. Gourds are ...
Growing birdhouse gourds isn’t as hard as you might think. Actually, these gourds are really simple to grow. I have been growing, drying, and crafting with birdhouse gourds for some time now. It’s a fun, and beautiful hobby. First you will need your seeds. You can find birdhouse gourd seeds almost anywhere that seeds are ...
Gourds make a terrific craft and hobby project, so many different types of things can be made out of them. Bird houses, candy dishes, little people or even pen and pencil holders. With some simple household items and a tub or sink, you can clean and prepare gourds for your favorite craft project. If you ...
Gourds are used by crafters to create beautiful bird houses, along with other pieces of art. They are also used in remote areas of the world to make tools used in everyday life, such as bowls, and spoons. However buying gourds to make your own craft projects can be rather costly, and they are hard ...
Decorating dried gourds is a fun way to express your artistic or crafty side. Natural gourds come in all shapes and sizes, accept a variety of artistic media, and are fairly inexpensive to purchase. Here are some basics for what types of media work well when decorating dried gourds. Leather Dye. Leather dye is one ...
There are a variety of arts and crafts that can be created using dried gourds. Gourds come in literally hundreds of shapes and sizes, last for more than a lifetime, and are fun and easy to use for a variety of craft projects. Dried gourds, however, can be fairly expensive. One medium-sized gourd, perhaps for ...
Gourd identification is important. But with so many varieties of gourds, it can get confusing when people are looking for a specific shape to create something, or to envision what someone is referring to when they are trying to describe a particular gourd. Obviously, like anything else in life, this need for description gave rise ...
The music of the Civil War era was rich in melody, history and lyrics that evoke another era. There were songs for Northerners, songs for Rebs, songs for slaves, and some songs that transcended the tastes of any one group. Let us look at some of the songs that the slaves knew and sang during ...