Transform Garden Gourds Into Beautiful and Functional Decorative Objects

Working with gourds is easy and enjoyable. They offer many creative opportunities with their endless variety of unusual shapes and sizes, as well as smooth surfaces that look fabulous embellished.

Follow the guides to growing, selecting, cleaning and drying your gourds. Learn about the different methods you can use to decorate them and then turn them into beautiful treasures. Your projects will give you the opportunity to try a wealth of techniques, including carving, woodburning, painting and staining.

Glorious Gourd Decorating by Mickey Baskett is a good book to get you started. It contains 32 projects that range from easy-as-pie to more adventuresome designs. Start out with a cabin bird house shingled with the seeds you removed from inside your gourd or begin with any one of the other 31 featured projects. The book begins with information about selecting seed varieties and gourd growing, moves into harvesting, drying and then covers the actual steps needed to turn your gourd into a professional looking piece of eye candy. Of course, at this time of year you don's8217;t even need to grow your own. You can find a great number of interesting varieties at farmer's8217;s markets our your local grocery store.

Each project contains complete instructions, a list of materials needed and an exact explanation of the techniques you need to use to achieve a beautiful finished decorative and useful item.You can learn more about this book by visiting www.Back40Books.com on the web.

Orders can be placed by calling 866.596.9982 toll-free or by mailing a check for $29.41 (Includes Missouri sales tax). Shipping and handling are free on all order.

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