A Wedding

Today Karrie and Ryan and I are going to Nicky's wedding. Nicky has been a lifelong friend of Karrie. Her Grandmother was Karrie's baby sitter when I returned to work. It should be a fun day and evening.

Tires

Today I noticed that my back tire was going flat. The guy told me I needed a new one because the side wall was worn from driving on under inflated tires. I thought I was going to get away with another free fix, but no such luck.
Tonight we start up Praise Team practice after having a nice hiatus during the summer. We are not singing until the 13th so we have a couple of practices before then.

The Gourds Have Arrived

The gourds I ordered along with the gourd dye has arrived. Now the decisions as to what do I do with each one. One will be a carved votive and a one of them will be decorated with a carving. I also want to make another banana leaf one because I gave the other one to the couple that gave me the gourd. So much to do and so little time. I still have some wood carvings to finish and class starts in another week.

Tulip Gourd Revisited

This is another attempt to fix the tulip gourd. Its still not what I want, so strip off the paint and try something else.
This is the tulip gourd in its new form. I think it just goes on a shelf of rejects to remind me that all things do not turn out as you want. Hopefully the gourds I ordered from Wellbern Farms will come in this week.

Tulip Gourd

This is the latest gourd, I'm not so crazy about it. Maybe an artist out there could give me a hint on how to improve my painting. Or maybe I should just stick to woodcarving.

A Rainy Day

Its a rainy day, and a good day for working on my tulip gourd. This is the second go-round with this one. The first time I made the tulips too big. I scaled them down and now I think it looks better. I'll look at it some more before I put the poly on it.

Gourding

I just ordered some cleaned gourds and gourd dye. Can't wait to get the dye. You can make some cool gourds with the dye. I also got the dremel out to see how that works on the gourds. Very interesting. Right now I am working on a tulip gourd using pastel colors.