Well…it’s official….I’m going to try this blogging thing. What exactly is it….I’m not really sure> Maybe if I start at the beginning and put one word after the other it won’t seem so daunting.
The Charmed Gourd is a labor of love of craft. Every October, for the last 8 years, I get together with my nieces, sister and sister-in-law to work on a craft for Halloween. About 3 years ago we happened upon decorating gourds using real and faux gourds….we liked them so much we decided we would try to sell them and here we are! We started making what we called “natural” gourds which were faux gourds decorated with faux flowers, vines, leafs and real acorns, pods and seeds. Connie, the resident artist decided to paint a gourd with “day of the dead” features and the rest evolved from there. We took our gourd characters to local art fairs and festivals and got good positive feedback. You can currently buy our art on ETSY, “thecharmedgourd“. You can see some of the gourds we’ve sold on our Facebook page, “thecharmedgourd”.
We are currently working on some Christmas and Winter gourds and paper cone wreaths.
This summer I came across an old craft of making wreaths using paper cones made out of old music sheets. I googled it and found out there were many different ways to make them so I started on a project to make a few for 4th of July using scrap book paper 12×12 sheets. Well…that has lead to an addiction….My name is Judy and I’m addicted to making paper cone wreaths……below is a wreath I made this week, for Christmas.
Let me know if you have any questions. Judy