Gourd Designs: 2009

Friday, September 11, 2009

Raw Cypress Knees

These are two of the Cypress knees that Doug and James harvested for me yesterday. The first photo has two knees joined, the tallest point is 40" and the other poi t is 23". The second photo has 4 points the tallest is 45", 41", 23" & 20". The knees have to be boiled of 30 minutes or longer. Then they have to sit and dry, for how ever long they take to dry. WHAT WILL THEY LOOK LIKE WHEN I 'M DONE WITH THEM? Who knows....

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Fall & Halloween decorations

Witch Hilda

Johnny Scarecrow $ 45.- $60.

Suzy Q $30.-$45. (Johnnys girlfriend)

Fall arrangement $30.-$40.

Cat Town w/ Light $35.-$45.

Cat Town lite up

Spider Votives $10.-$12.

Happy Jack $20 & up

Votive Candle holders $12-$15

Smiley Jack $20 & up

Thursday, July 30, 2009

Boiling the cypress knees

Peeling it after boilng almost an hour

Almost done

Now it will dry for a couple weeks and I can paint

Hi I'm told at almost every show that I need to upate my blog so, here it is. I'll try harder from now on to keep it up to date. I've add a few new Birdhouses, and the newest thing I'm doing is... painting Cypress Knees. They are the neatest creations. Cypress knees grow in swampy areas, so going and cutting them has been an experience. The first batch we were able to get was in a dried out area where thanks to new road builing and a few drilling rigs the swamp water kinda got diverted... I thought. It was not as easy to cut them as I thought it would be. But after a few trips to the hardware store for bigger and better saws, we were finally about to cut some down. The next time we went it had rained and the dried up swamp was no longer dry. My husband and son tromped around in swamp water for me. But they were great, didn't get to mad at me for them getting in the swamp. That is until James, my son fell in a deep hole. Not so happy with me then. But I hope you enjoy my new creations. And like I said I'll try harder at keeping this up to date. Thanks, Marla Posted by Marla at 7:17 AM 0 comments Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Cypress Knees

Awful Agnus $50

Awful Agnus (Beautiful Face)

Scarecrows fireplace match holder $55-$75

A Bountiful Santa $80-23"tall

Spanish Rose Santa$50-19"tall

Angel & Doves $40-12"tall

Hog trials Home $55

Cabin by the Pond $65-17"long

The American Dream $65- 17" long Lonesone Road $55-10" long Silent night Snowman Carolers $55-20"tall Frostys home $45-13"tall Time to Decorate $40-11"tall Checking the List $50-16"tall Wizard $50-19"tall