Karen S.

I became interested in decorating gourds 2006.  A co-worker of mine was a part time farmer and had planted some gourds just to see what they were all about and brought in some for me. I started out just cleaning them out and painting them. I also applied stickers to them and created birdhouses out of

them. I gave these away to co-workers and friends and they thought they were wonderful. They would tell me how they wanted them decorated and I wouldm make them one. It was a fun and exciting way to pass my free time.

My husband works the afternoon shift and I have most evenings free so it was a great way to spend my evenings. One day my Husband came home with a flier from the School where he works and showed me a class on Hard Shell Gourds and encouraged me to take it and see what it was all about. I never would have known there was such a thing as Gourd Crafting had he not found this flier. Well I signed up for the class and I was hooked.

I am now retired and have even more time to spend creating different gourds. I don’t have any kind of art background but I have learned a lot from Chris who teaches the classes I take. I may never be great at creating gourds but I am having a great time trying.

I now belong to the Michigourders. I also belong to the American Gourd Society and attended my first State Gourd Show in 2008. It was exciting to see all the different Gourds and Gourd creations. I attended t the Indiana Gourd Show in 2010 and received a ribbon on each of the three gourds I entered.

G O U R D S ARE GREAT

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