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Comment by Beth Knight on November 27, 2011 at 3:44pm

Jan...that is gold leaf...I use a mixture of color flakes.  I have used the gold solid color in sheets but it is more difficult to me to use in sheets.  the flakes you don't have to worry so much about keeping it flat and no wrinkles.  I first woodburn the lines around the gourd then do the gold leafing.  The woodburned lines help keep it where you want it then I go back over the lines to clean it up.  I use gourd ink dyes for the color.  The green one I drilled holes in so that when the candle is burning you can see a little thru the holes.  The photos do not do them justice if I do say so myself. 

Comment by Jan Page on November 27, 2011 at 2:27pm

Beth, What did you use to give the gold the shimmer?  These are so usable what a great idea!

Comment by Beth Knight on November 21, 2011 at 9:40am

a few of my christmas gourd votives I make and give as gifts.

Comment by Jan Page on November 19, 2011 at 3:17pm

    My Hydrangea are still in the Sauna.... I have committed myself to my garden club to do the table centerpieces for our Holiday party on the 1st Thursday of Dec.  Then I will be forced to put the Hydrangeas into my wreath... I wanted to get a good wreath at a garage sale but didn't so I'll tear the old foliage off one of my old ones.  I don't know exactly what I'm going to do until I start working with it.

Comment by Jan Page on November 19, 2011 at 3:10pm

Hi Aunt B and everyone else here, I really loved your gourds.  You did a great job on all of them I especially like the Hydrangea gourd.

Comment by Beth Knight on November 17, 2011 at 10:04am

One of my WELCOME rocks.

Comment by Beth Knight on November 17, 2011 at 9:17am

a couple of my gourds I have embellished..woodcarving, etc.

Comment by Beth Knight on November 17, 2011 at 9:15am

Jan..haven't checked in here for a while.  Hope you got your hydrangeas dried okay.  I have always waited for them to pretty much dry on the bush and then hand them upside down in my studio.  I have a really pretty gourd that I decopauged dried hydrangesa on.

they dried withou color so I painted them , then put several coats of varnish over them...turned out nice.

Comment by Jan Page on October 12, 2011 at 9:02pm

Since I don't see any responses to my question on drying Hydrangea's I went ahead and did it the only way I do it...

Comment by Jan Page on October 8, 2011 at 3:14pm

Hi all , I would like to know if there is anyone here that has made a Hydrangea Wreath. Would you dry it first or let the flowers dry on the wreath?  Is there any sites you have found with the directions.

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