FRIENDS' GOURDS

Canadian artist, Debra of the Purple Martin Conservancy in Canada, where our gourds are cherished.

Sunflower Gourds by:

This page is dedicated to my friends and customers.  Some have their own website which you can find on the Home page.  Others don't have a site but if you are interested in purchasing any of these gourds, just email me and I will get you in touch with the creators.

Two  beautiful gourds done by Marcie from VA. (below)

Billie from Alabama does breathtaking work!

This beautiful array of gourds was done by Marie from PA.

This lovely water lily and lily pads were done by Ashley, my granddaughter.  This is her own creation and is made of several pieces of gourds.  the lily is made from a very large top of a bottle gourd and the inside is a smaller top of a bottle gourd.  Then she cut the petals and lily pads from pieces of other gourds.  The center of the lily is seeds of a gourd painted yellow. It can be used in the water or as a table decoration.

Drums made by my brother from Okla.

The eight pictures below were done by my dear friend, Jan Dorris, from New Orleans.

Linda from Alaska also does great work. (right)

Geralyn's bright and cheerful looking gourds.

Notice Leslie's doll is holding a gourd bowl!

Dawn's Haunted house gourd!

First I want to share with you some great pictures by students at Our Lady Queen of Heaven School in Lake Charles, La.  The gourds were purchased, from Gourd Gracious, by a wonderful lady, Mrs. Gloria Hebert.  She has been a wonderful patron of the arts to this school for several years.  She gets her gourds from us, cleans, drills, and patches the gourds and they are then presented to the students to design and paint.  This is the class of 2007.  The masks were done by the 5th graders who were told to create their own design.  The bowls were made as Mother's Day gifts by the 7th graders.  They were to use flowers or bugs in their design as they were studying these in Science class.   Please, sign the guestbook provided especially for these young people and let them know how much you enjoyed looking at their work.  They all did a great job!  Thanks for sharing these with us.

The bear, cat and Santa Claus are done by Brenda from Ind. and the cartoon characters are done by a sweet 80 year old lady from MS.

These three gourds were done by Rosemarie if NC. THe egg gourds are carved and dyed. The other two have sculptured figures inside the gourds.

These two lamps were made by Ashley also.

A gourd fairy house by Angie of Spain. Yes, she buys from us also! .

The four lovely gourds above are done by my new friend from N.J., Annie M.

More lovely gourds from Annie in N. J.  On the right we have Beverly's (Okla) adorable mailman.

These shakeries are done by our customer from Puerto Rico, Jose.

An interestng mask by Linda from Alaska.

These 8 gourds were done by Mary Th. from KS. Beautiful work, Mary.