Gourds in Your Garden - A Guidebook for the Home Gardener by Ginger Summit  Subjects includes: What is a gourd? Botanical Description, The Gourd Garden, Planting the Garden, Harvesting Your Crop, Potential Problems and What to do about them, Uses for your Gourds and Simple Ideas for Gourd Crafts.  125 pages.

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Santa Primer by Susan Hollon.  Project: Santa face study, Santa's journey, Santa's buddy, Santa at play, Santa in bubble, patriotic Santa and extra patterns included. Brushes, supplies, gourd preparation, pattern application and cutting, tips and techniques for base coating, transfer patterns, embellishments, floated or sideloaded color, line work, dots, "walking" color, drybrush and spattering.  30 pages. On Sale

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Winter Companion by Susan Hollon.   Brushes, supplies, gourd preparation, pattern application  and techniques for base coating,  floating, drybrushing, weighting gourds with silicon, linework, candelabra lights and polymer clay and tole painting.. Project: Santa bird house, Boot's the snowman, Snowman lamp, tree worksheet, Woodland Santa, Red bird candlestick, Rudolph..the red nosed snowman, Snow globe, Waiting for spring and more. 38 pages.

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Gourdeous Gourds Vol.3 by Julie Grant.  Rudolph, Santa tree toppers, Santa ornaments, Sled ornaments, Button snowman, Little periwinkle valentine angel and much more. Brushes, supplies, gourd preparation, pattern application and cutting, tips and techniques for base coating and mixing colors, sideloading and floating color, transparent color and smudges, dots, spattering, dry brushing, linework and finishing touches.  37 pages.

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Gourdeous Gourds & More Vol.4 by Julie Grant. Anna and Andy gourds, Americana Candlesticks, four season boxes, Gingerbread cookie jar.  Instruction on brushes, supplies, gourd preparation, pattern application and cutting, tips and techniques for base coating and mixing colors, sideloading and floating color, transparent color and smudges, dots, spattering, dry brushing, linework and finishing touches. 37 pages .

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Gourdeous Gourds & More Vol.5 by Julie Grant. Information on decorative painting and patterns.  Brushes, supplies, gourd preparation, pattern application and cutting, tips and techniques for base coating and mixing colors, sideloading and floating color, transparent color and smudges, dots, spattering, dry brushing, linework and finishing touches. Information on painting Woodland Santa, Pine lodge wreath, Fish candlesticks, Ghost house gourd, Cowboy Santa and much more. 34 pages.

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Gourdeous Gourds & More Vol.6 by Julie Grant. Triple gourd snowman painting.  Supplies, gourd preparation, pattern application and cutting, tips and techniques for base coating and mixing colors, sideloading and floating color, transparent color and smudges, dots, spattering, dry brushing, linework and finishing touches.  American flag snowman, Fabric christmas stockings, Rooster coaster set. 34 pages.

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Gourds...Too Cute by Dianna Williams.  Project: Scarecrow pins, Redbird nesting snowman, Snowman pins, Frog pins, Cat pins, Barn yard Chickens and Busy bee.  Information on brushes, supplies, gourd preparation, pattern application and cutting, tips and techniques for base coating, transfer patterns, embellishments, floated or sideloaded color, line work, dots, "walking" color, drybrush and spattering. 40 pages.

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Growing and Preparing Gourd Homes for Martins- by James R. Hill III.Lots of information on Purple Martin birds and bird house, including growing gourds, cleaning, scraping, drilling, and painting the gourd for a bird house.. Size holes needed and information on distances for handing the bird house gourd to best attract the Purple Martin birds. 11 pages. 

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How-to Create Pine Needle Rims by Kathy James. 10 pages on Step-by-Step Instructions.  Three Basic Stitches. - Photos/Drawings. How to Dye Pine Needles.

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How-to Do Gold Leafing on a Gourd by Kathy James. 10 pages of Step-by-Step Instructions & Background History on Gold Leafing.

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How to Make a Shekerie from a gourd by Kathy James. 14 pages of Step-by-Step Instructions. Traditional African Shekerie plus Variations . Beading Grids for Future Projects.

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How-to Create Beaded Gourds by Kathy James. 14 pages of Step-by-Step Instructions, Background History Huichol Bowls, Beaded Egg Gourds, Decorative Beading, Plus 2 Design Patterns.

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How-to Create Polymer Clay Designs on Gourds by Kathy James. 14 pages of Step-by-Step Instructions. How to Make Colorful Clay Canes. Ways to Apply it to Gourd Art.

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How-to Draw & Woodburn Feathers on a Gourd by Kathy James. 10 Pages Step-by-Step Instructions. Drawings & Photos.

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How-to Draw & Woodburn Mushrooms on a Gourd by Kathy James. Patterns for Many Species of Mushrooms. Step-by-Step Instructions. 10 pages. Techniques Useful on All Size/Shape Gourds.

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How-to Draw & Woodburn Southwestern Designs on a Gourd by Kathy James.  12 pages of tips, Instructions, Ideas. Primitive Designs You Can Use.

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How-to Draw & Woodburn Celtic Knots on a Gourd by Kathy James. 10 pages of Step-by-Step Instructions.  Three Basic Stitches. - Photos/Drawings. How to Dye Pine Needles.

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Gourds go to work by Elizabeth Scesniak.  25 pages on Step-by-Step Instructions.  Gourd basics, general supplies and general instructions as well as patterns. Learn to paint gourd teachers, policeman, dentist,doctors and much more. On Sale.

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Down in the Gourd Patch by Dianne Nunn  35 pages on Step-by-Step Instructions.  Gourd basics, general supplies and general instructions. In this book you will learn to pattern application, basecoating, sponging, dry brushing, and much more. Patterns for Little Jack, gingerbread wreath, sweet treat snowlady, Raggedy Ann On Sale.

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