I was determined to enter something new into the
California Gourd Society competitions at the
Welburn Gourd Festival. My original idea hadn't panned out as I envisioned, so with a week until the festival, I took another look at the competition categories and saw one of them was "Fairies." That was it! I'd make a little fairy out of jewelry gourds and whatever I had in my craft stash. I finally found a use for some beads I had bought over 15 years ago! They were strung on wire to become her arms and legs. A couple of $1 scarves I picked up at a flea market set the color scheme and served as her skirt layers. The only thing I went out of my way to buy was the hair.
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| Front view |
Here she is! Her head, torso, hands and feet are made from four gourds.
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| Back view |
Her wings, wreath, and wand tip are polymer clay.
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| At Welburn with her ribbon! |
She won second place in the Fairies category! Not bad for something I finished at 3am the night before the entries were due. :-D
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