I was garage saling the other day, and I came upon this lady who was selling gourds.  She was selling them for a dollar a piece. I thought I might be able to do something with them, but wasn't sure. I wanted to buy all of them at first...then I decided, Nah, I'll just buy 2. (Cause I never know if I'll get around to doing something or not).

So I bought the two, and then looked up gourd painting on the internet, and saw some cute paintings on gourds, and thought, this may be fun!
So I told James I wanted to make them into birdhouses, and he drilled holes into both of them for me.  I had to take all the seeds out, and all of the other stuff inside, which was hard as a rock, and very hard to fit through the tiny bird hole, but eventually, I had it all cleaned out and ready to paint. 

I painted it red, and then just started adding new things until I felt it was done.   I think it is so cute!  I love the way it is shaped...it's soooooo fun!....now I wish that I had all of the other gourds...all of the bright colors would be beautiful around the house or in the yard.     I think I might have to try to find that woman's house again and see if she still has them for sale.

Here is one of the gourds that is still waiting to be painted:



And here is the one I finished tonight: