Three DG'ers meet and greet

Today Farizona met me in Tombstone and we called on our new member TombstoneJan. She has the most talent you ever saw. painting and gourd art. Her gourds are covered in bee's wax...sculpted to form the Lions, elephants and such around the outside...then she takes the tiny beads and presses them into the wax to make the colors! Absolutley beautiful!!!

Jan, Frances, another friend,and I went to lunch and browsed the stores in Tombstone...had a lovely day. Farizona took the pictures as my camera decided to conk out on me.(l. to rt: Farizona, Roadrunner, TombstoneJan) Jo

That's a gourd!!!! Yikes! You all raise some huge gourds down there. The gourds I raise I can hold in one hand and have room left over. LOL!

Jan, your gourds are awesome. Both in size and the paintings. I love elephants.

Great to see a picture of all three of you. Sounds like you had a great day. I have dreamed about Tombstone AZ, because both DH and I are huge fans of J.A. Jance and her Joanna Brady novels.

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What a great chance to get to know each other! And that gourd is awesome!

Well I think so to. Three lovely ladies and a beautiful gourd.

Wow! I made my first gourd the other day, so I have a huge amount more respect for someone who can do something beautiful with them! Way to go, Jan :D

And nice to meet you, Farizona :D After all the times we have Chatted, don't know that I have seen a photo of you before. Roadrunner, I am looking forward to MY hug in a few weeks.

So nice to put names to faces. 3 Gorgeous Gals and 1 Gorgeous Gourd. Can't wait to see more of your creations.

Nice to see all three of you. And Jan, I am very impressed with your gourd art. Makes me want to hop in the car and head out to Tombstone! Nat

Thank you all for the compliments. It's still a work in progress as I only have it partially done. By the time it's done the whole gourd, from top to bottom will be covered. I just have the girraffs, Elephant and the map of Africa on the bottom. The lion and lionness are formed up but not yet beaded.
It was such a great day and we had so much fun. Going through shops, having lunch, and trying to figure out what kind of plant was growing outside the gem shop isn't that right,Farizona? LOL
I look forward to our next great adventure.
Jan

Wow 3 great ladies. Looks like you had a good time. So nice to meet ya Tombstonejan.I love your gourd, you are really talented.

Hi girls, so nice to meet you Jan. Your gourd is amazing, can't wait to see it when it's finished.

BTW, welcome to DG Jan.

Donna

Gourdeous!, all of you! I've met Jo, but never seen Frances or Jan before - nice to meet your smiling faces!

Gourdeous - now that made me really laugh gw!

You all look so happy, can only imagine how much fun you had. Jan, you really are a talented gal, beautiful gourd.
Jo, I tried to stay on line tonight but this computer just kept throwing me off, better luck next time, I hope.
Jacquie

So nice to meet all three of you. Jan the gourd is great. I like the size of it. Can you show some other photos of things that you have done with them.

Looks like you all had a great day!!
WOW Jan!!!!

That gourd looks like a pumpkin! I know ya'll had a wonderful time.

Nice shot of you purddy smilin ladies! Are those kewl lookin gourds TombstoneJan makes for sale?

TC...

TC, yes she does.....but when she told me it took her about a year to do one I knew not to ask the price...I'd have to mortgage the home place to afford one! LOL Jo

I heard that Jo! LOL!
Still, I might be willin to save up for something as unique and purddy as that!

TC...