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Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :

It's Topaz's special day!! Hope you're going out partying tonight!! Have some cake for me!!

Posted by ping (Member # 6974) on :

Happy Birthday Topaz! If you can't eat the cake because of possible yeastie beasties, then I will! (I can eat all sorts of things now that my appendix is gone!)

YUMMIE!

Happy Birthday, Topaz!

ping
"We are more than containers for Lyme"

Posted by carly (Member # 14810) on :

Happy Birthday! Hope you have a great day.
[Smile]

Posted by Pinelady (Member # 18524) on :

Happy Birthday Topaz. Have a wonderful day.

Posted by aklnwlf (Member # 5960) on :

[Big Grin]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOPAZ!!! [Big Grin]

Hope you have many more healthy and happy ones!!!

Posted by Dekrator48 (Member # 18239) on :

Happy, Happy Birthday Topaz!!!

Hope you have the best birthday ever!!!!

Posted by Annie C (Member # 14) on :

Hey my TUTU dancer. you are always so thoughtful to remember birthdyays, And my oh my 25k posts. You are a real true blue trooper. I have missed being here. Which is no ones fault but my own.
[bonk]

Take care and your courage is admirable. [group hug]

for tutu

Posted by joalo (Member # 12752) on :

I hope you have a Happy Birthday!! [kiss]

Posted by feelfit (Member # 12770) on :

Happy Day Topaz!

Posted by Tincup (Member # 5829) on :

Happy Birthday Topaz!

You are a Queen for a Day!

Actually, you are a special person EVERY DAY!

And we all agree on that!

Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :

Happy birthday to Topaz a rare gem,
which is my favorite stone for jewelry.

I'm brain dead right now and can't rhyme.

Topaz, here's to healthier and happier birthdays to ocme. hugs/kisses betty

Posted by Topaz (Member # 20216) on :

Aw, thank you so much you guys!

I had a wonderful birthday.

Had dinner cooked for me, and even allowed myself a piece of cake.

BF and the kids gave me some really nice gifts. Warm gloves, the new Stephen King book, flowers, a warm cozy blanket... My fave gift is a wood burning kit to use on my gourd projects...can't wait to use it! Also some acrylic paints for the gourds too.

Thanks again, everyone!

Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :

topaz,

so you're one of those fancy gourd painters; wonderful! i enjoy seeing their beauty displayed.

Posted by Robin123 (Member # 9197) on :

quote:
Originally posted by bettyg:
Happy birthday to Topaz a rare gem,
which is my favorite stone for jewelry.

I'm brain dead right now and can't rhyme.

So I'll finish it up this time.

Happy bd to Topaz a rare gem,
whose bd I missed by a day or two, ahem...

who aggourding to her, makes gourds,
maybe you could post some pics sometime on these boards...

Posted by Topaz (Member # 20216) on :

[Big Grin]

Posted by Topaz (Member # 20216) on :

So, in my defense, before you see the following pictures, I am a new gourder.

I am a wanna be fancy gourder.

I started growing them two years ago and bought some books on gourd crafts. Wow are some of those creations amazing!

I'm now drying this year's crop, and the previous year's crop are the ones I'm working with now. They take quite a while to dry.

Also, keep in mind that this is my first ever attempt. I didn't have all the right equipment and was just kind of winging it with what I had.

Here they are growing. Which by the way was incredibly fun as they are FAST growers and get huge.

Here is how they look when dry and ready to work with.

They get very moldy and need to be soaked, scraped, sanded, and the insides need to be removed.

And here is the final product. Please don't laugh. It's very simple and not very spectacular. It's a birdhouse.

Now that I've got my wood burning kit, more paints, sanding tools, and proper tools to cut and work with, I'm quite stoked to get creating. [Smile]