Learn techniques for making holiday ornaments out of fruit gourds. Make a Santa head from a banana gourd, a snow couple from mini-bottleneck gourds, and shiny ornaments from egg gourds. Eight projects show how to make your holiday gourd come alive with a little paint, beads, ribbon, a rubber stamp, and other handy household items. With 203 color images and step-by-step directions, both the beginner and advanced gourd artist will have fun decorating this holiday season. Features a gallery of completed projects that will inspire new innovations of your own. AUTHOR: Angela Mohr is a member of the American Gourd Society and the Virginia Lovers' Gourd Society. Her art can be seen at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley and Gallery One in Winchester, Virginia. She lives in Stephens City, Virginia.