Initially, a set of light bulbs used to make an hourglass was capped at both ends with small pieces of gourd scraps and wrapped with green wire to match the sand inside. There was no particular design in mind other than using the Dollar Tree materials already on hand. The florist wire at Dollar Tree is available in several colors so it was matched to the color of the sand. Going through the pile of gourds and gourd scraps in the garage, this long neck dipper was found. Started along ago as a birdhouse and then left behind, its time has come - so to speak. It has a curved neck and a long stem that also curves. Also located were some leaves made from gourd scraps, so those were tossed into the pile for consideration.
Now a plan is starting to take shape: use the green wire to wrap the neck of the dipper gourd with leaves and tendrils. That will bring the elements together for a cohesive design....leaves, tendrils, gourd vines, and time? It could work perhaps. As a test, the hourglass was held up to the long neck dipper and actually hung on the stem. The discovery is it hung on the stem just fine - no fork hook was needed at all! By inverting the hourglass and hanging it on the gourd stem, the hourglass works and nothing more needs be done except decorating the dipper gourd as the base.
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