Ball #17

This was ball two of four from my cousin's mother-in-law. It was black and I painted it hammered bronze. It is decorated with opaque lime green, clear with lime cat-eye and brushed with lime cat-eye in a flower power pattern. I gave it to my nephew's wife for Christmas 2006.

Ball #16

This ball was one of four given to me by my cousin's mother-in-law during the summer of 2006. It was black and I painted it hammered bronze and decorated it with 2 layers of pennies, include some Canadian and some wheat pennies. I gave it to my husband, who put it out on our deck so it could get "patina".

Ball #15

My sister-in-law gave me this ball, which belonged to her mother. It came with the original certificate of guarantee, dated 1961. It was black and I painted it periwinkle blue. I used opaque white, opaque periwinkle, clear with white cat-eye, and clear with periwinkle cat-eye in a flower power pattern. I gave this to my niece for Christmas 2006, since it was originally her grandmother's ball.

Ball #14

My aunt gave me this ball. It was a blue swirl pattern and I decorated it with turquoise and clear with turquoise cat eyes in a flower power. I gave this ball back to my aunt to give to her daughter-in-law's mother.

Ball #13

My aunt (the recipient of the giant bowling pin) found this ball for me. It was white and I painted it with hammered silver. It is decorated with large and small translucent green and opaque white marbles in a flower power pattern. It has resided on the north side of the house in the hosta bed for a couple of years.

Ball #12

The fourth ball from the rummage sale was blue, so it did not need painting. I decorated it with marine assorted large and smalls in a flower power pattern. I gave it to one of my dear friends for her birthday in August, 2006.

NOTE: The first few balls I made had all the finger holes filled in with wood putty. Somewhere along the trail I read about leaving the thumb hole open so the ball could be mounted on a rod. Also somewhere along the trail I saw the idea of using a pet food bowl as a ball stand.

Ball #11

Here's the third ball from the rummage sale. It was black and I painted it with hammered green fusion paint. It was decorated with green and amber marbles in a flower power design and has spent two winters and three summers outdoors in my sunflower patch. In that time it has only lost one or two marbles.