Craft Day- Painted Coconuts

Recently I was asked to paint a coconut

 for an upcoming fundraiser.

 My response was," PAINT!"

If any of you know me at all you know I have this

crazy fear of painting. 

I really don't know why, but I do.

Saying that, most who know me also know

 that I am always up for a challenge.

So today I will share with you my

response to the challenge.

Okay what do you do when you are really afraid 

of doing something? My husband Jay always told

our kids to be a problem solver.

 I am literally shaking in my shoes about

 painting a silly coconut.

Okay Ginny you can do this, get a grip.

"I think I can, I think I can."

So here it goes.

I took all those pieces of a coconut in the first picture

and in a way wimped out. You see I made a sculpture

of a wave and a surf board. That way I did not have 

to really stretch to far.

 So I show my creation to my loving husband

who gently says," Cute, but you can't even tell

it is a coconut."

Okay,Okay.

There is no getting around this. I will paint 

something on a coconut. 

But What?

I have always thought that sailfish are one of the most

beautiful fish in the ocean. So what better subject than 

something you admire.

A little challenge, a coconut, a little paint and a lot of courage

lead to a painted coconut and true confession of artist anxiety.

You can find these painted coconuts and many more by

very talented artist at the Useppa Island Fire House

Auction and Festivities the end of March.