Fruit i inked today!!!

Arrhhhh......land ahoy shipmates!!! That was my best pirate impression, which may give you a clue to this weeks guest fruit on "Fruit i inked today!".

I've been toying with this idea for a while, but there seemed to be too many obstacles with it. However i when i assign myself a fruity mission, the only option is to achieve it at all costs!

So as it's just turned midnight on what should be a mighty fine Thursday, fruit lovers of the world, i give you......the COCONUT!!!

How about this for a beauty!!! For something that started off almost doomed to fail, i am really chuffed with this weeks results. Grab a cuppa, get ya bum comfy and let me explain.....

I saw a whole box of coconuts in my local grocers, so it a fit of excitement i bought a few and brought them home. Then i encountered my first obstacle, how to crack it open neatly! It doesn't work too well with a hammer, or a brick, or the heavy end of a child's scooter (Lets keep that one between us). Plus i found that all the coconuts that i tried, were dried out inside. Not a good start.

So out came my trusty tenon saw....

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This worked a treat, and the fact that it was dry was actually a help, not a hindrance.

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I don't know if you are aware, but it's really quite hard to ink something that is round. The slightest spot of ink runs all over the place and you end up juggling it to keep it in place, so to get the individual patches took some doing i'm telling you!

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The best part of this weeks inking, was using a lilac "Zig" alcohol ink i got from Jennie at the Artistic Stamper. It is quite a dark lilac, i would go as far as saying purple but it worked gorgeously on the white of the coconut. In fact, i liked the lilac so much i went totally over the top on the on the half of the coconut. It was a bit dark though, so i added a sprinkling of ultra fine holographic glitter, i thought it made the coconut look like one of those cool pieces of rock with the crystal formations inside.
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Aha my inky friends.....the story does not stop there! Maddy suggested the great idea of using them as a tea light candle holder....so i took a couple of piccies in the dark.....

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Doesn't that look spectacular! Obviously i waited until the ink was well dried before i did this, what with the inks being highly flammable, but it was worth the wait.

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And the other half....

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Now then, the fruitinkability rating? I am going to easily go with an 8 for this one! I think thats a new record for "Fruit i inked today!" Oooh....do i hear a few boos and hisses? Mutterings of, "How can that beat the legendary pineapple?!!!!.....FIX!!! FIX!!!!!!!!"

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Calm down people, this for me was almost on par with the pineapple as far as fun to ink and pleasure to ink, however the fact that it has another use as a candle holder, and therefore this will not be destined for my freezer.....tips it over the top in the fruitinkability ratings.

In case anyone was wondering why i didn't do anything with the outside, i did try but it just didn't work out. I tried giving it a haircut but it was having none of it. I tried inking it, far too brown and woodlike to play along.

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Thanks everyone once again for stopping by to see what inky mess i've made this week. Without you lot, my fruit would merely be a sad fetish which could have got me locked up by now! Till next week..... :))

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Oops.....almost forgot to say......i almost didn't show you the coconut this week......i was a little SHY!!! :))) Get it? Coconut shy? :) Just listen to those groans! :)))