How it works
Join us for our Create Your Own event where you can work with our experts to create your own gourd design! Choose between a variety of gourd design projects (listed below), and make your own masterpiece! No artistic experience is needed. Our team will help guide you through the process of making your own projects where you can paint, dye, assemble, and accessorize. You can complete as many projects as you would like within your workshop time.

Project Options

Littles Projects - $8
The Littles Projects available this year are: a bird, cat, bunny, peep and duck. You can add a small wood biscuit to your Little for an additional charge.

Small Projects - $17.50
If you choose to do the Small Project, the options available are a cow, bunny, chick or duck. bottom options are a star, heart, tulip and bunny. You can also choose a Wine Silhouete or an Americana basket. These gourds can be lit with a battery-operated tea light for an addtional charge ($1.00).

Medium Projects - $25
The Medium Projects are an adorable cat, bunny and dog head with a paw, tulip and heart bottoms. One piece gourds include a chick and hen. The cat, bunny and dog can be lit with an electric light for an additional charge ($2.00).

Large Projects - $39.50
One piece Large Projects are an Americana Flag and a Crab and Sea Turtle from our new Coastal line. You can also choose a bunny or duck head to go with a tulip or an open candy dish bottom. These pieces can be lit with an electric light for an additional charge ($2.00).

Baskets, Eggs, Birdhouses & Carrots
To complete your Spring decor, you can choose:
Basket $10.00 each
Egg $2.00 each
Birdhouse $10.00 each
Carrots $5.00 each

Wood Biscuits for Littles - $4
Wood biscuits are a cute addition to your Littles to make it become a little scene that is perfect for decorating small spaces.
Registration information
Please read before registering!
Many designs to choose from this year!! All ages and levels of artistic skill are welcome. Bring friends and family for a fun day of creativity. You will have various Spring and All-Season gourd designs to choose from. You add your artistic (or not so artistic) touches with the help of our skilled crafters to make a unique gourd that is all your own. We have several days and a variety of times to choose from.
Pre-registration is required:
There will be a $10.00 registration fee (plus processing fees) per person which will be applied to the gourds you craft during the workshop. Full refunds will be given if notified by 4:00 pm on Thursday, March 9th for anyone who is signed up for the March 18th and 19th classes. Anyone who is signed up for the March 25th and 26th classes will have until Thursday, March 16th at 4:00pm to cancel. If you need to cancel after your deadline, please let me know, I normally have a wait list and if I am able to fill your spots, you will receive a full refund, but this is contingent that I am able to fill them. Please call Dori at 717-776-6029 Monday-Friday 10:00 am - 4:00 pm if you need to cancel. No shows will forfeit the $10.00 registration fee and will not be able to be used by others in the party.
If you are ordering for a group:
and would like to sit together, please only place one order under one name. Please click on the block in green to copy this information to all ticket holders. Please DO NOT give me individual names. Example: If you are ordering 4 tickets - put them all under your name, this way all the tickets will be grouped together. This will eliminate you being disappointed when you get here, and we were not aware that there were several groups under different names that wanted to sit together.
Once you have registered, you will receive a confirmation email that will have tickets attached. Please print out tickets and bring along or be able to bring up on your phone the day of the event to receive your refund when you checkout.
