MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!

Hello to my family, friends and bloggers!

Merry Christmas!

This is Christmas Blue Rock Gourd style!

Christmas Eve at the children's service at church, Abbie in line for the program

Next we all came to my house Blue Rock Gourds for a tasty meal of ham, spaghetti salad, rolls, chips and lots of cookies and happy beverages!

Christmas morn was wonderful, here is Abbie dashing in to see if Santa had made the big trip!

Zane got a Wii!

Santa did make it! Abbie got an American Girl, Julie!

Dad was thrilled with his garden gnome, Phillies World Series!

and I am thrilled with my new beginner sewing machine! WOOHOO!

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM BLUE ROCK GOURDS!!

Thank you for your support and let's have a great 2009!! HAPPY NEW GOURD!

Cliff, Wendy, Zane & Abbie! Peace

CHRISTMAS CRAFT NATIVITY IN A GOURD!

Deck the halls with lots of gourds!! Holiday gourds are beautiful! I just listed some on Etsy. One of my favorites is this Nativity in a gourd. It is so sweet!

This special gourd is listed today and will be shipped on Friday just in time for the holidays!!

Keep craftin!

Wendy

http://www.etsy.com/your_shop.php

I SMELL COOKIES!!

Hello fellow bloggers and friends,

I am starting to feel like myself again! Yeah!!

My family gets together every Christmas for the annual cookie bake and this year my Abbie was large and in charge of rolling the dough for cut out sugar cookies. We had a great time, sugar cookie cut outs, pecan balls, chocolate chips, snickerdoodles, sugar overload!

After the cookie bake we always go on a Christmas light tour. This year we went to Christmas Magic in York, PA at the Rocky Ridge Park. What a wonderful display of lights.

Here is me and my girl on that cold winter night.

Next we went to the Santa Claus room. I think this is the cutest pic of my Abbie! I hope she belives forever!

Good Nite all!

I AM BACK! WELL HALF OF ME!

Hello Bloggers and Cyber Friends!


After some surgery and feeling like crap, I'm back!

This is what I felt like 2 weeks ago!

I really have to start moving on my Christmas orders and pressies!
Please check out my website: www.gourdpower.com and my etsy shop, for new items!

Bye for now! Wendy

TRICK OR TREAT & CONGRATS TO THE PHILLIES!!

Gourd Evening!

Wow, November is here!! OK lets back up! Trick or Treat was Friday night and my little one and big one had a great time!! Here is my Abbie as Sharpay in High School Musical and her friend Madison as a geisha girl. Good times were had by all! The whole gang!

How about those Phillies!! Blue Rock Gourds is located in beautiful Lancaster County PA, one hour from Philadelphia and the famous Phillies Baseball Team. Congrats on the Championship!!

Blue Rock Gourds is offering a Phillies Gourd with the date and the Phillies name on a gourd bird house. Don't miss out! Order yours today by emailing Wendy at bluerockgourds@comcast.net and put Phillies gourd in the subject line! Only $15.00! plus shipping! GO PHILLIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Your Gourd will come complete with the new Championship lettering and the Philadelphia Phillies lettering, a red gourd with white lettering. Nice leather strap for hanging and sprayed with poly spray for years of enjoyment!

WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!!!

Gourd Evening! Wendy

NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR BLUE ROCK GOURDS!

Gourd Evening!

Exciting news for Blue Rock Gourds! I am going to be featured on the Artisans Shoppe website!

Check out the link:http://theartisansshoppe.blogspot.com/

What a great site to showcase our gourds! You have to check out all the artists, only 30 will be featured and will be rotate our products all year long.

2009 is going to be GREAT!!

Blue Rock Gourds is lauching all kinds of new products, give aways and promotions!! Stay tuned!

Also in the new year I will be posting many new tips and tricks to gourd painting, carving and bird facts.

IF YOU HANG IT THEY WILL COME!

I am off to watch India Hicks on Bravo....Design!

Gourd Nite!! Wendy

I LOVE A PARADE!!

Gourd Evening!!

This is my time of the year! Pumpkins, GOURDS, Halloween and parades! We all went to the Columbia Pa Halloween Parade. My beautiful niece Catherine was marching in the parade with her baton school.

My sister Heidi lives in Marietta, Pa the town beside Columbia. Both towns are rich with history. Sorta a Civil War Federal vintage town, the homes are beautiful and the people are great. Nestled by the river, the Civil War soldiers would stay in these towns on the way to Gettysburg.

Columbia was like New York City, bustling with people in the streets just waiting for the parade, the spooky sights and all the candy! Of course all the street vendors selling balloons, pretzels, neon necklaces, hot dogs and coffee.

Abbie had her picture taken with the balloon clown who made a twisted flower and dog balloon.

All the batons flying, veterans bands marching, the smell of fresh peanuts in the air, candy being thrown from fancy cars, clowns on motorcycles, spooky goblins, ghosts, witches, well I think Laurence Welk sums it up!

Check it out!

Gourd Wishes!!

Wendy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhCVmFc8jy8

Marie-Therese Gown GIVEAWAY !!!!!!!

Marie-Therese Gown GIVEAWAY !!!!!!!

PRESS FOR BLUE ROCK GOURDS!!

Gourd Morning!
Thank you to my new friend and fellow blogger Debbie Gootter she had featured me in her blog spotlight.
Please check me out: http://www.debbiegootterdesigns.blogspot.com
She has a awesome blog full of tips and wonderful spotlights!

Thank you!! Debbie

Hugs & Gourds! Wendy

Pika Party!! ABBIE IS 7 YEARS OLD!!

What a great weekend!! My Abbie is 7! October 18th! She shares her birthday with my Sister Heidi and that is special enough! So Abbie was 7 and Heidi was 25 plus 20!

We had a very busy day, baseball at 9:00, soccer at 11:00, Pika Pokemon Party at 3:00 and Party at Magi and Poppy's at 6:00!

Abbie's Pokemon Party went great I made the Pikachu hats and bags for the party and it was at the Country Barn in Mountville! Awesome place for a party! Hayrides, gem mining, corn maze, horsey rides, pigs, cows, goats. We all had fun!

It is Sunday night and I am beat from the party weekend.

Tomorrow I will be back craftin for the holidays and I will be tell all my fellow bloggers about my new promotion!! We will want to tune in!!

Happy Birthday Abbie & Heidi and our good friend Monica she is the 19th! LOVE YA!!!

GOURD NITE!!! XXXXXXOOOOOOOOO

SEND ME SCRABBLE TILES! FREE RINGS!!

Gourd Evening!
After a mind numbing day at the tax office, I come home and unwind by making some funky jewelry for my upcoming Christmas shows. Remember those old scrabble tiles you have everywhere in your closet..........send them to me!!! I will make you a ring...free shipping and free ring!


Wendy Overdorf
271 Blue Rock Road
Millersville, PA 17551



Send 1 send a thousand!! I will make you a ring of your choice and ship it to you free!!
Any other funky game pieces....send them in!


Check out the pic! I will try to send a better pic soon!

Old vintage bingo buttons work great also!! Send them in!! Come on people, clean out those closets and send me some goodies!! Any game or funky picks or objects will be fine~!!

My Etsy pick of the day:

http://http//www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=fp_feat_6&listing_id=15929966
What a awesome goodie for your neck!

Gotta run....season finale of Project Runway!!! Go Kenley Go!!
Hugs & Gourds! Wendy

THE DAWN OF A NEW DAY, NEW LIFE

Gourd Evening,

I am back from my long weekend at Leesport Harvest Craft Fair. What a long, tiring weekend. What used to be are best show has now been hit by the hard times are nation is facing. We still sold lots of gourds and meet lots of nice people, but the mountain was empty with vendors who didn't come back to try it again. The crowds we just passing by and looking. We are thankful for what we sold and so happy to be going back in November. It really makes you wonder how we can save our nation.

Here is a typical day on the road for a craft show. Me and my beloved Gourdfather start out early before the sun has come up. He loads everything in the truck the night before and we make our pilgrimage to Turkey Hill for coffee and I have to talk to my peeps at the Hill.

We chat on the way, he chats, I sleep. We arrive just before sunrise and unload the van, or Milty unloads the van, I sleep. I mean I start displaying gourds on ladders.

Dottie and George beside us are always set up and ready to go by the time we pull into our spot.

Soon our stand is full of gourds and sunshine, ready for the day.

It is always so nice to be HOME at the end of a long weekend!

I came home to a beautiful sight on my door, a praying mantis and if just made me feel like we all will get through these hard times and be stronger people and we will have a stronger nation. Also with my own struggles in life and what I will be facing at the beginning of November, I will be fine, I will be strong and I will survive.

Gourd Wishes and Gourd Night,

Wendy

CALLING ALL CRAFT WARRIORS!!

Gourd Evening!
I still dream of crafts all day at my dull and boring office job! Kill me now!!
Here is a great craft I discovered on the web tonight, Check it out!
http://whimsy-girl.blogspot.com/2008/10/super-easy-fabric-pumpkin-no-sew.html
This no sew pumpkin would be the hit of the Halloween party! Check it out!!

Also, my friend Vivien from Puffpastry just finished my order for my Holiday Boutique in December!
Check out these puppies!! They have my friend Lisa and Monica written all over them!

Short blog tonight!
Fashion Runway!!
To all my crafty friends!!
Craft on Crafty Warriors!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MY ZANEY IS 16!

Gourd Evening!

Last night was a milestone!

Our son Zane is now 16!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ZANE!

We had the whole family over for a Chinese buffet, Zane's favorite and we had presents and cake! Good times!!

Magi, Poppy, Heidi and Catherine and all of us were singing him the birthday song!

He is very excited about driving my car! He took it for a spin in the backyard, watch out neighbors! He will be a very responsible driver I have no doubt!

You turn around one day and they are 16! I can remember the day I had Zane, best day of my life.

You are a wonderful guy.....don't ever change.

We love you, Zane!

Dad, Mom and Dewie

BEAUTIFUL WEEKEND!!

Well, here it is Sunday night and the weekend is coming to a close. We had a great show at the Apple Fest in Darlington Maryland.

What a quaint little town. The beer at the Susquehanna Inn was great also after the show! Great food and beer! We always stop for dinner after a show and it is crazy and fun at the Inn.

At the fest Abbie had her hair painted pink and purple. She also painted some pottery for Zane's birthday and got plenty of tattoos!

The show was packed with lookers and shoppers.

We had are best display ever!! What a beautiful picture of our gourd apples!!
To all my gourdy friends! Gourd Nite!!
Wendy

We had our best display set up ever!

CRAFT ADDICTION!!

Could there be?? Craft Addiction?? I think I need a 12 step program. I dream crafts, work crafts, do crafts......ok, ok come back down to earth Wendy, I am just so pumped up about this weekend's craft show. It is just such a nice day for me and Milty, "The Gourdfather" we get to talk to each other and spend the day together.

We miss the kids but Magi and Poppy will be with them for the day!

I am also excited about some press I received! Thanks to Sovereign Bank in Millersville, Pa!

They have selected Blue Rock Gourds to be the business of the month!! Woo Hoo!! I went today to jazz up the bank with gourd creations and did a nice bulletin board spread on the business!

Thank you to all the girls at the bank!

I have been exploring other craft venues for my upcoming Holiday Boutique at my house this December. The date is December 20 & 21 10-7 refreshments, holiday music http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHTGdZBzAcU

and my sister's favorite: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ix7KgkgNEYU

jewelry, other crafty items made by humans, no imports AND OF COURSE GOURDS!! Stop by and grab a Christmas cookie!

Hope to see all my gourdy crafty girlfriends in December! Gourd Nite! Wendy

HALLOWEEN GOURD TREAT BOWL!! OOAK!

Gourd Evening!


What a great day!! I am pumped up with creative energy! I painted gourds all afternoon for the up coming Darlington Apple Festival this weekend!


Check out this new creation! A gourd Halloween treat bowl for your foyer! I wish I had a foyer, so mine is sitting on the kitchen table! Complete with a big hole so all those little trick or treaters can pick their own treat and a gourd would not be complete without a spooky spider on the side!

For all my other Halloween goodies Check me out on Etsy! http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5911769


Nothing like a little shameless promotion!!


I could have crafted all day and night! But it is late and I have to go nite nite to get up and make the donuts!


I do have to share a really cool website I found over the weekend


http://www.pancakemeow.com/


She is a very talented mini artist, she's got skills!


I did some digging on Etsy and found another mini artist and ordered some rings for my Christmas Craft show this year, I can't wait!! Here is a sneek peak!
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=15380843
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=15604924
Sushi and Donuts!!! Life is good!
Gourd Nite! Wendy

SO MANY GOURDS, SO LITTLE TIME!

Gourd Greetings!

I am stressing out about my upcoming craft show next weekend in Darlington, MD.

Darlington Apple Festival

www.darlingtonapplefest.org/

70,000 people, when I stress out, I don't paint till the last minute which drives Milty crazy. I am a wait till the end kinda gal. I work better under pressure. Milty does not!

Here is a new Halloween gourd we will be taking to the fair.

I also have 19 sports gourds to do! Help!! These are the brain child of Milty, I did'nt want to paint them, but they sell.

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=12952233

Well, gotta go! Tomorrow is Friday Woo Hoo!!

Good Nite Friends

GOURDS, GOURDS AND MORE GOURDS!!

Gourd Greetings!

Another exciting night of Project Runway! Kenley needs to go! She is a spoiled brat!! You know I love vintage, but come on!!

All she designs are sappy vintage dresses!

Have her design a gourd!

Speaking of Gourds we have 200+ gourds in the garage waiting to be stained and painting and fun filled weekend of www.gourdpower.com

We are in the Darlington Apple Festival next week with 70,000 people!
So you will see the Overdorf's in the garage painting and spraying all weekend.

Oh how we love our gourds!

Don't forget the Gourd of Week will be changing soon for October! Here is a preview!

Endora the Witch

http://http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=15275117

or

Jack the Pumpkin

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=14216582

Good Night all my Gourdy Friends!

GREETINGS FROM THE GOURD FAIRY!

Hello!

FOR ALL THE ONES I USED TO LOVE, ODE TO THE X'S
Gourd Evening!Fall is in the air and my favorite day is soon approaching! Halloween!!!!!!!!! I just snagged an awesome glitter skull from Etsy! Sorry Monica it's mine! Check it out! http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=10653038 A skull with at top hat!! Life is good!

I decided to dedicate this blog to all my x's in my life, but in particular you know that one that still gets you!!Hey don't get me wrong.....DON'T WANT HIM, HAD HIM, DON'T EVER WANT HIM BACK! But come on girls the one that could have been the what if?? Well thanks to my Sister, she remembered his birthday that was a couple of days ago, how she remembered that I'll never know?But I heard a song on the way to work that sorta sums it up...Of course I picked the vintage version with my favorite 9-5 gal Dolly.Check it out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_utP1mGoutQ

THANK GOD WE ALL GREW UP AND HAVE REAL MEN NOW!BUT I LOVED HIM!!
How I love my Milty! I would not trade a gosh darn thing!

GOOD NITE FRIENDS!!

CHRISTMAS IN A BOX!!

I know it is only September, but today in the mail I got the most awesome bonsai hand made pot from a fellow crafter in CA. It also came with a nice little starter bonsai clipping. Love it!! The packaging was beautiful. Thanks, Victor!

www.etsy.com/shop.php

Check out his awesome work!

Tonight was "Meet the Teacher" night at Dewie's school. Mrs. Shover, she is a lovely woman and is crazy about Abbie, (that always helps!)She said "Abbie is a lovely young lady and very responsible". Abbs you make Mamma PROUD!!Tonight was also "Meet the Teach" for Zane.........he did'nt want anyone to go! Milty went and we got all the stuff on teaching your child how to drive! Kill me now!! Zane on the road!

Good night for now! I have to surf for crafty goodness!

Gourd Wishes,Wendy

NEW SELLING SITE DAWANDA!!

Hi Guys, Gourd Greetings!!

I have found a new selling site and selling my gourds currently on http://www.dawanda.com/

Check out my shop of course it is called blue rock gourds!



Short message tonight my show is on! Project Runway!



Gourd Wishes, Wendy

GREETINGS FROM THE GOURD FAIRY!

We are winding down from a great weekend, First Friday, family movie night on Saturday Eve, Fool's Gold check out the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IInvMZcE-Y, my gosh Matthew is hot! and just chillaxing on Sunday after church. Yeah! The EAGLES WON!!We took a break from gourds and me and Dewie made a DESIGNER DOG DISH for our beloved Johnny!

Check out our dog fag art project!!!!!!!!!! I love it and so did Dewie, are you thinking what I am thinking, yes they are going into production.Hand crafted by local Amish men, hand stained and personalized by me with your dog's name. I won't be using the stickers on the ones I will list in my Etsy shop.....Johnny's is a one of a kind!I have to make up some display pieces and i will be using my two favorite dogs, Brownee and help! I can't remember your dog's name Lisa Flood! Brain Freeze......but he will be used as a model also. For Brownee, it will be stained in red adorned with jewels. For Lisa's it will be stained black adorned with metal spikes. Hope you like them, they will be yours when my pictures are loaded on the shop. Check out the pics!

of course you can request your family names on the bone bowl or other small illustrations. I will also feature a cat bowl from Sissy's Cat Ranch and Rodeo....I think that cat's name is Floyd.Well another weekend of craft heaven!!

Have a great day!Gourd Wishes, Wendy
www.gourdpower.com

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