Happy Halloween!

From our Pumpkin Family to yours

Happy Halloween !

Old School Jack

If you've read my blog for the past few years, you know that our family always carves a pumpkin or 2. It's never anything elaborate like some you see on TV or in magazines, but it's good family time anyway. In the past, I've gotten free templates from the web or drawn out my own designs for carving.

This year, I decided to completely wing it. No pattern, no transfer; strictly free-hand. Old School Jack is the result. He turned out pretty cute, didn't he? Did you notice . . . I didn't even have to carve a nose thanks to the natural little "dimple" on our gourd this year.

Jack-in-the-Dark

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p.s. Happy Birthday, Sew Daddy! Love you!

Happy Halloween : pumpkin carving

Today is the day! October 31 : Halloween!

The day for costumes & candy; pumpkins & hayrides. You've probably carved your pumpkin by now, but I wanted to share some pictures from our Pumpkin Carving Day.

The Tools


The Pumpkin

The First Cut is the Deepest



The Guts

More Guts

Pumpkin Carving 2007

It's Pumpkin Carving time! The weather was beautiful last week so we enjoyed the crisp air & change of seasons by carving our pumpkin. In the past we've done your basic Jack O' Lantern, a kitty of our own design & other various motifs. This year we wanted to find a cute template for something a little different, so we visited www.pumpkinmasters.com to find this cute freebie called Starry Night.

Preparing for battle

I'm goin' in!
Good thing DH will do this part. Digging out a pumpkin gags me! LOL

The GUTS!

The GLORY : an Extra Bonus
Pumpkin Seeds to Roast! YUM!

Transfering the Pattern

The Negative

The Positive
: Our Finished Pumpkin :

You are about to enter the Twilight Zone!
Do-Do . . Do do . . . *insert Twilight Zone music here* ;-)

Happy Halloween! :-)

Pumpkin Carving Day

Yesterday was Pumpkin Carving Day at our house. Now while I am pretty handy with a sewing machine, I am not a master pumpkin carver. I've seen all the beautiful "decorator pumpkins" on TV and in magazines. How I WISH I could do that, but alas...pumpkins are one medium in which I stick with the basics. :-)


This year I did venture out a bit from the traditional triangle shaped eyes & nose with the snaggle tooth mouth. I opted for cresent moon eyes and a big wide grin. I like this year's pumpkin although the kitty we did a few years back is my all-time favorite. Now we have another kind of kitty pumpkin, which I always enjoy displaying. The arms, legs, face & ears are used each year to decorate a pumpkin....a la Mr. Potato Head. We have Mr. Kitty Pumpkin! Here is our entire Pumpkin Family for 2006.