It's no secret that I'd been ready for October end, but I do enjoy the Halloweening... might as well go out with a loud noise, right? BAM. The other day I talked about getting my costume together, which was fairly easy since I owned nearly all the components already, but the hard part was … [Read more...]
How We Halloween’d.
Raise your hands if your house is in a mad-scramble around 4:30 PM on Halloween night? Holy crap, it feels insane. Over here, I had one child begging to put her costume on and sit in the make-up chair from three o'clock, and the other one, halfway sullen about the idea of having to get dressed up. … [Read more...]
Rocking Your Orb Without Swearing – Part II
So, you've got your pumpkins all wiped down and ready to go... take a deep breath and just start. Trust the stencil and cut slightly inside of the line - you can always shave out a bit more if the opening is too small, but you can't put back what's been cut. Orb-viously. It's easier to carve a … [Read more...]
Halloween Fun?
Yesterday my sister and I decided to get our families together, invite my dad over and have a little Halloween fun. Our focus was to get the kids involved in carving the pumpkins. A little ghoulish fun with a creative slant. So, we had my dad, our husbands, a 13 year-old boy, a 9.5 year-old girl, a … [Read more...]
Rocking Your Orb Without Swearing – Part I
Have I ever mentioned how much I enjoy carving pumpkins and such? Well, I do. It's my thing. I love to rock a face out of an orange orb, yes indeed. In years past, I've been commissioned to make some jack-o-lanterns for the likes of hotel or two here in Montreal, but as All Hallow's Eve falls … [Read more...]
The Pumpkins.
I don't know what the culprit was, but I had some lousy pumpkins this year. Some were soft, which make intricate cutting impossible. I broke about 5 pumpkins this year, which can really almost make a lady cry, after spending 50 minutes cutting a face, only to have a large chunk of it break off... … [Read more...]
PolkaDot Pumpkins
For the fourth year in a row I was talked into buying 5 pumpkins. One for each of us. We should each have one. It's only fair, right?Right...Well for the fourth year in a row I was stuck gutting and carving 5 pumpkins by myself. They always start off excited. They bring their pumpkins … [Read more...]
Coolest Halloween Pumpkins Ever!
It's pumpkin carving season, and I'm always looking for inspiration! The coolest pumpkins I have ever seen are created annually by my friend Kelly Reading. His creativity and skill leave me awestruck every Halloween. He's become a neighbourhood celebrity in our community, with scores of … [Read more...]