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October 11, 2013

First time carving a pumpkin

Clint cleaning out his pumpkins. It's
wise to have towels on
hand and wear clothes you can get messy!
Brandon and me with our pumpkin!
Believe it or not, I carved a pumpkin for the first time this week. I think growing up we would buy pumpkins already carved and decorated or use plastic pumpkins. Thankfully, one of my best friends Brandon attended our friend Clint's "Pumpkin' Carvin' Party" with me and Brandon helped with the carving.


Using the knives and tools can be scary and dangerous, so be careful and set up on a flat surface. It also got a little messy so I suggest taking off your jewelry and rolling up your sleeves. Since Brandon and I were beginners in the pumpkin carving arena, we went with the standard "Jack-O-Lantern" look, with a twist. I'm pretty proud of how it turned out. This was defnitely a fun way to celebrate fall and do something different with friends.

Everyone's finished pumpkins - so creative!
I loved Alicia's polka dot pumpkin, adorable!
With my friends Clint and Brandon

Do you carve and decorate pumpkins every October? 
What's your favorite design to carve?


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21 comments:

  1. PinkSenshiOctober 11, 2013 at 6:27 AM

    How cute! I love carving pumpkins :)

    Hunter
    www.preponabudget.com

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  2. eHaOctober 11, 2013 at 7:01 AM

    I've always carved pumpkins. When I was little, my mom would buy special knives for us children to use so we would carve them ourselves but she didn't have to worry about us getting hurt. I love carving pumpkins but not to carve them, just I love roasting the pumpkin seeds from inside the pumpkin!

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  3. Optimistic ExistentialistOctober 11, 2013 at 8:13 AM

    This has always been one of my favorite things to do in autumn :)

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  4. AdamOctober 11, 2013 at 8:21 AM

    I never carve, lack the artistic skill

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  5. AlexOctober 11, 2013 at 9:30 AM

    These all came out so great! I plan on carving pumpkins closer to Halloween, otherwise the squirrels eat them!
    -Alex
    http://www.monstermisa.blogspot.com/

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  6. A Very Sweet BlogOctober 11, 2013 at 11:14 AM

    I think I've done it twice in my lifetime. LOL It's a messy job! The knives are sharp so you have to be careful. Michaels are now carving the fake one's for you :) Might do that next year. I just usually plop two pumpkins on my steps.
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  7. LaurenOctober 11, 2013 at 12:02 PM

    Such a great party idea! Congrats on carving your first pumpkin!

    Lauren,
    http://www.atouchofsoutherngrace.com/

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  8. CeeOctober 11, 2013 at 12:58 PM

    Your first time carving a pumpkin? How exciting! I haven't done it for years but it was something I always looked forward to when I was little :)
    xox,
    Cee

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  9. Sarah AlwayOctober 11, 2013 at 1:52 PM

    Oh my goodness, I can't believe you had to wait this long into your life to carve a pumpkin! It's fun, huh? A little messy but that's kind of part of it, right? I love the polka dotted one, too! Cute.

    Sarah @ Life As Always

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  10. Rowan | R E D R E I D I N G H O O DOctober 11, 2013 at 2:50 PM

    Haha that polkadot pumpkin look like a discobal!

    Love,

    Rowan


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  11. Merry WifeOctober 11, 2013 at 3:16 PM

    Your Jack-O-Lantern looks great! Glad you were finally able to participate in such a fun tradition. I'm actually going to a pumpkin carving party tomorrow. Haven't done one in years, so hopefully mine doesn't look too bad! :)

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  12. SawatkaOctober 11, 2013 at 3:51 PM

    I like watching the photos of pumpkins for Halloween. In Poland Halloween isn't popular, some people even hate this holiday. However I remember that when I was in a primary school there were some competitions like "The best pumpkin", haha
    Kisses!

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  13. UnknownOctober 11, 2013 at 5:28 PM

    I LOVE THE TITLE OF YOUR BLOG!!! love this post

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  14. UnknownOctober 11, 2013 at 5:35 PM

    This looks like so much fun! I'd love to carve a pumpkin for this season!

    xx.
    Stephanie | fashion and tea

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  15. Becky MOctober 11, 2013 at 9:43 PM

    I hope you had fun! We havent done this yet! Thank you for the sweet comment on my blog!

    agirlandhersparkles.blogspot.com

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  16. Fabulous TortureOctober 11, 2013 at 11:27 PM

    Very nice post! Thank you for leaving a nice comment on my blog. I'm following you now on Goggle. Would you like to follow each other on Facebook also? I like just simple and easy carving on the pumpkin.
    http://www.fabuloustorture.blogspot.com

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  17. MicaOctober 12, 2013 at 8:50 PM

    You did great for your first time carving! They all look so fun :)

    I remember supervising my parents carving a pumpkin once when I was tiny, haha. I don't think we ever did it more than once, it was probably too messy! :)

    Away From The Blue

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  18. CarlaOctober 12, 2013 at 9:27 PM

    We didn't carve a pumpkin last year, but we did for the first time the year before that. I do plan on pumpkin carving this year. The first year I did a really good job in my opinion. LOL!

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  19. Cassandra TooOctober 13, 2013 at 12:26 AM

    Sadly we don't do that here. But that look so cool and fun!


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  20. MugdhaOctober 13, 2013 at 2:35 PM

    Oh man! All ya'lls pumpkins are so good! I've only done it a couple times but mine are never so skillfully done!

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  21. IleanaOctober 13, 2013 at 5:27 PM

    This is so awesome!!! I wanna try it... never carved a pumpkin before ^^

    xoxo

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