Three Things : Halloween

I'm finishing my halloween mini from last year as well. Kind of fun to get in the mood by looking at photos from last year. I was thinking pumpkins with circles as well, saw it in a old MSL. Happy day, Ali!

Cool products Ali! I especially love the button embellishments.
Your decorating ideas should be in a holiday decorating magazine or book. Very creative.
Sue

fall is my favorite time of year too!!! I just love the color changes, and the smells in the air....the fresh apples, and cider...I can't wait to take our annual color tour next week!!!

I love decorative pumpkins... although, I will always love the traditional carved face pumpkin. This year, I think I will buy a white pumpkin as they seem to be so lovely, and perhaps try this pumpkin pounding technique. Happy Fall Ali... ¥

I will be decorating tonight, fun fun fun! For your "holie" pumpkin... a hole saw attachment for the drill works perfect!

I think I saw a similar circle pumpkin idea in a BHG - they used a circular apple corer and punched out circles from different colored pumpkins, then put the cores back in the other colored pumpkins! Looked pretty cool! Here's a link to a similar project!
http://www.bhg.com/holidays/halloween/pumpkin-carving/pumpkin-pileup/

I suggest a power drill with different size bits to get circle look you are going for.

Another fall fan here! Pumpkin carving is always an adventure around our house. My husband started a tradition of using power tools to carve our pumkins. Drills make PERFECT circles in pumpkins, and the available sizes are whatever bits you can get your hands on! I also found a melon baller makes a cool translucent perfect circle. Here's a pic from a few years back :)
http://dinnys.com/uploads/DMI_Edgy_pumpkins_LO.jpg
Happy FALL!

A couple other people have already mentioned this, but a cordless drill with a couple of different bits will get you the perfect circles. Also, I'd recommend using wood booring (sp?) bits. They come in sizes lots of different sizes and if you only drill halfway through the pumpkin you will get the semi-opaque look another commenter mentioned. Good luck!

I put those exact mixed button embellishments in my Etsy favorites! I love evalicious!

Hi Ali! Looking forward to seeing all you create! Have a good day!

I second, or is it third the drill idea!
For other details a drimel tool is good too.
IT always feels good to take a power tool in hand and use it for something totally different.
However, it is lots of fun to have a child pound those golf tees into the pumpkin.
Imagine how it makes them feel!
Viki

hey,
a quick and easy way to put larger holes in a pumpkin is to use a drill with a paddle bit. it is so quick and you really do get a clean perfectly round hole. they come in different sizes too.
happy carving!
<3 anna

I came to comment on the holes on the pumpkin...I see others have the same idea. I used a drill and drill bit one year for holes...it was super fast and super easy!!! And they looked fab-u-lous!!! Here's a link to Martha Stewart for more ideas...http://www.marthastewart.com/article/cookie-cutter-pumpkins?rsc=also_try I'm sure yours will be super cute no matter what you do!!!

I love the pumpkin carving idea!

Ali -- I have used a drill to make polka-dot pumpkins -- just use a fairly large bit and your jack-o-lantern will be done in a matter of minutes!

p.s. my mom has a tradition of spray-painting pumpkins -- bronze, gold, or black. You can add glitter or ribbon. They are really cute and they last a long time. Everyone always comments on them.

Let me give you a cautionary tale on the cookie cutter idea. I tried this one year after I read it in a Martha Stewart Magazine. The pumpkin shell was so thick that I couldn't get the cookie cutter to penetrate the shell. I started to hammer it in. Now I had a cookie cutter half in and half out of the shell and couldn't get it to budge in either direction. I used the knife to cut out the circle and pushed through the pumpkin circle but scraped my hand on the metal cookie cutter and I STILL couldn't get that darn cookie cutter out of the shell!! So good luck and be careful!

Not sure I've seen the cover you're referring to, but last year, my husband carved a couple of our pumpkins with a drill. He used the large cirlce bit. The circles were about 3" diameter. He did it for an alien face pumpkin but it would work for any type. You could use any size bit too. It goes quick.

We like to cut and paint our pumpkins. I love the 3 Halloween items you chose! Take care and kisses to Simon & the the little angel :) I can't wait for her to get here :D