Welcome To Great Pumpkin Day

by Deidre Woollard, Posted Oct 24th 2005 @ 8:20AM

Recognize the creepy guy shown above? It's the one and only Vincent Price rendered in pumpkin form. How did I do that? I have an ace in the hole, I live with an artist. The way he makes our pumpkin each year is that we find a photo we want to use as the face (last year we used Marilyn Manson) and he uses a photo editing program to high contrast the photo. The photo is drawn on the pumpkin and then he uses a linoleum cutter to carve away the parts that showed up white in the high contrast. The method I used to use in the days when I was solo was this one from Martha Stewart that involves stringing a strand of Christmas lights through a pumpkin. I used to call it the pumpkin disco ball. It's great for parties but if you aren't careful your lights end up seriously gunked up.

Join us for more pumpkin tips, recipes, and experiences all day long. And remember you can win yourself a cool $50 for your pumpkin creation. We are giving away three $50 prizes (sent to your Paypal account) will be given for Most Creative, Editor's Choice, and, since some people aren't big fans of the taste of pumpkin, Carving/Decoration. Winners will also get a little logo to slap on their blogs to prove that they are top of the pumpkin heap.

Filed Under: Fall Flavors, Ingredients
Tags: fall flavors, fruit

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10-24-2005 @9:46AM Jim Biancolo said... I must have missed the pumpkin contest announcement, and it seems to be off the home page. Here's my entry:

http://www.biancolo.com/content_show.cfm/content_id.20703

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