I ran around town to do a few errands this morning and it was obvious that it is October and Halloween is quickly approaching. The first stop was CVS – where there was an entire aisle of Halloween candy. My local pet store, Doggie Style, was ready for Halloween as well. They had dog costumes […]
This cute paper pumpkin is wrapped full of all sorts of tricks and treats. It’s a great way to occupy bored kids (or adults.) The recipient starts by pulling the ribbon tab and as they unroll the pumpkin bits of candy and creepy crawlies fall out! Supplies: – 1 (81 foot) roll orange crepe paper […]
Before having kids and getting married, pumpkins served a single purpose for me. They were meant to be gauged and poked and scraped into some semblance of a Jack’0’Lantern (I’m terrible at carving pumpkins, by the way. Something about the “guts” and the icky sticky feeling. Yuck!). After that, in my wilder years, they were […]
There’s a special reason to run by Starbucks this morning as you clear off the cobwebs from the three day weekend. Pumpkin Spice Latte! Available starting today. It must be the first day of Fall! Photo by idogcow.
The Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival has announced the design competition for the poster that will be featured at the 43rd Annual Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival in Half Moon Bay, California. The total prize pool for the competition is $2100. The winning artist will earn $1000. The deadline for submissions […]
There are a lot of fun things to do for the harvest in October. You can enjoy fresh cider at an apple orchard. Stop by a pumpkin patch and pick out your future jack-o-lantern. Or get lost in a corn maze. While spending the day on a farm is fun, it’s not required to enjoy […]
Opened up my Facebook page yesterday to discover pumpkin carving tattoo patterns from Pumpkin Wow. I just mentioned on Friday that I had finished my section on pumpkin carving. It may already be obsolete. In the section on pumpkin carving patterns, I detailed the process of poking holes through the stencil onto the pumpkin and […]
Last weekend, I spent some time researching pumpkin carving. Yes, in the middle of July. But I’m now ready for pumpkin painting and carving this October. Pretty excited about it, actually. One of the things that I discovered during my research was the practice of underwater pumpkin carving. You definitely read that correctly. People voluntarily […]
On Saturday, I stopped at a few beer stores to see if I could find any Oktoberfest and pumpkin beers. After all, the fall seasonal beers start in July. My personal goal is to try as many as possible this Fall. For the website, of course! At the first beer store, it was summer seasonals […]
It’s your last chance to plant pumpkins for Halloween 2012. They need at least 110 growing days depending on the variety.   And it is now July! If you want to grow your own pumpkins this year, you are in luck. Birds and Blooms put together an excellent guide to help you transform your pumpkin […]
