Here is this year's Pumpkin Carving that greeted our trick-or-treaters. I really love love love to carve Halloween Pumpkins. This year's rendition is "IGOR" from Young Frankenstein. The actor who played him was the very funny Marty Feldman. I loved the movie. Young Frankenstein is a Musical on Broadway, so if the reference is a little old that might ring a bell too.
About 10 years ago I discovered the "stencils" available everywhere.
This is my trusty set of tools. I bought a "Pumpkin Masters" mini reciprocating saw that really rocks!! I bought it after H-ween last year, so this was my first opportunity to use it. It is on the right of the set of tools.
Most of the rest was a set available from Williams Sonoma purchased eons ago. I love my 2 Speedball Linoleum Cutters, and I use those too. I saw on the internet this year an extra nifty trick that I want to share. Instead of the flashing strobe lights that you can buy commercially or candles (which can be dangerous as well) go to the Dollar Store and buy one of those round push-on battery operated lights. The light is nice and bright, it's a $1, and looks great. Works especially well for the artificial/fake Pumpkins so many people have carved too!
If you want to be amazed by some really great pumpkins go visit Martha here
Wow, some are pretty amazing. Look for the Pumpkins by an artist named Tomas Gonzales. He makes mine over the years look not so good.
Happy Halloween everyone. Our doggie named Pumpkin, loved the evening like she always does. She gets a big kick out of the doorbell ringing all night. There was a kid dressed up as Broccoli and called himself Broccoli Spears.
~Dawn
EEK! Reloading all your files is frightful, even if it isn't close to Halloween! 
