So last night was the night. When I finally found the time to carve, it was already past 10.30pm. I started to debate whether the carving effort was worth it and then realized: who was I kidding? Since I had already bought the pumpkin, I would wind up doing it anyways - else I would feel guilty!
Mercifully, this year I had printed out some stencils (yes, my original Halloween stencil book has disappeared forever - sigh). So I did not have to do any amateur stencil-art myself. Also, after my treasure hunt of last year, I had learnt my lesson and had put the carving tools in safe place I still remembered. All I had to do was carve. I was set!
At the end of a well-breaked hour and a half, this is what I had:
Does this help?
I won second place at the pumpkin-carving contest at work :-D! More than the winning, I was thrilled that I had managed to take the pumpkin to work and back without breaking the carved pattern off (believe me, if there is a way to screw up something, I can manage it).
Then this happened in the evening: I was showing off my pumpkin to my friend K. He looked at the pumpkin and said "Oh, a ghost?" and then, interested in a closer look, touched it. The next moment, there was a loud snapping sound and my poor ghost's legs (do ghosts have legs - what is the bottom portion called?) had broken away from the frame. So much for all my careful handling. K was highly embarrassed and apologized profusely. But I was too busy laughing. Looks like I am not the only one who is adept at messing up :-D!
It's almost gone. Still, Happy Halloween. And here's to a couple more months of uninhibited bingeing :-)!
15 comments:
Fantastic carving and congratulations for the 2nd prize. Last year too you were 2nd, right?
---Senthil
Very impressive carving Archana :) Nice!
We don't bother at home tho', funnily, never got into that part of Halloween. We are just happy scaring everyone who comes home! :)
lol pretty and cool :)
i liked last years also...this years its superma! :)
I loved the carving. I checked out the others too and you seem to have a knack for this :). Keep up the good work..
Really scary :-) and beautifully carved... I liked ur last year's cat also :-).
wow, nice template :-) and excellent carving work too. nijamavae super :-)
WOW.. your carving looks cool.. Congrats!!
Should say, you are a talented ghost carver:)
What did the 1st prize winner carve anyway??
That was awesome!
You sure have loads of patience and energy :-)
the ghost looks amazing!!
beautifully carved. u hav a lot of talent
Hey its great!! I liked the first one better than this though. :--)
Congrats on the prize!!!
Aiii - so many super nice responses :-D! All my late-night carving seems so justified now :-D!
Senthil - thank you :-D! No prize for last year :-( - it was the year before that :-)! And, welcome aboard!
Rads - Thank you :-D! Did you dress up this time?
Vishesh - thank you :-D!
Deeps - thank you :-D! How is the would-be mommy doing :-)?
Archana - thank you :-D!
J - thank you :-D and thank you :-D!
Ace - thank you :-D!
Comfortably numb - welcome aboard! thank you :-D! oh, the first prize winner was a totally adorable pumpkin with cats, ghosts and the words "boo" - mine was a diiiiiissssssssstttttant second :-)!
Dushti - thank you :-D!
Sindu - thank you :-D!
Jeseem - long time no see! Thank you :-D!
SK - thank you :-D! Hehehe, believe it or not, the cat took lesser time to carve!
Nice - Really think its great you do this every year Its now a tradition for you :)
Anon - thank you :-)! I guess I have made it into a tradition now thanks to my OCD :-D!
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