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Here are my pumpkins from 2005. Overall, the display was a smashing success. Everyone loved it, and we got lots of traffic. To access the pictures, just click on the thumbnail and then use the "back" button to return.
| Corpse Bride is a great movie, and ended up being a very fun pumpkin. Recent movies usually work well for pumpkins. Halloween movies definitely work. |
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| Ash from Evil Dead was FAR more difficult than I thought it would be. Only one person knew who he was, but a lot of folks on the movie discussion sites I frequent loved him. |
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| Lady and the Tramp was a major hit with mothers and teen girls. Mothers especially turned into little girls and endlessly gushed at this. |
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| A fellow pumpkin carver in Texas (named AggieLisa on the carvingpumpkins.com forum) made this most wonderful Pirates of the Caribbean pattern. |
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| Batman Begins is another recent movie. I made this pattern at the last second. I don't know why I was worried if people would recognize him or not, but he was a true hit! |
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| Eragon is another pattern created this year by AggieLisa. I was surprised at how many teenagers knew him. |
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| I did the Cheshire Cat pattern after Halloween last year, and got one person to do it so far. He was REALLY difficult but went over wonderfully. Also, I took a flash picture that ended up far weirder than I intended. |
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| Wyland's First Breath was maybe my favorite carving this year. Unfortunately he didn't go over as well as I thought he would. From afar people thought he was a wolf, howling in the night. |
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| This was my first attempt at a pumpkin sculpting, where I used the pumpkin itself as the object to be carved. Normally I use the pumpkin almost as a canvas. I was amazed how different this type of carving was. Virtually none of my skills transferred. |
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| I stuck this multi-colored light inside which went over really well. Also, I used pumpkin rind carvings as tongue pieces. These felt like a real tongue - cold, wet and clammy! |
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| Nam is REALLY into this Korean actor/singer/dancer guy named Bee. This is a carving she did from his latest drama series. |
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| Here's the full pumpkin. |
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| Justin decided to do a Family Guy pumpkin. This was a good decision I suppose, as most of his friends decided this was their favorite pumpkin. |
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| Sarah and her friend Dasom both did ghost pumpkins. She did a pretty good job I think! |
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| Here's a shot of the overall display - 13 pumpkins in all. In addition to the ones above, we also had Sponge Bob and Scooby, both carved to fake pumpkins. |
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