I do have a special affection for the Tim Burton stripes. Not in the current Hot Topic sort of way, but what can you do? So I did this simple pumpkin, but I think it does make a statement. The pumpkin I used was white too so it was nice and easy for me.
The pumpkins all together look kind of cool with all the different sizes and colors. I should try and take a photo of the whole group just to show.
This pumpkin/gourd had a few people helping with the ideas. I was going to make a pac man ghost with the pumpkin at first, but my mother insisted that it had to be Davy Jones from Pirates of the Caribbean (though she couldn't actually remember his name). I still wasn't completely sold, but Michelle agreed that it could be cool and so I did it. It's all done with acrylics, and took me a bit of getting used to the technique.
The hat was totally my idea. I don't know if that's a good thing or bad thing. Davy Jones needed a hat and I didn't really know how I could make a hat like from the movies. So I went all old school and did a newspaper pirate hat instead. I think the result is pretty hilarious.
Again, sorry for the delay in posts. I often times have the pumpkins all done and ready but no time to upload pictures and post.
This little one is my Cheshire Cat pumpkin. It was perfect for the stripes because it's actually kind of an unusually shaped pumpkin. Gives it a sense of whimsy, you know. Painting stripes on a pumpkin is pretty relaxing even though you'd think it wouldn't be.
Sorry for the lack of posting yesterday.
I found this cool yellow pumpkin at a local store. I didn't want to change the look of it too much because I liked it, so I did a simple design on it, some crows flying away. I want to go back and get some more pumpkins from the same place-- they had a pretty cool selection.
I have no excuse for this pumpkin. I just made it the Count on a whim. He's sort of Halloween-related right? Don't answer that.
Anyway, I just glued a nose on him and painted him with acrylics. At least it sort of looks like him.
Today I went with just plain silly. Expect a lot of that, by the way. But I do like my little pumpkin witch, she has an attitude problem. I'm thinking about doing a whole group of similar little pumpkins like a werewolf, a vampire, a skeleton, etc to be her little evil friends. I think the cutesy stuff can have charm sometimes.
I'm chomping at the bit to start carving pumpkins, but I know that I just can't. So I've been saving up ideas for when I do start, and some are pretty ambitious. We'll see how I do.
The movie Coraline was a godsend for this project. My ideas for Halloween decorations sometimes get stale, but that movie gave me a lot of options for this year. Can anyone say the other mother's creepy arm? (Stay tuned.)
Anyway, sometimes simple pumpkins are good. Black paint can do wonders, especially when you procrastinate and don't have much time to do anything fancier. My first bunch of pumpkins are going to be painted because I'm hoping that'll make them last until Halloween. Don't crush my dreams.
Okay, so I have too many costumes. Too many as in an entire closet full--and the closet is BURSTING. Some are nice, some on the crummy side, and I'll be piecing together a few new ones just for fun (don't judge.) I...don't think I'll have any problems filling up 31 days.
Ask any random person on the street what their favorite holiday is, and you're overwhelmingly likely to get "Christmas!" (possibly followed by gift-anticipation drool) for an answer. Or perhaps "Thanksgiving," for those with fond food and family memories. Me, I'm not a Christmas person nor a Thanksgiving person, and neither is my sister Laura. Cheer and goodwill, what? Bah humbug. Give us a holiday that's frivolous!
So stay tuned for a month of pumpkin life from two cranky sisters with a mission--our excuse to blog about something fun!
