World Pumpkin Carving Championship

 Hi guys,  As promised, here are the results from last year. Seeing as Halloween is tomorrow I guess I can't wait any longer 😝 This year will be better - promise. Hope you haven't given up on us and looking forward to this year's entries! I have a slight problem though because what I got from Sarah was pumpkins with letters but no names so if you happen to look here and recognize your pumpkin as a winner please write me and let me know who you are! (leanne.ashworth@gmail.com) #1: Pumpkin X (34 points) #2: Pumpkin H (30 points) #3: Pumpkins J + P (tied with 17 points) I will claim Pumpkin X but am afraid I don't know who did H, J or P but congratulate yourselves!! And now my favourite part of this competition - comments from our judges. Thanks to all of you who participated.  Given the theme, I was really hoping to see Trump's face on a pumpkin or at least the QAnon logo! This year was huge for competitors. Difficult to choose just three. I decided to ignore artis...

  Hello fellow carvers!!   I can feel it in my fingers...time to start carving soon! But before announcing the theme, I want to let you know that it is time for a changing of the guards. After many years of dedicated involvement to this prestigious event Sarah is going to take a much deserved break and enjoy her Halloween fun without me harassing her about posting pumpkins 😋 Thanks to Sarah for all her witty posts, beautiful pumpkins and fun chats brainstorming themes over the years - great memories! I am still enjoying this tradition and my sister, Janice, has agreed to step-in and organize it with me so a big welcome to her! I hope all you carvers will keep carving and sharing this a fun Halloween tradition with us. The rules are the same - one pumpkin + picture per entry, something original about the design, toothpicks are allowed but no other props and we need your picture by midnight Oct. 31st in the time zone you're living in. Other years it has been a lot of work to ge...