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 get all the pictures assembled from mms/whatsApp/messanger/email/ etc so to help the posting go faster please email your picture to leanne.ashworth@gmail.com and janice.ashworth@gmail.com. 

The theme is Magical Pumpkins - so go get carving!! Excited to see what you all come up with.

PS. I realize that the results from last year never got posted. I have access to the blog now and am on it. Promise they will be put up asap 😀

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