I bought 2 more pumpkins and it worked out perfectly. I'll deffinitley use the soaking method. And I'll actually put saran wrap on my pumpkins. Don't know why I never thought of that before. Normally my family just put them on a plate in the fridge until the next day when night fell. Awesome. I shal...

That book would be a rockin' prize especially for those artsy folks in here *ahem* Hahah

Petroleum jelly? To preserve the pumpkins? Wow. Tell me how to do that because often they'll decay too quickly so I can't enjoy them for that long

Awesome job on the Chucky pumpkin!

Hey JP

Nice to see another fellow Californian.

I'm addicted t carving pumpkins. They're fun but I think my favorite part is gutting the pumpkins.. I like to cook the seeds and give them out.

I joined last night and finally joined the actual ZombiePumpkins site earlier today. I'm psyched as all hell for Halloween.

I'm Nikki by the way. *waves*

Wow. That sounds f*****g sweet! Post some pictures of it when it's done I'd love to see it.

I'm making a scarecrow. Now, I need advice for the HEAD. My original plan was to use a Pumpkin and carve the face in to it as best I can. Print the actual persons face off the net and try my best. Put 2 small glow sticks for the eyes and some incense inside ther mouth for cigarette smoke effect. My ...

Even though I'm not yet a member- My fav is DEFFINITELY the ROB ZOMBIE themes. Those are wicked.

I also liked the Jim Morrison pattern!

Ooh, an Otep fan. Awesome. I actually sorta know eViL j. 8) So, what kind of Otep image are you carving up? I had actually started a couple stencil designs last year... of eViL j and Otep herself. I suppose those are some pumpkin patterns you'd be interested in Nikki? Anyone else into Otep? Otep=aw...

Every year it seems as if I carve more and more pumpkins... This year I'll be carving at least 5. One is a 'R.I.P' that will sit with my scarecrow of a fallen rocker. One will be adverstising for my fav band *otep* 2 will be for my work. And the other is for home. I might just pick up another one si...