Happy Halloween!

In the spirit of doing something Halloween-y, I made this pumpkin for the office carving contest. I'm pretty happy with how he turned out. Let's just say this is an Anticraft-friendly craft from the usually not-so-friendly Martha Stewart web site. Basically I followed these instructions and it was a relatively painless ordeal! I didn't have all the fancy wood cutters that Martha suggests, but as you can see, you really don't need them. I used one regular pumpkin and two minis to do all the parts of the owl. For the feathers, I used a regular tea spoon, and then used a paring knife to fix them up a bit. It took about an hour and a half to complete the entire project, and since I thought it was going to take forever, I was pleasantly surprised when I had enough time to make these yummy candy corn earrings as well!