Carving pumpkins

Dan and I had date night last night. We turned on a scary movie (which was more weird then scary, but it was free "on demand" so we can't really complain), and carved up a couple of pumpkins. We purchased ghost pumpkins this year, which are white with an orange flesh. They look wonderful when lit up. As you can tell by the pictures, we used carving kits. It was Dan's first time using one. I swear by them ever since someone introduced me to them about 14 years ago.

Here is Dan's pumpkin:

From Halloween2008

He was going to do a spider, but it was too hard to trace on his pumpkin.

Here is my pumpkin:

From Halloween2008

Two creepy dolls holding hands.

And here they are together:

From Halloween2008

Oh yes... we also toasted up the seeds with butter and worcestershire sauce (plus some garlic salt). YUM!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Cards, cards, cards

I have to agree with my sister. It's fall. Dan and I spent a weekend in. He watched football and the Ryder Cup (golf), while I made cards. It was raining off and on. I made navy bean and ham soup for my lunch this week, as well as cornbread. We made brownies. After slicing them into weight watchers servings, we realized they are hardly worth it.

Here are just a few of the cards I made:

This card for someone on a paper crafting board. She has a co-worker that has uterine cancer and needs some support. I'm sending her this card, along with another one I've made.

This card is for our friends that had us over for poker night.

A halloween card. It's my favorite holiday. I love the way the spider is ripping down the corner of the paper. Dan said I should put a skeleton or something behind the corner, and I think he was right!

This is my first time stapling ribbon to a card. It looks very spoooooooooky!