Matthew and I get a little competitive when it comes to carving pumpkins. This year was our 2nd annual competition. Scoring is based off design, originality, and technique. According to our trick-or-treating judges I won with my owl! woo hoo! {Matthew was a little too ambitious with his freestyle piece in my opinion} He even tried to pumpkin whisper..ha! Perhaps Matthew won last year with his cat..so it’s only fair I took the title of pumpkin carving champion away from him!
results for pumpkin carving
2nd Annual Pumpkin Carving Contest
Matthew and I get a little competitive when it comes to carving pumpkins. This year was our 2nd annual competition. Scoring is based off design, originality, and technique. According to our trick-or-treating judges I won with my owl! woo hoo! {Matthew was a little too ambitious with his freestyle piece in my opinion} He even tried to pumpkin whisper..ha! Perhaps Matthew won last year with his cat..so it’s only fair I took the title of pumpkin carving champion away from him!
Pumpkin Pickin’ in Ventura
After Matthew and I got back from Portugal, we hit the ground running for fall. Since we got back mid-October we wanted to make sure we could savor the season as much as possible. That meant decorating our house and also finding a pumpkin patch! Unfortunately, in Los Angeles there aren’t many pumpkin-on-the-vine patches. Most of the pumpkin patches here are constructed with tents and straw in parking lots behind malls. While those can be great, I really wanted to find one that felt a little more rustic and homey. I did some research and decided our best bet was heading north to find pumpkins on the vine in Ventura County.