The pumpkin carving thread... - Page 5

Rikki · #41 (**permalink**) 04-19-2008, 08:38 AM

That's great! Is it one of the patterns in your members section?

Muffy · #42 (**permalink**) 04-19-2008, 10:55 AM

What a terrific thread this is!!

Thanks to everyone for all the contributions and info here.......I too am one of those people that I never seem to get to carving my pumpkins. When I was on the farm I use to grow those 150lb'ers and they are a job to get out of the garden. I tried a small pumpkin patch last year here at the new house but they did not do well at all. The soil here is just not real great!

On the farm I think the good soil is what produced such greeat pumpkins. Just a couple of days ago I bought several bags of seeds and I'm gonna try this year to grow my own pumpkins.........if ya want to have a lot of pumpkins around your house it can get pretty costly with the price tag on them anymore.

The neighbor has about 2 acres of garden she puts in & she told us to plant whatever we want up there as my yard garden is too small for the room pumpkins need to grow right. So I'm gonna try my hand at carving this season.

sfam.......your work is incredible...thank you for sharing all these wonderful photos with us!

Look forward to your help & advice as the season draws nearer!

Mistress Muffy

St0ney · #43 (**permalink**) 04-19-2008, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Rikki

That's great! Is it one of the patterns in your members section?

Yepper - it's a members only pattern - Along with 170+ others. (07 season)

I have another 200 (which will be around 300) going up in AUG for the 08 season.

If anyone is interested in joining my site, Please WAIT until AUG.
For ALL memberships end on AUG 1st 2008.

08 Season starts AUG 2nd, 2008 and ends AUG 1st, 2009

I know it's a strange setup, but it's a seasonal site.
If you join in Aug you get a full Year (all 07 patterns and All the NEW 08 patterns

I am currently working on a members section PREVIEW pages.
So you can see in advance all the patterns in the members section.
before joining the site.

(Something I should have done last year, but did'nt )

St0ney

St0ney · #44 (**permalink**) 04-19-2008, 03:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Muffy

What a terrific thread this is!!

Thanks to everyone for all the contributions and info here.......I too am one of those people that I never seem to get to carving my pumpkins. When I was on the farm I use to grow those 150lb'ers and they are a job to get out of the garden. I tried a small pumpkin patch last year here at the new house but they did not do well at all. The soil here is just not real great!

On the farm I think the good soil is what produced such greeat pumpkins. Just a couple of days ago I bought several bags of seeds and I'm gonna try this year to grow my own pumpkins.........if ya want to have a lot of pumpkins around your house it can get pretty costly with the price tag on them anymore.

The neighbor has about 2 acres of garden she puts in & she told us to plant whatever we want up there as my yard garden is too small for the room pumpkins need to grow right. So I'm gonna try my hand at carving this season.

sfam.......your work is incredible...thank you for sharing all these wonderful photos with us!

Look forward to your help & advice as the season draws nearer!

Mistress Muffy

That's so Cool, I've been thinking about growing my own for the past few years. but really would need to do some reading up on it.
(no clue - whatsoever on how to get it done)
the only time I have a green thumb, is if I'm painting a wall with green paint.

Some folks on the pumpkin carving board (where the three of us come from)
Grow their own - and the board has a section just on growing your own kins.

the addy of the board is - http://pumpkinwizard.com/newqna/index.php

The section is labled: Growers Exchange

The info there maybe helpful to you
St0ney

Sorry Mistress was I allowed to speak

Muffy · #45 (**permalink**) 04-20-2008, 12:52 PM

Thanks so much Stoney....I'm gonna check that out! They really are easy to grow and when I grew them on the farm we had a few different kinds . But I'll tell ya it sure is fun watching those big ones grow. I did exactly what the package said and we ended up with about 7 of them big suckers!

I know my pumpkins from last year did not turn out just because we had them in to small an area and I think we needed to dump several bags of good soil over this clay, altho everything else in my garden grew wonderfully..... all the vegetables and we also grew a bunch of different gourds that came out look'in real good.

There is a web site on the net here somewhere that tells how to grow those monster look'in pumpkins....gonna have to try and find that again.

Oh and yes you may have permission to speak>>>>how obediante you are!!Bravo guy!

MM

ylbissop · #46 (**permalink**) 04-20-2008, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by St0ney

That's so Cool, I've been thinking about growing my own for the past few years. but really would need to do some reading up on it.

dosen't linvilla give you special access to their kins?
came out in 07 and saw your stuff at linvilla nice work (you should post fester with the real lightbulb great idea funny as hell). the only thing stopping me from using your patterns is that I love to try and make my own patterns. when where do you typically choose to show off your best?

^self portrait kin^

St0ney · #47 (**permalink**) 04-20-2008, 06:15 PM

Thanks Ylbissop:
Nice Carving

And it's cool that you make your own patterns.
I started making my own a few years back, and people wowed over them.
So i started making patterns for folks, I could not keep up with all the request
so I decided to open my own site just last year. Now when someone makes a request it gets placed on the site and others can carve it also.

Linvilla hooked me up with a good bunch of kins.
The Fester was pretty funny, until some kid kicked half his face in - LOL
Had the same problem with everyone touching the pumpkins.
Step away from the pumpkins ! (trust me their real) !

My best work is on my Home display - (when I have more time to put into the carvings) At Linvilla most of the carvings were somewhat rushed,
started each day with two blank 8' tables, and by night they were full.
I carved like a dozen each day there. I may carve there again this year, will see? Most of the Photo's of the linvilla kins got washed out by a HUGE spot light that was located right behind me, so the photo's came out pretty darn crappy. If I carve there again, I need a better location towards the back where it's nice and "DARK".

Here's the Fester w/light Bulb a friend carved:

Here's the Virgin Mary:

Mars attacks (Friend (JP) from Jammin Pumpkins Made this pattern)

And a Zombie WereWolf

This year I'm thinking about doing some Promo type kins?
Maybe put Preston and Steve (from WMMR) on a Kin and send it to them.

Gadzooks !

St0ney

ylbissop · #48 (**permalink**) 04-20-2008, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by St0ney

This year I'm thinking about doing some Promo type kins?
Maybe put Preston and Steve (from WMMR) on a Kin and send it to them.

Gadzooks !

St0ney

good idea a friend of mine added a story bout them someone wrote in a book he published needless to say once they whent on the show sales went up. it's a good book too.

in fact check out the them fighting zombies pic that was made for the book it would make an awsome design

bethene · #49 (**permalink**) 04-21-2008, 02:33 AM

LOVE the werewolf zombie!

St0ney · #50 (**permalink**) 07-12-2008, 04:19 PM

It's July and I carved my first Pumpkin of the season - LOL

Okay I carved it for a new Tutor I added on my website.

This Carving / Tutor is how to carve a Foam Pumpkin.
What's nice about these Fake pumpkins is they last a life-time, and are great gifts.

(I also added a few more tutors)

Anywho Here's the Carving the Tutor is based on.

The Tutor is located here: Stoneykins.com Click the How 2 button, when ya get there.