Post-Halloween greetings, my dears! I had a great one in spite of the last minute preparations. My sweet D indeed brought me a big pumpkin yesterday evening (Hey, Jojo, yes, they grow in India too!), which was the first one I ever carved. Carving happened to be a little more difficult than I expected all because of the rather hard pumpkin flash which I had to scoop out and then cut into. I went for a simple design, and the result of my hard work is in the photos below.
I am very pleased with how the bat shape falls on the wall, great effect! I am going to keep my Jack-o-Lantern till Diwali, as on Diwali you are supposed to lit every kind of lights, and carved pumpkin is just so fitting into this idea! I am thrilled by the thought that being in intercultural marriage opens up so many possibilities of mixing, sharing, exchanging of various cultures!
Besides I also managed to crochet two skulls (Spanish "calavera") in the office, following these awesome instructions. They look so nice, and I am going to make two-three more, in different colors. They'd make a nice garland, or can be used as a single ornament.
Well... now me, a cat girl. Haha, I look so funny with those ears. It was 10 minute work to attach them to the rim. I liked how they turned out, I might make a tutorial or a "how to" later.When my D was about to come back from office and I was meeting him outside the house, he saw me from inside of the car and, his first expression was this :O. Then he lovingly said that I am crazy, but he knew it was for Halloween. He didn't dress up with me this year, but participated in either way, getting that beautiful pumpkin. I had really great time on Halloween 2013, and hope that yours was also enjoyable. Tomorrow is my MIL's birthday, right before Diwali! :)
Hearty wishes of a great weekend to you, my dears!
Super pumpkin bat! I always let my teener son do the cut-out. Now he is grown and lives on his own. My Dutch hubby isn't interested. So no Halloween here anymore :(( love your cute cat ears! Linda@Wetcreek Blog
ReplyDeleteThanks, Linda! Aww... you should celebrate anyway, just like I do :) Take care!
DeleteHey you look soooo cute Anna dear. Hope you enjoyed the Halloween Day. And do wish your MIL on my behalf. A very Happy Diwali to you and your family. So you are having a blast of a week end. Halloween, B'day, Diwali. WOW.
ReplyDeleteChal re bhopla tunuk tunuk... is a story that I used to adore as a kid that I remembered when I saw the pumpkin :) Nice carving. I know how much of hardwork has gone into it :)
Thanks, Aishwarya! Sorry for late reply, was way too busy with all those festivals!
DeleteHope you had a nice Diwali :)
You look so cute as a cat!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Deborah!
DeleteGreat looking pumpkin - you did a great job with the carving. And you are a very cute cat. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Debi! My hands ached a lot after I carved it, it was a tough one!
DeleteYour pumpkins came out great!!!! What a beautiful photo of you too; it's the first time I've seen you! :D Great job on the skulls too.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jojo! Well, I usually don't post pics with my persona, but this time is fine :)
DeleteI LOVE this post!!! Your very first pumpkin ROCKS! Love the photo of the reflected bat, too. And I ADORE those crocheted calaveras...I REALLY am going to have to pull out my crochet hooks now. You make a beautiful cat - glad you had so much fun. XOXO Tanya
ReplyDeleteThanks, Tanya, and I am so glad you got inspired to crochet! I cannot imagine my life without it now :)
DeleteWhat a beautiful cat! :-) Glad you had a nice Halloween.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Charlotte! I had truly an awesome one :)
DeleteYou make one cute little kitten! And that's an awesome first JOL too. We always use big rice spoons to scoop out our pumpkins because they do a nice, relatively fast job.
ReplyDeleteKitten, hehe :) Thanks, Debra! Yea, I used something like a scooper too, but it even bent a little.. :)lol
DeleteYou look adorable and I love the pumpkin, great job.
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Meredith
Thanks, Meredith, for a nice comment :) Hugs back at you!
DeleteI love your pumpkin and I love your skulls! You are talented girl! You look adorable as a cat ;o) Hope you had a great Halloween ;o) Take Care ;o)
ReplyDeleteSo many compliments, I am blushing now :) Thanks a lot!! Take care too!
DeleteI agree with Debra, you make the cutest kitten ever! Is that look on your face... totally sweet. I love the pumpkin, would love to see the color in the light as it looks very peculiar (cute spots, I think). Your hubby is always so amazing. It is great that he does what makes his love happy.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Magaly! :) And yea, my hubby is the best for me!
DeleteOh, forgot to say, the skulls are awesome!
ReplyDeleteIt's ok, but I know you particularly would have liked them. Thanks!
DeleteYou are a very cute cat! :) We've only ever carved a pumpkin once. Definitely not an easy task. You did a great job! Love the skulls, too. A friend today just told me of a Russian girl at her school who just got over chicken pox. I thought of you. Glad you are better now. Take care, Tammy
ReplyDeleteThanks Tammy! And wow what a coincidence! May be Russian girls were not vaccinated from chicken pox at some point of time... :)
DeleteAw Anna, you make a cute kitty! One of my friends dressed up as a cat too for the Halloween parade. I never thought I would ever think a skull cute but your crocheted ones really are.
ReplyDeleteMedha, thanks a lot! Cats make perfect pets as well as characters :)
DeleteLove the bat on the pumpkin! Great idea! And you look cute in the cat ears, how fun is that! But the skulls are super! How talented to be able to make skulls from knit/crochet! Fabulous!!
ReplyDeleteI am glad you liked my crocheted things, Jackie! It is really a pleasure to get your comment.
DeleteLove those crochet skulls, very Day of the Dead! x
ReplyDeleteVery! I fell in love with them once I saw, and it was just appropriate time to make few.
Deletewow..the crochet skull looks cute
ReplyDeleteThanks, Nima! :)
DeleteLOVE those crochet skulls!!! and great work on your pumpkin!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jill! I enjoyed making all of those :)
DeleteHii, thanks so much for your visit and your comment. You are welcome when you want in my blog. Yes, I use acrilic yarn, and the result be very beautiful. One kiss
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How great to see a photo of you in your cute halloween design! We have had lots of fireworks around us for Diwali and bonfire night! Makes dark nights more colourful!
ReplyDeleteAli x
Bother, I missed Diwali! I hope you have a wonderful time! I love your pumpkin and the skulls! What sweet little things!
ReplyDeleteI think this is the first photo I have seen of you :D You look totally cute!
ReplyDeleteAnd the bat shadow on the wall is just awesome.