Chevron Pumpkin Tutorial!

HAPPY wednesday EVERYONE!

...and it is a happy day indeed :) Girlfriend here is in a fabulous mood. Not only am I back at work today and ecstatic that I have interaction with the world, but I got my test results back last night from my MRI and there will be no need for surgery! The results showed that I have some tendions that are hyperextended which is causing pain behind my knee and just a bad sprain that needs a couple weeks to heal. FANTASTIC! I'm so thankful that it's nothing serious and that I will be able to get back into running & soccer in just a couple weeks. My pain has gone down & now I'm just trying to rest it as much as possible so I heal quickly. God is good, isn't he?!

this is what I'm LOVING this week. very thankful.

To celebrate, Billy and I decided to carve our pumpkins last night {I realize that sounds ridiculous but it's a celebration when it was the most movement I've had since last Thurs} and then roast pumpkin seeds afterwards. We really enjoy trying to come up with creative things to carve in our pumpkins every year. Last year, if you remember, we did the Breast Cancer ribbon with my aunts initials who had just recently passed away.

{last years pumpkin}

This year, my inspiration for our pumpkins came from the one and only Pinterest. SHOCKING, I knowwwww. Hear me out. This isn't your typical pumpkin "carving", as it involves drilling your pumpkin instead. I was intrigued by this idea and asked Billy to give it a shot with me. I don't even need to tell him anymore where these random ideas come from...he just knows.

Anywho, I knew right away I wanted to do a chevron pattern.

Here's what we did:

1. Use a marker (dry erase works best so you can 'erase' your mistakes with a paper towel like I did) and make your pattern by marking "dots" in the places you want a hole drilled.

2. Pick which drill size you want for the holes

{use a pretty decent size so that the candle light is able to shine through enough}

3. Use a hand drill to drill over the holes to create the chevron pattern



4. Wipe the pumpkin guts off the pumpkin that the drill created

...and here is the final thing all lit up!

lookin' good chevron, lookin' good...

Ooh, and our little family "K" pumpkin is in there too.

What do you think of our chevron pumpkin?

I really enjoyed doing something different and it was super easy to create. The best part is that there are so many different patterns and designs you can make with a drill that I'm thinking about going to get another pumpkin to make some more! :) What pattern would you do? Would you try this?

{I'm linking up with Jamie for WILW & Michelle for Oh, How Pinteresting Weds. for this special Pinterest inspired post!}


Tomorrow I'm sharing a delish roasted pumpkin seed recipe
 so don't throw away those seeds after you carve
 &
 stay tuned!!