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Oct 29 2008

WordPress Pumpkin

Tired of carving the same 'ol pumpkin every year, I thought I'd try something different this year. I free-handed the WordPress logo on the pumpkin then carefully carved it out.

WordPress Pumpkin set on Flickr.

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42 Comments

fred
October 30, 2008 @ 5:12 pm #
Man that's great! Must have been quite tricky to get the shape!
JD Hartley
October 30, 2008 @ 5:17 pm #
Looks amazing. :)

Happy Halloween!
Miroslav Glavic
October 30, 2008 @ 6:02 pm #
Now THAT is a good carving of a pumpkin
*throws own pumpkin in the garbage*
Steve Smith
October 30, 2008 @ 6:10 pm #
Wow, that is amazing! Make me one! Please? lol :)
MCorder
October 30, 2008 @ 6:25 pm #
Wow, great pumpkin...
MCorder
MJCorder.com
Nischal Shetty
October 30, 2008 @ 6:40 pm #
Now that's what a TRUE wordpress fan should be doing! ;)
Epat
October 30, 2008 @ 6:57 pm #
cool!
Holly Doyle
October 30, 2008 @ 7:40 pm #
That is a spooktacular pumpkin! Very cool!
erica stjohn
October 30, 2008 @ 7:40 pm #
I love it! This really is creative and very well done. Congrats!
Shane
October 30, 2008 @ 8:36 pm #
Way cool! Very good job on it!
Nick
October 30, 2008 @ 8:52 pm #
Woah! That is really cool! I should do something like that.
Eric Martin
October 30, 2008 @ 8:59 pm #
@all - thanks for the comments!

@fred - it wasn't too bad, but it did take a bit of time.

@Miroslav Glavic - your comment had me lol ;)

@Steve Smith - send me your address and I'll mail you this one after Halloween ;)
karen
October 30, 2008 @ 10:01 pm #
rackem
Zim
October 30, 2008 @ 10:11 pm #
Cool! :D
Daynah
October 30, 2008 @ 10:26 pm #
Eric, this is so geeky! I love it. :)
Levi Blackman
October 30, 2008 @ 10:51 pm #
And I thought I was cool with my WordPress t-shirt... fantastic job!
hae min cho
October 31, 2008 @ 12:39 am #
spooky. i like the crash of old and new technologies--writing by carving on objects is transported in time and space via photography and the internet to laptops everywhere!
Mr.Plane
October 31, 2008 @ 12:48 am #
Amazing! Great job.

Happy Helloween ;)
AsceticMonk
October 31, 2008 @ 1:10 am #
Nice! That's an unique pumpkin carving, I bet your neighbors will wonder the meaning of "W".
Steve
October 31, 2008 @ 4:40 am #
Wow,

After seeing your pumpkin, mine has now become pie.

-Cheers
Joel Goodman
October 31, 2008 @ 6:52 am #
That's awesome Eric. Beats my Union Jack-o-Lantern.
Cesar Noel
October 31, 2008 @ 7:28 am #
Nice carvings of the WordPress logo on the pumpkin.
Marsha
October 31, 2008 @ 7:56 am #
aaahhh!!! Very nice...and creative too.
Brandon
October 31, 2008 @ 8:18 am #
Dude, that is awesome! I thought you said you were more of a programmer than a designer. Whatever. That rocks! Did you ever launch that new design for your family's blog?
ChaosKaizer
October 31, 2008 @ 8:19 am #
^D awesome, how long does it takes?
Eric Martin
October 31, 2008 @ 8:32 am #
@all - thanks again for the comments.

@AsceticMonk - I'm sure they'll have no idea...but I'm guessing some will think it is for George W. Bush ;)

@Steve - pumpkin pie is yummy!

@Joel - let's see a picture ;)

@Brandon - thanks ;) The design was actually for this site and unfortunately I've been too busy lately to work on it. How's the hiatus going?
Eric Martin
October 31, 2008 @ 10:17 am #
I was asked about plugins...so here you go:

wp-crayons
wp-pumpkinmasters (a must have)
wp-tealights

:)
Mholsonproject
October 31, 2008 @ 11:11 am #
WhOa! Came across this from the dashboard ... someone has some patience and a little talent! Nice to see some pumpkins ... none here in Sweden lit up on this dark rainy Halloween night in Stockholm.

Too bad pumpkin designs go away within a couple of days :(

Thanks!
Blogology
October 31, 2008 @ 2:03 pm #
Too cool!!! Hate to ask if you have any tattoos?
Margaret
October 31, 2008 @ 2:16 pm #
As former EVP/Editorial Director of Martha Stewart, I am professionally qualified to give you two thumbs up on the pumpkin-carving. Fabulous. You'd do Martha proud (and upside-down, it's her initial...or mine). As a WordPress user and believer (as is Martha), I say another two thumb's up for showing your passion for this great technology.
Eric Martin
October 31, 2008 @ 2:34 pm #
@Mholsonproject - I'm glad I took a picture the first day I carved it, the middle of the W is already starting to wilt :(

@Blogology - I do not have any tattoo's - why do you ask? And no, I'm not planning on getting a WordPress tattoo ;)

@Margaret - thanks for your note, I appreciate it! I went ahead and carved one for you (and Martha) ;) :
clarence
October 31, 2008 @ 3:47 pm #
wow!
That carving is way too cool man! \m/
I wonder what you'll be carvin' out on a pumpkin(or ice) this coming holidays.

Hmmm...a snowflake perhaps? :D

God Bless sir!
Archit
November 2, 2008 @ 12:23 am #
That's cool!
Krepta
November 2, 2008 @ 1:40 am #
Cooool. A 'W'.

What does that stand for? "Witches'... brew"?
AJ
November 3, 2008 @ 4:02 pm #
I hope you ate it when you were finished with it. (Baked pumpkin, yum!)
Joel Goodman
November 5, 2008 @ 3:06 pm #
Gah, I'm late on this:

Union Jack-o-Lantern
The other side
Julie
November 8, 2008 @ 9:44 am #
Haha, that is one wicked pumpkin! :D
fikri
November 11, 2008 @ 12:44 am #
wow man... that's very cool.

and you carved by yourself...

hmm.. you must be have a nice talent...
tsquez
November 16, 2008 @ 10:55 am #
hahaha this is nice, I am definitely gonna have to do this next year. I can see it now, people going wtf!!?? hahah nice. Thanks for the info.
John Vols
January 3, 2009 @ 10:21 am #
Very cool :)
reader
January 3, 2009 @ 5:06 pm #
“W”onderful pumpkin. Nice work.
Allan
January 30, 2009 @ 3:52 pm #
Nice carvings of the WordPress logo on the pumpkin.