Here's how to enter: Simply e-mail us one photo of your pumpkin along with your preferred link, name and where you are from to submit AT redvelvetart DOT com. That's it! You're entered. Pumpkin photos from past years are a-ok too. One entry per reader, please.
Show off your pumpkin! If you blog your pumpkin you can also leave us a link here in the comments! If you tweet or instagram your pumpkin photos please use the hashtag #ABEAUTIFULMESS, so we can see your pretty photos! But please remember: Only those who e-mail are entered into the contest. You have until Monday, October 29th to e-mail us your entries. We will announce the winners on Halloween here on the blog with photos!
How does the judging work? Team members at A Beautiful Mess with choose our top 13 favorite entries from all submissions. After that our team will vote on our favorites and choose the winners based on the number of votes each one recieves. Entries will be judged on creativity and photo quality… so be original! Good luck to everyone! This contest is open to all A Beautiful Mess readers worldwide!
We hope that you make special memories with your loved ones this season! Pumpkin carving is one of our favorite things to do to celebrate this time of year. 
All posted entries will be sourced to their original authors (you!). But by entering this contest, you grant A Beautiful Mess full usage rights to your submitted photography. You must own all intellectual property rights to any creative content you submit.
105 Comments
Yes! I’m so glad y’all are doing this 🙂 Can’t wait to see what everyone comes up with! Buying my pumpkin this week…
Eeeeeek! This is such a great idea. 🙂 Definitely going to enter. <3
Why yes, yes I will absolutely be entering this!!!!
LOVE this idea. Can’t wait to see the winning creations! I just picked up huge pumpkin this afternoon, but I’m going to roast it. 🙂
THIS IS AMAZING. and, best grand prize ever. if only i weren’t the world’s worst carver…
Amazing idea!! I would love to do this!!! I hope I win! 🙂
xoxo,
Nat
PERFECT contest idea. Will most definitely be entering this. I am in DESPERATE need of a mixer:D Can’t Wait! Xx
Such a fantastic idea! I’m horrible at carving pumpkins, but doesn’t mean I won’t try 😉
xo Heather
http://ahopelessnotebook.blogspot.com/
Cool idea!! Unfortunately we don’t really celebrate halloween out here.
http://www.creativityandchocolate.blogspot.com
Oh, what a REALLY great idea!!!!!!! Can’t wait to see the entries!!!!!
Oooohhh! How fun! I will defiantly be doing this!!
Can we enter pumpkins we’ve done in previous years? My pumpkin last year was amazing!
OMG – I LOVE Kitchenaid! Now, got to figure out what to carve!
XOXO
-Daisy Nguyen from PS BANANAS fashion blog:
http://psbananas.com
what a fun idea! we don’t really carve pumpkins here until Halloween but I’ll have a go earlier too
http://ahandfulofhope.blogspot.co.uk/
Catherine, yes-that’s cool!
This sounds like fun! Can’t wait to start craving my pumpkin!
My blog: acolorfulcreation.blogspot.com
Super great contest! Giving away a Kitchenaid Mixer is super sweet!
I’m SO excited, i bought my pumpkins almost two weeks ago, I painted some and this is just what i need to get the other two carved. I’m so excited :]
Love this contest! I’m so gonna do it…
How fun! I can’t wait to see what everyone comes up with! Im def. going to have to be a part of this.
-Melissa
http://shakeshakee.blogspot.com/
I am so entering this contest – I have never carved a pumpkin before but I’ll be giving it a go.
Sarah
http://acatlikecuriosity.blogspot.co.uk/
This is so awesome!
I love Fall, anything Pumpkin, and I love art. So this is a great mash up and I LOVE KITCHEN AID. I have been wanting a mint colored one. I opened up a little business out of my home last year and sold my cakes and such, and I always wished I had a kitchen-aid mixer. The thought of it has left my mind because I nearly sliced off my finger and it stopped me from baking for a long while due to a huge sloth arm cast! But Fall always reminds me of baking, there is nothing more I want to do then bake up some sweets to share, and I think a kitchen-aid would help me get the ball rolling! So i guess I better come up with something good so I can win!
Thank you so much Elsie and Emma!
I love pumpkin carving! I didn’t get to last year (too much costume work), so this is a great motivation to make sure I manage it this time around!
http://whiskeybreakfast.blogspot.com
AMAZING prize! Getting sketch book out now!
http://catherinedenton.com
OH!! I am soooo super excited! I love a good pumpkin carving contest! I would love a kitchen aid Mixer!
http://run2thewild.blogspot.com/
fun fun fun 🙂 brainstorming… <3
Worldwide?
:3
ohhhh, i need to think about what i’m going to do with my pumpkin.
What a great idea!
Xx
http://kendra-genevieve-rose.blogspot.ca
That’s awesome! I recently carved a pumpkin with a friend for a local fair. It was tons of fun! I blogged about it here-
http://smittendiaries.blogspot.com/2012/10/pumpkin-carving.html
Brilliant idea, my kids are so excited that our pumpkins might get famous!!
Ahh this sounds so fun! I will definitely be entering!
where can we submit these pictures?
This is such a cool idea! How fun and exciting. And really great prices as well!!! Lovely.
Carlee
Almost Endearing
Looks like SO.MUCH fun, but I don’t celebrate Halloween, and i’ve never carved a pumpkin in my life.
xoxo,
Rachel Nicole @ Summer Breeze
rachyracheshobbycorner.blogspot.com
So excited! We are going to email you a photo from last year’s pumpkin carving and tomorrow we are getting our pumpkinds from the pumpkin patch to get started on this year’s project!
So exciting!
sounds fun.. i hope i can join too. 🙂
http://lovesimplegreen.blogspot.com/
Okelly, You submit your photos to the e-mail listed in the post.
Thanks so much and I hope you can join in the fun!
That’s so fun!! Im gonna do it for sure!! 🙂
http://doitnaturalnow.blogspot.com.es/
OMG, I am sooo going to enter. I have been coveting the Kitchenaid mixer my whole adult life.
Is this contest open to those of us up in Canada-land?
This is an AMAZING contest idea! The winner will get to whip up some great pumpkin pie in their new mixer!
<3!
Cool, I look forward to see what everyone comes up with!
Can I be with in the contest when I’m from Denmark (Europe)?
How do you know people arent just taking pictures from off the internet? :/
Oh my…I just posted last week on how the Kitchen Aid mixer is top of my kitchen wishlist…
http://confettiworkshop.blogspot.com/2012/10/inspire-stone-fruits.html
Now where to find a pumkin in Cape Town in summer…hmmm!
Great idea! 😀
http://bambiwannabe.blogspot.co.uk/
We carve turnips in Scotland – will they count?!
Sarah, sure! That’s cool.
Jamie-
Good point, we’re just going to have to trust that readers are honest. It’s only a “just for fun” contest anyway! 🙂
I have a feeling that the people who win will be creative + honest, though!
XO
Chelsea- Yes! This contest is open worldwide 😀
Agreed! Best grand prize ever!!!
Love,
CP
http://mixedmediumstheatre.blogspot.ca/
Fun!!!!
I don’t know how to carve!
Maria
xx
http://www.cheekypinktulip.blogspot.com
Can I submit more than one pumpkin?
Courtney, Nope- One per reader please. 🙂 Thanks for asking!
I can’t wait to do this! What a fun idea 🙂
♥ Naomi {Starry Eyes + Coffee Cups}
I so want to do this! Can oversea citizens enter too?!
(I’m from the UK!) Thank you!
http://poppunkandcreativity.tumblr.com/post/32967872904/anchor-pumpkin-diy
How amazing are you! This contest is a great idea 🙂 I’m getting my thinking cap on for my carved pumpkin! Excited!! Lulu xx
http://lauraandpaulswedding2013.blogspot.co.uk
Awww, you both look really pretty!!
We got our baby pumpkins, do they count? My mom bought them for the girls. I’m not as good with the carving but hey, wouldn’t hurt to try. It sounds like fun. Cool idea, ladies!
http://www.popsparkleandshineclub.com
http://lauralistar.onsugar.com/
Oh I’m in! Challenge accepted!
Xo Inna, Baking in Couture
BEST IDEA EVER. CAN’T WAIT TO SEE EVERYONE GO PUMPKINSSS.
is it bad that i would love to enter and win a mixer even though i already have one? fantastic contest! i hope there will be lots of pictures to share!
I’m so excited for this!
Also, I just started my own blog, and i really need some feedback to see how I’m doing! http://blogoftripleb.blogspot.com/
I have never done it before, but I have always wanted to. Thank you for the inspiration.
I’ll have to do it Australian style x
This sounds like a lot of fun! we don’t celerbrate Halloween in Australia or have bright orange pumpkins for that matter but hey I’ll give it a go. Worth it for a new mixer!
Ah! I so want to join this contest, but what to do? Do you want traditional pumpkins? Sophisticated? Cute? Scary? or carved into a veritable work of art?
Are kabocha squash ok, since pumpkins are rare where I’m from? Are multiple pumpkins ok, or should we stick to one?
Ah, so much to think about!
Brilliant! We have a smidge of a squash shortage in the UK at the moment…I think half the challenge will be tracking one down!
Hi, this idea is pretty neat and actually my boyfriend and I went a bit early on carving, because in Germany we don’t really celebrate Halloween that much (even if it gets more and more over the past years). So we just used our national holiday last week to get the carving going 🙂 Here is the link to my blog, where I posted about it (unfortunately in German), but the pictures talk for themselves. But I will also send you some pictures later, when I’m home again. So excited about the contest!!
http://prinzessinzahnstein.blogspot.de/2012/10/feiertagsspezial.html
Yay! Such a fun idea – I can’t wait to get carving and bring some halloween fun to Portugal!! 🙂
yay! Cant wait to enter!
I love this idea! Tried my hand at it too:
http://avinashhecker.blogspot.com/2012/10/glitter-pumpkins-bloghop-winner.html
I’m from ireland can i still enter? : D
Just bought my pumpkin yesterday. Can’t wait to be able to enter this contest!!
COOL!
I could really use that mixer!
And it’s my husband’s and my first Halloween married, so we want to make an AWESOME pumpkin! It will be fun regardless!
Can you enter more than one?
sooo sooo excited!Great idea, Love everything about pumpkins! Made your hot chocolate while doing my carving, excellent late night tasks
-karlee
when are you closing the contest to post the pictures! im dying to see if mine made it in there! 🙂 thanks!
how do you enter i made an amazing carving and cant figure it out please help
Hi Dakota, just send a picture of your carving to the following e-mail: submit AT redvelvetart DOT com.
I love this idea! I will try and sent you a photo!
I blogged some DIY painted pumpkins here: http://cieradesign.com/2012/10/17/diy-paint-dipped-pumpkins/
Hope i win yay x x
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=295804373781960&set=a.295803130448751.84670.280901911938873&type=3&theater copy and paste the link
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=295804373781960&set=a.295803130448751.84670.280901911938873&type=3&theater
i cant email it in i am new and would like to take part
Cool comp just sent mine!!! Thanks Nicola
I’m so excited for this!!! I can’t wait to see all the other pumpkins here is mine 🙂
http://greybuttons.wordpress.com/2012/10/23/83/
Is this only opened to people who have a blog? I don’t have a blog but would love to enter.
I can’t get my email to send…for some reason I keep getting a “Failed” send message. The first time I know I typed the wrong email address, but the second time I’m pretty sure I was right. Anyone else struggling?
I just made a tactile typography pumpkin! I am submitting it, but wanted to share the post here too!
http://www.alongabbeyroad.com/2012/10/dare-i-diy-tactile-typography-pumpkin.html
Just blogged our entries and will e-mail them! We hope painted {and glittered} counts!
http://www.vivandingrid.com/oxfordhall/index.php/2012/10/27/happy-halloween/
I blogged about my pumpkin here: http://missvintagegirl.blogspot.com/2012/10/fall-fun.html .
The tactile typography pumpkin looks amazing, what a great idea!
What a fun give-a-way! It certainly got me to carve a pumpkin! http://www.hellocupcakellc.com/2012/10/feels-like-fall.html
I just sent in my submission, how exciting! Carving pumpkins is one of my all time favorite traditions, and this year I found the perfect pumpkin for what I wanted to do!
i just entered the contest, so excited!!
http://thesweetshop.typepad.com/blog/2012/10/owl-jack-o-lantern.html
Thanks for hosting such a fun contest! I really enjoyed creating my leafy lion pumpkin. I even posted a how to on my blog with some in progress pics if anyone is interested (http://www.allonsykimberly.com/2012/10/leafy-lion-pumpkin.html).
Hope you like my pumpkin as much as I do!
xo-Kimberly {allons-y kimberly}
Just posted our pumpkins & the story behind them on my blog!
http://aclosetintellectual.blogspot.com/2012/10/motivations-for-monday.html
Aw, I wanted to enter so badly but I don’t have a chance to carve my pumpkins until tomorrow! Such a shame. Can’t wait to see the winners though!
I blogged about my pumpkin!
http://littleshopofellesee.blogspot.ca/2012/10/pumpkins-halloween-tradition.html
Please Please Please make like a post with all (or as many as possible) pumpkin entries! That would be soo neeatt!!!
Oh here’s mine, I hope I am still on time with the submission!
http://jasminblancboutique.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/happy-halloween-or-gaspars-first-jack-o.html
xx
Erika