Pumpkin party

Yesterday, a group of Front Range hobbyists headed up to the high country for Karen Gerhardt's Pumpkin Season Open Studio Party.

The party opened with a tour of Karen's beautiful new studio...

and a fun giveaway. 

Teresa Fedak and Yashka Hallein were the big winners, but no one went home empty-handed.

After we'd inspected every inch of the studio...

we went downstairs to eat, play with the dog...

and paint pumpkins.

 Everyone looks serious, but this was actually a ton of fun.

Here's a before picture of the painted pumpkins.  

I can't wait to see what they look like after they spend a few hours in the kiln.

In theory, one of these will be green!

The party wrapped with one more fun activity.

Karen had asked us each to bring a model horse. 

We lined them up on the shelf and held an impromptu competition judged by popular choice. 

I brought Proof. He didn't win, but I thought he looked amazing anyway.

Thank you for hosting the pumpkin party, Karen!

That was a great way to end the Fall Break week.