This post is part of a sponsored post series about the steampunk lifestyle. This campaign is sponsored by Steampunk Goggles. All opinions are totally my own. 

Note: Only two pumpkin carving tools, two pumpkins and one finger were harmed in the making of this post. There may have been a thumb accident pertaining to the seeds of said pumpkins. That is all.

With lots of promises to bloggers, companies and myself this month, I thought it would be a good idea to put it all into one giant megapost. You know…like one post to rule them all. (Please for the love of all things, tell me you got that reference.)

So I promised April over at First Time Mom and Dad some sweet pumpkin carving (thanks to the free carving materials I won from her giveaway!) And I’m still working with the wonderful team over at Steampunk Goggles to promote their FANTASTIC line of goggles, which you can read about in my Steampunk Halloween post from last week. And I promised them an AWESOME video of, well, steampunk awesome.

Obviously, combining the two with the clever nickname dubbed by Katie of Words for Worms (Steampunkins) was the way to go.

I went out and bought two pumpkins after work one night. I placed them in the car and one of them smashed my finger, so obviously I yelled out, “Ow!” And obviously Brian paid no attention. Because I say “ow” more often than, well, anything…

So, as we were carrying the pumpkins upstairs, I told Brian, “You can carry that one. Because that’s the one that bit me.”

“It bit you. And it doesn’t even have teeth yet. What do you think it’s going to do when you give it teeth?”

“Well, maybe I just won’t GIVE it teeth. How do you like that, evil pumpkin?”

And then Brian laughed. Because he ALWAYS laughs at my funny commentary…and not at me. Obviously.

So here’s what I did to that nasty pumpkin:

You’ll see that I screwed Jack’s mouth shut with wiring. And then I wrapped him in chains. And made him a complete cyborg. Because he was a baaaaaad steampunkin. Then I made Jackie. And she hates Jack. Not only because his name is a lot like hers, but also because he bit me. She’s TOTALLY on my side. She got a pretty lace hat, a metal flower in her hair, and real eyes. And a real mouth. And actually, I shaped that real mouth to look like she was exasperated with Jack. Because he’s TOTALLY exasperating.

What types of pumpkins are you carving this season, Blog Friends? I’ve got 3 days of Halloween posts ahead, so get excited!