When my mom was visiting in July, we headed up to 50th & France in Edina–always a fun place to browse–and we ducked into Garden Gate Flowers, an out-of-this-world floral shop.  We saw these scrumptious, mouth-watering velvet pumpkins (see photo) and couldn’t resist the urge to poke and prod…and basically, try to figure out how they were made.

Well, Plush Pumpkin (Monya Kampa) makes them, and those pumpkins we saw could very well be hers.  I’m not sure.  Go here to look at all her wonderful creations…and to see where you might purchase.

Or if you’re at all like me, and you’re feeling a little crafty, you can go to the Squash Softies in Family Fun magazine’s Arts & Crafts section and get busy!

Now to find pumpkin stems…

[Post image: Monya Kampa’s Plush Pumpkins, photo from her site]