Ashley of Shanty2Chic made these adorable pumpkins!
As soon as I saw these, I knew that I was in trouble- the crafty bug had bitten me!
I immediately started searching for other ways to decorate with non-traditional fall colors and came up with some of the other decor you have already seen!
For this project, I already had smaller pumpkins and gourds on hand that I had used before, but never really liked.
Here's a before picture of the little ones- I forgot to take a pic of the big one that I got from the Dollar Tree. It wasn't nearly as ugly, but I'm not an orange fan!
Ewwwwy!
So. Ugly.
So. Ugly.
I pretty much exactly followed Ashley's Tutorial, so check out her post if you want to know how to do these!
I used exactly what she suggests- Rustoleum's Heirloom White Spray Paint and Ralph Lauren Faux Technique Glaze (that I got tinted in "smoke") from Home Depot, and jute twine from Hobby Lobby.
This project would have been pretty cheap, except that the Ralph cost me at least $15! But I used such a teeeeny amount, that it will be good for many, many, many projects to come! The jute twine was $2.99, then I used a 40% off coupon. I've already used it on another project and have tons left. The spray paint was just under $4, and I already used it up plus more on the many other things I've painted Heirloom White. And the pumpkins cost $1 since I already had the small ones!
Here's how they turned out!
I used exactly what she suggests- Rustoleum's Heirloom White Spray Paint and Ralph Lauren Faux Technique Glaze (that I got tinted in "smoke") from Home Depot, and jute twine from Hobby Lobby.
This project would have been pretty cheap, except that the Ralph cost me at least $15! But I used such a teeeeny amount, that it will be good for many, many, many projects to come! The jute twine was $2.99, then I used a 40% off coupon. I've already used it on another project and have tons left. The spray paint was just under $4, and I already used it up plus more on the many other things I've painted Heirloom White. And the pumpkins cost $1 since I already had the small ones!
Here's how they turned out!
I totally forgot to bookmark the blog where I saw someone else wrap the jute around the middle of the pear-ish shaped gourds! I'd intended to just wrap the stem of those until I saw someone else wrap the centers like I did above. If I come across the blog again, I'll link it up- or if it was you- let me know!!
I thought the big one looked cute with the little "tail," kind of like some of the vine was still attached, so I just left it there!
At first I had them on my TV stand in the living room but then I got inspiration from another blog I've just started reading. The above pictures I just took in a random spot near my computer so that I don't give my next post away yet!
More to come on where they ended up!
These look great!!!
ReplyDeletePS. Can't wait to see more of your fall decor. Thanks for your sweet comments at my blog - so nice to wake up to. I'm excited for a blue, silver and white Christmas! Since Thanksgiving in Canada is already past, I feel like I have free reign to start a little earlier this year.. we shall see
Jenny
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