PINTEREST PROJECT: Pumpkin Holders

Thanks to some Pinterest inspiration sent to me by my friend Melissa...I now have some fun, cheap, and easy décor from my walk-up to my house.

I went to the website gorgfabgoodies.BlogSpot.com to make sure I knew what supplies to get.  The photo is a bit deceiving as she initially sprayed her pumpkins white (hence the white spray can); but after reading, she finished by coating her pumpkins with Rust-Oleum Hammered.

 

Then it was off to Wal-mart....pumpkins $1 each, spray paint $6.

 Once Hurricane Matthews passed (poured rain all day on Saturday), the sun was shining and I went outside to spray the pumpkins. 

Thanks to the wind, my pumpkins have some texture added due to falling over a few times.
C'est la vie!

I ended up putting on 2 coats (drying about 30 minutes in-between) and waited about an hour before handling them.

In the meantime, I ran into a "friend". ..uh, yeah.

Cut off the handle...and voila!

 Add a few mums from Lowes' $4 each...

plus a skeleton window sticker and spider stakes...

My house front is complete.

GOBBLE WOBBLES: 8k & 5k

The running tutu obsession continues.....

this time a...

TURKEY!!!

I went a different route to make it fluffier and bigger and more fun...

and NO GLITTER MESS...

 by using a baby's headband to weave the materials into.  I used 2 and sewed the ends together, but you can also purchase the material in the ribbon section of JoAnn's

The front was entirely brown colored. The back "feathers" were red, orange and yellow.

 

For the race on Thanksgiving, I made a turkey face with adhesive felt.

Tony thought I looked like a duck, but I had fun with it :)

 

WHAT A DAY!: October 23-25, 2015

The vacation has begun with a new do:

Then a car ride to Virginia to enjoy nature and get some R&R.

(per Tony...this was a "bear" that mysteriously turned into a cow the next morning.)

 

(I wonder if this sign was put up after my brother ran through the door when he was little...oops?!?!)

 

(Tony was having a bit of College Football withdrawals)

And then we said farewell, and grabbed burgers on the way back to Charlotte before Tony headed home.  SUCH A WONDERFUL TIME AWAY!!