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.

PINTEREST PROJECT: Halloween Wreath

A few weekends ago, I had the pleasure of  "ARTing" it up with some great gals.  I brought along a bunch of scraps of paper to continue creating Fall items for my Pumpkins & Cider class.  However, Melissa & Deborah were inspired by a post on Pinterest to make large snake wreaths. They used twig wreath and various snakes...spray painted them all black. It was sooo neat!!

  SOOOO....I stole the idea and did a re-take on it. AND I LOVE IT.



SUPPLIES USED:

 (be sure to check websites as many places have coupons)

- wreath from Hobby Lobby

- rubber snakes  from Wal-Mart

- skeleton hands, paper mache skull, & flowers from Michaels

- spiders & skulls from Wal-Greens

-purple spray paint, Krylon Plastic Primer spray paint, neon green spray paint from Lowes

(make sure you get a Spray paint made specifically for plastics to avoid extreme stickiness on the "toys")

-wire

-orange ribbon

-hot glue gun

I started by spraying all the items (excluding the wreath) with the Plastic Primer (I probably didn't let it dry enough as my snakes and spiders were still really sticky after).  Then, I coated all with the purple spray paint. And finally, misted the items with the neon green.  I took the skull and simply applied the green to it.  I let the items dry overnight.

spray painted items

Next, I took the snakes and wrapped them in and out of the twigs.  The snakes did not require any adhesive. 

 I pulled the flowers off the stems and used almost a stick of hot glue to make sure those suckers were secure. (they are.)  The skull landed between the flowers....glued and wired down with a few spiders coming out of the skull to cover the wire.

 I then simply placed hands, skulls, spiders throughout the entire wreath.

The last step was simply adding a wire on the back with a ribbon to hang on the wall.

This project was so easy and simple, that any aged person could do it. 

Can't wait for next year's Eyeball Wreath. :) 

Gotta love the inspiration found on Pinterest.