Is it just me or do these things seem ridiculously overpriced? $40 bucks for an average-size hollow, plastic pumpkin thingie?! I'm seriously considering going into the fake pumpkin farming business. Apparently that's where the money is at.
Last weekend my stalking finally paid off..........no David Beckham still hasn't called me.I was referring to my other stalking extravaganza....the one where I spotted a 50% off sale at Joann's on fake pumpkins.Add the 20% off coupon I had and I was able to score me one of these bad boys for about the price of a frappucino {Shall we talk about how overpriced Starbucks is next?} After some brainstorming I decided I wanted our monogram for our pumpkin to be modern and colorful. I had some left over cardstock that fit the bill. To create my "B" stencil I simply just typed our initial in a blank document on my computer, enlarged the font, and then printed it off on some plain white cardstock. After using my X-acto knife to trim out my stencil I laid it down on the back of my colorful cardstock, traced around it with a pencil, and then cut that out.
To adhere the "B" I used the ever so fabulous Mod Podge. First, brush the glue on the pumpkin, lay your letter down, and then continue to layer more Mod Podge on top of the cardstock letter until it is completely glued down.Because I used a rather thick cardstock it was a little difficult to get my "B" to lay flat at first especially since pumpkins don't have flat surfaces. I found the more glue I added the more forgiving the cardstock would get and I eventually got it to contour well to the shape of the pumpkin. There you have it; quick and easy. My kind of project!
So how are you decorating your pumpkins this year? Do you prefer fake or real ones? Pumpkins that is. Phew, just wanted to clarify that before this conversation went REALLY weird REALLY fast.
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