Good morning! I can't believe I'm actually getting this done so early! But the girls are at school and the boys are still asleep, so I'm taking full advantage of the quiet ;P
So, today we finish up our tutorials for the cute little pumpkin trio. Day 1 was the crochet pumpkin, Day 2 was the Glitter pumpkin, and today we're going to cover our little "gilded" beauty.
I got the idea from LollyJane's gilded pumpkin topiary, but I didn't want to go to the store to buy anything. I tend to have some *ahem* hoarding tendencies, and since I do so many projects, I have acquired a bit of a collection of spray paint. My husband says I have a problem and that nothing can come in the house without being painted. I say that I've saved us money by recreating ugly things and making them pretty. Tomato, tomahto ;P
Anyway, I had some Rustoleum American Accents Bright Metallics spray paint in Silver (which this is the closest I can find in my 2 second google search - perhaps you can find it more easily in a store near you.) I bought it originally because I thought I could sub it for mirror-glass looking spray. Let me tell you - you can't. But the reason you can't is actually the reason I love it for this current project - it has amazing coverage. It sprays on smoothly and covers VERY well.
I sprayed the bottom of my pumpkin, let it dry, then sprayed the top. I did not wash my pumpkin as I should have, so it stayed pretty sticky even the next day, so I sprayed some sealer over it and that seemed to help.
I cut a leaf just like for the glitter pumpkin and hot glued it next to the stem.
Et voila! A sweet little faux gilded pumpkin! Yes, I'll have to throw him out eventually, but nothing beats the shape of a real pumpkin :)
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