Pretty Pumpkins

I really wanted to call this "Glamorous Gourds" but when I googled "Are pumpkins gourds?" the answer was no....they are a "gourd-like squash."  So then I considered "Sparkly Squash" but there's something about the word "squash" that wasn't quite doing it for me.  So.... Pretty Pumpkins it is!!  It's the best I could do.  Sorry.

Anyway, as I began changing the color scheme of my living room last year from the reds, golds, and greens to the aquas, yellows and leaf greens I realized I was going to have a problem when it came to my fall decor.  It was no longer sympatico, if you knowwhati'msayin.    So I got some white and neutral pumpkins and that was fine.... for last year.

This year I wanted to punch things up a little.  I wanted to add some color in with my neutral pumpkins.  And maybe a little glitz while I was at it.  Why not?  Here's what I decided to do...

I got a $5 pumpkin from WalCrap.

I saw this stuff.  Wha?  I'd never seen it before.  I love the glitter look but glitter and I don't get along well.  It gets in.... places.  But Extreme Glitter paint sounds like just what the doctor ordered!

I removed the ugly-ish stem:

And soon realized that the glitter paint was probably not for "full coverage" type of painting:

So I painted my pumpkin with some blue craft paint I had

and then painted OVER that with the glitter paint.

Oooooh... pretty!  Pretty Pumpkin even. :)

Then I took some of these decorative "holiday picks" that I had used last year and cut them apart.

I then stuck them down in the hole where I had ripped out the stem.  So much better.

I did the same thing to another pumpkin painting it green first and using a different holiday pick.

I gave a quick coat of just the glitter over some white pumpkins and my coffee table was all set!

I gotta say, I'm a fan of that glitter paint (as if you couldn't tell).  The perfect amount of glitz for my little pumpkins!

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