#decorating pumpkins

An easy centerpiece to whip up for your fall themed table, using a fake or live pumpkins, these come together quickly with only a few ingredients. Integrating dried flowers, pods, and juicy succulents, your centerpiece will last for weeks, if not months. And don’t be afraid to use a good quality fake pumpkin. Some of these are so real looking, it can be hardy to tell it apart. Drying flowers all…

Celebrate the fall season by these top 10 ways of pumpkin decorating. From mini chalk-painted pumpkins to gorgeous hand-painted marble creations, step up your style this year with these no-carve painted pumpkin ideas. These creative painted pumpkins think outside the box with modern metallics, fresh florals, and gold studs. Use spray adhesive to stick fresh foliage on a pumpkin and give it a few…

This is an easy DIY project creating these cute whimsical pumpkins using hot glue and molds! Did you know that they make colored hot glue sticks? I had no idea!  Recently, I was on Amazon to reorder hot glue sticks for my glue gun, and ran across several listings for colored glue sticks. I started thinking about all the creative things you could do with them, and of course, that launched an idea…

Halloween Pumpkins- Part 2

If you haven’t yet carved out some pumpkins…here are some of mine and others…so go grab some of those dollar store pumpkins and start decorating!!!

This one is painted using black chalkboard paint…

This one is from Better Homes and Gardens…Beautiful Bonfire!!!!

So how easy is this for a fantastic look….All you have to do is paint white then cut out bats on scrape book paper…

And these are sooo…

Halloween is  here! Time to get your pumpkins ready!!! Here are some ideas I know you will love…

So many out there are cutting out the artificial pumpkins and making a diorama..

Isn’t that pretty cool… 

  Wouldn’t these look beautiful on your table! Or another scary one:

  You can paint the pumpkins with chalk paint, then in crevices add a darker color to shade. I spray painted one of mine…

Making Your Fall Pumpkins Last

With Halloween around the corner, pumpkin carving skills need to be honed and executed on the most perfect orange sphere that you can find in the pumpkin patch. If orange isn’t your thing, there is a rainbow of colors to choose from. Check out my post on Decorating Pumpkins-Pumpkin Eye Candy.

  White pumpkin owl family

Artistically carved pumpkin at Ladew’s Garden Glow

Use black paint to make…

Easy Fall Centerpiece Ideas

It is time to start thinking about your fall holiday table and entertaining for Thanksgiving. Here are some ideas below.

If you want to see me decorate for the fall season with pumpkins, succulents, and other naturals, come see me at The Baltimore County Cockeysville Library in Maryland, where I will be creating and demonstrating centerpieces. I will be demonstrating for about an hour and a half…