It isn’t often that I find the time to do the projects we produce for the magazine for my personal life , as I’m always too busy developing the next story (yes, that is Thanksgiving 2010 for me). But today I decided to take the 15 minutes it would take to decorate my own house the way I showed in the Thanksgiving Crafts story for the current November issue of Martha Stewart Living. Really, 15 minutes !
All I needed was to pull out a can of silver spray, gather the mini pumpkins left over from Halloween, and grab a twig and a few leaves, which we have plenty of in the yard.
A few sprays, a few minutes to dry ….
finished !
I already had the big pumpkin, added a prototype of the sewn pumpkins in the story (which by the way take no more than 30 minutes to make ! ), the decoration is done. And the greatest thing is, that this will last until it’s time to decorate for Christmas … at which point I’ll loose the pumpkins, but the leaves and branches will most likely make it into the next decoration. Stay tuned !
If you’d like more inspiration for Fall and Thanksgiving decorations, take a look here.
From: Jacinda | 11/12/09 at 11:37 am
Oooh. I like how the silver will last into winter.
From: meg | 11/12/09 at 1:22 pm
I love the unexpected colors you used for fall and the rich textures. I never would have thought of purple and silver for thanksgiving, but they look fantastic!
From: Eliza B. | 11/12/09 at 11:00 pm
Fifteen amazing minutes! I love the finished creation, especially those shiny pumpkins — using the leaves and branches in a Christmas scene is a great idea, reminiscent of retro ornaments of silver leaves and shiny tinsel.
From: Rowaida Flayhan | 11/14/09 at 11:21 am
Greetings from London!
Wow love this project! amazing and beautiful!
So inspiring, thanks
From: donna | 11/14/09 at 6:42 pm
What brand of spray paint did you use? It is really shiny and bright.
thanks