Ruby and I made a quick stop at Michael's the other day while Derrick was in Home Depot. We had fun browsing the aisles of fall decor and couldn't pass up some fun brown craft pumpkins that were ready to be decorated.
I've seen a lot of silver pumpkins lately, my favorite being the ones at Pottery Barn in their window display right now. I love the look of the mercury glass, but sadly, cannot afford to spend that much on a glass pumpkin. I saw some spray paint recently that gives the look of a mirror. It's called "looking glass", but you have to use it on glass. Since these were paper I came up with another alternative.
Good old fashioned spray paint.
I don't know if it matters which kind you use. These are just some I found in our garage. A black and a metallic silver.
I sprayed each pumpkin in a nice layer of black spray paint and let it dry completely.
Then I sprayed a very LIGHT coat of silver on top so that the black still came through a bit (giving it the vintage look). It's hard to see the contrast in the photos since the metallic is so shiny, but I was pleasantly surprised with the results!
My silver pumpkins rang up to $2.99 a piece. That I can afford.
Sharon@BlueWillowHouse says
Your little pumpkins are beautiful. Thanks you for sharing your vision at Snickerdoodle.
At Rivercrest Cottage says
It's great to see cost effective decorating ideas like yours. The pumpkin turned out perfect.
Jamie H says
Gorgeous!! I saw a few silver pumpkins at a gift shop the other day but they were a little pricey. These are definitely more in my price range.
acraftymix says
I can only imagine how pretty these must loo in real life Brandy. That hint of black shining through the light coat of silver must look amazing as the light changes.
JESS44903 says
These are super cute!
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diy180 says
I love this and how easy too. Thank you for sharing at Dishing it and Digging it link party. We love having you. Hope to see you this coming Sunday. Have a great week.
mscarletti says
I love this! I can't afford to spend a lot on decorating. This is perfect! Stopping from https://atfourthave.blogspot.com
Pamela Shank says
These are just beautiful. I am not good at crafting. I was actually looking at some on the order of this today and they were so expensive.
Ann says
Great idea. Don't you just love the magic of spray paint??
Brenda says
Oh I love this idea! Now I need to find me some of those paper pumpkins!
Linda says
I found mercury glass pumpkins at Big Lots for $12.99,larger ones were $19.99! They also had mercury glass potion bottles $4 & $6.00. Wish I'd bought more! I'm going to check another location today.
Brandy says
Ooo thanks! That is a GREAT deal for those! I will have to check our local Big Lots too!
Elaine Welte says
Love these!!! I through out two pumpkins this summer b/c the paint was chipping off them; I totally wish I would've kept them and spray painted them!