Here's what I'm sharing for the parade. Transforming cheap pumpkins has become standard on blogs and craft websites. I love coming up with new ideas and ways to pretty up those funky looking fake pumpkins you can pick up at dollar stores and discount stores. 
This year I went white and copper. I don’t do much orange for Halloween and I thought copper would be a good substitute.
Here are the pumpkins I found this year. They were at my local dollar store and had nice shapes and grooves on them. I also liked the interesting stems.
I got to work turning these orange pumpkins white. I used a mixture of craft paint to come up with a white that wasn’t to white or too yellow. 
The stem is painted in Martha Stewart Copper Liquid Gilding.
The ridges have a light touch of Jazz glitter paint in Copper that I also let pool by the stem and run down the grooves. 
These will be a pretty addition to my Halloween décor and can work throughout the fall season.And now for the Halloween Project Parade Blog Hop & Link Party!
Let's get hopping with these fabulous Halloween Projects below! Stop by and follow along with these creative projects and inspiring blogs! Show us what you have been creating by joining in the Halloween Link party below. We will be showing and sharing them on social media - so link up!
Thanks for visiting.
This is going to be a fun party. I look forward to looking through the projects posted.
ReplyDeleteOh wow! I'm so excited to start pouring over all the projects listed! And your copper pumpkins? Rustic elegance! Love them and pinned them (but of course, dah-link!)
ReplyDeleteI bought those exact same pumpkins at my local dollar tree and only painted mine white! I love the addition of the copper glitter - so pretty!! I'm saying hi from the happy housie- fellow halloween blog hop cohost. I'm heading over to follow you on your social media!! Great to meet you Carolyn!
ReplyDeleteLove the grooves and ridges on the pumpkins! I'm not big on orange either and am inspired to incorporate copper into my fall decorating.
ReplyDeleteLove your pumpkins, Carolyn! So pretty. I love pretty Halloween. :)
ReplyDeleteYour pumpkins look amazing, I love the white and copper and the stems are so cool! Love it!
ReplyDeleteI love the texture of these pumpkins I can't believe they are from a dollar store! Your created a beautiful transformation...so pretty! I pinned them. Thanks for being part of the Blog Hop!
ReplyDeleteSuper cute! I wish I had seen those at my dollar store! I am a fellow Blog Hop Co-Host! I'm off to follow you on your social media! Life to the full! Melissa @ DaisyMaeBelle
ReplyDeleteI love these pretty pumpkins Carolyn, so sparkly and thrifty too :) xo
ReplyDeleteI love how pretty this turned out!
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking up ! I featured your post in my wrap up http://tidymom.net/2013/15-pumpkin-projects/
Have a great rest of the weekend!