Fall Clearance

I love clearance sales!  Just the word makes my ears prick up, my eyes start darting around and the adrenaline starts racing.  Between Michaels and Hobby Lobby this week, I picked through the 50% off bins and racks and got some new Fall décor to add to my now minimal storage availability.  Since before I left New York almost a month ago, I was smitten with these pumpkins pictured on the Country Living cover.

I think everyone was and they have been turning up all over blogland since.  Always one to lag behind the current fad, I had been biding my time to purchase the perfect pumpkins for this project.  I found these little guys. 

The smaller {more orange} one was on a pick.  I cut the stick part off and will do the toile paper on him.  I thought the small ones would be a good size for a first go at this project. 

The second pumpkin is not very attractive at all, but at 50% off, he’ll do and is probably the best recipient of this type of makeover.

He’ll get the harlequin pattern.  I’ll show that project later this week.  I also found this great paper mache pumpkin and a leaf candle ring. 

I had hoped to use it on my white Pier 1 charger under my cloche {and just in time for Marty’s cloche party}, but I always over estimate the size of this cloche. 

The pumpkin is too big! I’m going to leave it without the cloche; that will have to find a new place to rest for now. 

Kathy