Pumpkin Topiary!

I decided to change out the contents of the urns on

either side of our front door today because...

I wanted a project.

I know.

I have an illness.

I am seriously addicted at this point.

Here is the BEFORE:

Once I threw out all the old plantings,

I started to paint the 4 white pumpkins

I bought from Market Street.

I decided I would monogram the smaller ones.

I placed a template on the little white guys, and traced around the "S".

Then I painted in the lines with black acrylic paint.

Easy.

The boys and I added polka dots to the larger ones using a round sponge brush.

While the paint dried, I took some grapevine garland

I already had on hand and decided to incorporate it into the project.

 Using wire cutters, I cut the garland in to the desired lengths

and coiled it until it made sort of a nest for the pumpkins to rest on:

 I then added the larger pumpkin:

 In order to add some interest and give

the smaller pumpkin a base

to rest on, I added a smaller coil of the grapevine:

 I used a twisty tie to secure the garland:

 The finished product!

For the right side of the door:

Annnnnnnnnd the left:

Happy Friday, friends!

Looking forward

to a weekend of family fun!!

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