Sunday, November 13, 2011

Wee li'l pumpkins

Last month I visited a friend in Brooklyn. She had the cutest tiny velvet pumpkins that she had bought in Kansas City. I very badly wanted to pack them up in my suitcase and bring them home. However, she appeared to be rather attached to them too, and she'd been nice enough to let me stay the weekend at her apartment, so I thought better than to repay her kindness by stealing her things! Instead I came home and made my own.


My camera was really struggling with these. I think it was actually the bowl they are in. Clockwise from left they are navy, red, purple, green, burgundy, magenta and orange (center). I bought gourds and small pumpkins, snapped off their stems and let them dry before glueing them on.


I just love how the stems look on the fancy, jewel-toned velvets. Makes me think of Cinderella for some reason.


I started out with five. Then decided I wanted more colors, so I went back to the fabric store (and grocery store for pumpkins) and made two more - one of each color for a total of seven. That wasn't enough, so I made a second of each color. What the heck am I going to do with 14 tiny velvet pumpkins? No idea. Don't care. I love them.


These three are my favorite. Again, the colors are off. They are magenta, navy and burgundy.

4 comments:

  1. Very cute! You did a wonderful job on these. I'm sure your friend probably wished she'd just done the same thing but either way they are all great! :)

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  2. How sweet -- you should do a tutorial on them. I'm fascinated by the real stem with the velvety goodness; it's perfect!! :)

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  3. Wee cute! Precious little jewels!

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