Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Are You Ready for Fall?

It always takes me a little longer to jump on the bandwagon, but I've finally started doing a little fall decorating.  Each year, I tell myself I'm not going to do it, but I give in when I see all the pretty colors and things around.  One thing I love are the pumpkin towers!  Here are a couple of my inspirations.  Mine isn't quite so frou frou, but I like it anyway.  And it only cost about $10!



Plus I like the monogrammed pumpkins.  Finally decided to break down and buy one at Hobby Lobby.  Can you image my disappointment when I found out those bad boys cost upwards of $25!  Even at 40% off, that's too rich for my frugal blood.  So, I did the next best thing.  Bought a cute little pumpkin at Wally World for $.48/lb and stenciled our initial on it!  Cost for my monogrammed pumpkin:  a little over $3!

Here's the end result and I'm a happy camper!  Took about ten minutes to do the "monogram" and another ten for the stacked pumpkins.  I'm joining in with Melissa at 320 Sycamore for her Under $10 Under 1 Hour party.  Come see what's going on there and jump on the bandwagon, too!  Better late than never!








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6 comments:

  1. UnknownOctober 5, 2011 at 11:04 AM

    Stacked pumpkins seem to be all the rage this season and I LOVE yours...especially the added monogram, very cute!

    Visiting from 320 Sycamore :)

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  2. ConnieOctober 5, 2011 at 12:37 PM

    You are so smart not to get caught up in those expensive fake pumpkins. LOVE your real ones.

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  3. Empty NesterOctober 5, 2011 at 1:23 PM

    So cute! You are so creative!

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  4. Kathy ... aka NanaOctober 6, 2011 at 8:21 AM

    I'm not into "frou frou", so I love your pumpkin tower! DD really wanted a monogrammed pumpkin from Hobby Lobby but about had a stroke when she saw the price tag. Neither one of us thought of doing what you did ... stenciling the initial on a real pumpkin. I'll have to tell her that!

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  5. Jo-anne BlossyOctober 6, 2011 at 5:12 PM

    That's one thing we don't see here in Australia (well I don't any way) and that is seeing people decorate for the seasons, except for Christmas. The pumpkins look great!

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  6. MelissaOctober 7, 2011 at 9:29 AM

    Hello, Beverly! I actually love the simpleness of your stack much better than the othersand I am dying at the cute shape of your pumpkin. Love it all!

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