A Raven and His Pumpkins

I am finally ready to start on Fall stuff.  Danni Baird over at Silo Hill Farm has already completed a ton of projects.  She even has added a countdown to Autumn clock to her blog! Just go over and check them out.  Here are just three of them:

Pallet Shelf 
Fall Wreath 
Autumn Centerpiece

I started with two baskets:  a gold round hefty one and this double sided handmade basket.  Remember the day I was using up all the black spray paint?  I included these.

 I lightly sprayed the larger one so some of the gold would show through, but sprayed the heck out of the other - someone had painted some tacky flowers on it and I wanted them completely covered.  I put the small one aside for later.

Everywhere I go in blogland, people talk about the deals at the dollar store.  So I finally fought the traffic to get to ours.  I found several items that are more expensive at other places (I am so sorry Hobby Lobby - I did not visit you last week!).

I love it when you are shopping at the dollar store and someone asks how much an item is.  All the customers and the clerks shout ONE DOLLAR!

I bought these pumpkins and some other Halloween-y stuff.  You have to be careful - those dollars add up quickly!

 I painted all the pumpkins Rust-Oleum Ivory Silk. They were the foam kind - you can do whatever you want to them - they don't seem to mind.

I attached a raven to the handle.  So cute.  And I especially loved that the raven and the pumpkins and the basket were of proper scale for each other!  That I assure you was a happy accident.

Look just behind the basket.  That is my sweet autumn clematis blooming.  I will have to get some photos.  It is in huge drifts of white all over the yard!

The raven looked lonely like he needed a little tag.  So I made him one from a walnut ink stained shipping tag stamped with "Quote the Raven Nevermore" (of course!).

Here he sits in my living room (which is almost beyond redemption) - a raven and his pumpkins!  I love how the afternoon light highlights the pumpkins!  Sometimes your pumpkins just need to be highlighted!

I am almost through with setting up my booths.  I wish to apologize to those I usually visit on a regular basis for not coming by to read your posts.  I have a day planned for just me and my computer to catch up with everyone.  You just better have great projects for me to enjoy!

See y'all!



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