Dr. Danni And Paint Therapy For A Pumpkin

Happy Thanksgiving Season!  I'm Danni from Silo Hill Farm blog and although I've been on a looooooong break, I'm happy to be here at Donna's blog sharing a little Thanksgiving project.  Since you probably already have enough to do this Thanksgiving, I'm keeping this one elegant and simple.  (Or is it quick and dirty?)

So I had found a sad and lonely pumpkin at the Dollar Store a few years ago for almost nothing.  Really, it was like 35 cents because it was after Thanksgiving and it had an ugly chip in it, and it had some seriously ugly metalness going on.  I forgot to take a picture before surgery, but here is a post-surgery shot.

Yes, it was just a bit much with all it's shine and funky green metal.  It was begging for a surgical date with my wire cutters, STAT!
Then it had a date with Dr. Valspar, our leading plastic surgeon, who taped off it's stem and gave it a big shot of less shiny color.

Better no?

But apparently, it's so hard to stop once you go down that plastic surgery road.  So back into the operating theater it went.  This time with Dr. Krylon, who specializes in metallic alterations.  Again with the painters tape.

Now here's a little pre-surgical advise.  You want to make sure that your paint has cured before you go taping it up for another round under the gun, hitting that stem up with some silver prettiness.

I was pretty sure it was, but still, some paint came off of the pumpkin, which made it just distressed enough to make an appearance here on Donna's blog.
Remove all of the bandages and.......

Really, this was such an easy project, so keep an eye out for a sad and willing surgical victim after the holidays...or perhaps you already have one waiting in a box of decor somewhere.
A couple of years ago, I made this lovely project for less than $2 and posted it on my blog.....

Thanksgiving Inspired Picture

 Donna, who knows I tend to tear apart my projects and repurpose them for something else, emailed me and asked me to please NOT do that with this project.   Because I love her and because she said please AND to avoid the urge to dismantle, I packed it up in a box and sent it to her.  I hope it's safe now!  LOL!
Stay tuned tomorrow and I'll be back with one more last minute Thanksgiving project that does not involve the spray paint doctors, but does involve some  more elegance.
Thank you Donna for letting me get my blogginess on again and do a guest post for you here!


Oh, thank you, Danni, for stepping in to do a Thanksgiving post while I am busy moving my booths.  The little Thanksgiving girl lives on in my house in a place of honor!

See y'all tomorrow when Danni returns!

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