Whimsical Wood Cutout Pumpkin

It's the first Friday of the month and we're so glad Bring On the Crafts Blog Hop is back from summer vacation! 

Today's the day we bring you a fun themed craft to share! And the theme for September is WOOD!

It's always fun finding holiday craft items at the dollar store - and it never disappoints when searching for a project. Take this unfinished wood pumpkin cutout hanger:

It's perfect for this month's Bring on The Craft's theme of Wood, don't you think!  And there are probably at least one thousand and one ways it can be decorated, too! 

So, I'm taking a quick and easy way to help make this wood pumpkin look whimsical! In fact, it already looks whimsical with the cutout eyes, nose and mouth. It just needs to be finished and ready for hanging for the best holiday event ever! Halloween!

You will need:

• Wood cutout pumpkin
• Acrylic craft paint 
• Sponge brush
• Wired ribbon - 1.5" and 2"+ wide
• Hot glue

Begin by painting the wood a nice shade of orange and .  .  .

 let dry.

Then start pulling one side of wire from the ribbon, gathering the fabric as you pull. Continue pulling wire and gathering the ribbon fabric until you have enough gathered ribbon to fit around the pumpkin shape. Once gathered, cut off excess wire leaving just enough to secure the fabric from unraveling.

Adjust the gathers and hot glue ribbon gathered side around the back of the pumpkin edge.

 Glue on additional ribbon to cover eyes and mouth for a whimsical look!

So fun, quick and easy! 

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Now, on to the blog hop!

Bring on the Crafts — A Craft & DIY Blog Hop

As you know, on the first Friday through Sunday of each month, a group of DIY and crafty bloggers join forces to create a fun craft or DIY project to share that follows a monthly materials theme. 

Together, with hosts Marie from Elle Marie Home and Habiba from Craftify My Love, share the #BringontheCrafts blog hop with you. September's theme is Wood! Each blogger chooses their own craft to make as long as they love it and it uses Wood for the project.

Our September Co-hosts

Jenny at Cookies, Coffee and Crafts 
Gail at Purple Hues and Me 
Beverly at Across the Blvd

Join in on the fun! If you'd like to participate next month, you can request to join our Bring on the Crafts Facebook Group. Next month's theme is Paint!

Not a blogger, but a creative mind none the less!? Don't worry, Share your awesome creations in our Craft Cult Facebook Group. This is also a great place to ask craft & DIY related questions and find inspiration for your next project.

Now let's see all of those amazing Craft and DIY Projects!

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Restyle a Thrift Store Wooden Bowl

  
It's that time again - The Thrift Store Upcycle Challenge on the fourth Thursday of the month, where a group of creative bloggers come together to share their lovely transformations of a thrift store item. Who doesn't love thrift store upcycle projects - whether it's actually creating one or admiring how an item from a thrift store was transformed!

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The Rules:

• Upcycle an item(s) from a thrift store, resale store, or garage sale into a new piece of decor.
• There’s no monthly theme.
• There’s no budget to stick to.

Be sure to visit all of my co-hosts listed below to see what they transformed!

I found a wooden bowl at Goodwill for $2.25, just perfect to re-style into the look of an artisan inspired hand painted pedestal piece!  Here's how I re-styled the wooden bowl:

 Gathered:

• Unfinished wood circle shape
• Unfinished wood pedestal stand
• Dap RapidFuse Multi Purpose Adhesive 
• FolkArt HomeDecor Cottage White Chalk Paint
• Flower design (laser printed)
• Small detail scissors/paint brushes
• Mod Podge
• Varnish Sealer

Process:

Begin by wiping down the wooden bowl with a soap and water dampen cloth to remove any dirt and grim and let dry. You really don't need to sand the finish since I'm covering it with chalk paint.

For the pedestal, I first glued on a wooden circular shape base and then .  .  .

the pedestal stand to the bottom of the bowl using RapidFuse Multi Purpose glue and let dry for about a half an hour. 

Next, painted the entire pedestal bowl in a soft white chalk paint.

I love the look of hand painted motifs on bowls and trays so I found this free to download flower design online that appeared to be hand painted.  While the painted pedestal bowl was drying, I re-sized the image into several different sizes - and printed them out using a laser printer. *Can't use a jet ink printer for this - the color will bleed!

After cutting the flowers out, I positioned them on the dry pedestal bowl starting at the base. Then, I painted Mod Podge on the flowers to make them pliable and easily movable, placing them in position and smoothing out any wrinkles  .  .  .

while brushing on more Mod Podge - and adding flowers up and over the edge into the center bowl. Repeating the process of adding decoupage glue, smoothing out and letting it dry!

Once dry, applied additional coats of Mod Podge to the flowers and then let dry completely.

And finally, applied a varnish to seal it all!  

What a wonderful way to re-style a thrift store wooden bowl! 

 It's definitely a winner!

      Have fun in transforming your thrift store finds to fit your style and taste!

Meet the Co-Hosts

Angela | Simply Beautiful by Angela  Jennifer | Cookies Coffee and Crafts  
Gail | Purple Hues and Me   Yami | The Latina Next Door  
Amanda | Domestically Creative    Ann | Duct Tape And Denim    
   Debra | Shoppe No. 5 
 Victoria | Dazzle While Frazzled   Shirley | Intelligent Domestications 
 Chelc | Inside the Fox Den   Habiba | Craftify My Love


Make sure you follow our board on Pinterest for more upcycled decor inspiration!

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And now for more thrifty goodness!

Check out what my fellow upcyclers created below!

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Mother's Day Rustic Wooden Frame - DIY

"My Brother, Bill"

Hi all!  I'm over on Bowdabrablog today!  I'm sharing an adorable way to turn loving memories, like family photos, into a heartfelt Mother's Day gift!  Head over and check out my tutorial.  It's easy to put together and makes for a lovely handcrafted Mother's Day gift.

Take a little time to enjoy

and

Happy Crafting!