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DIY Pottery Barn Knock-off Glitter Book Page Pumpkin

September 24, 2013 By Meegan 17 Comments

Don’t you just love Pottery Barn?  But don’t love the prices?  I know, me, too.  A few weeks ago I shared my DIY Pottery Barn Knock-off Glitter Book Page Pumpkin.  I made it before I started a blog, so I wasn’t ever able to share the tutorial.

Well, today is your lucky day!  I have the tutorial for my Pottery Barn Knock-off Glitter Book Page Pumpkin for you today!  Woo! I know you will enjoy this Fall craft as much as I have.

Isn’t she lovely?

DIY Pottery Barn Knock-off Glitter Book Page Pumpkin

I started out with a store bought plastic pumpkin.  Easy enough, right?

DIY Pottery Barn Knock-off Glitter Book Page Pumpkin

Using  flat paint, I painted over the orange so it would show through my decoupaged book pages.

DIY Pottery Barn Knock-off Glitter Book Page Pumpkin

While the paint was drying, I tore out a few pages from my 1941 dictionary that I bought for a dollar.

This dictionary has lasted me through garlands, wedding decor,  wedding dinner, and now for my Glitter Book Page Pumpkin.  And I still have more pages to work with.  Woo!

DIY Pottery Barn Knock-off Glitter Book Page Pumpkin

Once the paint was dry, I could begin to layer my torn pieces of dictionary.  I used a high gloss decoupage from Martha Stewart.  On my waste basket, I used matte.  But, I wanted this pumpkin to glitter and shine!

When the decoupage was dry, I added twine with hot glue around the stem with a long tail.  I always like the pumpkins with the long stems, don’t you?

I liked adding a little moss for extra texture around the stem and along the “tail”.

Using a silver glitter spray, I sprayed all around my pumpkin.  Oh, how she makes me smile!

I thought an old key would be the icing on the cake.  What do you think?  I just love the look of my DIY Pottery Barn Knock-off Book Page Glitter Pumpkin. Do you think you will make one?

Have you seen my Bling Pumpkin yet?  It’s a fun way to start Fall decorating.

More Fall Ideas That You might Enjoy…

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Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you have been inspired to create your own Fall decor and learned something new.

Make it a wonderful day, my friends.

 

 

Filed Under: crafting, Fall, Halloween Tagged With: crafting, Fall, Halloween

Comments

  1. Bonnie @ Uncommon Designs says

    September 25, 2013 at 1:38 AM

    So nice Meegan!!! Love this!

    Reply
    • Meegan says

      September 27, 2013 at 3:37 AM

      Thanks Bonnie! I love when you visit my blog :)

      Reply
  2. Linda says

    September 25, 2013 at 4:01 AM

    Thanks for showing how to make this awesome pumpkin!! I’m pinning. I just love it. Linda

    Reply
    • Meegan says

      September 27, 2013 at 3:36 AM

      Aw, thanks for the pin Linda! I am excited to hear about YOUR pumpkin :)
      Make it a great day!

      Reply
  3. Holly Lefevre says

    September 25, 2013 at 6:06 AM

    It is beautiful Meegan! The key is a perfect touch to those book pages!

    Reply
    • Meegan says

      September 27, 2013 at 3:35 AM

      Thanks so much Holly! I take that as a very high compliment :) xoxoxo

      Reply
  4. Catherine says

    September 25, 2013 at 12:36 PM

    Wow, Meegan! This is so pretty! Love the layered dictionary pages, and of course – the moss and key! And glitter always makes everything better, doesn’t it? Well done! Catherine (newest follower of your blogging adventures!)

    Reply
    • Meegan says

      September 27, 2013 at 3:34 AM

      Thank you very much Catherine! I appreciate all of your comments! xoxoxo

      Reply
  5. Amber L. says

    September 26, 2013 at 11:50 PM

    It is so gorgeous!!!

    Reply
    • Meegan says

      September 27, 2013 at 3:30 AM

      You are so nice Amber. Thanks so much!

      Reply
  6. Carmen Whitehead says

    September 27, 2013 at 3:20 PM

    Thanks for the inspiration Meegan! I love a decoupage project! I think I’m going to try this and use some sheet music I have. Yours came out wonderfully!

    Reply
    • Meegan says

      September 28, 2013 at 8:37 PM

      Thank YOU Carmen for your sweet comments! I would love to see one done with music sheets :)
      Make it a great day!

      Reply
  7. Becca says

    September 27, 2013 at 6:35 PM

    Love it! I just bought some pumpkins from the dollar store with plans to spray paint them but you’ve given me another idea. Thanks for sharing! Stop by my Friday’s Five Features and link up this post (and others)! https://diy-vintage-chic.blogspot.com/2013/09/fridays-five-features-no-10.html

    Reply
    • Meegan says

      September 28, 2013 at 8:36 PM

      Have a fun time, Becca! I would love to see what you come up with!! xoxo

      Reply
  8. kristi@ishouldbemoppingthefloor says

    October 6, 2013 at 6:40 AM

    Adorable, Meegan!! Love it!

    Reply
    • Meegan says

      October 7, 2013 at 2:23 PM

      Kristi,
      Thanks for stopping by! I love when you visit my blog!
      xoxoxo

      Reply

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