I love all of the fun DIY pumpkin projects floating around Pinterest. There are so many I'd love to try my hand at and make in my own style, such as the twine pumpkin made for today's post.
I have a thing for treasure hunting in my local hardware store...it's my favorite place to hang out, just ask my husband :). I look at things on the shelves with eyes wide open to the many possibilities of a seemingly, boring item. Hinges, balls of twine, keys, metal washers, chicken wire, sigh...a small town girl has to find her own fun, so that's where the hardware store comes in.
I dressed up my ball of twine, Parcel Post Twine, to be more precise, using flannel leaves cut using the Leaf Prints die collection from Papertrey Ink, and mixed in a paper leaf from Prima, and a hand-stamped tag using the 2009 Autumn Tags Stamp set.
A vintage, wooden spool I had, serves perfectly as the stem, and is wrapped and tied with some of my tea-stained twill.
I love the look of mixing creams and whites, so I added a strip of vintage trim around my pumpkin, and then a string of vintage buttons over the top. A few trinket pins here and there, makes this a perfect, festive, fall addition to my craft room.
Here are a few other ideas I hope to try this fall, some for the home, some for the tummy :).
Look at these darlings....Vintage Chenille Pumpkins by Sew Sweet Vintage.
Glazed Pumpkin Donuts by Barefoot and Baking...I would love a platter full of these, sticky, sweet, heavenly morsels, right now, for my dinner please.
Aqua pumpkins....be still my heart. From Heather Cameron Stylist. I will be trying these with my Catalina Mist Krylon paint.
Sweet, shabby, grungy, perfect pumpkin from The Old White House. I would leave this out year round, it's so cute.
Time to get busy on dinner.
Have a lovely night.
Melissa
OHH my these are yummy :)
Pinterst is my stomping grounds after kiddos are in bed. TFS
Posted by: dee | September 23, 2013 at 05:48 PM
Too cute! I love your pumpkin!
Posted by: Jan Marcham | September 23, 2013 at 08:40 PM
How cute! I just love your twine pumpkins!
Putting them on the list... :)
Posted by: Cerri | September 23, 2013 at 10:40 PM
NEAT project using a spool of twine! The stack of leaves and spool stem, the lace and buttons and tiny tag ... each detail is awesome! Like the painted, filled bowl that probably has a great scent, that you are using to display your neat pumpkin, too. The last pumpkin, to me, looks as though it was made with a striped kitchen towel. Cool. Hope as you create more projects, you will share them with us, here. Thanks for the inspiration. :D
Posted by: Gabby | September 23, 2013 at 11:17 PM
Wow Melissa, a ball of twine never looked so good! Funnily enough, when I buy twine like that, I can't bear to disturb the lovely lines of it and now I have a brilliant excuse to leave it intact!! Some more companions for Penny Pumpkin ;-) now if only a few of those donuts arrived as I'm having my cuppa, that would be the perfect ending!!
Posted by: Deirdre | September 24, 2013 at 02:11 AM
SOOO PRETTY MELISSA!!!!!!!!:) Your little pumpkin would make a LOVELY GIFT for someone who loves to crochet/knit or sew too!!!!!!!! :) I LOOOOOOVE the things you'd like to TRY TOO!!!!!!!! :) There's just SOMETHING about that ORANGE GORD, isn't there? :) KEEP INSPIRING US???? WE LOOOOOOOOOOOOVE IT!!!!!!!!:)
Posted by: Becky Green | September 24, 2013 at 03:41 AM
What a yummy post. The adorable little "hardware" store pumpkin really jumped up a notch to a "Macy's life. It is adorable. Of course at this hour and hot java brewing those donuts look so very tempting while I continue my dieting. Glad they are on your blog. I love fall and your post sure put a smile on my face in inspiration in my heart.
Posted by: Sylvia/LittleTreasures | September 24, 2013 at 04:28 AM
I love this! What a clever idea! And those aqua pumpkins--must have!
Posted by: Patty O'Malley | September 24, 2013 at 04:41 AM
Melis -
I adore your "pumpkin"! It is so sweet and so you - LOL! Thanks for sharing with us.
Elaine Allen
Posted by: Elaine Allen | September 24, 2013 at 05:39 AM
LOVE this Miss Melissa :)
Posted by: Debbie Marcinkiewicz | September 24, 2013 at 06:52 AM
SWEETEST pumpkins I EVER saw!...I'll never look at a skein of TWINE with out seeing pumpkin possibilities!
Thank you Melissa:)
Posted by: A Facebook User | September 24, 2013 at 08:00 AM
What a precious, sweet pumpkin!! So clever to use a ball of twine.
Posted by: annheidel | September 24, 2013 at 11:44 AM
I simply love your never ending creativity. I so enjoy that you give and give, share and share. Please know that I each and every post you do. A simple THANK YOU doesn't seem to be enough.
ps - you always have the best links!
Posted by: Pamela A | September 24, 2013 at 11:54 AM
What a fun way to use a ball of twine. You are so clever & thanks for the yummy pics of the other goodies. It's definitely my favorite time of year. I think I need to make up some fun pumpkins. Thanks so much.
Posted by: Troy Louise | September 24, 2013 at 12:32 PM
Such gorgeous ideas!
Posted by: Holly Saveur | September 24, 2013 at 01:10 PM
Hi Melissa, Talk about thinking outside the box! Your twine ball pumpkin is so very cute. The links you shared are terrific - looking forward to visiting all of them when I have time. And for your info, the aqua pumpkins look similar to a type we have here in Australia called Queensland Blue. We have some growing in the backyard. (My home state is Queensland);)
Posted by: Jo R. | September 24, 2013 at 05:53 PM
Oh my gosh! I adore that twine pumpkin! So creative and clever. Love the vintage wood spool on top - I have a million of those - they are so fun to collect. You have my wheels turning! Thanks for the inspiration!
Posted by: Jill | September 25, 2013 at 09:59 AM
Looks like it's going to be a busy fall and winter for me! Thanks for the inspiration!
Posted by: Renee Collier | September 25, 2013 at 06:37 PM