Fall Mantel , Magazine Copy Cat Challenge

My Copy Cat Challenge is a easy one . I found the idea in the Romantic Homes magazine .

These gussied up pumpkins were my inspiration .

I bought 3 craft pumpkins from the Dollar Tree store.

They were really a bright orange that I wasn’t crazy about , so I tried painting one of them with a more pumpkiny color .

 

I still wasn’t crazy about it . I was going to put these pumpkins on my living room mantel and orange just doesn’t fit in there with all the white , pink ,  and green .

So I started painting them Old White with what was left of my sample jar of Annie Sloan Chalk Paint.

Here is the finished product …

I found another faux pumpkin I had that was already white and added it to the mix

I put them on either side of my spooky non working clock. Do you see the critters on the sides of it ?

I put a pink ceramic pumpkin that I got last year on top of the clock and added a few other spooky things to finish out the mantel .

So it is not a real close copy , but the inspiration was there and it was fun !

Do you like it ?

I am going to link up with Debbiedoos’ Magazine Copy Cat Challenge.

Can’t wait to get over there and see all the Challenges !