Fall On My Porch

Remember my fresh spring pink and green front porch?



Well...it's been lookin' kinda tired. The coleus were beautiful this summer, they grew to be HUGE and bushy and so colorful and easy to grow.

Then they died.


It MIGHT have been from neglect, but I'm not admitting to anything.

It was time for FALL decor anyway, right?

I have been dreaming of trying pumpkin topiaries on my front porch for YEARS, and today I decided to GO. FOR. IT.

Michael's has their fake pumpkins on sale this week for 50% off, so if you're gonna get some, NOW'S the time, girls.

Even at half off, six pumpkins cost me $34.00. For a Goodwill Guru like me, that was HARD. I convinced myself that it was WORTH IT, because they'll last, like, forever.

Just so ya know, that's the story I'm goin' with when the husband gets home. Back me up, okay?

I bought two large white gourds. I bought two medium-sized classic orange pumpkins. I bought two white mini pumpkins.

I used my craft knife to cut off the stem of the large white ones, and the medium orange ones.

Here's what my headless pumpkin looked like. Fortunately, there's no "guts" in a fake pumpkin. I love that.


With my trusty hot glue gun, I attached the pumpkins in a stack.

I also used a dry brush and some burnt umber paint to give the color a little softness and depth. I got out my stencils and added some letters.

I am so pleased. Almost giddy.

I painted the flip side of my "B" monogram navajo white and left the apple green on the reverse, so I can change it on a whim!

I MIGHT add some black polka dots to the pots with mums. Do you think that would be too much? (geez, since when have I cared about too many polka dots? )