Hola! Buenos dias amigos y amigas.
Today is Create and Share day! Woo Hoo! I am really enjoying this monthly challenge. Last month, we shared how 7 bloggers used 1 planter in the first
Create and Share. This month, I challenged my creative blogger friends to create a Fall tablescape featuring a DIY project of their choice.
Last week, I began my
early Fall decorating and shared how I used thrifted decor in attempt to save money all season long. I’m saving money again this week by using dollar store pumpkins, which I marbled, to make a Fall inspired tablescape/vignette for the dining room table. Have you seen the nail polish marbled items on Pinterest? I’ve wanted to try this technique for a few weeks and haven’t come across the perfect test subject. Dollar store pumpkins turned out to be a great item for my first attempt. Cheap and can be tossed if it didn’t work out.
I’m eager to show you how I accomplished my DIY marbled pumpkins as part of Create and Share Fall tablescape theme. Be sure to check out my friend’s project links for more Fall DIY inspiration at the end of the post! You can also link up your own DIY Fall tablescape projects to play the Create and Share challenge.
I purchased five pumpkins, with intent to just use four. Always purchase an extra of any item you’re experimenting with if you can. Saves on the headaches and anxiety of only having as many items as you need. To limit the risk of accidental spillage by a toddler, the marbling pail was placed in the sink. Nail polish is a great medium for marbling since they come in all sorts of colors. The downside is the strong chemical smell. The smell stayed in the kitchen for at least an hour!
The pail was filled with enough water to be able to cover a submerged pumpkin. Small amounts of nail polish was then poured into the water in random areas. Once all the colors were poured into the water, I used a dowel to gently manipulate the polish around.
I submerged the pumpkin, then slightly rotated it as I removed it from the water. The entire process is like making a corndog. Insert your colors into the water, dunk the pumpkin, and turn on the way out of the water. You do have to work pretty quickly so the polish doesn’t stick to the sides or bottom of the pail. The pumpkins will take about 15-25 minutes to dry, depending on how much nail polish you use.
Presto! A colorful marbled pumpkin ready for any Fall tablescape or vignette. The stems of the pumpkins were a bit weird, but the rest of the pumpkin looks great with all the gem stone colored marbling.
The windmill candle holder under the pumpkin was a gift from my mother. She purchased it while we were living in Holland and gave them to me when I moved into my first apartment. I love using little global touches and it doesn’t hurt that it’s blue and white.
I wish that I had painted the pumpkins white to make the marbling really pop. I’m looking forward to pumpkin season so that I can try this technique on real pumpkins. The dollar store marbled pumpkins are a great substitute and look great with all the florals. I used a mason jars and a small olive jar for flowers on the cake stand. Fall always makes me think of mason jars with apple cider. There is a pumpkin patch not too far from me that makes amazing apple cider.
I used a cute German milk pitcher holding a small arrangement and a Moroccan looking oil decanter under the wired cake cover. How great does that pumpkin look next to the scarf table cover? The scarf is so colorful and was great for my non-traditional eclectic Fall vignette.
I finished with a couple of gold quatrefoil candle holders. I usually use these for Christmas decor, but they just complement the scarf so well that they came out of storage a season early.
So do you think you will try marbled pumpkins this season? I have already become hooked on marbling. Be on the look out for marbling projects! I welcome you to pin this project so you can keep it handy.
Just a quick note about disposing the marbling liquid. Use a paper towel to collect any of the polish still floating on the top. Once the water is free of the polish, you can simply pour it down the drain.
Be sure to check out the other Fall DIY projects from these amazing bloggers! If you have created your own Fall themed DIY project for a tablescape or vignette, please share it with us! You can link up your project below and use the #CreateandShare hashtag on social media. Share your projects with us and you could be featured on the co-host’s social media accounts!
7. The House Down The Lane: Fall Tablescape DIY Favors
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