It’s September the FIRST! WooHoo! This means that one of my 2 least favorite months of the year is ovah!
Please don’t judge. I try not to talk too much about it until after August is done, but I am not a fan. Remember where I live…the deep south. In August if feels like me and my neighbors have settled in a sweet little town smack in the center of hell.
But enough ’bout that! It’s September and Praise Be, autumn is on the way!
In the celebratory spirit of autumn I’m going to show you my little version of the Faux Mercury Glass Pumpkins that are sweeeeeeping through blog-land!
Here’s the gorgeous inspiration…(Image: Pottery Barn)
Lots of Mercury Glass looks a bit splotched with light brown…(Image: Bassett Furniture)
This is what I was going for…I like the brown.
Now I tried 2 ways one was super easy…
Start with a little punkin and some spray paint…
I sprayed the punkin (primer first then metallic silver) and then used light brown craft paint and a stencil brush to splatter …
Cute but I wasn’t tickled…and I like to be tickled.
So I got The Husband involved…the 2 of us came up with this:
After spraying with Primer and then Metallic Aluminum The Husband flipped the tiny sprayer off of the ‘Brushed Satin Sesame Shimmer’
Then he showed me how to use fine point tweasers to gently press the release button allowing paint to sputter out…
Okay…this is touchy. And messy. For the love of Pete wear disposable gloves and practice a few times on some paper before attempting it on the pumpkins. BUT, even if you mess up…you can always spray some more silver to correct your mistake!
I liked these better!
I’m not done with this faux mercury glass Peeps…I’m going to try a few other techniques…stay tuned!
xo
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Thought about you during our porch party this morning. Noticed the cool air and wondered if it is “time yet.” I see it is. Can’t wait to show my husband, king of spray painting, your idea!! I love it.
I love, LOVE these Robin. Thanks for sharing another awesome idea.
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I felt that bit of cool in the air and rejoiced! Our “little” heat wave is over, whew! I’m with you on the August thing ( 2nd only to February. ) The pumpkins are so cute. Must get some of those neat spray paint colors you have and give it a try. Happy Fall
What a great idea!
I’m with you on August, hate it! And really September is only a tiny bit better here along the coast of SC. I am looking forward to October!
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Love em!!
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They look wonderful. I need to try this. Great tutorial. Hugs, Marty
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LOVE your pumpkins! Love your blog. I’ve sprayed pumpkins before but never w/ this lovely detail. Word of caution. Years ago, I made a lovely fall tablescape … large enough that I didn’t move it for weeks. From the top & outside the pumpkins continued to look perfect. From the underside, they rotted AND adhered to my table, ruining the finish!!!!
Wonder if it would work on a real pumpkin??? These look great! I ‘m with you on August… February is my other one
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Martha Stewart did a marble painting technique on real pumpkins, so I’m sure it would. Just be careful so they don’t rot and adhere to your table like what happened to a previous poster!!
These are just wonderful!
How cute!!! I am late getting here but so glad I didn’t miss them! It is 96 degrees here but I am READY for Fall………………XO, Pinky
beenaway for a no. of days from blogging. yes, can’t wait for fall. love the pumpkins. rose
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Those are so NICE! I love it. Love anything Mercury!
Great job!
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well i just love that. now i need to go find some cheap pumpkins to try that on!
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Too cute! I almost LOLed reading about August being one of your least favorite months. I’m exactly the same way- I loathe August with a passion, depsite the fact that 75% of my friends and family have August birthdays. I also happen to live in Alabama, so its no big secret why I hate summer. I’m a total fall girl. My three FAVORITE months of the year are Oct, Nov, Dec, the latter because of Christmas and my birthday
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wow, i love this look, and your whole vingette with those books. fantastic! stopping by from my backyard eden.
OMG- I woke up friday to FALL weather and thought the H*LL of summer was over (were in LA.), but no, it was momentary…SIGH
I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN!
I love the pumpkins! Thanks for figuring it out!
Hello Robin: I thought your post on mercury glass was really great and I mentioned it on my blog – I’m linking up the best DIY projects out there! Thanks, ~ Heather
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These really look great! I loved your tip about splattering the spray paint. I attempted to create my own mercury glass pumpkin, but, they did not turn out quite like yours. So I chalk painted them instead. They look great and now are part of my table centerpiece.
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