Pumpkin topiaries.

It was my turn to host ladies bunco.  It’s always good to have an event at your house every now and then….at least for me, because then I usually do something creative.  Or it inspires me to complete that one chore of cleaning up my scraproom.  Well this time it only inspired me to create something.  My scraproom is still a mess.  Oh well. 

I decided this year I wanted different Pumpkin topiaries.  I’ve used my fake orange ones for 3 years or so.  This year I wanted a white one……but after searching high and low for that perfect white pumpkin………..with a stem……all I could find were larger ones without a stem.  I’m so picky.  So, I picked up one of those bluish/greenish ones to plop on the top.  Pretty cute huh?   Then I decided to use my owls I picked up in Utah this summer.  Those babies were only $1.49.  I used a grapevine wreath that I found at Michaels for $3.99.  Then I found some Fall picks on clearance for $1.50.  I tore those apart and stuck pieces of them in the wreath.  I left the dirt in  my urn from my summer plants, plopped my pumpkins on top….and called it good.  I love how they turned out.   Bad time to take photos…….way too bright.   

My small pumpkin was too small for this planter…….I didn’t let that ruin my day.  I just grabbed a section from the morning paper, wadded it up and shoved it in my planter and placed my too small pumpkin on top.  Then I added the owl. 

That little laminated card says that Family and Friends are Always welcome, but I do not except soliciting from religious groups, political campaigns and door to door marketing.