Yesterday I had told Vince I was going to stop by Hobby Lobby and pick up some floss. After leaving the restaurant, I was tempted to just go home but figured Vince would be aggravated that I had said I needed floss and didn’t stop and get it because I sat too long and laughed and talked at the restaurant so I walked around in Hobby Lobby for a while. It’s always so fun to go in there unsupervised.
I understand that most of the stuff in there is imported and cheap and the price is inflated so the 50% off sales bring the prices down to almost being a good price but, with the 50% off sale, it’s fun to get a lot of “stuff” for decorating.
I did get my floss!
Then I found this Whitewash Wood Pallet Pumpkin on sale for $10.99 (SKU 5113493). I think it’s a bit of a stretch to call this one a pumpkin but in today’s world, I suppose we can call things whatever we want to call them so . . a whitewash wood pallet pumpkin it shall be.
I also got these two pumpkins.
I’m thinking I might use some chalk paint and paint the pallet pumpkin piece orange (similar to the orange pumpkin above) and maybe use some black or gold and grunge it up a little, then mount the Stitching Witches on foamcore, add magnets and stick it on this piece. If I don’t like it orange, I can always paint it some other color.
I may get a different ribbon to put on it or, after it’s orange, I may leave the bow off completely. I ordered some little scarecrows and pumpkins that I might could sit on top. This piece will sit on a shelf or on top of a cabinet.
I really like the idea of using magnets to for seasonal things I can remove and change so we’ll see how that goes. I did order a couple more of the pallet pumpkins because those little white pallet “boxes” will be good for spring designs too. I can always remove the “stem” and no one will ever know it was once a pumpkin (because . . really . . it is NOT a pumpkin but I’m not telling Hobby Lobby that!)
In a video Teresa Kogut showed yesterday, she had a Halloween piece mounted on that striped pumpkin and she said “I got this at Hobby Lobby last year. They may have them this year so . . get them while you can” so . . I did. The short one (shown above) is SKU 205738091 and a taller one is SKU 105738091. Their price (either size) while on sale is $7.99 each.
Pat/SC says
These are cute! I like things that I can leave out and change and not worry about finding space to store and then not finding it or forgetting about it. Good choices.
Julie Thomas says
Those will be super cute!