$3 Thursday - silver pumpkin

Doesn't this silver pumpkin look like it was more than a dollar?

It reminds me of some glass pumpkins I have seen.

I got the glass look with a thrift budget.

A few weeks ago I picked up this pumpkin for 50 cents.

What a steal.  It still had the original price tag with $5.99 on it!

I knew I wanted to paint it so I gathered some painting supplies that I had on hand.

Silver paint, a shimmer gold paint and a gloss sealer.

I have painted a few projects with these cans already so the cost of paint per project was pretty minimal.

Since it was a bit windy today I set up a painting box.

I painted the pumpkin with a couple light coats of the silver paint.

Once the paint was dry I put some water on it.

Yeah seems strange but I thought it would help me get the look I wanted.

While the water was still on the pumpkin I sprayed silver and then the gloss coating on it.

I was hoping for some spots to help it look more like glass.

Since it was cool here today I did use a heat gun to dry the water drops.

The paint and gloss did dry into small drops, sort of like bubbles you might see in glass.

I wasn't able to get any good pictures to show the subtle texture it gave the pumpkin.

You will have to take my word for it.

It is there, just like I wanted.

It will be a great addition to my sweatshirt pumpkins from last week.

I like the contract of the sleek silver pumpkins with the more rustic looking pumpkins.

I'm not ready to pull out all my fall items quite yet but I did make a small display for now. 

My cost for this silver pumpkin -  $.50

I did use some paint and gloss that I had on hand.

Enjoy,

June

Linking to these parties:

Just because I love it at Tools are for women too

Weekend wrap up party at Tatertots and Jello

Funky Junk Interiors Saturday Nite Special

Saturday Soiree at A Little Lovely

Metamorphis Monday at Between Naps on the Porch

Tutorial Tuesday at Hope Studios