Blue Monday - Blue Pumpkin

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Who says pumpkins must always be orange?

I wanted to have an autumn display for our living room, but orange is not the best look for that room. Blue is the accent color.

I decided to help a plain, orange pumpkin transform into a sweet, Blue one that would match my focal wall. First, we went shopping and bought this.

We had some leftover Blue paint from the living room, and applied one coat. I know it looks white, but it is actually pale Blue. It's Sherwin Williams, north star 6246. I think that spray paint would have gone on more smoothly, but I could not find the right shade.

Here's a tip: to keep my brush ready to use for the second coat, I wrapped it plastic.It worked! It didn't dry out or get stiff at all.

Another coat and the Blue begins to show. Next, I painted the stem brown. That took only one coat.

Another tip: I placed the newly painted pumpkin stem upside down in an open jar.By doing it this way, it held still, and I could continue to apply another coat of blue.
A third tip: I put the remainder of brown paint in a zip lock bag.You can see the small bottle of brown paint in the lower, left corner.

Here's the finished product in my living room. It's in the center, in a cloche.Of course it's a perfect match!

The Blue pumpkin stands between a small, beige pumpkin and a large, white pumpkin.

What do you think? Did you ever have an urge to paint a pumpkin?

Blue Monday Participants

1. Magical Mystical Teacher 2. Riet, Holland 3. Amit Agarwal 4. Pie (2) 5. Dinah 6. Luna Miranda 7. Dagny Sweden 8. Pictografio 9. Tina´s PicStory 10. LaVoice 11. Gemma's Greyscale 12. Gemma's MP Daily 13. Lina 14. Ranu, India 15. Free Old Wood and Blue Baby Swing 16. lessandra 17. Ash Tree Cottage 18. Eden, Australia

19. Rose 20. M.C.Diana Degadong 21. Pat @ Mille Fiori Favoriti 22. Chubskulit 23. Travel Quest 24. Pumpkin, Paper Mache style 25. Johnny Appleseed 26. Harvest Tea 27. Changes in 4 rooms due to a TV 28. Turkish Bazaar 29. Ann 30. hapzydeco 31. Just Cats 32. Just Cats 33. Smiley Pumpkin 34. Hyde Daily Photo 35. Look At Blue 36. CollectInTexas Gal Sue

37. Spice Up Your Life 38. Pumpkin Land 39. Loui♥ 40. twiggy 41. Myrna-My Enchanted Home 42. Karen, Pixel Posts 43. Hiking In Kentucky 44. Jeannie Marie & Company 45. Jeanne, backyard neighbor 46. HansHB 47. Mister Linky 48. Jeannie Marie & Company 49. HansHB 50. Joy@Books And Life 51. Janice Schaub Espirit 52. Anne 53. laura Hegfield

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Blue Monday Participants

1. Riet, Holland 2. Gittan Sweden 3. Pie 4. Amit Agarwal 5. Dinah 6. Luna Miranda 7. Dagny Sweden 8. Pictografio 9. Hyde Daily Photo 10. Tina´s PicStory 11. LaVoice 12. Gemma's Greyscale 13. Gemma's MP Daily 14. Jim, Sydney, Australia 15. Lina 16. Ranu, India

17. lessandra 18. Wordless 19. XyeXyrus 20. Eden, Australia 21. parenting and babies 22. Rose 23. M.C.Diana Degadong 24. Pat @ Mille Fiori Favoriti 25. Chubskulit 26. Travel Quest 27. Pumpkin, Paper Mache style 28. Leovi - Water Spirit 29. Johnny Appleseed 30. Harvest Tea 31. Changes in 4 rooms due to a TV 32. Turkish Bazaar

33. My Place to Yours 34. LadyD 35. Ann 36. Cassandra 37. hapzydeco 38. Just Cats 39. Leovi - Hari Raya Aidilfitri 40. Smiley Pumpkin 41. Joy@Books And Life 42. CollectInTexas Gal Sue 43. Spice Up Your Life 44. Kim,USA 45. Pumpkin Land 46. Loui♥ 47. Karen, Pixel Posts 48. Jeanne, backyard neighbor

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