As you might have guessed from the name of my blog - I love pumpkins! I know it's not quite fall, but when homeschooling starts around my house, my crafting time gets squeezed quite a bit. So, fall it is! I tried a new technique this week - and I really like how it turned out. Of course, I've got to share it with all of my bloggy friends! Have you tried painting on an old window screen?
I love how you can still see through the painting!
This was so much fun to do! After painting the pumpkin on the screen, I added additional paint and distressing to the frame. Then to dress it up, I sewed this little fabric banner dipped in coffee. The "Harvest Blessings" were printed from my computor using transfer paper. I couldn't resist adding the rusty star garland as a final rustic touch. What do you think?
Oh I love it!!! It turned out great and distressing the frame sealed it 100% :)
ReplyDeleteI think it is excellent! Oh, how I am longing for cooler weather! Fall is my favorite season and we get excited!
ReplyDeleteI love this! What a great idea to paint the screen. It turned out great to the smallest detail.
ReplyDeleteThis is so cute! Fall is my favorite time of the year! ~Marcy
ReplyDeleteThis is such an awesome idea! I love how its not like in your face. It is so awesome!!! I am totally going to follow your amazingness!
ReplyDeleteA+++! I'm a Fall gal myself - love everything about the season, especially the beautiful colors. I have heard of painting on old screens before, but I've never seen one. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteVery CUTE!!!
ReplyDeleteI love pumpkin decor! This looks so fun!
ReplyDeleteLove your pumpkin screen. It's getting time to think about fall decorating,isn't it?
ReplyDeleteI am going out to find an old screen now. I love this.
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oh, oh yes, this is fantastic! such a different idea!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful screen! I'll tune in for more great ideas! I'm a scrapbooker and a blogger. You can find me at www.walkingtheoff-beatenpath.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteI love your screen and I'm ready for fall and some cooler weather! The star garland and banner are perfect for the screen. Great job!
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What a great idea! It looks fantastic!
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I love the rustic look! Thanks for participating in Fancy Meeting You. Rita from One 2 Try
ReplyDeleteWow, I've never seen screen paintings before. Very cool!
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ReplyDeleteI think it's incredibly cute!!!
ReplyDeleteO stumbled onto your site and instantly fell in love, I hope you don't mind if I follow along. I love, love, love pumpkins. I have a quarter acre garden where I plant nothing but pumpkins. Then in the fall, the most favorite time of the year for me, I have the local pre-school and kindergarten kids come over for a day and play in the patch and pick their pumpkins, after that I open it up to all the neighboring kids. I even re-decorated my kitchen with pumpkins.
ReplyDeleteOh no way!! That is sooo cute! I want to try this one, and fall is right around the corner!
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This is really excellent. Soooo, do add your tutorial here and our readers can love you also: http://www.finecraftguild.com/diy-tutorial-linky-party-9/
ReplyDeleteEvery Wednesday we open a new party, btw, so your future diy/craft tutorials are also more than welcome!
AND, thank YOU btw for your weekly LINKY PARTY here. I enjoy it so much. There is always so much creativity to explore. I love it! (and... I now know how much work it is to get this going. so... thanks!)
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ReplyDeleteOh my gosh I LOOOOOOVE this!!!! What a fab idea and I just think it turned out sooo cute. I wish I had one of these...gotta find me a screen...and become a more talented painter...that should probably be my first priority ha ha ha!
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I LOVE this!! It is so cute! I'm sure you can guess that I have a thing for pumpkins too. :)
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This is amazing! I would of NEVER thought of this. It looks wonderful! I LOVE IT!!! I saw your feature on Creations by Kara! I'm following you now!! :)
ReplyDeleteI wasn't really thinking about creating anything for the Thanksgiving holiday right now, but since you never find much in the stores I am thinking maybe I should! With that said, this is so inventive, never would have thought to use a window screen. I guess you could use the idea too, to make decorations for just about any holiday!
ReplyDeleteHi Kristi! I was reading through a post at Creations By Kara and thought....Hmmm...I know her! :) Great to see your awesome designs and beautiful work---I'm your newest follower! :)
ReplyDeleteHave a great day and drop me a line sometime. I'd love to hear how homeschooling is going for you, personally, and whether it's taken off within the community. :)
Sarah Coller
love your site i'm new to all this.A friend made me a blogspot and i'm just learning to use it.heathersantiques.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteHow in the world do you learn to paint these crafty scenes? Classes or templates or what? I would LOVE to learn to paint some crafty stuff but have no idea where to start! Any ideas would be great!
ReplyDeleteI really love your painted screens. I want to try doing one but what type of paint would I use in order for the image to show?
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