Thanksgiving DIY Project, part I

My family has put me in charge of table decorations this year for Thanksgiving, so I have been scouring all my favorite blogs and web sites to get some inspiration. I saw this adorable place card DIY project by Jenny Steffens on Style Me Pretty and I just had to try it!
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Lucky for me, I had several small white pumpkins at my house that I had used to decorate for Halloween. As you can see they were starting to turn yellow, so thankfully I had not already tossed them! I put some newspaper down, covered the stems with painter's tape and started spraying...
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Once the top of the pumpkins dried (about 30 minutes) I flipped them over and sprayed the bottoms.

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Once the pumpkins were dry, I used a knife to cut a slit in the stems so that the name card would slide in to place.

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I am pretty pleased with the finished product! The only thing I would change would be to get a more subtle metallic sray paint color, which would be more similar to Jenny's pumpkins. I bought all my materials - spray paint, place cards, and gold pen - at Michael's. I can't wait to see how these look on Thanksgiving day!

P.S. Today is my 100th post!! I can't believe I've hit triple digits...

Top photo via Jenny Steffens