Wednesday, September 16, 2020

Mackenzie Childs Inspired DIY Pumpkins

 


If you've spent any time in Home Decor world, you are probably familiar with Mackenzie Childs signature style. I love it, not only because she uses tons of black and white but because it's whimsical, pretty, and not rigidly perfect. It's also expensive and while I'd love to have a bunch of pieces, I don't. But hey, we're Makers so what do we do? We use our faves for inspiration and DIY that stuff! 

Here's an example of the real ones: 



Supplies: 
  • Plain Ceramic Pumpkins ( $1 each from Target)
  • Paint Pens ( I used Craftsmart from Michaels)
  • Acrylic Paint 
Step 1: 
Gather your supplies. I found these ceramic pumpkins for $1 each at Target in the section that none of us can get past. They know us! I also grabbed two paint pens: gold and black. 



Step 2: 
For the signature Mackenzie Childs check, I went down the lines of the pumpkin with the black pen. 

Since the style here is to look handpainted, you don't have to be perfect. 

Step 3: 
I went horizontally around the pumpkin with the paint pen to create the squares.


Step 4:
Tip: When I've done checkerboard before, I've gotten the order messed up so I've taken to putting a pencil dot in the squares to be filled in before I start filling! 



Step 5 
When all of the squares were filled in, I went back down the pumpkin spines with a gold paint pen and colored the stem. (I went back over that gold spot w/ black)


Et voila! 


The process for the Striped Pumpkin was similar but I used acrylic paints instead of paint pens.



I did a couple of coats for opacity. 



To finish, I also used paint and just went down each side w/ antique gold. 

Et voila!




I am pretty happy with my $2 project! 












3 comments:

mjmaterazo said...

These look great Carol! Well done friend. I love the b&w Mckenzie Childs too. I might have to try this. You've inspired me friend.

XO- MaryJo

Naush said...

These are stunning !!
Naush

Our Hopeful Home said...

I saw these on your Instagram first and fell in love! The gold really takes the look up a notch. Thanks for sharing at Vintage Charm. xo Kathleen