Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Pumpkin Fascinator

Hello! Hostess Tami here with an "on the cheap" Halloween decor project to show you.

 This altered paper mache' witch's hat shouldn't cost you more than $5 and a few supplies you probably have laying around the house. Use it as a Fascinator to give your pumpkin a stylish twist! I think it would look pretty topping the altered pumpkin I made in the Ghostly White to Spook-tacular post a few weeks ago...

Smooch Spritz is a great product to use when you want to change the color of something and add a little sparkle too. Smooch Spritz works on a variety of materials: paper, wood, flowers, felt, denim, silk, paper mache' like the hat used for this project, and pretty much any other porous material you can think of.

Unlike some sprays and mists on the market, Smooch Spritz is not watered down; it is an ink you can spray. You'll get excellent coverage, vivid color, tons of shimmer and NO warping! Another plus is that it also dries quickly. Smooch Spritz was used on every part of this project.

 The paper mache' hat was covered with vintage book paper pieces using Xyron's 5" Create-A-Sticker Machine in the same way I covered paper mache' apples in Xyron & Clearsnap * Apples For Teacher. The only difference was that the hat was sprayed AFTER all the paper pieces were adhered. I sprayed the hat first with Black Velvet, leaving a few places lighter or not sprayed, then spritzed with Grape Burst, to cover the lighter or unsprayed areas...

Next, I sprayed a piece of vintage cotton lace using Sun Kissed Smooch. After it dried, it was adhered as a "hat band"...

Next, I used some vintage zippers I had in my stash to make some zipper flowers to embellish the hat with. You can find zippers fairly inexpensively at flea markets or tag sales. There are lots of tutorials online that show how to make zipper flowers; I perused several videos, then decided to just play and see what I could create. You'll need a quick grab glue like Beacon's 3-in-1 Glue or Fabri-Tac to make the flower making easier. I used 3-in-1 to make the flowers and to adhere all the embellishments to the hat. After the flowers were made, I spritzed them with Smooch Spritz. Gingersnap, Grape Burst and Sun Kissed were the colors used...


If you don't have any zippers handy, you could use paper flowers or follow Diana's tutorial that she posted a few days ago: Pretty Paper Flowers, to make your own.

 The leaves were cut from more vintage book pages that had been spritzed with Citrus Tickle Smooch Spritz...

For the bow, I spritzed some cream wired ribbon with Grape Burst, then wadded it up, and spritzed in a few places using Citrus Tickle Spritz. This created a "distressed" look on the ribbon...

A few black feathers tucked in behind the flowers finish the look. Here's a closer view of the embellishments...
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