Like many of you, I love thrifting! The other day I about DIED when I found this bag of "potpourri" at the local DI for ONE DOLLAR! I was so excited, it was such a rush and so cheap, practically felt like I was stealing! It was such a fun find! I have lots of neutrals in my home,but no purples or greens, I don't know what I am going to do with those. ---did you see those purple balls? how cute are those?? I need to find some where to use them! hmmm, maybe another giveaway? what do you think? should we have a vote?
First I cleaned it as well as I could. I actually had to get a 
I primed it. Twice. 
I originally thought I would paint it black, but I have SO much black, I thought maybe I should pick up more of my accent color, maroon. So, I painted the inside black and the outside maroon. I did two coats of each. (this picture is after my first coat) 
I waited a few days and the reassembled it. I took the knob from my stash, it is from one of the dressers that I re-did. I just used the original hinges, though I think I will eventually replace the knob and the hinges. I put a power strip inside the box and then put our 
This is what it looked like originally, I want to apologize for the poor pictures, I had to use my phone. It was very dirty, and quite dull. It was simple to clean, looked brand new after just a little Windex.
I simply spray painted the plate. I did two coats on the top and one on the bottom. 
The after. I am very happy how it turned out. It is just my taste. It is simple and graceful and fits perfectly with my 
Lay out you fabric and cut it into a square. I started with a yard and folded it over. I ended up making it smaller though, about a 2 foot square. 
Start cutting, I cut a few inches and tear it the rest of the way. 
Thread your dental floss through your quilting needle and tear off a 
Once you get to the starting point again loop through the 
Don't tie off just yet, and don't gather it tightly yet. This is what it will look like at this point. 
Now we begin stuffing. 
You want to stuff this FULL, as full as you can make it. Pay special attention to the corners. You will need to tighten as you do this, and it can be a little tough. 
Once it is full you can begin stitching it closed. I go back and forth both ways a few times. Then tie it off and cut it. 
Now pull out your embroidery floss. You will need a lot of this, depending on the size you make yours. For this one, I think I used about 2/3 of the thread. find the middle of your thread and PULL it diagonally over two 'bumps'.
Then while holding the thread flip over your pumpkin. You will need to pull this VERY tightly so as to make it look pumpkin-like, be careful not to do it too tightly or your thread will break.
Cross your thread over itself and onto the other two 'bumps'. Again, very tightly. 
Flip it over again. Cross them again, this time going in the 'creases'. Flip upside down again and cross them UNDERNEATH the previous 
Make sure the thread is in the last two 'creases' and flip back over so the pumpkin is right side up. Once everything is tightened to your liking, tie it off and cut your thread. It should look like this right now. Don't worry if it looks lopsided or imperfect. It simply adds to it's cuteness! 
Now, take a piece of the floral wire and twist it around something, I used a chopstick, but it could be a pen or anything that you have handy. Feel free to do more than one piece if you want to. 
Figure out where you will want your wire, leaves and stump to go before you glue. 
Then glue them on and you are done!
