What Our Crew Would Do- Rachel

Hey everyone, this is Rachel and I’m excited to show you my “What Our Crew Would Do” project. It is so simple and a perfect craft to have up in your home from September through November. I found this project through Better Homes and Garden as I was flipping through their pumpkin decorating ideas and this one really stood out to me.

Here’s your list of supplies:

6 ¾” candlestick

9” candlestick

Two- 4” circle plaques

Wood Glue

Rusty Twisted Wire

Burlap Ribbon

Satin Black Spray Paint

Pumpkins
 

I started by painting my candlesticks and plaques with regular black acrylic paint. After they were dry, I sprayed them with Rust-oleum black crayon satin spray paint. (Michelle B talked about Rust-oleum spray paint in her post and I have to agree with how awesome it is.) Now you’re probably wondering why I didn’t just spray them in the first place. Well here is my confession: I am an annoying perfectionist. I’ve learned from past projects that when I just spray painted the candlestick (which is made from birch) and the circle plaque (which is made from pine) they each a different finish after they were dry. To be honest, it’s not much of a difference but enough for me to notice. So I learned that by painting with the acrylic paint first and then spraying with spray paint that the finish on the two different woods is very similar. The candlestick on the left is painted with acyclic paint and then sprayed with spray paint. The candlestick on the right is painted with just acrylic paint.

 

Okay, so now after my super long perfectionist explanation we can move on. After everything is dry, you simply glue the plaque and the candlestick together and let them dry. You want the routed side of the plaque to face down when it's standing the right way. In the picture they are upside down so that it was easier to glue.

  

While they’re drying I worked on embellishing my pumpkins. I started by using 12” inches of rusty twisted wire per pumpkin.  I made a loop around the stem and wrapped the excess around a pencil. And have you seen how many cute ribbons we have lately? I seriously couldn’t decide… I ended up choosing brown burlap.

 

Then simply stack your pumpkins onto your candlesticks and you’re done. Thanks for stopping by!

Side Note: The Halloween candelabra was purchased from Wal-Mart 2 years ago. The crow is from Dollar Tree last year. And the books are from the thrift store that I painted black and hand wrote on with a silver marker.