As you probably know, I am not a traditionalist when it comes to Halloween colors. You see, the color Orange and I are not friends. We actually have very little to do with each other. Over the years, I have vacillated back and forth from barely tolerating Orange to shunning Orange completely. Obviously, this is kind of a problem when it comes to pumpkins. I've done my best to work around it though. I've used white pumpkins and pink pumpkins in the past and they both worked out pretty well. But this year, I thought I'd totally go for it and make some pastel colored pumpkins. I bought a bunch of tiny white pumpkins and used powdered food coloring to paint them. If you just mix up the powder with some vodka or clear extract, it makes a wonderful paint...
And I just love the finished texture - almost like a chalk paint...
...and you can mix up any colors you desire. I even used some sparkly gold for the stems!
Perfect for my "Orange-free" Halloween!
:-)
XOXO
Jessica
I am 100% with you on this one. Black and orange? No thank u!
Posted by: Kristen | October 29, 2013 at 05:57 PM
Ohhhh myyy Gosh! Those are gorgeous! Such pretty pastel colors! ❤
I totally understand the 'love' for the orange color by the way! ;)
Posted by: Agi @ Passion shake | October 29, 2013 at 06:20 PM
Very clever! I am with you as far as the color orange goes and have been using white pumpkins ever since they became available. Your pastel pumpkins are charming!
Posted by: Laura @ 52 FLEA | October 29, 2013 at 06:45 PM
I'm with you...I don NOT like the color orange (and for some strange reason it is absolutely EVERYWHERE)!!! I love your clever idea.
Posted by: Laurie Q | October 30, 2013 at 05:53 AM
These are beautiful and I love the texture! And the pastel candy corn ;-) Yum!
Posted by: Rachel | October 30, 2013 at 07:39 AM
Wow! Love it, I am definitely Pinning this.
Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Autumn Hathaway | October 30, 2013 at 09:30 AM
oh my....these are magical. just gorgeous. thank you for sharing!
Posted by: sharon | October 31, 2013 at 03:57 PM
Where did you get the powdered food coloring for your project? Wonderful idea! These came out so well!
Posted by: Sarah K | November 01, 2013 at 03:03 AM