{"id":22974,"date":"2015-01-20T05:44:31","date_gmt":"2015-01-20T10:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=22974"},"modified":"2015-01-02T13:27:32","modified_gmt":"2015-01-02T18:27:32","slug":"velvet-pumpkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=22974","title":{"rendered":"Velvet Pumpkins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/velvetpumpkins-100x150.jpg\" alt=\"Velvet Pumpkins\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" class=\"contentimg\" \/>Like any self-respecting goth, you&#8217;ve probably got leftover scraps of velvet lying around that you aren&#8217;t sure what to do with.  The Lemonista has an <a href=\"http:\/\/thelemonista.blogspot.com\/2011\/10\/velvet-pumkins-101.html\">easy tutorial<\/a> for making attractive velvet pumpkins in a variety of sizes.<\/p>\n<p>The tutorial uses real dried pumpkin stems, which add an interesting rustic touch.  If you or a friend grows pumpkins or other squash in your garden, you can save the stems after harvest.  It might also be possible to find long-stemmed squash at the grocery store, and (obviously) you can save the stems from jack-o&#8217;-lanterns after Halloween.  Make sure they&#8217;re completely dry before you use them, lest they mold: Just leave them in a warm, dry spot for a week or so.<\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t want to use real stems&#8211;some of them have teensy spines that might be unpleasant&#8211;or you don&#8217;t want to wait to collect them, you can make fake stems.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.andersonandgrant.com\/2014\/09\/diy-pumpkins.html\">anderson + grant<\/a> has a method for making surprisingly realistic-looking stems; <a href=\"http:\/\/anextraordinaryday.net\/create-realistic-pumpkin-stems-and-book-page-pumpkins-for-fall\/\">An Extraordinary Day<\/a>&#8216;s &#8220;book pumpkin&#8221; tutorial includes easy instructions for making stems with a twig and hot glue.<\/p>\n<p>The Lemonista&#8217;s tutorial suggests filling the pumpkins with a mixture of dried beans and fiberfill; you could also use <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000E3E6GM\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=B000E3E6GM&#038;tag=shadmano-20&#038;linkCode=as2\" rel=\"nofollow\">poly pellets<\/a> or similar filler beads.<\/p>\n<p>These pumpkins are so easy to make that you could turn out a lot of them in a couple of hours.  They look great grouped in a bowl or arranged on a mantlepiece.  They&#8217;d also make cute placecards which could double as a party favor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like any self-respecting goth, you&#8217;ve probably got leftover scraps of velvet lying around that you aren&#8217;t sure what to do with. The Lemonista has an easy tutorial for making attractive velvet pumpkins in a variety of sizes. The tutorial uses real dried pumpkin stems, which add an interesting rustic touch. If you or a friend [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-doom-it-yourself"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22974"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23938,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22974\/revisions\/23938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}