Festive Fall Pumpkin Floral

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw3hysRi8zT5HNobgT0WG2g-5_uG_CCyH5zwhXpCUogiHuCsG4meXK-CCK5LbRyFyXXDk3X1Sw6Mm2VXcieQrtFTPR00WthyphenhyphenvBgIj2T6QsNQshhHdObsQW6Dro5LullwBZKKdc88AEDEI/s1600/IMG_6075a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="584" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw3hysRi8zT5HNobgT0WG2g-5_uG_CCyH5zwhXpCUogiHuCsG4meXK-CCK5LbRyFyXXDk3X1Sw6Mm2VXcieQrtFTPR00WthyphenhyphenvBgIj2T6QsNQshhHdObsQW6Dro5LullwBZKKdc88AEDEI/s640/IMG_6075a.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I took a break today from my basement remodeling project </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">to do something fun for myself.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">You <b>ALL</b> know how much I love fresh flowers in my home.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It is so difficult to walk by the flowers at Costco </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and not pick up a bunch for the house.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So, I did!  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Can I tell you first how much I hate </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">going to Costco on the weekend?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Huge traffic jams...enough said.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I loved the fantastic fall colors that they had in their bouquets </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">this week.  Pretty yellows, golds, and pinks.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I Had to find a container that would say Fall too.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So,I snagged one of my carve-able pumpkins </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">from my <span style="color: #660000;"><a href="http://beauxrevesamore.blogspot.com/2012/10/haunted-dining-room.html" target="_blank">Halloween</a></span> table to use.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoHYpyu0ayPSX2OUypFHHgLqQylmJCErXrXGna9BjLrUiSDd2cV_ar-O3vYgVDLm8eJEi3FJ-ZZnGmS61vEsDjKedyapAsWaqo80uJay0scLSZtFI4Lfe_-utnjfWb8iVMz8tL1qpr7po/s1600/IMG_6067.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoHYpyu0ayPSX2OUypFHHgLqQylmJCErXrXGna9BjLrUiSDd2cV_ar-O3vYgVDLm8eJEi3FJ-ZZnGmS61vEsDjKedyapAsWaqo80uJay0scLSZtFI4Lfe_-utnjfWb8iVMz8tL1qpr7po/s640/IMG_6067.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Now I know that I didn't invent the </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"Pumpkin as a floral vase" </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">idea but it sure is a good one.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And, since carving out pumpkins </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">is my least favorite thing to do.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">(I leave that up to Mr. Beaux every year)  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I loved the idea of using the carve-able pumpkin.  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAuW5O2UuvFfewIdVJ8qvDbWxiVDCa7TnCiDi0vk9TuCTw2JP-WogPDnZJD_c8z3vN_cU9tA4dLar-DikPn4VZO6WEsW_zsUHPY2UqRQxG2u1BWkYot90XTKJcgGDy9oGgwOSenuz7i_w/s1600/IMG_6068.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAuW5O2UuvFfewIdVJ8qvDbWxiVDCa7TnCiDi0vk9TuCTw2JP-WogPDnZJD_c8z3vN_cU9tA4dLar-DikPn4VZO6WEsW_zsUHPY2UqRQxG2u1BWkYot90XTKJcgGDy9oGgwOSenuz7i_w/s640/IMG_6068.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I just Sharpied a design around the top.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI4zIpJ_udxNCil7UEtSK2Uy3DCuY20LzWiZPBsi15WNd0OL7cLZYyHBk8cir_O8MCg0xjBi6ecKIOopPEd2ug-VAsQn365SrS3zcMJQY2cptF_7JwmvTjgvCVQa47JHme7i4xCSaEZEs/s1600/IMG_6069.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI4zIpJ_udxNCil7UEtSK2Uy3DCuY20LzWiZPBsi15WNd0OL7cLZYyHBk8cir_O8MCg0xjBi6ecKIOopPEd2ug-VAsQn365SrS3zcMJQY2cptF_7JwmvTjgvCVQa47JHme7i4xCSaEZEs/s640/IMG_6069.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And carved it out.  Ewwwwww, look at the inside!  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF2HQ18kj9CQrVZ3W_LVqGvjemw4ks3NZVAC0EsIdgBDz9jz_CAS5iqsmRFvru7gQozAn25v4OplzVsv7Oee-vCHHgsb5KHVB05m-mqkrknKGsyBsgTbOp2o-j07BxfpXVnUqIYHz145M/s1600/IMG_6070.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF2HQ18kj9CQrVZ3W_LVqGvjemw4ks3NZVAC0EsIdgBDz9jz_CAS5iqsmRFvru7gQozAn25v4OplzVsv7Oee-vCHHgsb5KHVB05m-mqkrknKGsyBsgTbOp2o-j07BxfpXVnUqIYHz145M/s640/IMG_6070.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Floral wet foam in a small plastic bowl.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I still call it Tupperware.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Do you do that?  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">When is the last time you went to a Tupperware party?  </span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-KrjfQgw0gECU1_ecqpuGy1wcqNbW9JZzu7ENWtc21dQdyWb0mmwGjEFz7KCUvblzIBmOc596xZwWSRICLyAXjb0ll462LlAneypdW3xzxjoCV8o2l8LrHOCtf4xznIoS6hOpq2jIW7k/s1600/IMG_6071.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-KrjfQgw0gECU1_ecqpuGy1wcqNbW9JZzu7ENWtc21dQdyWb0mmwGjEFz7KCUvblzIBmOc596xZwWSRICLyAXjb0ll462LlAneypdW3xzxjoCV8o2l8LrHOCtf4xznIoS6hOpq2jIW7k/s640/IMG_6071.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And arrange your flowers.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">There is no right or wrong way to arrange them.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Arranging flowers is therapeutic for me, </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">kind of like cooking without the calories.  </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And like cooking you just add and step back and look and then add some more...</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmEr29O4PQ4sUf9gVXpqpY_gZ9uzZc_CbVUxhhYM8IP_bSiawWHD87FuNVXRpvI9e5bkNNXlA0bTw7MmLjD2ot55eGn-TxeEBZeH7FX27ilzxXiGRDaJ0znw2LErO2R9n8Eq3if67oJOg/s1600/IMG_6073.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmEr29O4PQ4sUf9gVXpqpY_gZ9uzZc_CbVUxhhYM8IP_bSiawWHD87FuNVXRpvI9e5bkNNXlA0bTw7MmLjD2ot55eGn-TxeEBZeH7FX27ilzxXiGRDaJ0znw2LErO2R9n8Eq3if67oJOg/s640/IMG_6073.jpg" width="604" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I placed the pumpkin top to the side and didn't even wire it in or anything.  I like the fact that it's not perfect.  And I really like the fact that it took me just a few minutes to get a custom looking arrangement for my entry way table.</span></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw3hysRi8zT5HNobgT0WG2g-5_uG_CCyH5zwhXpCUogiHuCsG4meXK-CCK5LbRyFyXXDk3X1Sw6Mm2VXcieQrtFTPR00WthyphenhyphenvBgIj2T6QsNQshhHdObsQW6Dro5LullwBZKKdc88AEDEI/s1600/IMG_6075a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="584" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw3hysRi8zT5HNobgT0WG2g-5_uG_CCyH5zwhXpCUogiHuCsG4meXK-CCK5LbRyFyXXDk3X1Sw6Mm2VXcieQrtFTPR00WthyphenhyphenvBgIj2T6QsNQshhHdObsQW6Dro5LullwBZKKdc88AEDEI/s640/IMG_6075a.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Until Next Time,</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Beaux R'eves</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">XO Cindy</span></span></i></span><br /><br /><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span></i></span><span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Susan at<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1057618964"> </a><a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.net/">Between Naps on the Porch</a><a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/2011/12/beautiful-kitchen-renovation-welcome-to.html"></a>for Metamorphosis Monday</span></span></i></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Festive Fall Pumpkin Floral

I took a break today from my basement remodeling project  to do something fun for myself.   You ALL know how much I love fresh flowers in m...

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