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Dried Floral Tiered Pumpkin Centerpiece (Wedding Cake Inspired!)

September 28, 2016 by Cassie 31 Comments

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Hi guys!  Today I am back with my Creative DIY team of Brenda, Susan, and Cristina and we are bringing you 4 pretty pumpkin projects, including my dried floral tiered pumpkin centerpiece. 4 Pretty DIY Pumpkin Projects for FallI am really drawn to pumpkins and gourds just as they are in their natural beauty and I wanted to keep my fall decor on the more natural side this year, using things that I had in my yard or on hand. So when the Creative DIY Team chose to do a pumpkin project this month, I was quite honestly stumped at first.  What could I do with already beautiful pumpkins in muted colors?

Pretty Tiered Dried Floral Pumpkin Centerpiece- Perfect for a Fall Wedding!

Well, I’ve ben drying flowers from my own yard as well as some roses that were sent to me by my brother and his wife. Sorry, no rue that I could find.)  I decided to put the two together and draw inspiration from floral wedding cakes.  Because it’s so lovely being able to work outside in the fall and I wanted to use the final product on my porch table, I worked right there. I already had a few pumpkins on hand from my fall porch, and just grabbed a few of those in a mix of colors and sizes.  Additionally, I gathered my bucket of flowers that I had dried by hanging upside down, scissors, and my hot glue gun.  My florals included roses from my garden as well as the gifted ones, lavender and peonies from my garden, and rue from the garden.  I had experimented with drying the rue, and I loved the green spray of little balls it created.  ( (FYI you can also find dried roses here, dried lavender here, and green eucalyptus here.  Sorry, no rue that I could find.) Rue is supposedly a good insect repellant so we planted it near our roses.  I can’t say that it kept the Japanese beetles away this year though. 😉Floral Pumpkin Centerpiece SuppliesI placed the largest pumpkin which had very little stem on the bottom and stacked a small cinderella pumpkin on top.  I snapped the stem from the cinderella pumpkin so another gourd could rest there.stacked-pumpkins-starting-processNext I added a little mini white pumpkin to the top, and kept its stem in place.Stacked PumpkinsI then started hot gluing my rue in place, just a few sprays, and keeping the floral design to one side of the display.Dried RueThe rue was the base layer, and I knew the flowers would cover where I had glued its stem in place.  After I added all of my rue, I began adding roses (the red ones from the garden) to my pumpkins.Roses and Rue on PumpkinsTo the top of the pumpkin display, I added a little stem of lavender just to bring in that nice purple color for fall.  I always love plums and eggplant in the fall!dried-roses-lavender-on-fall-pumpkin-centerpieceNext, I cut just the lovely coral-pink buds off the arrangement that was a gift.  I arranged them in a cascading manner down the sides of the pumpkins.Cascading dried roses on Pumpkin Fall Centerpiece

cascading dried flowers on pumpkin displayAs you can see I also used some of the dried rose leaves and glued them into the arrangement to add another element of greenery.  I even added a little rose leaf to the mini pumpkin at the top.Natural Fall Centerpiece DisplayAfter I created this natural fall display, I changed up the porch table, using this as the new centerpiece.  tiered-pumpkin-dried-floral-fall-centerpieceEmmy is hoping to have a couple of friends over for breakfast on the porch this weekend if weather permits, and I think the girls will like this fun and feminine pumpkin display.  And I personally love being able to create with natural elements!

Now head on over to checkout the other ladies’ pretty pumpkin projects!

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I will see you here tomorrow for some Thrift Score Thursday action!

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  1. laura janning says

    September 28, 2016 at 5:40 am

    cassie, i love how this looks. the mix of the pumpkins and the dried florals is a nice change and will last longer then fresh flowers.

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    • Cassie says

      October 3, 2016 at 4:38 pm

      thank you so much, laura!

      Reply
  2. [email protected] says

    September 28, 2016 at 7:38 am

    Cassie, you just outdid yourself with this one! It’s so so pretty and different!

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    • Cassie says

      October 3, 2016 at 4:37 pm

      aaaaw, thank you so much!

      Reply
  3. Ariel says

    September 28, 2016 at 8:41 am

    I love the shades in the flowers! Such beautiful colours.

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    • Cassie says

      October 3, 2016 at 4:37 pm

      thank you so much, ariel!

      Reply
  4. Brenda Kula-Pruitt says

    September 28, 2016 at 9:59 am

    Cassie, it’s simply beautiful! You’ve made Mother Nature proud.
    Brenda

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    • Cassie says

      October 3, 2016 at 4:37 pm

      thank you so much, brenda! i hope so!

      Reply
  5. Emy says

    September 28, 2016 at 10:19 am

    It’s beautiful, Cassie! The dried flowers are so pretty. I hope the weather stays nice for Emmy!

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    • Cassie says

      October 3, 2016 at 4:36 pm

      thank you so much!!!

      Reply
  6. susan says

    September 28, 2016 at 10:41 am

    Cassie, I love what you did. So soft and pretty and I love the addition of the doily underneath!!

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    • Cassie says

      October 3, 2016 at 4:36 pm

      thank you so much, susan!

      Reply
  7. Cristina says

    September 28, 2016 at 10:54 am

    SO Pretty!! The dried cascading flowers are such a romantic touch! <3

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    • Cassie says

      October 3, 2016 at 4:35 pm

      thank you so much, cristina!

      Reply
  8. Jessica | Petal + Ply says

    September 28, 2016 at 12:20 pm

    gorgeous, lady!!! exactly the type of fall decor I could see in my house!

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    • Cassie says

      October 3, 2016 at 4:34 pm

      thank you, jessica!

      Reply
  9. Vel says

    September 28, 2016 at 3:13 pm

    Love this super cute trio you did Cassie! Perfect!

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    • Cassie says

      October 3, 2016 at 4:34 pm

      thank you, vel!

      Reply
  10. Stephanie @ Casa Watkins Living says

    September 28, 2016 at 4:34 pm

    Absolutely beautiful Cassie!! The dried flowers were the perfect additions and makes it so romantic!

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    • Cassie says

      October 3, 2016 at 4:34 pm

      thank you, stephanie!

      Reply
  11. Kirby says

    September 29, 2016 at 5:42 am

    Pretty!

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    • Cassie says

      October 3, 2016 at 4:32 pm

      thank you!

      Reply
  12. Shelley | Crazy Wonderful says

    September 30, 2016 at 7:38 am

    How cool is that?!!! I love how your creative mind works.

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    • Cassie says

      October 3, 2016 at 4:25 pm

      aaaw, right back at ya!

      Reply
  13. Brynne | The Gathered Home says

    September 30, 2016 at 10:22 am

    Beautiful! You are so creative! I love this!

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    • Cassie says

      October 3, 2016 at 2:42 pm

      thank you, brynne!

      Reply
  14. Naomi S says

    October 18, 2016 at 9:50 pm

    Very pretty, Cassie, and unique with the not-orange pumpkins and the botanicals.

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    • Cassie says

      October 19, 2016 at 7:17 am

      thank you so much, naomi!

      Reply

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