Pecan & Pumpkin Pie Garland ~ Pinterest Challenge

Welcome to the November Pinterest Challenge Blog Hop, hosted by My Pinterventures. The purpose of this Pinterest Challenge is to motivate all the participants of this hop {and y’all too} to not just pin, but to make it happen! Look below for a list of past Pinterest Challenges.

Past Challenges

• January ~> Making Decorative Paper Clips
• February ~> Recycled Paper Basket
• March ~> Recycled Drawer Paint Storage
• April ~> DIY Rope Basket
• May ~> Crocheting Over Fat Yarn
• June ~> DIY Spinning Yarn Butler
• July ~> Water Color Glass
• September ~> Reversible Wood Transfer Sign
• October ~> Pom Pom Earrings or Maybe a Pendant

Now, let’s look at what I picked for this month’s challenge. Since Thanksgiving is this week, I decided to pick something from my Thanksgiving board. It was mostly food pins, but I did find this pin for Pumpkin Pie Thanksgiving Garland from Less Than Perfect Life of Bliss. I thought it would be the perfect thing to “whip up” for this coming Thursday – ha ha! Since I really love pecan pie as well, it was only fitting to add a slice to my garland. Thus the pecan & pumpkin pie garland was born!

Cutting Triangles

In the original post, felt was used for the pie slices. I didn’t have any felt in those colors, so I’m using some cotton & burlap.

She listed sizes for the pie slices in her post & I followed those measurements. Using tailor’s chalk & a quilting ruler made this much easier to do!

I thought I was saving time by stacking up everything & cutting it up all at once. However, you’re supposed to make the backing taller in the back than the front fabric. This gives you a place to glue on the crust & twine.

Oh well! I certainly wasn’t going to re-cut all the backings. I wound up with enough to make two banners!

The post called for gluing things together with a hot glue gun. I decided to do the same. Just a quick note – if you’re gluing burlap, you may want to put everything on wax paper. I may, or may not, have glued some of these to the table! : P

Time to make these look more like pie!

Pumpkin Pie

For the pumpkin pie I chose to use cotton balls for the whipped topping.

I smooshed them around a bit to get some peaks, but that didn’t really stick too well! It looked a little too peachy to me, so I brushed them with some distress ink. This should really have been done before I glued on the cotton balls!

It looks pumpkin pie-ish I suppose…

Pecan Pie

For the pecan pie, I decided to use a mix of different glitters to give it that golden touch.

Hot glue was no good for this, so I used Aleene’s Tacky Glue & a paint brush.

And then I had glitter pie! : D

It was still missing something…pecans! I cut some pecan-ish shapes out of brown felt then made some creases with a sharpie.

I glued those to the pie parts with hot glue.

Guess that’s pecan pie-ish! : P

Banner Finish

The crust piece is what helps hold the twine in place. I used strips of burlap for this.

This is where that taller back piece would have been great to have. Especially on my pumpkin pie because my whipped cream dollop was a little big!

All in all it fits right in with my rustic, eclectic mantel shelf…

Since I had enough for two, I’ll see if my mom wants one for her mantel. Check out this post, this post, & this post for more information about the other projects on the mantel.

Here’s a picture of real pecan & pumpkin pie…

I think that’s much more enticing! You can find a recipe for my pecan pie right here. Be sure to check out all the other Pinterest Challenge projects below!

To join next month’s #pinterestchallenge, click here to sign-up ⇒ December Pinterest Challenge

Now let’s see what other things Pinterest inspired! Head over and visit the other hosts to see what they crafted, cooked, built, or tried!

Erlene – My Pinterventures • Alexandra – Eye Love Knots
Joanne – Our Unschooling Journey • Laurie – My Husband Has Too Many Hobbies
Jenny – Cookies Coffee and Crafts • Kristie – Teadoodles
Beverly – Across the Boulevard • Sam – Raggedy Bits
Debra – Shoppe No. 5 • Gail – Purple Hues and Me
Chelsea – Making Manzanita • Susan – Suzer Space
Julie – Sum of their Stories • T’onna – Sew Crafty Crochet
Michelle – Our Crafty Mom • Lisa – Blogghetti
Marie – The Inspiration Vault • Kelley – Simply Inspired Meals
Debbee – Debbee’s Buzz • Shirley – Intelligent Domestications
Roseann – This Autoimmune Life • Terri – Our Good Life
Lydia – Lydia’s Flexitarian Kitchen • Emily – Domestic Deadline
Lynne – My Family Thyme • Lauren – Mom Home Guide