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Funky Pilgrim Silhouette Vases for Thanksgiving

November 7, 2014 by Bre 16 Comments

Okay, you might think this project is weird.  And that’s OK, because yeah, it’s kind of weird.

See, I know that Pilgrims are such an important part of Thanksgiving, but I find them kind of stodgy and boring.  That’s why I decided to make these funky Pilgrim silhouette vases for Thanksgiving! My Pilgrim friends are now fashionable with a diamond necklace and a feathered cap!  They’re ready to P-A-R-T-A-Y!FUnky Pilgrims Vases for Thanksgiving

I cannot emphasize how easy these little fellers were to put together. All I used in the way of supplies were:

  • Glass cylinder vases
  • Black scrapbook paper
  • Pencil
  • Scissors
  • Spray Adhesive
  • Rhinestones
  • Glue
  • Pilgrim silhouette outlines from The Lady Wolf

Alright, so I got these awesome Pilgrim silhouettes from another blogger, The Lady Wolf.  She has them for free on her site, so please visit her if you’d like to download a copy.  I downloaded them and found they were an .svg file, which is a file type I don’t know how to use.  Thus, I “printed” the file to a PDF.  Then, I copied and pasted each Pilgrim into a Word document as an image.  I resized the image to fit my cylinder vases and printed out my paper.  Vases - Printed Silhouettes
Next, I cut out the silhouettes and traced them on to black cardstock. Vases - Trace Silhouettes
After I cut out my Pilgrims, I sprayed the backs of each with spray adhesive. Then I carefully stuck each to the front of a vase. Vases - Spray Adhesive
Next, I cut a tiny feather out of some colored scrapbook paper, and I glued that to my male Pilgrim’s hat. I then glued some rhinestones around my female Pilgrim’s neck so that she could have some bling bling. Vases - embellish
These Pilgrims have style, don’t you think?!?
Vase - Female Pilgrim Closeup I popped them up on my mantel with some faux gourds inside and I just know they’re as happy as the Pilgrims were when Squanto helped them learn how to farm all those delicious pantry staples to get them through the winter.  Vase - Male Pilgrim Closeup
Vase - full mantel

Party like a Pilgrim, y’all!

– Bre

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  1. Amy | Club Narwhal says

    November 11, 2014 at 8:54 am

    I smiled the second I saw these! What a fun and whimsical update to classic silhouettes 🙂

    Reply
    • Bre says

      November 11, 2014 at 11:01 am

      Hi, Amy – thank you so much! BTW, congrats on joining such an awesome link party, too! Have a wonderful day!

  2. Ginger says

    November 12, 2014 at 8:05 pm

    Pilgrims with bling – love it. Thanks for linking up at Show Me Saturday. Hope to see you there again this week!

    Reply
    • Bre says

      November 13, 2014 at 9:34 am

      Ha – thanks, Ginger! They are sort of weird . . . but that’s OK sometimes I guess! Have a great day!

  3. Emily says

    November 13, 2014 at 12:42 pm

    These are super cute! Thanks for sharing with us at Your Designs This Time!

    Emily & Erin

    Reply
    • Bre says

      November 14, 2014 at 1:37 pm

      Hi, Emily & Erin! Thank you! Love sharing at your party each week. Thanks and hope you have a wonderful weekend!

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