Funky Pilgrim Silhouette Vases for Thanksgiving

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!

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.  
Next, I cut out the silhouettes and traced them on to black cardstock.
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.
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.
These Pilgrims have style, don’t you think?!?
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.  

Party like a Pilgrim, y’all!

– Bre

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