Velvet Pumpkins

Look at these pumpkins!  They are GORGEOUS!  I saw them on the Pioneer Woman's blog and immediately fell in love.  She had them as one of her giveaways and since there's in a snowball's chance in Bermuda of me ever winning one of those giveaways I just went ahead and bought some myself.  And boy was it worth it.

The colors are so vibrant.  The velvet so plush and soft.

They are filled with rice so they are heavy enough to stand up but not too heavy to store or display.

One of the things I love the most is that they have real pumpkin and gourd stems.  They're not plastic, they're not fake, they are real pumpkin stems.  I wouldn't suggest holding them the stems or picking them up by the stems, but I did do this with one (for experiments sake of course.  It is my job to inform the public.  I will not volunteer to be one of those people who tries to break their iphone so they can blog about it though.  Why yes if you drop your phone from a five story building it will shatter).  And I can tell you that those stems do not move at all.  I don't know how they anchor them but they are in there securely.

See how the stems are seated in there?  I greatly appreciate how the velvet is gathered and creates the ridges on the pumpkins, just like you would see on real pumpkins.

I purchased the fall colors mix and it's pretty nice that the pumpkins match some of the leaves that I'm seeing.

Ah they make me smile :)

I will definitely be purchasing more from this company.  They're called "Love Feast Shop" at shop.lovefeasttable.com.  They aren't cheap, though.  They also aren't super large.  The package I got came with 6 pumpkins (shown above) and they all are sitting on a cake platter in this picture.  The largest pumpkin in this bunch has two 6", one 5", two 4", and one little bitty 2" pumpkin.  You can buy ones up to 10" and 17" large but they do get pricier the bigger they get.  But they are velvet and very good quality.  I would personally feel comfortable displaying them in the front room or even in our hutch.  They also go well in a family room too.
I know I've rambled on and on about pumpkins but I was very excited about them and wanted to share them with you so you could be excited too :)