Pottery Barn Knock-Off Painted Pumpkin Pillow

Have you seen these beautiful painted pumpkin pillows that Pottery Barn is currently selling?  I LOVE them but have no intention of paying $40 for any pillow, no matter how gorgeous it is. 

Instead, I came up with my own version of the Pottery Barn Painted Pumpkin Pillow that will only cost you $6 plus some printer ink.  Did you notice them on the couch as part of my mini fall home tour?

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What You Will Need:

• IKEA GURLI Cushion Cover $4 ($3 if you're an IKEA Family Member)
• Photo Transfer Paper (I used this type)
  Plus: A printer, an iron, scissors and the Waterlogue app. 

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You're going to love how simple this process is.  

Select and Print Image

• First, decide on your image. You can download some free clipart or use what I've already created (I've pulled them into one PDF so that you can easily print them).
• To get the watercolor effect you will want to download the Waterlogue app on your phone or iPad and watercolorize (yes, I just made that word up) your picture. 
• At this point I usually email the picture to myself so that I can edit/print from my computer.
• Print your image on the transfer paper using the mirror setting. You can also flip the image using most image editing software.
  
• Cut out the transfer. This is important if you're not doing a full page transfer. If you don't cut it you will have a box outline around your image. 

Prepare Pillow Cover

• Turn your iron to the highest cotton setting. Do not use steam.
  
• Iron the cover until all the creases are gone.
• Place the printed image face down in the center of your pillow. 
  
• Slowly iron left to right, up and down for 60 to 90 seconds. 
• Let cool for 2 minutes.
• Slowly peel off the transfer. If the edges are peeling up, the transfer process needs to  be repeated. 
  

That's it!

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You can play around with this to get the effect you want. I used free clipart as well as a picture of my fall centerpiece on my pillows. 

This print is a photograph of my fall centerpiece! Download all the prints I used here.

This oversized print was achieved using a much smaller pillow

Is this a project that you're going to give a try? I hope you will share your results with me if you do!