Velvet And Chinoiserie Pumpkin Centerpiece

Velvet pumpkins and Chinoiserie are a combination made in fall heaven. They both evoke a feeling of luxury and refinement. They make such a beautiful statement, especially together! I’m adding hues of browns and sable with the blue and white for a muted, soft fall arrangement. I’ll show you how easy it is to create one fabulous centerpiece for fall!

Here’s my velvet and chinoiserie pumpkin arrangement…

If you don’t care to use orange in your fall decor there are so many options these days that will certainly give you an amazing fall look without the saturated color. And there are so many gorgeous silk velvet HOT SQWASH pumpkins at LoveFeast Shop.

I happen to adore orange and all the fall colors but this fall I’m in love with the color combo of blue and white and browns.

It’s really all about how you mix colors. This centerpiece would have looked much different if I used lots of white with some blue and just a tad of brown.

But I wanted to show off the gorgeous colors of acorns and pinecones and all those beautiful sable colors I see in the fields around StoneGable.

The centerpiece was really quite easy to put together. Let me give you a few tips so you can make one for yourself.

I wanted this centerpiece to have a brambly look. Fall is a great season to do “brambly”!

I started off with a large white cake pedestal. I collect them so I chose the largest one I had.

Then I laid down a nice layer of crinkly brown paper. This makes a nice base for whatever you put on top of it and also give the centerpiece a nice “loose” look.

Depending on the colors in your arrangement you can also use…

  • moss
  • Spanish moss
  • straw
  • other colored crinkle paper
  • feather boa

Underneath all the pumpkins I used pinecones (the long skinny kind) as a riser. Pinecones make great filler in arrangements of any kind! I keep a big box of them just for this use.

The next thing added to the centerpiece was the big 8″ pumpkin in denim. It came from the blue velvet pumpkin set HERE. The velvet pumpkins are quite heavy and full and stayed wherever I put them in the arrangement.

To expand the base I wedged a few long pinecones under the blue velvet pumpkin. These pinecones help to balance the other pumpkins I added to the arrangement.

Then I worked around the base and added velvet, chinoiserie and white pumpkins along with more pinecones.

I made the chinoiserie pumpkins and will have a diy post about them later this week.

Once the pumpkins and pinecones were in place I added more brown crinkle paper and “fluff”. I have clear plastic boxes full of different fall “fluff”. I used pinecones and brown leaves and acorns and other fall bits and pieces.

These little fall accents work to fill in the gaps and give that brambly look I love so much!

Here are other some things you can add to an arrangement to fill it in…

  • berries
  • leaves
  • acorns
  • tiny pinecones
  • bleached pinecones/ painted pinecones
  • deer sheds
  • flowers
  • seeded eucalyptus
  • feathers
  • magnolia leaves (these look great with pinecones)
  • bittersweet
  • cat o nine tails
  • dried hydrangeas
  • fairy lights
  • small moss or willow balls

The finishing touch was the large 10-inch pumpkin in Latte velvet with Ginger feathers beside the arrangement. I think the plummed feathers are magnificent! They are over-the-top luxurious!

Spilling elements of any arrangement next to it makes your centerpiece look extra special! Your eye will travel across the arrangement and then down on the horizontal surface you have it on. And our mind thinks this is so pleasing!

I buddied up a chinoiserie pumpkin and another tiny blue velvet pumpkin with the large velvet pumpkin. And added brambles, acorns and pods.

You can see the large velvet collared pumpkin and all the color choices HERE.

What colors are you using this fall in your fall decor?

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I hope I’ve inspired you today to create your own brambly fall centerpiece! And my blogging friends will give you even more inspiration below!

Please take a look at all the beautiful velvet pumpkin inspiration below.


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96 Comments

  1. You are AH-H-H-MAZING! Everything you create is stunning!! Enjoy your blog so much! Over the top talented! Thank you for sharing your artful creations and knowledge.

  2. Looks just like the Chinoiserie pumpkins that I made a few weeks ago!

  3. CHINOISSERIE ????!!!
    Count me in!!! Can’t wai for your tutorial!!!

  4. The Velvet Pumpkin Large Set with Feathers – Coastal is one I really like.

  5. Nancy A Reffle says:

    Yvonne, this centerpiece is absolutely stunning!!!

  6. Rita C at Panoply says:

    Yvonne, yours is an outstanding display!

  7. Yvonne, this is just fabulous! You are so creative and gifted . I can’t wait to see what you do for Christmas decorations. Please do your Christmas table settings and decor early enough so we can buy what we need to copy your amazing examples. I can’t wait to see.

  8. I love the Whattley tray. Love the uses as it can be functional for carrying or decorative. It would reflect up too encouraging the beauty of what is on it.

  9. Love your “brambly” centerpiece. Great word and a great centerpiece. I can’t wait for your tutorial on how to make the chinoiserie pumpkins!

  10. Oh, to be able to share a talent as lovely as yours.

  11. classic casual home says:

    Yvonne, simply spectacular! Love how you break it down with a list of Fall elements, too.
    Thank you.
    Mary Ann

  12. Your arrangement is lovely, Yvonne! I will be anxious to read the tutorial later this week.

  13. Love the velvet pumpkin trio set in blue!

  14. Theresa at Winterberry Lane says:

    Thanks for sharing your talents Yvonne. I enjoy reading your Blog everyday. I love the mix of design, material and texture in your centerpiece. Fall is the most wonderful time of the year ?????

  15. Oh, Yvonne, you have outdone yourself! This is my all time favorite fall centerpiece. I do love the oranges of fall, but the softness of these colors together, along with all of the brown filler is stunning.

  16. Laura Harrie says:

    Such a stunning display, love all the beautiful pumpkins!

  17. Lory at Designthusiasm says:

    Yvonne, I just love the browns with the denim blue! So rich and pretty!! What a lovely centerpiece!!

    1. Lory, I was just ooooohing and awwwwwwing over your gorgeous arrangement too!

  18. Yvonne, this centerpiece is a masterpiece! It is so stunning, I love it all!! Angelina @ Petite Haus

  19. Oh Yvonne, this turned out so beautiful! I love it all and the mix is simply perfection! You always amaze me! Thank you for organizing the tour! 🙂

  20. Yvonne- Your centerpiece creation is soooo stunning! I love everything about it!!! I make my own velvet pumpkins, adding to the collection every year. I save pumpkin stems , let them dry out really well and then use them as the stems for my creations. You are so creative and talented, I love reading your blog. Thank you for sharing with us!!!!

  21. Beautiful centerpiece, love the organic elements and of course the pumpkins.

  22. Wow. Wow. Wow. Your displays are fabulous!

  23. Brenda zinck says:

    I just started looking at centerpieces for my thanksgiving table. I think I just found my idea. Thank you for the ideas!!!

    1. Hi Brenda, you are welcome. This would make an incredible centerpiece!

  24. Yvonne, you are so creative! I am always inspired to decorate and sew after viewing your emails. I love using velvet for the fall and winter seasons.

  25. Yvonne, this is gorgeous! I always love your styling tips and you have the best tablescapes. Thanks for having me on this tour with you!
    Hugs, Jamie

  26. Anne Adie says:

    So in love with these colors!!♡♡♡♡

  27. Cecilia from Georgia says:

    This post is just what I needed to start my week off!! So elegant and something achievable with minimal difficulty. Yvonne, your centerpiece is absolutely the prettiest in the group.

  28. Julie Briones says:

    You are crazy amazing! Talk about gorgeous, in so many ways! Love the blue and orange together… and those pumpkins to created… WOW! Can’t wait to see the tutorial! Of course, you know what I would LOVE… the trio in Lagoon/Bone/Ivory…. There are TWO *neutrals* in the set… i’m doing better! 😉

  29. Looking forward to tutorial!

  30. Absolutely the most beautiful Fall centerpiece I’ve ever seen! You are amazing.

  31. I love the Heavenly Silk Throw, so pretty!

  32. Your ability to create such beauty always amazes me. You are so blessed with such a gift!

  33. Crystal Abel says:

    Gorgeous! I love Fall so much. Thanks for this post. I also love the Le Gateaux Closure on their website.

  34. Mary Anne says:

    Beautiful, I love fall and pumpkins!

  35. Yvonne. I absolutely love love the wide breadth of this masterpiece you have created. And it is a masterpiece. You never cease to amaze me and who would have thought-feathers. Luxurious is right. Thank you for inspiring me. I’m off to find stuff,

  36. Kay Kulokoski says:

    I just adore that gorgeous blue and white pumpkin. I have a few vases like this but the pumpkin would
    Really make my holiday tabletop sing. ..
    .

  37. Mary Beth says:

    Your display is absolutely gorgeous, Yvonne!

  38. Thanks for the awesome giveaway opportunity. I love your centerpiece.

  39. Wow, I love this centerpiece. This is absolutely gorgeous. I can see this beauty sitting on my island or dinningroom table.

  40. Christine Mills says:

    I didn’t like velvet pumpkins until I saw your arrangements. Now I want some.

  41. Candy Long says:

    Love your ideas, and the velvet pumpkins are gorgeous and easy to store!

  42. The velvet pumpkins are gorgeous and your centerpiece is wonderful. So much talent.

  43. Gorgeous centerpiece, plan to duplicate your idea. The velvet pumpkins are beautiful now thru November! Thanks for the tips!

  44. Love your vignette & thanks for the giveaway!! 🙂

  45. Angie Chadwick says:

    Beautiful Yvonne. This has to be my favourite arrangement that I have seen you create. Sadly it is Spring in Australia, but I am greatly inspired for our Autumn in March!

  46. Definitely a beautiful arrangement. Sadly, it is not affordable for the majority of people.

    1. Make them something to collect over the years. I’ve been collecting for several years now.

  47. Shirley@Housepitality Designs says:

    So very beautiful Yvonne…I remember covering my glass pumpkin (the ones you used to get at Dunkin Donut filled with Munchkins) with beautiful chinoiserie paper…it truly made me smile!…and your arrangement is doing just that!!!

  48. Denise Carlson says:

    Yes, yes, yes, I live in mn. I see a road trip in my future! What a beautiful shop. can you ever have enough pumpkins? Please enter me into the drawing.
    Thanks, Denise

  49. Deborah Grizzard says:

    Beautiful!!! Thank you for sharing.

  50. What fun it was clicking through to see those gorgeous pumpkins and other treats – the taupe cashmere pumpkins were the ones that made my heart race <3

  51. Katherines Corner says:

    Oh my goodness! Of course, your arrangement is stunning! Yvonne you are so talented. Thank you so much for the giveaway opportunity. I hope you’ll enter my new giveaway next week. Also would love to have you sharing at the Thursday Favorite Things link party again soon. Hugs!
    P.S. there wasn’t a place on the entry form to identify who wrote what we love from lovefeast, but I did write it in the entry box anyway

  52. This is a beautiful arrangement using velvet pumpkins, and the chinoiserie pumpkins that you created are sooo pretty! Looking forward to the tutorial, thanks for the discount code and the giveaway.
    Pat

  53. Such a stunning arrangement! Perfect combination of colors and textures. Blue velvet, yum! Yvonne, you inspired me to create a couple of arrangements in my home. Your “formula” works. The crinkly paper and pine cones are such a great suggestion.

    1. I’m glad Shai! Its been a good “formula” and works for me every time. Send me a picture!

  54. LOVE the arrangement with the colors and textures. I pretty much copy anything from your home to mine. Thanks for the ideas!!!!!

  55. love the blue pumpkins everything is beautiful combined together.

  56. Fall is so magical! The pumpkin arrangement is so pretty, can’t wait to get some pumpkins in theSe colors. As always Yvonne you truly inspire! Thank you for the discount code and giveaway opportunity!

  57. I’d like to try the Mezcal Roja Eau de Parfum.

  58. Hi…Love the velvet pumpkins. Where can I find directions on how to make them. Thanks. Susan

    1. These are such good quality silk velvet pumpkins. They would be hard to duplicate. I got these from lovefeastshop.com

  59. The Indigo Velvet Pillow with PomPom is very nice.

  60. Cynthia Miller says:

    I love the pumpkins in the blue bowl, so pretty

  61. Esther Dill says:

    Hello Yvonne,
    Love, Love, Love this arrangement. Your arrangement last year using traditional fall colors was so beautiful that it inspired me to purchase the pumpkins and a beautiful (not as beautiful as yours) blue pedestal bowl.
    I did not think I would ever see another arrangement as beautiful, but yours this year is just as beautiful.( It make some swoon.) I am now on the mission to duplicate it. I have never used a lot of blue in my home, but have started adding blue accents in my decor. So your arrangement is perfect. Thanks so much for sharing your beautiful God given gift of decorating to those of us who need to be inspired. You are truly an artist.
    Esther

  62. Forgot to ask……… when are you sharing the tutorial on the chinoiserie pumpkins????

    Thanks,

    Esther

  63. The Velvet Strawberry – Guava would look so nice in a fall table arrangement.

  64. Ginny Ricci says:

    Beautiful autumn decor ideas!

  65. Ginny Ricci says:

    Love the velvet pumpkins…plush & lovely!

  66. Sheila Gunderson says:

    Incredible Yvonne!

  67. Absolutely lovely… <3

  68. Please tell me i havent missed your tutorial!! I have been looking !!!

  69. I love this display, so beautiful. I love the linen napkins.
    Marilyn

  70. Love the 6″ Truffle Velvet Mushroom!

  71. I love the velvet pumpkins

  72. Janet Squire says:

    BEST post EVER!!! Love everything about these pictures.

  73. Holly Crowe says:

    Love velvet pumpkins and all the ideas!

  74. Sherilyn Jennings says:

    I am loving the blue, white and brown. When I started getting my fall decorations out it seemed a little drab to me. I’m definitely going to add some different colors this year!

  75. Michelle Schmidt says:

    I would love to find a similar blue and white pedestal centerpiece like the one you used in the first velvet pumpkin display with the orange pumpkins. Do you know where it came from?

  76. Denise Hackman says:

    The whole centerpiece is exquisite! Love the blue velvet!

  77. Tammy Larsen says:

    I love the Brambly tablescape. Isn’t fall the most luxurious time to decorate? Sweet little velvet pumpkins…

  78. I love your site and your posts. Unfortunately the discount listed did not apply due to it having expired in 2018 when I tried to purchase velvet pumpkins, bummer.

    1. Yes, Look for a new velvet pumpkin giveaway coming this fall! I said this was an archived post… aka older post.

  79. These photos take my breath away. I love all the pumpkins. Cannot wait to visit the Lovefeast website. I love the use of blue. My living room decor is based on oranges and terracotta. The blue is a great accent color. Thanks for sharing.

  80. Julia G Crow says:

    Oh my goodness! What gorgeous pumpkins! And so creatively arranged! Thank you for sharing! I am looking forward to “copying” several of those ideas!

    1. Hi Julie, I’m thrilled you are finding fall inspiration here at StoneGable! Yay!

  81. Hi!
    Getting ready to put FALL inside our home.
    Love decorating with my pumpkin collection.
    Would appreciate a copy of your free printable of the single large pumpkin so I can frame it.
    You always inspire me to do try different looks throughout our home.
    Thank you so much.
    Hope that printable is still available?