I love decorating for the holidays. No, I mean I really love it. Last year we had 3 trees, and an entire room dedicated to a train set and christmas village*. I. Love. It. But, as you all know, I am a frugal soul (and if you don’t, welcome to my blog, you must be… Keep Reading
Readers Suggestions: Frugal Thanksgiving Decorating Ideas
Debbie sent this to me on Wednesday for inclusion in the Frugal Thanksgiving Mini Series-Decorating and Crafts. I am so sorry I am only getting it posted today-Mea Culpa!! She ends her fabulous ideas by saying “I’m sure everyone already does many of these things”. . . well Debbie, I have to tell you many… Keep Reading
Best Thanksgiving Crafts and Decorations (Frugal Thanksgiving Mini Series)
Welcome to the third day of the Frugal Thanksgiving Mini Series! So far we have shared some of our best frugal Thanksgiving Side Dishes and our Desserts (and don’t worry, if you didn’t have a chance to link your side dish or dessert the Mr. Linky will be open all week). Today we are looking… Keep Reading
Halloween Traditions-Trick ‘o Treating and Pumpkin Carving
I’m one of those people who just loves traditions. We have traditions for Christmas, Birthdays, Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, Labor Day and yes, Halloween*! For Halloween, it’s all about the trick ‘o treating (of course) and the Jack ‘o Lantern. For Trick O Treating, we go simple. We set a pattern the first Halloween in… Keep Reading
Free Halloween Printables
You know, I have a girlfriend who SWEARS I’m Martha Stewart. Really, I’m not. I mean yes, I do have a few more “Martha” habits, like baking bread, and making preserves. I even come up with some great and useful tips from time to time. But I don’t have that eye (and unlimited budget) for… Keep Reading
Organization-Making Attractive and Frugal Curtains and Storage Boxes
Hi, my name is Jenn, and I’m a packrat. (all together now- “Hi Jenn”) Seriously though, I have stuff. Lots of stuff. And some of it is actually stuff that I need. So where do you put all the stuff? We are unusually blessed because although our house was built in 1890, it is very… Keep Reading
Painting Wicker-A Frugal Fix It Up
My mom gave me some wicker furniture that had been on her sun porch when we moved into our new place. Unfortunately from a distance the off white color totally disappeared next to our white siding and white porch, and up close it just looked dingy. Enter spray paint! Meredith extolls the wonder of spray… Keep Reading
Quick, Easy and Inexpensive Mantle Decoration-With Easter Variation
When we bought the new house I got a lovely new double mantle to decorate! Trouble is, I don’t already own anything appropriate for decorating it. And I didn’t want to spend a ton of money on “mantle decorations” So I kept my eyes open for a few weeks. Finally I found the following items… Keep Reading
Etched Glass Nativity
For those of you who don’t read Scribbit (and shame on you, you should!) she has a tutorial for making a really classy etched glass Nativity today. And she swears that it is easy (not super quick, but easy) Go Check out!
Birthday Decorating on a Dime.
Princess is 5 today! Her birthday party for her little preschool friends is on Saturday. All the kids attending are between the ages of 3 and 5. Honestly, Princess doesn’t really CARE what the theme of her party is. She doesn’t care how much money I spent on decorations. She specifically wanted a Barbie cake… Keep Reading
