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...of Creative
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Creatively Frugal Fall Decorating
How do you get that festive fall look around your home
without spending a fortune?
"Here are three of my favorites:
1) I frequently use strings of tiny white Christmas lights around my
front door interspersed with autumn leaves, pumpkins, gourds and other
autumnal decorations.
Rather than giving the house a 'spooky' look, the tiny white lights
brighten up the decor and make the front door into a welcoming
entryway. Rather than using candles to light your carved pumpkin,
thread white Christmas lights into holes carved or drilled into the
back of the pumpkin.
2) Line a festive walkway with luminarias made out of pumpkins or
carved gourds.
3) After cleaning out the interior of a pumpkin, you can use drill
bits of different sizes to make dots and circles, arranging them in
festive designs all over the pumpkins (abstract patterns, bunches of
grapes, faces, etc.).
Consider using carved pumpkins or gourds as autumn centerpieces on
your holiday table.
Simply Yours,
Debi Taylor-Hough
--Author, 'Frozen Assets,' 'A Simple Choice,' and 'Frugal Living For
Dummies'
--Editor, Simple Times and Bright-Kids email newsletters
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I'm not much into seasonal decorating
either, but a few things really do perk up the house. When you have
children in preschool/ kindergarten, you know art will flow in the door!
Mine are now teenagers, but there is some of their art that's still
working at our house! Also Dollar Tree and Dollar General have very
inexpensive knick knacks." ~ Cynthia
"I grow pumpkins, squash, mini
pumpkins, gourds in my garden every year. That gives me a head start on
fall decorating. I have found fall leaves garlands and individual leaves
at the dollar store. I go through my vases, flowerpots, teapots, bowls
and get out the ones with fall colors. I also collect acorns outside.
I line the shelves of my china cabinet with the garlands and then set in
the pottery pieces. I add the garden produce and then sprinkle the
fall leaves and acorns around. In the summer I frequent
garage and tag sales. I get my pottery pieces there cheaply. None of
this costs a lot but the end result is beautiful." ~ Anonymous
Editor's Note: Thanks to everyone who took the time to share
his or her ideas!
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