Winter decorating on a budget - Page 2

[SAHDS]

Easy, cheap and pretty:

Take a wire coat hanger (or equivalent) and bend it into an "O". Buy 8" of 3 good quality fabrics (print on both sides is better). Cut it into 1" strips and knot all the way around the wire frame to make a beautiful wreath. Choose a brown, a blue and one with a blue/brown print or all 3 blue/brown prints.

Cheap tapers shoved into a pretty bowl filled with sugar is nice too.

[heidirk]

come and raid my attic for all of the beautiful things I ave nowhere to display...many of them in blue and white or chades of tan and brown...

seriously.

and I can teach you how to fold stars...

and I know where you can get bittersweet.

[wendyland]

Readymade magazine's current issue had some ideas. One was to take one of those foam wreath circles & glue on a bunch of buttons, then spray it white. You could then attach a blue bow in your collow scheme.

My only other thought was hanging origami, which I'm thinking about doing.

[mommaof3boz]

We made paper chains today out of beautiful scrapbooking paper. Its not Christmas strictly, more wintery. We made the links small and about a inch thick. We went all the way around our kitchen. I love it.

[IntuitiveJamie]

I made this.
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j5...t/IMG_3427.jpg
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j5...t/IMG_3431.jpg

It was cheap b/c I had the fabric and the embroidery frames were really cheap. Total cost was about $25. It was super easy and took less than 2 hours to do. I will keep it up prob. through Feb as a winter decoration and not just strictly Xmas. I too, am in need of Winter decorating ideas. I'll prob. do some other things mentioned here, like blue and white decorating with branches and pinecones.

[doubledutch]

Originally Posted by takebirthback

I made this.
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j5...t/IMG_3427.jpg
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j5...t/IMG_3431.jpg

It was cheap b/c I had the fabric and the embroidery frames were really cheap. Total cost was about $25. It was super easy and took less than 2 hours to do. I will keep it up prob. through Feb as a winter decoration and not just strictly Xmas. I too, am in need of Winter decorating ideas. I'll prob. do some other things mentioned here, like blue and white decorating with branches and pinecones.

love it!