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Decorating for the Holidays When Short on Time & Money
Lucky you if you live in the north (of the US). Lucky all of usthat nature is plentiful in providing free supplies fordecorating our homes for Thanksgiving no matter where we live.Even in South Texas at this time of year I can wander outsideand clip off some branches from my yellow-berried pyracantha (Iplanted some with yellow berries as well as red just for thisoccasion), and grab a handful of at least brown leaves. If you live in the north and can garner pine cones, seed pods,pine branches and fallen leaves in all their glorious colors,use these as the basis for your color scheme.I’m also lucky to have a garden full of chrysanthemums in bloomready to be put around in vases in the house. Since they’reperennials (down here), I can always count on having them comeback this time of year. Check your yard and garden for blooms in keeping with your colorscheme (and next year, consider planting accordingly). You alsohave an array of decorating materials available in the producedepartment of your grocery. All those squashes lend themselvesbeautifully to the fall color scheme. It’s nature’s way. Go forit! Arrange some greenery branches across the mantle and placefruits and vegetables around and there you have it. We’recelebrating the harvest, after all. Now here’s the trick. We have two major celebrations coming up:Thanksgiving and then Christmas. Here at my house I need to makea quick transition and I’m short on time, like everyone else.I’m having guests for Thanksgiving, but then my grandchildrenwill be coming here the Friday after. I’m giving a ChristmasCookie Baking Party for Kids on Friday, and will need to switchrapidly from Thanksgiving to Christmas, so I’ve planned mydecorating accordingly. I’ll be using only greens, yellows, golds and whites forThanksgiving. Then, for instance, I can remove the white, greenand yellow gourds and squashes from the greenery on the mantle,add some white lights and gold stars, gold jingle bells, andgold ornaments and I’m set to go.The white, yellow and gold candles and tealights forThanksgiving can remain. See how easy it can be!Cheap tip for a real glow? Buy a fair-sized mirror, place it onyour dining room table, buffet or mantel and cover it with tealights. Beautiful!You could achieve this same easy transition keeping green andbrown for basic background and using accents of burgundy andrust. This is a more subtle look for Christmas than the brightprimary red, but it works just as well.Also make some trips to your local Goodwill and Thrift Storesand visit some garage sales. People give away the most amazingholiday decorations that can be yours for pennies. I’ve foundeverything – hand towels, wreaths, pillows, stuffed animals,wall pictures, water globes and statuettes. Since they’re usedonly for a short time, you hate to spend too much on them.And here’s a neat tip. My Goodwill store has a selection of lampshades and I have the lamps, don’t you? You can change out yourlampshades to fit your decorating scheme. Did you ever think ofthat? It only takes a minute. Just make sure before you go thatyou know which kind of lampshades you have, and match them. Oh and don’t forget to check out the picture frames at theresale shop. You could move a favorite photo to a holiday frameand place that up on the mantel as well. In fact if you don’t already have some great holiday photos,take some this year. I have a great photo of my grand-daughtersitting with a pumpkin I move to a central location atThanksgiving, and then a collage of my own children at formerChristmases I bring out in December. I bought an ugly print at agarage sale that had a beautiful forest green frame, threw awaythe print and substituted with the collage. It’s such a dearreminder. And while you’re decorating, don’t forget yourself! Most thriftstores set up displays of holiday apparel you’ll want to takeadvantage of for you and the kids. Some planning ahead can helpyou save time and money and still allow for a festivelydecorated home for the holidays.
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