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The Frugal Homemaker

Your guide to turning your house into a home... one DIY project and yard sale find at a time

Valentine’s Day Tablescape (Valentine tablesetting)

February 13, 2013

Sharing a simple Valentine’s Day tablescape I put together the other day.  I LOVE setting a pretty table – it is so pretty and fun to me. You really just need a few things to do it too – some basic white dishes, maybe another color of dishes, some napkins (could even be paper), and […]

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Valentine’s Day Mantel {Valentine Mantel}

February 11, 2013

Excited to share my Valentine’s Mantel with you today! I really liked how it turned out.  It all started when I saw a blogger (can’t remember which one?) post about a pom-pom garland at Michael’s.  So I picked some up a few weeks ago – $2.99 each but I had a 20% off your entire […]

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Winter White Valentine’s wreath

February 4, 2013

I have a confession.  My front door has been naked since Christmas.   Very sad and I just couldn’t take it anymore.  He needed some adorning and fast! I wanted to do a Valentine’s wreath but I have one problem – my front door is burgundy.  And most Valentine’s wreath are RED.  Red and burgundy – […]

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P52: True Love

February 16, 2012

I am participating in a project over at My 3 Boybarians called Project52 (P52)  which stands for “1 photo each week for a year.”  There is an assigned theme each week and I try to take the best photo I can related to that theme.  Here is my attempt this week… So it’s Valentine’s week […]

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Homemade Valentine treat: Oreo truffles

February 13, 2012

So you know what tomorrow is, right?  The worst day to buy cards, chocolate or roses   They will be at their all time HIGHEST price in the whole year (not to mention the long lines.) To save you from over-priced chocolates (that were probably made in a factory somewhere while your Christmas tree was […]

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Valentine’s printables

January 30, 2012

So you know I love free printables that you can use as art! I did a whole post on how to use free printables as art in my series – 31 days to decorate your home on a budget. I showed you the fun printable that I have on my Valentine’s mantel. You can print […]

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LOVE… is in the air and on the mantel {Valentine’s Mantel}

January 24, 2012

Ok, so yesterday I sort of confessed I was having the winter blues.  Well, you know what I found the cure! Scrub your bathroom literally from ceiling to baseboards for 3-4 hours till it is sparkling clean (you know so clean that it makes you open the door again and look in and smile cause […]

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Hi!  My name is Christina . . .

I love doing simple, frugal things to make our house feel like HOME! Come learn along with me how to have a beautiful home on a budget.

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