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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

Christmas Craft Showcase: DIY Red & White Chevron Christmas Tree Skirt

December 9, 2013

I am so honored to be part of the All Things Home tours for a Christmas Craft Showcase!  Did you guys catch the amazing Christmas Home Tours that happened last week?  I am still blown away by their amazingly beautiful homes and Christmas décor. I LOVE this new Christmas project I get to share with […]

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Natural & Woodland Christmas tablescape

December 6, 2013

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Dollar General for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. I love to shop for holiday décor pretty much anywhere –sometimes you find the best things at the least expected places.  Like the dollar store, Dollar General to be specific.  I found some fall placemats […]

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Christmas Project gallery

December 4, 2013

Before I jump headfirst into sharing with you all of my Christmas décor this year, I thought you might want to see what I did last year.  I am seeing these projects get pinned all over Pinterest   And since I lack the ability and time to put together some extremely organized and functional DIY project […]

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Christmas Grapevine & Evergreen wreath (made with free tree cuttings!)

December 2, 2013

I am excited to kick off our Home for the Holidays series today!  I am collaborating with 4 other blog friends this week to bring you some ideas to decorate and enjoy your home for the holidays. What better place to start decorating then the front door?  I love my new, almost-free, evergreen + grapevine […]

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Easy painted Centerpiece Box with chalkboard labels (no tools required!)

November 26, 2013

Need a last minute centerpiece for your Thanksgiving table?  And want to make it to be something you can use all year long?  Then I have just the thing with this EASY, painted + distressed centerpiece with chalkboard labels so you can customize it and label it for any holiday or event. And for all […]

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Easy Crockpot Applesauce

November 13, 2013

I posted this picture to Instagram and facebook last week and many of you requested the recipe and process for how I make homemade applesauce and then make homemade crockpot apple butter too. So here is phase 1 – making homemade crockpot applesauce!   Seriously this is extremely easy and only takes a few minutes.  Your […]

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31 Days of Fall Inspiration recap

November 1, 2013

Well, it is November 1st, which means we bid farewell to yet another 31 days series.  In 2011, I did 31 days of Decorating your home on a budget, and in 2012, I did 31 days of Pinterest: Pinned to Done!  And this year we embraced fall with all kinds of decorating ideas and yummy […]

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31 Days of Fall Inspiration: Candy Corn inspired decorating

October 31, 2013

This post is part of a series – “31 days of Fall Inspiration”  You can read all the posts in this series here.  And to make sure you don’t miss anything you can sign up to have every post sent to your email or follow me on facebook. Did you know October 30th is Nation […]

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31 Days of Fall Inspiration: 20+ easy Fall banners

October 30, 2013

This post is part of a series – “31 days of Fall Inspiration”  You can read all the posts in this series here.  And to make sure you don’t miss anything you can sign up to have every post sent to your emailor follow me on facebook. I Heart Naptime has a tutorial for this […]

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31 Days of Fall Inspiration: Painted Pumpkins

October 25, 2013

This post is part of a series – “31 days of Fall Inspiration”  You can read all the posts in this series here.  And to make sure you don’t miss anything you can sign up to have every post sent to your email or follow me on facebook. I am happy to be partnering with […]

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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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