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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

DIY Burlap + Lace Stockings

December 7, 2012

I am back to share another post in our “A Homemade Christmas” series!  I hope you have been enjoying this series as much as I have!  Laine, Christa, and Heather have been inspiring me with some great projects!  You can catch up on all the posts on the series at the end of this post. […]

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Neutral + Vintage Christmas mantel

December 6, 2012

I am excited to share my vintage, homemade, and neutral Christmas mantel with you today. This mantel is so different in many ways than my past Christmas mantels. Here was last year’s mantel – all burgundy and gold.  This year I am trying to leave out as much red/burgundy from my decorations as possible.  Just […]

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Homemade Vintage Music Book Page Wreath

December 4, 2012

I am back with another post in our A Homemade Christmas series!  I hope you have been catching all of the other posts in this series… if not check them out at the bottom of this post.  My mouth is still watering from Heather’s homemade Pecan sticky buns recipe from yesterday.  Yumm! Today I am […]

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Christmas Evergreen Wreath tutorial

November 30, 2012

Today, I thought I would share with you a evergreen wreath.  I actually made this wreath last year, took all the pictures, and then never got around to sharing the full tutorial.  So since it is hanging on my front door again (at least for now, would love to make a white/neutral one this year, […]

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DIY Mercury Glass Ornaments

November 28, 2012

Today is my first day to share in our A Homemade Christmas series.  I been loving it so far.  Make sure you head over and check out Christa’s pinecone cluster and Heather’s poinsettia pillow.  They are both on my list to do now too. I don’t know about you but I LOVE mercury glass.   It […]

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DIY Painted Striped Curtains (yes, I painted my curtains!)

November 26, 2012

If you caught my sneak peek of my Christmas décor in progress over on facebook (you can follow me and see the preview here), you saw that I have some new curtains in my living room!  I am in process of a few changes in the living room so before we jump into Christmas décor […]

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A Homemade Christmas (3 week collaborative series starting Monday)

November 23, 2012

Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!  We had a good time with family and ate too much, of course.  And woke up today to “the day after Thanksgiving” . . . when it seems the whole world switches into full steam ahead Christmas mode!  I know I do!   I got some Christmas shopping done in […]

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3 ways to paint pinecones–help me pick!

November 16, 2012

In between cleaning house, prepping my Thanksgiving menu, decorating a kids table, and all the other every day things, I am also trying to prepare for Christmas decorating! I plan on making a lot of homemade decorations this year along with using many things from nature too and I don’t want the decorating to drag […]

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20+ Thanksgiving Kids Table ideas

November 14, 2012

Thanksiving is ONE week away – can you believe it??  Next week, I will be busy baking pies and all kinds of things, cleaning, and preparing for a big family meal as I am sure some of you will be doing as well.  I really want to have my table settings and decorations all done […]

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Shopping at Scott Antique Market

November 12, 2012

If you follow me on facebook, you know that I had fun on Saturday checking out Scott Antique Market.  This is held in Atlanta on the 2nd weekend of every month. I had never been before, in fact I didn’t even know about it until this summer.  But a few local Atlanta bloggers and I […]

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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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