50 Easy & Unique, Homemade, Fall Holiday Decorations; Halloween, Thanksgiving, & Christmas!

By CJ Shipley

In the Cheapskate Masters.... and to a lesser extent in the Coupon Master.... I wrote about my frugal ways. I enjoy saving money. I certainly don’t enjoy wasting it. While this isn’t a cheapskate’s guide to holiday decorating, many of the following crafts could be. Most of them require little to no out of pocket expense. Many reference using glue, paint, and other items from your local craft store. But a creative (or cheap) mind will quickly see that many of the suggested items could be substituted with recyclables or even items around your house.

• Language: English
• Publisher: CJ Shipley
• Release date: Sep 11, 2014
• ISBN: 9781311562944

CJ Shipley

I am a hard working, penny pinching, money conscious person, who loves to put and keep my money in the bank. Not greedy, but certainly thrifty and thankful for all that I have. My hobbies include couponing, flea market shopping (antiquing to be fancy), and finding new ways be make old things new again. I love to recycle and hate to see anything go to waste, especially money!

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50 Easy & Unique, Homemade, Fall Holiday Decorations; Halloween, Thanksgiving, & Christmas!

By C.J. Shipley

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INTRODUCTION

As the temperatures cool and the leaves change color I get very excited. As much as I enjoy summer I am always far more worked up in the months that follow. Fall is the most beautiful time of year. The colors are magnificent and the holidays are the best. Not just the sense of joy, family, friends, and love they portray, but regarding the crafts and decorations as well.

In the following pages I have outlined 50 of the best craft projects and decorating ideas you can do yourself. Some are very simple while others will require a bit of artistic ability. But the joy of these projects is in how you make them your own. These are not required directions. Consider the instructions that follow each one to be a guideline only; a suggestion, but not rules.

In the Cheapskate Masters…. and to a lesser extent in the Coupon Master…. I wrote about my frugal ways. I enjoy saving money. I certainly don’t enjoy wasting it. While this isn’t a cheapskate’s guide to holiday decorating, many of the following crafts could be. Most of them require little to no out of pocket expense. Many reference using glue, paint, and other items from your local craft store. But a creative (or cheap) mind will quickly see that many of the suggested items could be substituted with recyclables or even items around your house.

The point is this book is 50 decorating ideas to make Fall, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas much more unique and festive. But feel free to adjust each one to your ability and your allowable budget.

Most of all I hope you enjoy some or all of the decorating ideas in this book. I picked each one based upon its cost, feasibility, simplicity, uniqueness, and cleverness. I hope you and your family enjoy them as much as mine has.

I could use your help.

Now, the inspiration for this book came out of doing some of these very crafts with my own family. It did not, however, come until well after many were completed. While we created many great memories and took a ton of family photos, I did not capture many of the actual completed crafts. My goal is to update this book in the future with completed photos of each one. To do