Archive for the ‘Budget Friendly Decorating’ Category

3 Apr

More Butterfly Garden Accessories

Posted by Jenny in Budget Friendly Decorating, Crafts, Old to new, Penny Pinchers. Tagged: , , , , .

My goal this year is to decorate the outside of my house for pennies. It’s a lofty goal I know, but it’s one that i wish to attain to. In reality it will cost upwards towards $100 this year but int he years to come it will simply be maintenance. I have walked through so [...]

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30 Mar

Mix It Up Monday:Found Object Bird House Feeder

Posted by Jenny in Budget Friendly Decorating, Crafts, Gardening, Mix It Up Monday, Old to new, Penny Pinchers. Tagged: , , , .

I seen a great idea for an adorable birdhouse feeder in an issue of Country Sampler. It was made from an old vintage glass bottle crate , punched tin tiles and doll house pieces. I just had to try my hand at making something similar. I looked around the house for anything that could be [...]

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8 Mar

This Months Craft Book Club

Posted by Jenny in Books, Music, and Media, Budget Friendly Decorating, Crafts, Old to new, Penny Pinchers. Tagged: , , , , .

This month craftevolution is reviewing ‘Re-Creative: 50 projects for turning found items into contemporary designs’, for the March 25th book club. IF you wish to join just jump on over to Craftevolutions blog  for instructions.
I chose to re-create a novelty clock from page 56. As a child, I remember my grandparents had these wonderfully fun tins [...]

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22 Jan

Creative ideas.

Posted by Jenny in Budget Friendly Decorating, Penny Pinchers.

Here are some of the creative ideas that have been going on around here. There isn’t much do to the insane amount of cleaning that has been taking place. Who would have thought that having four dogs would lead to so much cleaning?
 I have a good friend coming into town this Monday and I can’t [...]

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