GP: The Scrappy Housewife: holiday burlap banner tutorial

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I am excited for you all to meet Christina.  What?  Another Christina blogger?  Oh yes.  We have many similarities (she goes into it below) it’s a little creepy.  But not creepy?  This super cute tutorial she’s sharing – for a holiday burlap banner!  OK maybe it’s a little creepy, because this is totally something I [...]

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Decorating for FALL {re-thinking what you already own}

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As most of you know, I resigned from my teaching career in June.  This obviously makes us even more cautious with spending our money, so I really wanted to decorate for this fall season using things I already had.  I love what I came up with, and I love that I didn’t have to spend [...]

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Fresh Decorated Greenery Swag

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I was struggling with what to do for my Christmas wreath this year, and then one day I came home to a fresh greenery swag from my mom! I decided this would be a perfect time to ditch the wreath idea, and use the swag for a door decoration instead. I just added some embellishments, [...]

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Fall Faux-Mantle Decorations

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I am so excited to show you my fall faux-mantel this year! I don’t have a mantle, but that didn’t stop me from decorating the top of my bookshelf!  And – those doors are actually hiding fuseboxes!  I used lots of things I already had in my house, and only bought a few things from [...]

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Fall Wreath

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It’s hard for me to believe it’s really almost FALL!  But school’s officially started, and I’m beginning to realize fall is right around the corner. I wanted to make a wreath that didn’t scream “Fall”, but gave some subtle hints towards it.  Here’s what I came up with: Here’s how I made it…and you could [...]

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