Day Two: Buy Cheap and Make it Better.

I love to browse thrift stores, $ stores, and the Dollar Tree.  I love to find fun little items that I might be able to make better.  I like to use those items as holidy décor.

Here are a few examples:

I bought this wreath at a thrift store for $3.  Because it was such a nice wreath I knew it would make a great base to add to.

I added the ornaments, and other fun bling to the wreath to give it some excitement.

My grandma had a set of these carolers when I was a child.  She actually made them.  Her set was much bigger.

I stumbled upon this set at a thrift store for $2.  I bought it to remind me of her.  This is one of my favorite Christmas treasures.

One year, I couldn’t afford to buy enough wreaths for my front door.  I bought some cheap ones at Walmart for $2.  I wanted them a little fuller, so the little wreath from the dollar tree added to another made a much fuller wreath.  I also found the small gold balls at the dollar tree to add to the wreath with a burlap ribbon, and a dollar ornament.

They look really cute lined across my windows.

This sweet little pillow was also a thrift store find, and makes such a great addition to my porch.

I wanted to add my kids names to our red stocking. I remembered I picked up these chalkboard tags in the $ spot at Target.

They make a great addition to the stockings.

This sweet banner is made out of some dollar store doilies, hot glue, yarn, and glitter stickers I had laying around.

Stella even made it for me.

I love frames on my trees.

The cheapest way to put frames on your trees is to buy them at thrift stores and paint them.

So that is what I did in this case.

I also found some old vintage ribbon in a bag at the local thrift store.

 

It came in handy when I wanted some ribbon around my candles.

I love this little bottle brush tree display I have on my piano. 

To fill in the gaps, I picked up some trees found at the dollar tree.

We also used these trees to make the snow globes.  We made them by using $ store trees, glue, mason jars, glitter and fake snow.

When making the banners for my trees, I also found these silver letters in the Target $ spot.

One of my fav. additions to my tree.

I hope this inspires you to use items you find in inexpensive places as Holiday décor.

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