Helping you create a home by hand.

Tag: Christmas on a Budget Series

Budget Savers, Christmas on a Budget

Christmas on a Budget – Building Traditions

Earlier this month I wrote a post about an activity that Dave and I call memory builders.   For this month’s Christmas on a Budget post, I will be discussing turning memory building activities into traditions. As a military family, we rarely lived close enough to family to have the traditional Christmas of visiting Grandma’s and Grandpa’s house on Christmas Day…

continue reading

Budget Savers, Christmas on a Budget, Sewing

Christmas on a Budget Series – Christmas Fabric Part 2

Continuing on from Part 1 of Christmas on a Budget Series – Buy Christmas Fabric Only When On Sale I’ve been sewing for over 40 years, but the great thing about Christmas themed fabrics is that you don’t have to be an experienced seamstress to create really pretty Christmas gifts or decorative items for your home. For example, here’s a…

continue reading

Budget Savers, Christmas on a Budget, Sewing

Christmas on a Budget Series – Buy Christmas Fabric Only When On Sale

I very rarely buy fabric when it’s full price.  On those occasions when I find I need fabric to complete a project and it’s not on sale, I try to find a 40% off coupon to use. But most especially, I never buy Christmas themed fabric at full price because it comes on sale at least twice a year.   Right…

continue reading

Budget Savers, Christmas on a Budget, Gift Ideas, Thrifting

Christmas on a Budget Series – Gifts for Less than $2 Each

That is not a typo in the title. You really can make Christmas gifts for less than $2 per gift. In some cases, for free except for the time and love you put into making them. As I mentioned in my first post in this series while our children are attending university/college, their big Christmas gift each year is their…

continue reading

Budget Savers, Christmas on a Budget

Introduction to the Christmas on a Budget Series

I know, I know, it’s March and Christmas seems so far away.  But if you’re planning on making gifts and Christmas decorations, etc the sooner you start… the more organized and relaxed your holiday season will be.  Starting now and going forward, each month on the 25th I’m going to be posting budget saving holiday ideas. Budget Saving Idea #1…

continue reading