Sunday, December 16, 2012

Thrifty Christmas Decorations

Thought I would share with you some of my Christmas Decor. I am way cheap, (surprise, surprise) so I buy most of my decorations at thrift stores or at after Christmas sales! 


The white pearl-y, garland stuff around my chandelier was purchased from Goodwill for $1! The "Jingle all the Way" sign and Christmas trees were after Christmas sales, all less than $5 each. The silver pitcher was another Goodwill find as were the vintage ornaments and swirly silver things in it.

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I scored these super cute Santa boot candles for $3 each at an after Christmas sale!
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All the ornaments were Goodwill purchases.
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The stocking hanger was an old thrift store find my husband converted to the stocking hanger for me. It was about $5. The Noel sign came from the Target (love my Target!) $1 spot. The angel stocking came from an antiques store for $4.

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I made that adorable elf ornament tree. You can read about it here. All the ornaments and elf came from Goodwill. I bought the Santa prints from an antique store and framed them. You can read about those here.The icy garland was an after Christmas sale purchase for $5. 

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More Goodwill vintage ornaments. I just love filling containers with vintage ball ornaments during the season. So simple and beautiful. They just don't make colors like they used to!
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I use an old vintage ladder I bought at a thrift store to hang my Christmas cards and Advent calendar. All I did was tie twine around it and used clothespins to secure the cards! It is one of my favorite things! Here are a couple more pictures of it...
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I like to prop it against my chalkboard wall for some extra pop! You can read about the chalkboard wall here!

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The rustic wooden crate was a $1 yardsale find. Santa came from an antiques store for $3. The candy canes were purchased at Lowe's after Christmas sale for $0.50 each!
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See that gorgeous vintage ceramic Christmas tree??!! I LOVE those trees! My Grannie had one when I was growing up and when I put mine out each year, I think of her and smile. I scored it at Goodwill for $5. The Merry Christmas sign was another after Christmas sale. Both the standing Santa and the picture of Santa were finds from antique stores for less than $5 each. 

What are your thrifty decorations???!!!

12 comments:

  1. I love all your thrift store finds! Especially love the old latter up against the chalk board its a great look! I would love if you would share this at my blog hop http://www.ablossominglife.com/2012/12/better-blogging-series-starting-blog.html

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    1. Just shared at your party! Thanks! Also following you now!

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  2. I never thought about going to Goodwill to get Christmas decorations. What a great idea!

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  3. great idea with the ladder, and i so want a chalkboard wall, lol.

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  4. Love all your thrift decorations! What a great idea for cards on the ladder! I'm a thrifty decorator also!

    hugs, Linda

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  5. especialy like the chalkboard and latter.
    Thanks for sharing.

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  6. You've got some great thrifty decorating ideas! I made a ceramic tree like the one you have a looooooooong long time ago - I'm old! :D

    I have another thrifty idea for you! This year I made a beautiful big wreath for my front door out of recycled water/soda bottles. I painted, & glittered & cut up bottles since before Thanksgiving & I finally finished it & took some pictures of it. If you have a minute you can see them here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.4561188901215.2166783.1036342162&type=1&l=af9ae75b7e

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    1. Geri, I just took a look at the wreath! Love it! Fabulous job!

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