December 2007 Archives

That combined with the holiday season and all the wonderful foods that go with the holidays is there any wonder that in general people tend to put on 5 to 10 extra pounds between October and January?

If in the past you went from indulging in Halloween candies, the Thanksgiving Feast and all the wonderful nibbles and dinners over the Christmas Season only to be barely able to pull your jeans on New Years Day then this year you need a plan.

Entertaining for lunch might be the ideal way for you to catch up with friends especially over busy holiday season. 

But having a fabulously decorated home at Christmas can be achieved without a huge outlay of cash. 

The houses featured in magazines have had a team of decorators confer for months on how it was going to look and how they were going to pull it all together. You can learn their tips and tricks but do it on a money saving budget  

Here are our top money saving tips for Christmas decorating. 

I showed this little pine cone teddy bear last year and though I wrote about how to make him I have been asked to show a photo tutorial. 

Since our main Christmas tree is a live tree I don't have anywhere to place our presents until about a week before Christmas when we bring the tree into the house. 

The plan every year is to have all the gifts bought and wrapped well before that time (and sometimes it even happens), so instead of leaving them hidden under beds or in closets I set them around the house as part of my holiday decorating.

Though my children are long past the age of playing with toys, dolls houses and stuffed animals, they have a few favorites that they just won't get rid of. 

Maybe your tree just looks a little bare and you want some inexpensive additions, or maybe your going home for Christmas but still want some season's cheer, or maybe you are looking for easy ornaments a group can do.  

Here I show you some very easy but very nice looking home-made ornaments that will cost only pennies to make. You will easily be able to construct a dozen of these ornaments in one evening and you might already have everything you already need to make them in your home. You can also add these to the tops of gifts as gift ornaments.