Secrets To Decorating For Easter On A Budget
Easter comes at the end of Lent and serves as a time of great celebration, and regardless of how tightly you may be holding your purse strings, you can still find decorating for Easter exciting and creative without making a large dent in your budget.
By using your fertile imagination, you will be able to beautifully decorate anything from your living room to your kids' Easter gifts and baskets; all on a shoestring. Make this springtime holiday truly festive and special while staying frugal by allowing your ingenuity to take the reins this Easter.
Below are just a few ways to keep you on track to an affordably beautiful Easter:
• From Easters past - take look around the house for items you have used before: check the basement, garage, storage closets and the attic. You may even want to take a peek into that dreaded "junk drawer" to see what treasures lie within. This sweep of the house will help you to defray any potential costs from having to trek to the store for crafts. You will probably find some items are already at your disposal which you can refresh, reuse, update or even restore.
• Visit your local thrift or secondhand stores: Making a trip to a secondhand store provides an opportunity to make decorations someone used last year into brand new ones to you and your family. Keep in mind what you want to create this Easter when you make your thrift store pilgrimage. You may stumble on someone's pastel pails or previously and gently used Easter baskets that you can spruce up with ribbons and grass. Once ou put a special touch upon the gently used items, no one will be the wiser.
• Make a friendly trade: Make it possible for friends and neighbors to enjoy fun updates for this year's Easter decorations and talk to them about what they have on hand and making a trade. Maybe you can even work with a group and plan for this type of exchange so each year you can all have a fresh mix of new Easter supplies while spending very little. You can also meet other local Easter decorators online who want to live frugally while still decorating for Easter. Trade lightly used egg scatter, wreaths, Easter baskets, tablecloths, plastic eggs and other Easter treasures.
• Find online outlets: The internet is a great place to find a resource of inexpensive but great looking decorations for every holiday. You can shop from your own home, have the items shipped directly to you and have the best selection of items to choose from.
Easter decorating and Easter gift ideas can be elegant, simple, colorful or wild! And it doesn't have to cost a lot to make this holiday super special and memorable. You will be able to fill your home with a combination of reasonably priced and even free Easter decorations with these money saving ideas in mind.
About the Author
Bianca Bowman adds Easter gifts colorfully wrapped to match her Easter decor and enjoys the spring freshness that Easter decorating brings. The Easter gift ideas available at Lillian Vernon cater to every age, style and price range and are sure bring additional joy to this joyous day. Visit http://www.lillianvernon.com/Category/Easter for more information.
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