Freshen Up Your Winter Season
Here are 3 unique decorating ideas that are easy to pull off and
guaranteed to add a little something extra to your winter memories—without
breaking your budget.
1. Jar to the World: Clear glass vessels are perfect for displaying collections of winter decorations. For a colorful display—no electricity required—fill your jar with old-fashioned incandescent light bulbs. Try another with spools of ribbon and peppermint sticks or even cranberries. Jars with lids can even be topped with artificial snow for a cool effect, even if real snow is nowhere in sight.
2. Winter Word-erland: If your Scrabble® game is collecting dust in the closet, you can use the trays and tiles to spell out winter-season messages, or use them as place cards for a gathering. Paint the trays in festive colors to give some pop to the tiles. If you don't want to chance ruining your set, Amazon.com sells replacement tiles and trays you can use exclusively for decorating.
3. Going Out on a Limb: If you don't have much room on your dining table, here's a unique idea. Suspend a bare tree-branch from the ceiling above the table using eye hooks and fishing wire, then hang winter-season decorations of various shapes and sizes from the branch. You can even spray paint the branch a special shade, such as red, silver or white.
Nearly all these ideas can be accomplished inexpensively with a trip to your local craft or discount home goods store. And if you keep your eyes peeled and ask around, you're sure to come up with additional ideas of your own!
1. Jar to the World: Clear glass vessels are perfect for displaying collections of winter decorations. For a colorful display—no electricity required—fill your jar with old-fashioned incandescent light bulbs. Try another with spools of ribbon and peppermint sticks or even cranberries. Jars with lids can even be topped with artificial snow for a cool effect, even if real snow is nowhere in sight.
2. Winter Word-erland: If your Scrabble® game is collecting dust in the closet, you can use the trays and tiles to spell out winter-season messages, or use them as place cards for a gathering. Paint the trays in festive colors to give some pop to the tiles. If you don't want to chance ruining your set, Amazon.com sells replacement tiles and trays you can use exclusively for decorating.
3. Going Out on a Limb: If you don't have much room on your dining table, here's a unique idea. Suspend a bare tree-branch from the ceiling above the table using eye hooks and fishing wire, then hang winter-season decorations of various shapes and sizes from the branch. You can even spray paint the branch a special shade, such as red, silver or white.
Nearly all these ideas can be accomplished inexpensively with a trip to your local craft or discount home goods store. And if you keep your eyes peeled and ask around, you're sure to come up with additional ideas of your own!
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