14 November 2008

Inexpensive Thanksgiving Decoration

Every once in a while I'll get an itch to do something a little creative. As I was taking down my Halloween decorations I realized that I had no Thanksgiving decorations. Besides the pumpkins that I have outside on the porch, nothing! I had seen a banner in a Pottery Barn catalog a few years back that said, Happy Thanksgiving. It was made out of felt and was quite charming. It was ONLY $60 so.................um, yeah, I figured I'd try to make it myself.
For some reason when I went to the store I could not find the felt. As I was walking around , however, I came across some scrapbook paper that was 10 sheets for $1. Hmmmm, the paper was really nice and colorful and I figured there was no way the felt was as cheap as the paper. This would definitely be a better choice! It took about two days to make and voila, a cute banner for under $3. I don't think it gets cheaper than that!


It was so cute. Cecilio helped me cut out leaves.

He actually made the stencil for the leaves! He's thrilled can you tell?

"n" for navarro

5 comments:

The Jessups said...

very VERY cute!! Good job!

carla said...

beautiful!! hey deborah, i need your help. how do i do the google reader thing. i already put in all the blogs i follow but it doesn't show up on my blog like you have it. i don't know what i am doing wrong. help me. :)

Connie said...

So dang darling! Thanks for the inspiration!

Rod Bunch said...

Eres realmente CREATIVA!!! Me encanto tu idea..creo t la voy a robar...Eres increible! Luv u guys...miss ya tons

Anonymous said...

can you send that creative itch my way please? I needed that inspiration, thanks!