I'm moving to a new website!

I have been working on getting a new website up and running! My new site address is http://frugallymindedhomemaker.com. The new website is dedicated to helping you find a frugal way to make your home a beautiful and happy retreat for your family! I hope to see you there!!!

Autumn Birthday Party Favors

I made these cute favors for my daughters birthday party. It is a small cellophane bag filled with candy corn and tied with a green fuzzy chenille stick. It is just one part of the favors that I am giving away at her birthday party. I will post the entire favor later - when I complete it all:)

Inexpensive Bathroom Decor

My bathroom colors are gray, yellow, and white. I have had a hard time finding decorations in those colors, so I came up with this inexpensive artwork. I found the material at Joanne's and bought it when it went on sale. I cut out cardboard in three identical shapes and glued the material to the cardboard. Lastly, I hung the three pieces on the wall using pushpins.

In all the project cost less than $7.00 and took less than 30 minutes to complete! It was a very easy project to do during Katlynn's naptime. I'm very excited to have some artwork on my once bare bathroom wall!

Shutterfly Birthday Invitation

Shutterfly.com recently sent me an offer to get 10 free greeting cards! I ordered Katlynn's birthday party invitations through Shutterfly.com and was able to get the 10 invitations for only the cost of shipping and handling. I know that our family will love an invitation with Katlynn's picture on it!

Toddler Birthday Party!

My daughters birthday is on October 19. I have been looking forward to decorating for her party! She is going to have a fall themed party. I was having trouble figuring out the exact color scheme (because I still want the decorations to look girly) when I came across this dress. I love the brown, pink, and orange. I think this is the perfect inspiration for her birthday party! Now I have a lot of work to do in preparation:)

Fall decorating at my home

I have almost finished with fall decorating at my home! I wanted to share pictures of a couple of my decorations with you.

This is the centerpiece on our dining room table. I have a lot of burlap for some reason, so I incorporated it into many of my fall decorations!

This is the table in our entryway. I love the huge sunflower!

More Autumn Decor!

Here are some more pictures of my mom's autumn decorations. Her home is so beautifully decorated! I hope you enjoy the pictures as much as I have:)

This is an arrangment on one corner of her kitchen counter.

This arrangement is on her kitchen island. I think the sunflowers look so beautiful!

This is how she decorated her front door. As you can see it has been such beautiful weather here in Michigan that we have been able to leave the front door open. I love this time of year!

This is a birdcage that she has on her porch. My daughter loves watching all the birds at "Nanna" and "Bumpa's" house. She was able to see very tiny baby birds in one of my mom's birdhouses in their yard. It was fun to watch the baby birds and their mother!

I love this arrangement that my mom put together on the side table. The wreath looks so nice with the flowers, pumpkins, and sign nestled in the middle!

Here is the front view of the same end table.

This is her window sill and a small bench in front of it. There's a picture of my daughter when she was just a baby! I can't believe how much she has grown!

Now that I am inspired by her fall decorating, I need to go home and start my fall decorating!!! I love decorating for fall and for Christmas. I am so excited about decorating in my new home!