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Christmas decorating journey. Take a little time to look through them, . "50 Great Christmas Decorating Ideas on the. Tightest Budget" .
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Welcome to How to Decorate Like a Pro, for Christmas! You will be
learning how to decorate your home for the holidays with “Creativity,
Not Cash!”TM Your course will include step by step instructions,
photos, and printables to help you on your way to a Christmas
Wonderland, on a budget. So join me in your first lesson, and thank you
for joining The Budget Decorator on your creative journey! Lesson One:
The first step in designing any room, whether it be for holiday
decorating or any other purpose, is to get organized. Getting a plan
together drastically reduces the amount of wasted money from unplanned
and unnecessary purchases. Most of us have boxes marked Xmas
Decorations, but that’s about as far as we go in our effort to keep
track of all of our holiday trimmings. However, when the holiday sales
come around, you would be surprised how little you will remember from
last year. As a result, much money is wasted on buying items you don’t
really need, that don’t fit into your scheme, or that you have already
purchased! Don’t laugh, I can’t tell y o u h o w many times I have
bought the “perfect” item in the early sales, only to find out I had
already found that “perfect” item at last years clearance! Included
with this course is a printable inventory sheet for your holiday
storage boxes. I highly recommend before you decorate this year, print
out and tape a copy of this inventory sheet to each box. You also may
want to consider keeping a copy in your decorating notebook. When you
unpack this year, and when you repack after the holiday, make sure you
take a complete inventory of all you own, and write it in on the
sheets. This will make a quick reference for you when you shop
clearance sales, make projects, or make a wish list for next year. When
you pack your boxes, you can either pack by room or by type of item in
order to make decorating more of a joy and less of a chore. If each
room in your house is a different theme, I would suggest boxing by
room. Other wise putting ornaments together, mantel décor in one box,
lights in another, will help speed your decorating, leaving time to
make that batch of cookies to share with the neighbors! It will also
make checking your inventory easier therefore saving you money…if you
see lights on sale, you can check the lights box inventory sheet to see
if you are in need, or if it would be wasted money spent. Also, it’s a
good idea while you pack and unpack to maintain a clearance sale
list…things you would like, or need more of, that you can get for 75%
off just after Christmas.