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Home Stager with Creative Eye Home Staging

An Entrance Ready for The Holidays: Less Than $10.00!!

If you have shopped for decorated live wreaths, you know that florists and greenhouses can demand exorbitant prices.

This weekend, Creative Eye Home Staging did Holiday Decorations for a project with a limited budget (aren't they all?!!).  I wanted to share with you one of the many decorations we managed to create on a shoestring!

This fresh wreath was purchased at a produce store for $4.50.  fresh wreath

Creative Eye then salvaged old ribbon from a previous project, gathered winterberry, cedar, blue spruce and some interesting branches from nature and with a little time and creativity put together this wreath. Below is Diane Ogorek with Creative Eye Home Staging working her magic!

live wreath being decorated

decorated wreath

The finished product--two doors ready for the Holidays for $9.00!

glass doors with wreaths

(By the way, 20' of roping was $7.99 at the grocery store and was embellished much the same way.  The light source wasn't functional yet, but when this is lit, it is very festive!)

Don't forget Home Stagers as a source to help with your Holiday Decorations!  They thrive on stretching your decorating dollars!

 

Home Loan Search.Online
Home Loan Search Online - Newnan, GA

My wife would love this. She is a big fan of after Christmas sales. She even bought a table decoration for next Thanksgiving for $1.80 at her local craft store. Thanks for the ideas!

Dec 01, 2009 01:21 AM
Karen Dembsky
Peachtree Home Staging LLC, Home Staging in Atlanta, GA - Peachtree City, GA
Atlanta Home Staging

Very Nice!  -- I sent this to my daughter who is decorating on a dime this year!

Dec 01, 2009 04:55 AM
Terrylynn Fisher
Dudum Real Estate Group - BuyStageSell.com - Walnut Creek, CA
HAFA Certified, EcoBroker, CRS, CSP Realtor, Etc.

Lovely, just lovely, and fun to make too.  You are so creative.  Thanks for sharing.

Dec 01, 2009 06:24 PM
C. Bartch
Newark, OH

Hi Kim, mixing the greens in fresh or live arrangements always make the end product look lush and you achieved this!

Dec 02, 2009 01:06 AM
Nancy Maurer
Whitehall Interiors & Home Staging LLC - Sparta, NJ
Home Stager - Serving No. NJ

Hi Kim,  What a beautiful job you did with these wreaths!

Dec 02, 2009 12:14 PM
Cindy Bryant
Redesign Etc. Home Staging - Houston, TX
"Houston Home Staging Pros"

My poor little "Boy Scout nephew", has been selling those for $25, he finally sold his last one last week.  What a great idea, love the smell they have!

Dec 03, 2009 03:37 PM
Rosina Woolston
RE/MAX at Jennersville - Oxford, PA

I bet you had fun while you were gathering all those greens, didn't you?  They smell so nice when they are just cut.  Nice job.

Dec 04, 2009 04:16 AM
Kim Dillon
Creative Eye Home Staging - West Chester, PA

to someone from Intergrity Mortgage--Your wife sounds like a Stager, i.e., she loves a good bargain!

Karen--Hope it gives your daughter some inspiration.  Lots of us are decorating an a dime this year.

Terrylynn--They are fun to make--don't you love the smell of fresh greens?

Cynthia & Nancy--Thanks.  We enjoyed working on them.

Cindy--Glad your nephew sold all of his.  Scouting is such a great activity!

Rosina--I do love the smell. . . the sap all over your hands. . . that's a different story!  LOL

Dec 04, 2009 04:37 AM
Patty Hill, Broker Associate
Local Homes and Land, Inc - Summerville, SC
Local Homes and Land, Inc

Kim, fresh pine always smells so nice!  Thanks for sharing.

Dec 04, 2009 12:22 PM
Chrissie Sutherland
Ready Set Stage - Greensboro, NC

Gorgeous.  What a great idea.  Thanks for sharing.

Dec 06, 2009 01:46 AM
Michelle Finnamore
Toronto GTA, Alliston, Newmarket - Vaughan, ON
Preparing your property for sale

Great ideas for everyone  who is on a budget this year. Simple and effective decorating. Plus it smells like Christmas!

Dec 06, 2009 11:02 AM