Starting November 7: Homemade Christmas Gifts!

Nov 6 | Holidays, Homemade Christmas Gifts

Starting on Tuesday, November 7, I’ll once again be featuring a homemade Christmas gift every day (Monday – Friday) leading up to Christmas day!  I hope to help inspire those of you that want to give meaningful, affordable, homemade Christmas gifts this year!

Not only are they fun and frugal to make, but the recipient will surely never forget something homemade!

I’ll be linking to projects that others have made since I know, I personally, will not have time to make a new project every day.  I do, however, have a few projects in mind though that I’d like to make, so I’ll be sure to include those with pictures.

If you’d like me to feature your project in the Homemade Christmas Gift series, please feel free to send along your link or step by step instructions to me here.

Stay tuned for the first gift idea on Tuesday!

So, are you excited about making gifts this year? What projects do you have in mind?

Checklist for a Stress-Free Thanksgiving

Sep 26 | Household Tips, Holidays, Organization

Thanksgiving checklist for a stress-free dinner

Do you want to know my secret for a stress-free Thanksgiving? (or any big family meal for that matter…)  Yeah? Okay. Just have your Dad, who loves to cook, prepare all the main dishes and Turkey, then all you have to do is bring along the dessert. 😉

While this is a realistic scenario for our Thanksgiving and special occasions, (my dad is the best!) I’m sure it’s not for most families.  We can get away with this because we usually have a maximum of 8 people to serve.

Since I know big family meals can be hectic (I’ve experienced many of my husband’s extended family get-togethers), I thought creating a checklist would be really helpful to those of you that want to cut back on some chaos.

This checklist doesn’t tell you what to cook (I trust you have your family favourites) but I’m hoping it will give you a guideline for when things can be completed. While I called this a Thanksgiving checklist, I think this checklist can be used for any holiday dinner.

Simply click on the image below or click here to download your free thanksgiving checklist.

This Thanksgiving Checklist with definitely help you have a more stress-free thanksgiving this year!

How do you lessen the stress of big family meals?  Also, I’d love to hear what goes on your Thanksgiving menu in the comments!

Christmas Decoration Storage Inventory Printable

Jan 2 | Household Tips, Freebies, Holidays, Organization

Christmas decoration storage inventory printable

Well, Christmas is finished for another year. You may be thinking of taking down all your decorations but dreading the mess that your storage area becomes. Or what about next Christmas when you can’t find the specific decorations you’re looking for?

Look no further, I’ve got you covered with this handy Christmas Decoration Storage Inventory printable! Simply print out a page or two (depending on how many boxes you have) and get to work filling the paper out as you put away decorations. Label the boxes with the corresponding number that you have marked on the papers. For example, on the paper, box #1 includes all the Christmas lights. Be sure to label the actual box with #1 too!

Print your Christmas Decoration Storage Inventory printable here.

Merry Christmas!

Dec 22 | Holidays

Happy three days before Christmas! Our family wants to wish you all a very Merry Christmas!  We hope you have a very blessed and happy one!  We also want to thank you all for stopping in every day here at Simply Frugal, we truly appreciate each and every one of you! 🙂

I’ll be back late Sunday evening to post some Boxing Day deals in this epic Boxing Day post, but other than that, I’ll be enjoying some much needed family time until the New Year. (However, you will find a new post here and there that I have already scheduled. ;))

Merry Christmas!