Spring brings a lot of fun and different holidays. The next one coming up is Easter! I thought it might be fun to provide a couple of ideas of what you can do for Easter decorations. Cheap crafts are one good way to enjoy the holidays, while still staying within your budget. There are a lot of ways to have fun activities and beautiful Easter decorations without spending a lot of money.
I know…Martha gets to be the spokeswoman here. These are hollow eggs that you make into a wreath. To hollow out the eggs, pierce one end of a raw egg with a pin. Pierce the other end and use the pin to enlarge the hole slightly and break the yolk. Then empty it into a bowl.
These easter eggs have been hard boiled, and then embellished with ribbon and trimmings. You can paint or dye them however you like and even include a ribbon at one end to hang it.
Spruce up your candy dishes by making them look like a fuzzy birds’ nest! You can wrap string and feathers around the bowl to give it the “nesty” look.
A tulip egg basket is the perfect centerpiece for you Easter dinner table!
Again, these are just a couple of ideas that can help your holiday season be a little more cheery and a lot less expensive!
I can’t help it…I love reading quotes from philosophers and leaders about finances and budgeting. As usual, some I agree with and some I do not. But more are entertaining. Enjoy!
“Finance is the art of passing currency from hand to hand until it finally disappears.”
-Robert W. Sarnoff
“I have never been in a situation where having money made it worse.”
-Clinton Jones
“Anyone who lives within their means sufferes from a lack of imagination.”
-Oscar Wilde
“Never spend your money before you have it.”
-Thomas Jefferson
“There are two times in a man’s life when he should not speculate; when he can’t afford it, and when he can.”
-Mark Twain
“Too many people spend money they haven’t earned, to buy things they don’t want, to impress people they don’t like.”
-Will Rogers
“I sincerely believe…that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity under the name of funding is but swindling futurity on a large scale.”
-Thomas Jefferson
“The darkest hour in any man’s life is when he sits down to plan how to get money without earning it.”
-Horace Greeley
I have a small dilema going on in regards to a personal budgeting decision. I thought, like so many other times, that I would weigh out my options in a post! Lucky you.
I have always know that staying in shape and being healthy is important. I have been lifting weights since 9th grade and I love it. Don’t worry, I’m not the nasty “strong woman” type. I like to stay toned. In college I studied Health Science, so I also know the benefit of having healthy muscles and staying active.
I have fit a gym membership into my budget. It’s only 25 dollars a month, which I think is well worth it. As a side note-if you stay healthy by eating right and being physically fit, you’ll spend far less time in the doctor’s office with health issues. In the end, that fact alone will save you all kinds of money.
My current dilema has to do with the weather. While I do love going to the gym, I have a hard time using my membership in the spring and summer. It’s just so nice out that I don’t want to be inside working out. I’d rather be outside doing some kind of fun physical activity.
Because of that, I can’t decide if my decline in membership use in the spring and summer months is worth keeping the membership for those months. That was a lot of repetative words…
Mostly, I have to decide if I want to cancel for the summer and save a little money or just keep it. I would obviously sign back up in the fall, which could end up being more expensive depending on if they have rate increases.
It’s a tough decision…No idea what I’ll do, but thought I’d put it out there-yanno, get all my thoughts written down and maybe get you thinking about things like this!
