Decorating On A Dime With Window Valance Ideas and Holiday Themes

Now you can be decorating on a dime with window valance ideas and other areas of your home. It's true! I'll tell you how you can decorate your windows for the holidays - ANY holiday, not just Christmas - with special ideas of making valances and other things with very little financial outlay.

It's simple and inexpensive to turn simple common things into original works of art that everyone will enjoy.

First and foremost, I want you to have fun with these projects. They should not be labor intensive. We DO want to keep our humor during this time, okay? We'll start with some basic window treatment decorating ideas. Specifically, window valance ideas for our first project.

These particular window treatment valances are fun, and you can get the entire family into the act and make it a group project. When you are decorating on a dime, there are no screw drivers, drills, hammer, or nails needed. What you will need is a few packages or a roll of velcro, some spray glue or good ol' Elmers will do, unless you can get your hands on some good fabric glue.

This project works best if you start with an existing subtle style drapery and styled in a simple, quiet pattern, or no pattern at all. Perhaps you have just a little texture and kept the theme neutral; then you have opened a world of magic for your holiday decorating.

Imaginations can run wild here, and with a little practice, you can master decorating on a dime.

However, even if you DO have a bold pattern, or multi-coloreddrapery, you can still do these ideas, you just have to choose your medium in a more subtle or solid pattern to blend and balance well. So let's get going because I am sure you did not stop by here to hear me ramble. You want to know how to make a valance for special holidays while decorating on a dime, right?

You will probably need some ribbons, glitter, a few "artsy" pieces like Christmas bulbs and ornaments, specialty specific holiday "props" like Angels, Snowmen, Easter bunnies, Halloween pieces, perhaps some wrapping paper, tassels and cording, colorful beads and shiny "bling" things, some greenery, perhaps a few flowers, some paints, colored chalk, colored felt tip markers, or pens of liquid embroidery work well, and maybe a stencil or two or even some paper doilies to use in place of stencil.

Add a very vivid imagination and splash on some ingenuity and a smile. Ready?

You will need some fabric. However, the easiest thing to do is buy a dozen or so of solid colored large napkins, and if you have simple plain fabric drapes or window coverings, you can go for the prints. Both are acceptable for this job.

Or you can use remnant fabric pieces that are stitched together and hemmed. This is a little more work, but more customized when finished. Or just use fabric that will not fray on the edges when cut. Or, on the other hand, fraying can be very pretty if done right, too. It's your choice.