Arc is thrilled to introduce our brand new guest blogger, Lian. Lian enjoys being thrifty and crafty as a CSU college student. We look forward to many more ideas and great finds from her at arc Thrift Stores.

It’s finally December, and do you know means? Well, at least for us college students it means finals and usually stress. There is one consistent way I have found to help make it all more bearable: bringing Christmas cheer to your very own dorm room! I went over to my local Arc Thrift Store in search of such cheer. I had some great finds such as Christmas lights, a wreath, Christmas ornaments (CSU colors, of course), some gold bows and some alphabet letters. All of these decorations only cost me $17 dollars! I had a great time crafting this stuff together while listening to Christmas music. I proceeded to glue on the CSU letters onto my wreath and took the gold bows and glued them on as well; a very simple but festive result! After I finished, I had a grand ole time hanging all of the Christmas lights in a crisscross pattern across my ceiling and staging my homemade wreath on the outside of my door. All of a sudden, my room was now a winter wonderland! Thanks to arc for making this cheery moment possible during a stressful time for a poor college student.