Valentine’s Day is fast approaching!  Need a Valentine’s Day gift for a four-legged friend?  I’ve got just the gift for you — a custom-fitted doggie shirt!  Won’t your poochy pal be proud as can be in his new digs?  [go to tutorial]
Project Estimate:

Baby T-Shirt, $1 (I found mine on Target’s dollar aisle)

Total: $1
Caroline Sanchez (Care) has been sewing since her mom taught her the basics at around six years old.  She has always been driven to CREATE, even from a very young age.  She is mommy to two little boys and …

I was invited to be a judge by the folks at Threadknits, a knitting/crocheting competition sponsored by Threadless.com. I’m so honored and excited to be involved, and I think it would be awesome if a Dollar Store Crafter (YOU!) won the contest, so enter! I’m not saying I’ll vote for you just because your a DSC’er, but it couldn’t hurt! You’re all so creative, I’m sure you will come up with some amazing entries. If the contest isn’t for you, but you know someone who’s a knitter or crocheter, let …

My friend Marie from Make and Takes created this fun Valentine’s Day craft for the folks at Craftzine: a valentine heart lei. Who wouldn’t want to sport a loving lei on Valentine’s Day? I bet this would be a fun project for a tween girl to make for her friends, or you could make one for each of your children, or maybe you just want one for yourself (make one with scrap fabric hearts & beads?) You could also sub craft foam for the paper, if you wanted to make …

Jenny of ELEFANTZ issued a tea towel challenge to her readers. One of her tea towel projects is a simple but pretty diary cover! I love how this turned out – what a pretty print, and the bookmark with charms on it takes it to the next level (from basic to beautiful). Here at Dollar Store Crafts, we’re all about the tea towel crafts. What have you made from a tea towel? [tea towel diary cover instructions]
Project Estimate:

Tea towel (or scrap fabric), on hand or $1
Ribbon, on hand or …

Reader Sophia from Frugal Ideas from the Parsonage made these adorable castle-shaped photo albums out of recycled cereal boxes. She was inspired by a castle chipboard photo album she found online, and decided to use what she had on hand to make her own version (yay, ingenuity and frugality!). I love that she made a boy and a girl version of the album, both of which are totally cute in their own way. These are going to be party gifts for her kiddos for Valentines’ Day.  She used a few …