I’ve been toying with the idea of starting a link party for awhile now. You all send me so many great links and there’s no way I can feature them all in a blog post, so I thought you’d be interested in posting them here for all the readers to enjoy. What do you think? If you like it, add a link!
This week, add your …

Over at Curbly, Lilybee posted about her dramatic kitchen makeover that cost just $15. Yep, two digits, one and five. CRAZY! With her fifteen bucks, Lilybee was able to cover several cabinets with white contact paper, make a removable backsplash with placemats and thumbtacks, and create a new light fixture. The best part of this kitchen refresher is that it’s completely removable (imperative since Lilybee …

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
Save a bundle by making your own (here’s a comparable doggy shirt on …

Hi!  Dot here from Dabbled.org… It’s so nice to visit with you Dollar Store Crafters again!
Today we’re doing an easy sweet treat that would make a lovely valentines gift.
Our local Dollar Tree will almost always have silicone molds for every holiday.  I bought these heart molds at the dollar store, and have gotten a ton of use out of them.  (I have Halloween ones from …

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 you’re a DSC’er, but it couldn’t hurt! You’re all so creative, I’m …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Mardi Gras is coming up soon! It’s February 16th this year, so you better start planning your decor and Fat Tuesday activities! Reader Abby made this fun Mardi Gras wreath and posted it at our Facebook page. Wreaths are a dollar store decor staple, and you can whip this one up for less than five bucks and in less than fifteen minutes! And let me …

Hearts are hot in February, but they make great adornments year-round too! Look what Erin from Landsdowne Life made for her daughter to wear: a Valentines’ Day-inspired turtleneck sprinkled with adorable little heart buttons. She repurposed a Christmas dress-up shirt into this sweet little number, and now I am thinking of all the things that would be vastly improved with a few heart buttons! Thanks …