Awhile back, I stamped shirts with stamps and acrylic paints, noting that you can set the acrylic paint with vinegar and make it permanent (no fabric paint medium needed!). Since then, I’ve learned you can even skip the vinegar step. Have you ever gotten acrylic paint on your clothes while you were painting? I bet the paint’s still there! Acrylic doesn’t go anywhere once it …

Covering school books is a back-to-school tradition. Whether your school requires it or not, it’s a fun activity to do in preparation for the new school year. Over at Make and Takes, I posted a tutorial for making book covers out of recycled chip bags and patterned duct tape. I love the pop art element of reusing commercial packaging, plus the earth-friendly aspect of reusing …

Yep, it’s that time again! Time to think about fun back-to-school crafts (especially cute projects that you can give to teachers). This adorable apple candy cupcake was created by Ashley from Cute as a Fox. I just love apple crafts, so I’m sure I’ll be featuring a lot more of them in the next two months. Find instructions for this great project at Someday Crafts. …

I know you love the roundups! Here are some links that are open in tabs in my browser right now… I should do something with them, like post them for you! Do you ever have so many tabs open in your browser that you don’t ever want to look at any of them again — it’s just too …

Use a piece of double-sided scrapbook paper and some dollar store clear contact paper to make a sturdy no-sew pencil case that fits in your 3-ring binder. What a perfect craft project to get everyone ready for going back to school. If you don’t have contact paper, you can use clear packing tape, or use plain paper and duct tape for a masculine version of …

Don’t let the last days of summer get you down! This is a perfect time to do a couple of late-summer craft projects. I’ve found a bunch of projects around (from readers, from my blog reading lists, and just random hunting) for you to try. Oh, and before you check these out, can you consider pledging $5 to pre-order my craft zine? I need to …

Thanks to everyone who entered the drawing for the Silhouette craft cutter! I was blown away at the response – 2000 entries! I had to get really friendly with my comment approval system this week – thanks for the workout. If you didn’t win, don’t forget, Silhouette has also offered a hot discount for Dollar Store Crafts readers! The AWESOME PROMO (running from August …

Back in high school, I had a crafty friend who would tie together a few bandannas and make a cute halter top for sunbathing summer days. I have never been that brave, but I’ve always admired the ingenuity! …love Maegan has come up with a fashion-forward twist on the old bandanna top by creating a silk scarf and safety pin top that is inspired by …

When I visited the dollar store this week, the aisles were full of boxes, and employees were busily unpacking new stuff! I totally have to go back this weekend to see what they put out in the store, but for now, let me just share the few things I picked up while I was there: a couple new-to-me items, and some restocked goodies I haven’t …

I’ve seen just about everything done with placemats, but I’ve never seen this! Sarah at StepThruCrazy made a pendant lampshade from three vinyl placemats. Wow! She even wrote a tutorial so we could all make one for ourselves. The dollar store is a fabulous resource for placemats, so check for them next time you go. [how to make a hanging placemat pendant lamp]
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