Articles Archive for August 2010
$1 and Free, Headline, Tutorials »
I love old wooden hangers, so I took a vintage wooden pants hanger and made it into a custom gallery hanger. I added my son’s name so I can use it to display his artwork. Vintage hangers make an interesting display device, whether they’re labeled or not. You can hang up prints you find at the flea market, old book pages, or whatever you want …
$5 and Under, cheap crafts, Headline, Kids, Wearable »
T-shirt “seconds” are in stock at my local dollar store! There are so many fun, bright colors — I just couldn’t resist stocking up on over a dozen to use for projects! I’ve been known to create clothes using dollar store T-shirts as raw materials… I just had to do another variation!
After looking at all the colors of shirts I came home with, I just HAD to dive …
$5 and Under, Headline, Kids »
Over at The Polkadot Chair, I found this cute idea: make a zippy pouch for wet stuff out of a shower curtain! This cool flamingo shower curtain was on sale at Target, but if you don’t mind plain, the dollar store has shower curtains, too. Sure, summer is almost over (hello, August!), but wet pouches are useful for lots of other applications. Moms of diaper-wearers, …










