Do you YouTube? I have a Dollar Store Crafts channel, and I like to upload videos about what I bought at the dollar store, as well as video tutorials. If you are a fan of videos, you should head over and subscribe to my channel. I just posted a new video about a recent trip to Dollar Tree — on YouTube these shopping videos are called “haul videos.”
And if you don’t enjoy watching videos, I pulled a couple of highlights from my shopping trip for you to check out.
First up, I bought some little mini wedding dresses I found in the wedding section. They were marked down (just $.50 each), so I bought a few with the idea that I could use them to make fascinators. If you’re not familiar with fascinators, they are miniature hats or hairpieces that became famous earlier this year during the Royal Wedding. You can use barrettes or headbands to make a fanciful headpiece to wear. I want to use these little dresses as a beginning for a fascinator project! Maybe I can dye the dresses to add a little color.
Another thing that always catches my eye at the dollar store are these colorful bamboo place mats. I just love them. I haven’t created a project using them yet, but I am thinking it would be fun to cover a drum-style lampshade with them. I keep looking at thrift stores for the lampshades, but haven’t been lucky enough to find one yet. I think I’ll have to break down and go to Ikea, because I know they have affordable drum lampshades.
What can you think of to do with the bamboo mats? And do you have a YouTube channel? Have you made your own dollar store haul videos?
9 Comments
Nessa The Procrastinator
I love Dollar Tree. I don’t use youtube, but my favorite steal was their plastic skulls for a dollar each. I’m going to spray them with primer and paint them for my Dia De Los Muertos decorations. :)
Emily D.
I LOVE the bamboo idea! I pinned it! Now all I have to do is check the local thrift shops for a cheap one to redo! :)
PBnJ
Try Big Lots / Odd Lots if they have them in your area. They may not fall into the $1 range but I’ve seen them have small ones for $5 and larger ones for $10 so depending on the lamp and/or project it could still be considered a reasonable price. =D Cheers!
Titti@ShoestringPavilion
I made my own drum shade using one of those “cone shaped” shades you can find all over the thrift stores. Check out the tutorial here
http://shoestringpavilion.blogspot.com/2011/06/place-mat-lampshade.html
Kathy V.
I think the bamboo placemats would work really well over my broken IKEA rectangle glass lamps. They come in sets of two and both are cracked and broken on top. The bamboo would make a great fix-it and save the lamps from the garbage can. Plus it goes with the brown tropical feel of the room.
heather
@kathy Okay, mom. I should bring the placemats to your house, then! :) Good idea with the square lamps.
CraftyCrazyGal
Another idea for the fake flowers – try dipping them in melted wax. I’ve made Victorian-type flowers made from imported crepe paper dipped in wax, and the wax darkens the colors – at least on the crepe paper.
Vivienne @ The V Spot
Love! You’re a genius.
Meagan
I bought a bamboo placemat to cover an old nautical lamp my hubby had (it was hideous) turns out spray paint did the job. ;)