I have never been lucky enough to find those mythical packages of superfine glitter in graduated colors at the Dollar Tree, but I’ve heard they exist! Andrea from Oasis Accents was lucky enough to find them at her local store, and glitterized some pumpkins in the graduated color style of ombre.  The glitter definitely makes these dollar store pumpkin decorations special! [how to make ombre …

With the third Toy Story movie still fresh in recent memory and rumors of a fourth film floating around the internet, it’s a pretty safe bet that the now-16-year-old franchise isn’t going anywhere.  The movie brought cowboy play back into popularity with American children, who will be giddy when they see these DIY hobby horses by Dutch blogger Hetty from lightbluegrey.  Make one as the …

Continuing our Iron Craft summer roundup, today we’re looking at the June challenges – we used maps, made something for Father’s Day, created QR codes, made something campy and showed our stars and stripes. How did you spend your June?

These sweet little baskets are made out of paper plates! So resourceful, and so simple and pretty. Sarah Hearts adapted one of Martha’s great ideas to create these and secure them with washi tape. (I have yet to see any washi tape at the regular American dollar store, but you can find it at the Japanese dollar store!) If you don’t have washi tape, how …

I am not much of a cook, but I like everything that has to do with baking — as long as it’s easy. (Doesn’t sound much different than my philosophy of crafting, does it??) I love making cakes and cupcakes, and I think homemade frosting tastes best, BUT I have avoided making my own frosting for the past couple years for one reason. I HATE …

No haunted house is complete without a spooky chandelier, right?  Just in time for Halloween decorating, Miya of Jellyfish Jelly dug around in her recycling bin and came up with all of the components she needed to make one out of cardboard!  Her instructions include a printable template so you can reproduce it for yourself.  Make it even spookier by draping it with some cottony …

The Halloween projects have started rolling into the DSC mailbag, including this cute and spooky idea from reader Oscar.  He writes:
I was in dire need of some Halloween decorations and after visiting my local Dollar Tree I ended up finding all my supplies to make these Halloween vases.
This is one of those great decor projects that can be quickly and easily disassembled at the change …

Okay, I’ll admit, real taxidermy does freak me out a little sometimes.  For instance, I know a guy whose wife will only let him hang his mounts in his office, so when you walk into this tiny room there are about a dozen pairs of unblinking eyes staring at you from every direction.  Yeah…  Creepy!  This faux taxidermy projects, however, has a weird, macabre charm …

Want to knit but can’t get the hang of knitting needles? This is a neat trick: use an oversized comb as a knitting loom, which is a lot like finger knitting. Over at Cut Out + Keep, user Zydonia tells you how to do it. You can knit a scarf or other small project this way! [how to knit with a comb] [via]

If you’re a follower of our friend Cris at Crissy’s Crafts, you know that she’s an absolute whiz when it comes to turning empty soda cans into gorgeous flowers and other pretties.  Since her flowers only use the sides of the cans, however, she has amassed quite a collection of bottoms.  When her daughter brought home some pine cones recently, she had a brilliant idea …