This is something we totally need at my house.  I can’t tell you how often we run around the house for 5 extra minutes on the way out the door scouring for sunglasses.  I swear they get up and move around the house by themselves, and that they never end up in the same place twice.  The girls over at the Sunglass Warehouse Blog came …

Malia from Yesterday on Tuesday gets huge bonus points for originality with this project; I’ve never seen anyone decorate a wreath with sugar cones before!  Taking a sweet new twist on the cone Christmas trees that are popular in both styrofoam and paper forms, she decked out some cones in an equally sweet color palette and attached them to a sparkly, tinsel-wrapped wreath.  If wreaths …

When winter weather rolls around, board games are a classic cabin fever reliever.  Sharon from Keen Inspirations made a Christmas-themed game board of her own featuring two different classic games:  checkers on one side and tic tac toe on the other!  It will keep kids and adults alike occupied for hours, all for a very nominal cost.  The game pieces are made out of plastic …

When she found packages of cork strips at the dollar store, Angie from The Country Chic Cottage knew she’d scored something good.  With a little help from her kids, it took all of 20 minutes to turn that $1 worth of cork into a while pile of ornaments!  The rustic look is the perfect compliment for the kids’ decorative dots, and the speedy aspect of …

Make a Christmas wreath for your front door for next to nothing. Instructables member jackierusted shows you how to use stuff you probably have around your house already to make a colourful and festive wreath.  Wadded newspaper is taped to the circular-bent coat hangar and taped in place, then painted and layered with embellished of leaf shapes and colourful cut outs. Not bad for almost …

If you follow Cris from Crissy’s Crafts, you know that she’s a total diva when it comes to recycling.  Nothing goes to waste when that girl is around!  So, as you can imagine, when she got her hands on a wooden pallet, she turned it into something fabulous.  I love pallet crafts because of that humble-to-holy-cow effect they have!  Her pallet Christmas tree is adorned …

Let’s face it, button pins make everything more awesome. I’ve seen street vendors and trendy hipster stores sell custom pins for a few dollars each. I figured I could make my own easily enough and would make great gifts for friends, the best part is that I can customize each button so it’s personal to each recipient.
This project uses old bottle caps as the base …

My hubby worked on a grocery stock crew for a few months, and part of his job was putting price stickers onto all of the items.  Every day he would go through 2 or 3 rolls of stickers, and knowing that I would love them, he saved the empty rolls for me to use in my crafting!  They’ve been in my stash for a while …

In addition to dollar store crafting, I like to do food crafts! I am a huge fan of fun foods, and I believe that snacks that are fun to look at are more fun to eat! I made this Healthy Christmas Tree Snack a few years ago, and just shared it on our sister site, Dollar Store Mom. This week for my column at the …

That Shannon over a Madigan Made, she’s such a clever one!  Inspired by some paper shades she’d seen for wine glass candle holders and the cone tree trend that’s been hot lately in blogland, she dug into her scrapbook paper collection and got busy.  The results are stunning!  You can whip these babies up in just a few minutes, and when it’s time to change …