It’s starburst-meets-snowflake with this clever ornament design by Britt from Interestosity!  A little glue and epsom salt give it a sparkly,  crystal-ish look at the tips of the cotton swabs.  You could even add glitter for extra snow-like sparkle!  They were inspired by some very expensive ornaments from a high-end home decor store.  Up close you can tell what they are, but at a distance …

Remember that silk screen kit that I used to make screen printed Christmas cards?  I’ve been having so much fun with it, and I just can’t stop printing designs on things around the house!  Most recently I printed a fleur de lis motif on a pre-made pillow cover that I picked up at Dollar Tree, and I love how it turned out.  The pillow cover …

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If you frequent dollar stores (and we know you do), you know that they have deals on all kinds of different stuff.  I don’t know about you, but I am on a serious budget this year, which means I will be looking for those deals as I shop and craft my way through …

One of the perks of my job is getting to try out cool new craft toys. This week, I got my hands on the new Martha Stewart Craft Station by EK Success. The Craft Station is a multi-use tool that can be used as a cutter, an embossing table, a light table (for tracing), and the cutting arm has a guide that can help with …

Umbrellas are an untapped craft supply (and one we need to visit soon – Umbrella Craft Week, anyone?). Over at Casa Montada, a Brazilian DIY blog, I spied this super cute umbrella Christmas tree. While you probably won’t find an umbrella this cute at the dollar store, I bet you can find a way to make a dollar store umbrella cute! (Spray paint & stencils? …

If someone said to you, “I made a cloche out of a garbage can,” your first response probably wouldn’t be, “ooh, I bet that is really pretty!”  And yet…  it is really pretty!  I love how Krista from The Gathering Place Design styled her creation with a nesting bird figurine, giving it a look reminiscent of a vintage bird cage.  On her blog, she also …

I’ve been making pine cone crafts since I was a kid.  I grew up in the woods, so they were never in short supply!  There is something very Christmas-y about pine cones, which makes them all the more perfect for turning into tiny Christmas trees!  At Green Eyed Monster, a blog by sisters Ash and Kimmy, I came across these simple little lovelies decked out …

If you are an iPod junkie, your headphones are as much an accessory in your wardrobe as your necklace and your handbag.  It makes sense, then, to treat them as such!  Over at Cut Out + Keep, user xMeerjam personalized hers with a bunch of colorful Perler beads!  Put them on randomly or in a pattern, use a whole rainbow or just a couple of …

Raise your hand if you think miniatures are awesome. (*Raises hand*)  Okay, I can’t see all of you, but I am assuming that was pretty much unanimous, right?  This time of year I always admire all of the little Christmas village whatnots, giggling over tiny trees and shrunk-to-scale buildings.  Amber from Salt Tree was shopping for just such miniatures when she had an idea that …

Last year, Allison from House of Hepworths fell head-over-heels for some fabulous nutcrackers in the West Elm catalog.  But at almost $30 each (or $60 for a larger model), she couldn’t justify buying them.  Not when she knew she could make them!  You won’t believe the “before” picture of these guys; they were pretty hideous when she found them at Dollar Tree.  A few modifications …