Our friends over at HowDoesShe? have put together a great list of over 50 Valentine’s Day Ideas. The list includes printables, pennant banners, treats, decor, gift ideas, cards, things for the classroom, activities and more! With ideas like 14 Days of Gifts; Valentine’s Day Countdown, 12 Simple Ways to Say I Love You With Food, and Shower Love Notes, you can’t go wrong!

Calendars aren’t just a great way to keep track of what day it is, or what we need to do when, they are also a great way to show off our personalities. With 2012 here now, most of us aren’t thinking about replacing our old calendars, so I decided to put together a quick roundup of a couple free printable calendars to help you ring in the new year with style!

2011 was a tutorial-filled year at Dollar Store Crafts; we brought you more original tutorials than ever!  There were fashion tutorials, home decor tutorials, recycled crafts, and all kinds of other ideas.  Some of them were particularly popular, so to wrap up the year, we thought we would take a look back at our top 10 tutorials out of everything we made in 2011.  Which …

Holy cow, where did 2011 go?  I stopped paying attention for one second and – whoosh!  – it was gone!  It’s been a crazy year for DSC, and some of our posts went completely viral!  We’ve gained so many new readers this year that it makes our heads spin, and you’ve made it clear which projects you love most.  Taking a look back, here are …

On our Dollar Store Crafts Facebook Page, Sylvia asks: I’m a small business owner, and since I’m moving, I have about 300 business cards with the wrong address and phone # on them…..does anyone have any ideas of stuff to make with business cards?

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 …

Advent calendars can be as unique as a fingerprint. They can be made out of just about anything and are a fun thing to craft and customize. So if you’re starting late, and need some ideas for this year’s Advent calendar, hopefully this roundup will inspire you to create your own for this year, or use this season to create one for next year!

Thanksgiving isn’t just about football and preparing your game plan for Black Friday, it’s about taking time to look at what really matters in our life and giving thanks for our blessings. It’s always fun to see what kids are thankful for. Some things are funny, others are simple, and some things just make you sit back and say “wow, I can’t believe you thought of that!”

Although I shop at the dollar store all the time (obviously!), it’s been awhile since I shared what I bought. I got my act together the other day and made a haul video with a small sampling of my recent dollar store purchases. If you like this sort of thing, you should definitely subscribe to my Youtube channel! I should say that if you like …

Nail art is all the rage right now, but going to a professional salon can get pricey. Lately we’ve been featuring a few DIY nail art tutorials here at DSC, so I thought I’d scour the web for some more tutorials to help get you inspired. Hopefully after trying all of these tutorials, you’ll come up with some of your own to share with us! …