Dress up your plain battery-operated candles with a pretty designer treatment. Over at Crafting Rebellion, The Rebel Crafter decoupaged some pretty Vera Bradley paper napkins to inexpensive dollar store candles – and these candles are flameless, so you can use them forever. [how to make designer decoupaged candles]
As of the writing of this post, paper napkins at Vera Bradley are less than $5 a package, …

These are actually the exact same dress-shaped favor boxes that I used for my wedding.  However, the ones that The Crafting Rebel fancied up over at Crafting Rebellion are far more fabulous!  By adding some pretty scrapbook paper and a few embellishments, she transformed them from nondescript, wedding-specific favors into flashy treat holders worthy of any girly occasion.  I think my favorite part is the …

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 …

When paper artist Sandy Ang sent me an e-mail and I first saw the pictures of these paper shoes, I fell in love!  How much fun would it be to do these in your wedding colors and use them as favor boxes at your bridal shower, or even your reception?  Or they would be perfect for for girly birthday parties, or a bachelorette party, or …

I’m sure you’ve seen potato prints before, but how about celery prints?  That’s right, celery!  I’m absolutely amazed at how the cut-off ends of a bunch of celery, a part which would normally be destined for the garbage can or compost pile, looks strikingly like a rose when used like a rubber stamp.  Maureen of Maureen Cracknell Handmade used her celery stamp to make beautiful …

I’m always on the lookout for yarn projects that don’t involve knitting or crocheting.  While I can crochet almost anything (and I really wish I could knit), it’s nice to have other options for using up odds and ends left over from making afghans and sweaters.  At Family Chic, Camilla came up with the idea of wrapping yarn around a wire form to make lovely …

Here’s a project that just screams “budget wedding!”  Would you believe that this lotus-like pomander ball was made using plain ol’ wax paper?  Carolyn from Carolyn’s Homework created the feathery, translucent decoration using materials that, in summation, are far more than just the humble parts!  I bet it looks incredible with sunlight shining though it.  If you make more than one of these, try using …

I am enchanted by these tissue paper lanterns made by Kleas. She used watered-down glue, tissue, and balloons (classic papier-mache style), then when they were dry, punched holes and strung yarn, then hung them from sticks. They are so bright and fun. I bet my kids would have a lot of fun making these! They would also be great wedding or other party decorations. I …

If you’ve set foot in a flower shop in recent years, you know that they’re not cheap.  When Debbie from A Creative Life priced out corsages for her son’s girlfriend at prom time, she was aghast at the $20 to $30 price range.  That’s a lot of dough to drop on something that has a one-evening lifespan!  Her son decided it would be much more …

With all of the recent holidays and roundups, it’s been a busy few weeks for the writers here at Dollar Store Crafts, and Rhonda and Melinda, the official Iron Crafters. So, today we will bring you up to date with the last two Iron Craft Challenges.