What's Going on Around Craftytown: March 25

There are a lot of things happening around craftytown this week! Check out these challenges and fun links I have for you:

(image by Living with Lindsay)

$5 Decor Challenge:
Living With Lindsay has finally opened up the linky list to her $5 Challenge, and has announced the prizes. Guess what? I am awarding the winner with a $25 gift certificate to Dollar Tree! You have to link up today, so hurry over there and submit your link!

Why I Love the Dollar Tree:
Entries for this contest are closed, but you can vote for me! I made a video called “Dollar Tree Crafts” showcasing some of the stuff I’ve made from Dollar Tree stuff, and you can vote for it once a day, so please click over there and vote for me!

Placemat Challenge
Check the Placemat Challenge out! You have until March 30 to link up your placemat craft to my blog carnival, so be sure to submit it soon!

Other fun stuff to make and do:

Cheap jute-wrapped Easter basket craft at Piper’s Pearls
Better blogging tips: 6 ways to use other people’s photos on your blog at CROQzine
Easter Egg Buddy Craft (by me!) at AmazingMoms
I am doing this today with my kids: How to Grow Your own Wheatgrass at Make & Takes
12 Printable Easter Crafts at CraftJr.
Want to find something fun to do in your area? Check out the FunPlace Database (and submit your favorite fun place while you’re at it!)
Free Easter Bunny coloring page at JGoode Designs
Adorable Hardboiled Chicken Egg family by Eye Candy (via Dabbled)
April CraftSocial: Mark your calendars for Earth Day, April 22, and the Green Crafting Craft Social event on Twitter #craftsocial

Follow me on Twitter or Facebook for more daily links to good stuff like this!

Tags: challenge, contest

Heather

Heather Mann is chief editor of Dollar Store Crafts, and specializes in transforming inexpensive materials into stylish and simple craft projects. She has appeared on the Martha Stewart Show, in Reader’s Digest and the New York Times. DSC has been recognized as named one of Babble.com’s Top 10 Best Overall Craft Blogs (2011 & 2012) and Apartment Therapy’s 10 Crafty Blogs We Love (2010). Her work has been viewed by millions on the cover of FamilyFun magazine and on top websites such as RealSimple, Huffington Post, ABCNews.com, and others.

4 Comments

Stephanie Lynn

March 25, 2010 at 3:40 pm

Hi Heather! Great video {I just popped over and put my vote in for DSC!} So excited about Lindsays challenge! Oh the things you could do with $25 gc…that’s great!

I’m going to start thinking about the placemats…tee,hee I love a challenge!
Randa Clay

March 25, 2010 at 5:29 pm

Thanks so much for mentioning the FunPlace Database!
Abigail

March 26, 2010 at 5:46 am

That’s odd, even though it says you can vote once a day it won’t let me vote again :(

Oh well, I’ll try again later ;)
Abigail

March 28, 2010 at 10:23 am

Hurrah, it let me do it today :D