Create Your Own Lace Pottery. Make a Pink Ruffly Umbrella. Home » $5 and Under, cheap crafts, From Our Readers, Headline, Tutorials 22 June 2010 56,461 views 12 Comments by heather.
Make a Recycled Soda Bottle Jewelry Stand. Make a Beaded Chandelier. Welcome to Dollar Store Crafts - the internet's original site for all Dollar Store Crafts!
Keep track of us and never miss another awesome dollar store craft idea: Cell Phone Charging Dock (From Card Box) Craft Recycled: Cell Phone Charging Station from a Lotion Bottle. By Becky Striepe on March 14, 2012 Ashley over at Make It Love It was tired of leaving her cell phone on the floor while it charged.
The phone got grungy, and it was sort of an eyesore. It's a good idea to use free paint chips: - StumbleUpon. Check out the 31 ways paint chips are used in all kinds of projects!!
Some of these you may have seen around blogland others are from Etsy. 1.PaintswatchWall2.SnowmanOrnaments3.cut leaves 4. Note booklets 5. 7. 10. 13. gift boxes 14. 16. 19. Most Popular Repurposing Tricks of 2011 - StumbleUpon. The 30 Minute $6 Dress Tutorial. Guest post by Rachael at Talk 2 the Trees.
The perfect dress is hard to come by. I like my dresses to be cheap, and long enough. (I’m not a fan of super short dresses!) Cheap and long dresses don’t seem to go hand in hand.. so, if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself! I feel melty. EDIT 11/5/2012: We are no longer selling custom crayon pieces in our Etsy shop.
We are now focusing on a new jewelry project, so please check that out and we hope you enjoy the tutorial below! Edit: We are now selling custom crayon pieces in our Etsy shop! If you have questions about commissioning your own artwork, please see the shop or email us at lightandspoon@gmail.com. Here’s our contribution to the melted crayon craze on Pinterest. My original inspiration was this one, though original source is apparently unknown, because I found it on Pinterest. How to make an Outdoor Candle Lantern Inexpensively. Last week I made a candle chandelier for my deck.
It looks so pretty when lit, but the rest of my yard was looking kind of neglected. FASTEST RECYCLED T-SHIRT TOTE BAG. Tree Wall Decal. One Pearl Button. My Favorite Blogs. Creative Guest: Nike from Choose to THRIVE. Living With Lindsay — Creating a Beautiful Home, One Glue Gun Burn at a Time.
Apartment Therapy Ohdeedoh. Shabby Blogs. Plastic Cup Lamp. Now that my university is closed for winter holidays, I finally have more free time to do all the crafty things I’ve been wanting to.
One of these is a lamp made from plastic cups I’ve seen at taf, the art foundation, in the Monastiraki region in the center of Athens. Eight-day-of-christmas-8-maids-milking. I had such a great response when I asked about Aprons I am thinking about doing "Apron week" the first week in January.
If you like this idea let me know AND email me a picture or link to any aprons you would like ot see made and I will tackle it! I love a challenge! Would you guys like to do this? I love love love pretty aprons and I actually think this is the one area where Anthropologie prices aren't that bad. BUT having said that free is always better! (It was SUPER windy, and then down poured, while I was trying to get these pics so the ruffle wouldn't lay straight) Unlike Anthro's I lined mine. Better Late Than Never....Anthro Knock Off Lamp Tutorial. Upcycled Skirts: Umbrellas Converted into Colorful Clothes. Like designing your own styles to dress in but not skilled with complex stitching or comfortable with creating new patterns?
From their shapes and size to their scale and appearance, skirts and umbrellas have a lot in common – except, perhaps, that when it comes to an umbrella the interior is designed to be seen publicly and thus is as carefully considered and crafted as the exterior … whereas, well, looking up a skirt … that might get you in trouble. But seriously: used umbrella material is a perfect choice in many regards to upcycle into a skirt, dress, other easily-planned piece of refab clothing, as designer Cecilia Felli discovered during her creative umbrella-to-skirt upcycling experiments. Moreover, since umbrellas are well known for breaking down, this provides a simple do-it-yourself way to take advantage of something that frequently falls apart.
Umbrellas come in all kinds of colorful, creative and unique patterns that convert readily into skirt material for women or girls. Cute & Easy Fabric/Ribbon Bandaids. Kids and ouchies seem to go hand in hand... or maybe that should be 'on knee & knees'? If you have children or have a child occasionally in your care, there's a really good chance that you have a small stash of boxes, with bandaids in different sizes and colors, ready to go at a moments notice!
(Just ask Alaina's teacher!!) Since I'm almost positive that my children see bandaids as removable body-art stickers, it was quickly becoming an expensive new hobby for us. With this simple idea, there's no need to purchase those neon shades or the cartoon character bandaids anymore. Most favorited all-time. Things to Make and Do. ~Ruffles And Stuff~