Easy Dollar Store Valentine's craft

I hadn't been to a dollar store in a loong time.  When I stopped in to look for something crafty to do during the storm, I figured Valentine's day is a good crafty thing to work on.  So I picked up these doilies figuring I'd make a garland.  Well I did that. Then made this mobile out of a bunch of them. These are pretty flimsy doilies so the edges bend a little, but it's kind of cute hanging there twirling around. Just take a stack of 5 (or more, if you want a more robust mobile) and sew a line down the middle. I used a large stitch and left a long strand at the top so I could tie a knot in the strings and hang the finished product.

Dollar store wreath

Last years dollar store plastic Christmas ornaments at half price or less, make for a nice outdoor wreath. So glitzy. Many of the ornaments come in packages of three or more. Staying with similar color themes like gold and silver or red and white or by themes like all Santas or angels keeps the wreath uniform.


Add a few dollar strings of beaded garland wrapped around the wreath form and several single big dollar ornaments for variety and depth. Try not to organize it, just let the creativity flow when hot gluing the pieces onto the form. It took me about an hour to glue these onto a 12" wreath form.

Enjoy!


Tee

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Halloween plaques

Remember these? I said I had a plan for them.

I reused them to make Halloween wall plaques.

I cleaned, soaked and sanded them to remove the quotes and pictures from the originals. Then painted them, applied a stencil, and glued on a wood filigree ornament from Michael's craft store. When all was dry I applied a coat of varnish.
The backsides are decoupaged with music sheets. I plan to make them reversible to a Christmas plaque. Stay tuned.
Tee
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