Glitter Valentine Heart Treat Boxes

Ok girls, I found the cutest little plastic heart trinket boxes at the Dollar Tree last week and what a bargain, 12 for $1.00.  I'm not a big fan if purple so I decided to use only the red and pink heart boxes in the package.  I thought these would make adorable little treat boxes for my girl friends, once I've adorned with glitter and little cabbage roses!

You will need:

Heart Boxes

Modge Podge

Glitter

Crepe Paper

Glue

I started off by painting the little lids with Mode Podge, sprinkle with your glitter of choice, I chose pink and red.  Once these are nice and dry I created little crepe paper roses.  Cut your crepe paper into strips.  Start the little roses by taking one end and rolling into a little rosebud type center, from there start creating the petals by twisting and turning the rest of your strip around the center until you have your little cabbage rose, use the tail end of your paper strip to tuck under the rose gluing down so that the rose stays together. You might want to dap a glue into the rose as your go along.  I sprinkled the roses and little coffee colored leaves with very fine clear glitter.

And now your have great little Valentine treat boxes ready to fill will goodies!

Happy Valentines and Happy Crafting!

Beth
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Creating Christmas with Diana from The Girl Creative

Hi friends! I’m Diana from The Girl Creative and I’m very excited to be here with you today to share a really easy Christmas project that will relatively cost you pennies. And it’s Pottery Barn inspired! Woo hoo!

Pinecones. Shimmery, sparkly, snow-covered pinecones. You can find them in your yard or even in your neighbor’s yard {or in my case Home Depot!} and with a little bit of paint, glue and glitter, you can transform those dreary brown pinecones into these frosted pretties.

Here’s what you need to complete this project:

•  Pinecones in various sizes
• Spray Paint
• Mod Podge
• Glitter

 The first thing I did was spray paint my pinecones with spray paint in an aqua blue color. I used Krylon brand and the finish was gloss. I gave them a good 2 –3 coats making sure I got in between all of the layers. It’s okay if they are not 100% covered and a little of the original brown color shows through.

  

After they dried (I left them in my garage to dry for a few days. This was very helpful in letting them air out so that they did not smell like spray paint) I took a foam paint brush and went over each pinecone with Mod Podge and then generously covered each one in white glitter. The brand of glitter that I used was Sulyn and I picked it up in Hobby Lobby. It’s super fine in texture (different than regular glitter) and it could easily pass for snow. It was perfect for this project. I shook off the excess glitter and let them dry.

  

 That’s it. Piece of cake, right? I really love how they came out. You can do so many things with them. I used mine to fill a sleigh that I’ve had for years. You can use them as centerpieces for your Christmas table. Add some ribbon and a loop and you have some cool Christmas ornaments. Such an easy {and affordable} project that even your kids can help you with.  What child would not want to jump right in and use glue and glitter? I’m sure they’d love to “help”.

{Just a little side note: everything in the above photo was super cheap and you can totally pull off this look on your mantle or any flat surface in your house. The votives are from the Dollar Tree and came in a pack of 2 for $1. The sparkly silver Christmas trees are from The Christmas Tree Shops – only a few dollars each. The tray under the votives is from Hobby Lobby and was only a few dollars (50% off Christmas decorations).}

Holiday JOY Sign Tutorial - Dollar Store Crafting

Here I go again, more Dollar Tree Crafts!  I should really stay out of that place, I've gotten to where I only pay cash and then hide my finds when I get home so my hubby won't notice all the new craft supplies.  I guess when you think about it, it's not that bad

of an addiction, lol.        

                                 

                                                     

One of our family traditions was to hang miniature candy canes on the             Christmas tree, so I've loved candy canes ever since.  Dollar Tree had a string of the most adorable plastic candy canes, and turned up side down they make a perfect "J".

  

Supplies:

• Three small frames    
• Candy cane ornament
• Plastic ball ornaments
• Beads
• Ribbon
• Decorative Christmas paper
• Glue  

First spray paint the frames to your color of choice, I chose black because I thought it would make the color pop and it goes with my front den decor.  While the frames are drying cover the frames cardboard inset with your holiday themed paper, I used scrapbook paper that I already had on hand, but wrapping paper would work just great. Glue the little plastic candy cane down, oh tie a bow around it first.  Second cute the plastic ball Christmas ornament in 1/2, glue onto the second paper covered inset.  The lastly create a "Y" with various fun holiday beads on the third covered inset.

Once the frames are dry simply pop the decorated insets into them, and there you have it a very easy and inexpensive Christmas JOY sign!  So tell me what you think!



Happy Holidays and Happy Crafting!

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Dollar Crafting - Fall Jute & Felt Rose Wreath

I am so.... excited we are having our first day that feels like fall, cool temps and even rain!!!

I made another (secret trip) to the Dollar Tree this weekend and found the best craft supplies to create the sweet little Fall Wreath.

Supplies:

• Styrofoam Wreath $1.00
• Jute string $1.00
• Bag of silk oak leaves $1.00
• Berry Spray $1.00
• Felt or Fabric that you already have on hand
• Glue

Wrap your Styrofoam wreath form with the jute string, Tip - I ended up wrapping mine with muslin ribbon so that the green Styrofoam didn't show through.  Once you have that all nicely wrapped glue on your Fall oak leaves.  To make the felt roses cut yourself a circle of felt, cut this into a spiral and wrap around itself.  Here is agreat and easy tutorial for making these little roses from Little Things Big Smiles Blog. Now glue these on top of the leaves, add a few berries for a little of accent.

This wreath took be about an hour total to create with a total cost of about $4.00!

  

Prim Raven & Poe Box - Dollar Store Crafting

This is my last Dollar Store DIY for Halloween and it almost didn't happen because I had to drag the oatmeal box out of my hubby's hands who was instant that the empty box should go in the trash. You should have seen the look on his face as I'm trying to explain my plans for the little oatmeal container, lol.

Supplies:

• Empty oatmeal box
• Dollar store raven
• Card stock
• Book pages
• Scrapbook paper
• Black Paint
• Black glitter

Cut the box to the height that you want, it's easy with just a pair of scissors.

To create a lip for the lid cut a strip of card stock and cover with scrapbook paper of your choice and attach to plastic lid.  I covered with Mod Podge of extra durability and sprinkled with black glitter while still wet, BTW unlike me make sure that the lid is firmly on the glitter bottle before.... sprinkling the lid, I ended-up with a kitchen floor and a dog covered in black glitter!

Cover the bottom of the box with book pages, mine are from a $1.00 book from the Dollar Tree, cover with mod podge and antique with black paint.

Once the box lid is dry you can attach your Dollar Store Raven!  I created a Poe necklace for mine to mimic my Raven & Poe Gift Tags.

Nevermore Raven & Poe Gift Tags

Happy crafting!