I decided I wanted a Valentine’s Day wreath this year.  I’ve never been a big wreath person, but Pinterest can change a girl.  I wasn’t sure exactly how my wreath would look, I just knew I wanted it to be big, bold, and red.

I headed to Dollar Tree and just started picking up red Valentine items that “spoke” to me.  I liked the sparkly garland, and the heart picks were too cute to pass up.  I had a ton of red ribbon left over from Christmas, and some wood heart frames I had purchased at Michael’s.  I looked at my collection for several days, still not sure what to do with it.  So I just started playing with my supplies, and I wound up with a wreath that I absolutely LOVE.  Here’s how I ended up making it.

Project estimate:

• Wreath form, $1
• Wire edged ribbon, on hand or $1 and up
• Valentine garland, $1
• Heart Picks, $1
• Wood heart frame, $1
• Puffy hearts, $1 for 6
• Stickers, on hand

Total:  $5 and up

Step one:  Wrap the wreath form with ribbon (optional, but I can’t stand floral foam shedding!)  Paint the heart shaped frame.

Step two:  Cut the wire garland into 24 inch pieces.  Wrap one end of wire around the wreath form, and coil the rest into a loose spiral.  Repeat.

Step three:  Cut the wire edged ribbon into 32 inch strips.  Attach it to the wreath form by doubling the ribbon, and pulling the ribbon ends through the loop.  Repeat.

Step four:  Slide the ends of the heart picks into the base of the ribbon loops.

Step five:  Glue the wood heart to the front, and attach the puffy heart with a ribbon.  Add a cupid sticker (optional).

Step six:  Curl the ends of the wired ribbon in different directions.

Isn’t this a fun wreath?  If you don’t care for my red/gold combo, you could easily make it white/pink or any other colors that say “Valentine’s Day” to you.  Have fun crafting and creating!

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This quick, easy project doesn’t just have to be for Valentine’s Day.  You could easily use different stamps to create custom decorative candles for your home, for parties, or for gifts.  I made several winter themed candles as gifts for my neighbors for Christmas, and they loved them!  So pull out your inks and stamps, and let’s decorate some candles!

Project estimate:

• Candles, on hand or $1 and up
• Stamps and ink, on hand
• Tissue paper, on hand
• Hair dryer or heat embossing tool, on hand

Total:  Free or $1 and up

It’s a good idea to do a few practice runs with old candles or dollar store candles.  I often find bags of new to barely used candles at thrift stores, and they are great for practicing this technique.  The candle I used in this project was purchased at Dollar Tree, and while it is a battery operated votive candle, it has a wax coating on the outside, so it works for this project.

To make your own stamped Valentine’s Day Candle:

Step one:  Cut a piece of tissue paper to fit around your candle.

Step two:  Stamp the tissue paper.  First, I covered my paper with a text stamp that has the definition of love. Then I stamped the heart image over the text.

Step three:  Wrap the stamped tissue paper around the candle.

Step four:  Heat the tissue paper with a heat embossing tool or a hair dryer.  As the wax melts, the tissue paper will seem to disappear into the candle, leaving only the image.  Be careful to keep moving your heat tool so you don’t burn the tissue paper or create uneven dimples in your candle.

If you want to, you can further embellish your candle with ribbon, string, rhinestones, etc.  I’m decorating a few candles with blue and green damask stamps to match my living room.  Which stamps are you going to reach for?  Have fun creating!

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We’ve seen several takes on the Easer egg wreath over the years, and we particularly love the design of this one! Haeley from Design Improvised designed it for Oriental Trading Company (which is kind of like the dollar store of the catalog world). Choose all of your elements in a matching color scheme to give it a classier, more sophisticated look. [how to make an Easter egg wreath]

Project estimate:

• Foam wreath form, $1 and up
• Crepe paper streamers, on hand or $1
• Plastic Easter eggs, on hand or $1 and up
• Fake flowers, $1 and up
• Ribbon, on hand or $1 and up
• Hot glue, on hand

Total: $2 and up!

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St. Patrick’s Day is almost here! Feel like greening up your decor, but short on budget? Corrie from The Apple of My DIY put this cute chandelier together with some basic supplies, and the results are definitely not-so-basic looking! Her design incorporates honeycomb tissue paper spheres, but if you can’t find those readily available to you, you can get a similar look using green pom poms instead. Or, for that matter, any other embellishments that you happen to have on hand can be worked into this fun project! [how to make a St. Patrick’s Day chandelier]

Project estimate:

• Embroidery hoop, $1 and up
• Beads, on hand or $1 and up
• Straws, on hand or $1
• Honeycomb paper or pom poms, on hand or $1 and up
• String, on hand
• Green paper, on hand or $1
• Glue, on hand

Total: $1 and up

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Want to add a chic touch to your decor for St. Patrick’s Day? This framed moss shamrock from Amy at Stow and Tell U has a rustic, natural look that we love! It’s a great way to use a thrift store picture frame. Some Dollar Tree stores carry the sheet moss for this project, but if yours doesn’t, you can also find it cheaply in the floral department of most craft stores. The instructions even include a free downloadable template for making the shamrock shape! [how to make a moss shamrock]

Project estimate:

• Moss sheet, $1 and up
• Picture frame, on hand or $1 and up
• Glue, on hand or $1 and up
• Shamrock image, free

Total: $1 and up!

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Easter will be here before you know it – have you started thinking about Easter crafts yet? If you are hosting Easter brunch, delight your guests with these quick-and-easy folded bunny napkins! At the German blog Love Decorations, Rosy shares the step-by-step instructions; you can use Google Translate to view the page in English if you need a little help, but the photos explain the process pretty well. Use this technique for either paper or cloth napkins! [how to fold bunny napkins]

Project estimate:

•  Napkins, on hand or $1 and up

Total: Free and up!

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We love map crafts! Claire at Pillar Box Blue used some old maps to make these adorable Valentine’s Day treat holders! If you don’t want to cut up actual maps, look around online for printable vintage maps (there are some mentioned in Claire’s post). You can even personalize these by using maps with a city or area that has sentimantal value to the recipient! [how to make map heart treat bags]

Project estimate:

• Maps, on hand or free and up
• Sewing machine or needle and thread, on hand
• Small tags, on hand or $1 and up
• String, on hand or $1 and up
• Candy, $1 and up

Total: $1 and up!

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We LOVE the subtle gorgeous look of this heart wall hanging, just in time for Valentine’s Day! Jesica at Classic in Gray used several different colors and textures of yarn and a simple knot-tying technique to create this look. You’ll be amazed at how little effort it takes to makes something with such a big impact! [how to make a heart wall hanging]

Project estimate:

• Dowels, on hand or about $3 and up
• Yarn, on hand or $3 and up

Total: Free and up!

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This is such a clever way to make oversized Christmas ornaments for your holiday decor! Liz of Liz on Call used some paper and ribbon to quickly and easily dress up paper lanterns to make them mimic the look of traditional bulb ornaments. These would be great for holiday party decor, or as part of a backdrop of a holiday photo booth! [how to make paper lantern Christmas ornaments]

Project estimate:

• Paper lanterns, $1 and up
• Scrapbook paper, on hand or $1 and up
• Tape, on hand
• Baker’s Twine, on hand or $1 and up
• Ribbon, on hand or $1 and up

Total: $1 and up

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The other day when I was at Dollar Tree I noticed something exciting – they now carry baker’s twine! Next time you are there, grab a package of it plus some pom poms and make this super easy Christmas garland. I shared the full directions over at Mrs. Greene – including an adorable photobombing by one of my cats. (As if a cute craft wasn’t reason enough to check it out!) [how to make a twine and pom pom garland]

Project estimate:

• Baker’s twine, on hand or $1 and up
• Pom poms, on hand or $1 and up
• Glue, on hand
• Tapestry needle, on hand

Total: Free and up!

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