Don’t let your budget limit your decorating options! Over at Small Home Soul, Toni used dollar store materials on a small budget to create an eye-catching backsplash. Find out what she did: [Dollar Store Glass Backsplash]

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I love the glass gems at the dollar store and am always on the look out for great ways to use them. Sarah from Alderberry Hill transformed some plain styrofoam into these stunning trees with little more than paint and these gems. Make yours in staggered tiers like Sarah or keep it simple and use this same technique to make a straight cone tree. Make a few in colors to complement your decor or stay with a monochromatic palate. Either way, they will look great on your mantle, window sill or as part of your Christmas Village. [how to make glass mosaic Christmas trees]

Project estimate:

• Styrofoam trees, $1 and up
• Acrylic paint, on hand
• Glue gun and glue sticks, on hand or $1 and up
• Glass gems, $1 and up

Total: $2 and up

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Every once in a while we see a project that is so simple yet so high-impact that it makes us step back, pause, and marvel at someone’s creative genius.  This window was one of those moments, spotted at Forever Decorating.  Blogger Terry’s friend, Gail, had the unadorned window hanging on her porch as a decoration.  After a wind storm blew it down, Gail decided to revamp it before rehanging it.  Her embellishments of choice?  Decorative glass pieces from the dollar store!  She used both flat glass stones and frosted “sea glass” to decorate the panes, gluing them into a random mosaic pattern.  The finished window makes a gorgeous statement on her porch, but this project also has a practical side!  It would be a great idea for anywhere you want to have a little privacy but still let in a lot of natural light, such as a bathroom window.  Don’t have a spare window laying around to play with?  Try your local Habitat for Humanity ReStore, where you will likely find stacks and stacks of old windows for just a few bucks each!  [how to make a decorative mosaic window]

Project estimate:

• Window, about $5 and up
• Decorative glass, about $2 and up
• Glue, on hand

Total:  about $7 and up

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It’s impossible to go to the beach with kids and not end up with a collection of rocks. Stephanie from The Silly Pearl wanted to turn her beach vacation memories into something tangible, so she turned the rocks her daughters collected on a recent trip into an ocean-inspired wreath.  If you aren’t near enough the water to collect stones yourself but want to add a touch of beachy feel to your decor, you can also use the bags of river rocks from Dollar Tree to get the same effect.   [how to make a summer beach wreath]

Project estimate:

• Wreath form, $1
• Twine, on hand or $1
• Beach rocks, free
• Glass stones, $1
• Glue, on hand

Total:  $2 and up

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While some stock at Dollar Tree changes all the time, there are a few items that are a constant on their shelves.  One of the things that you can always find there are bags of flat, gem-like glass marbles.  There are so many things you can do with them, including this fun idea by Shannon at Madigan Made:  She used several bags of them to revamp a pair of end tables!  With yard sale season in full swing, this project is just one more reason to keep an eye out for furniture finds to refurbish!  [how to make a glass marble tiled table]

Project estimate:

• End table, on hand or about $5 and up
• Paint (optional), on hand or $1 and up
• Flat glass marbles, about $5
• Resin, on hand or about $8 and up

Total:  about $5 and up

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Ever since Christmas when I made my North Pole street light, I’ve been hooked on the idea of crafting with solar path lights.  I have a bag of them sitting in my closet and waiting to be turned into something brilliant.  If you, too, have a stash of solar lights, check out these photos sent to us by DSC reader Pat.  She used dollar store materials to make an elegant solar accent light!

Project estimate:

• Solar path light, $1 and up
• Fancy wide-mouth glass, $1 and up
• Glass rocks, $1

Total:  $3 and up

Pour some glass rocks into the glass.  (Make sure you use a glass that has a wide enough mouth to accommodate the solar path light.)  Remove the stem portion of the solar path light (it should come right off) and place it in the glass, nesting the bottom into the glass rocks.

Place the light in the window during the day to charge it, then enjoy the soft glow for hours after dark!

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Disney at Ruffles & Stuff came up with a quick and easy (and cheap!) way to make glamorous gemstone frames. Her secret ingredient? Those flat glass marbles you can find in the flower arranging section of the dollar store. This is possibly the best use of these marbles I’ve ever seen! [click here for bejeweled frame tutorial]

You can find a huge array of frames at the dollar store, as well as the glass marbles you need for this project. Disney recommends hot glue for this project because it doesn’t remove the spray paint. Also, in her example shown above, she used embellishments like faux flowers and bows.

Project Estimate:

• Frame, $1
• Glass marbles, $1
• Spray paint, optional, $1 and up or on hand
• Additional embellishments, on hand or $1 and up
• Hot glue, on hand

Total: $2 and up

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I saw these glass squiggles at the dollar store and thought “hm, those are weird!” Craftster member HSG and author of the Mosaic Manifesto blog made this stunning mosaic plate using the squiggles, mirrors, and flat glass marbles. Definitely the best use of those dollar store staples I’ve seen.

Seems like this application would make a really awesome Tiffany-style lampshade if you could get the right kind of lampshade rig for it. Nice!

Project total = $7

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