Craft Shopping

This is a typical day for Crafty Girl and I inside of a craft store.  We've shared our delirium before on this blog.  But, we really just can't help ourselves when we find a brand new crafty place to shop.  We seek them out when we have trips out of town.  When we get to take those trips together...it is ridiculous...bordering on embarrassing.  We forget any stress in our lives for this one hour.  Our mood changes in an instant.  We have smiles sewn on to our heads.  Immediately we get giddy, running through the aisles, looking for the clearance section, goofing around with fun things we find.  What must the other shoppers think?  How come we don't run into other people posing like this for their cameras?  Doesn't everyone feel this way in a new craft store?  Is it just us?  Send us your fun shopping pictures...CraftycatMDI@gmail.com....and tell us about your favorite stores in any part of the country and why that store is so great for crafty folk.  We can let readers know about these hotspots for their travels.

My Current Obsession

I've been really into making funny little headbands for special occasions! This was my latest creation that I wore at a holiday party! I'll tell you a little secret- I made it completely from items in the DOLLAR STORE!!! ha ha ha! Honestly, I get such pleasure from the smallest things! In fact these were all things meant to be Christmas decorations! hot glue and creativity went a long way!

The girls loved this headband the most- giggling about how fun they thought it was and one woman even declared it an "Ode to Kate Middleton-the future Queen of England"!

Dollar Store Costumes

A Gift For You!

Cost $3

I bought three items: a beautiful purple gift bag, purple ribbon and a package of multi colored tissue.

Cut the hole out of the bottom of the bag. Staple ribbon from the front side of the bag to the back side of the bag over each shoulder. Staple tissue paper to the front of the bag. Use some of the purple ribbon to make a bow for her hair and then staple some tissue paper to the ribbon!

Puppy Love!

Cost $4

I bought 4 items: 4 hand micro fiber dusters!

All the rest of the items were found on a scavenger hunt around my house. I attached the two skinny dusters to a headband, dressed our model in a brown turtle neck and handmade scarf from my talented aunt. The finishing touch was a little makeup to provide the nose and the whiskers!

 Pop Corn Anyone?

Cost $5

I bought 4 items: an apron, a bag of 10 individual popcorn bags (but only used 4), two packages of white jar openers and a pair of sunglasses!

Cutting up the bags and placing them on an angle really made this costume reflect the fun that comes along with eating popcorn. Once again I just stapled away, securing the bag to the apron. Then I cut the jar openers in half and stapled those on as well, bunching them up at random to make each look unique! I used the extra parts of the bag to make the head band around her head. This was the only part of the creation where I had to use tape to secure it. I cut out the "fresh" in one of the bags and i taped them on to her glasses!

These unique costumes were so fun to make!

Note: these are handmade ideas that have not gone through the standard of safety testing that store bought costumes have- so be safe.