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Dollar Store Magnetic Chip Clip Holder

April 8, 2015 by Bre 26 Comments

There’s nothing worse than craving a salty, crunchy chip, and opening the package to find they’ve gone stale. (You know I’m right!)

To prevent such a catastrophe, you must make this DIY Dollar Store Magnetic Chip Clip Holder!

This is such a great idea! Quickly update a dollar store burner cover into a magnetic chip clip holder. Never be without a chip clip in your pantry again!

Not only will you have lots of chip clips to help keep those salty snacks fresh and tasty, but you’ll also have a fantastic way to organize those chip clips!

Alright, so people, I’m telling you that if you’re not a regular Dollar Tree shopper, you need to become one, stat.

It is my absolute favorite place for cheap party supplies (read my post on the best Dollar Tree party supplies), and cheap craft supplies (read my post on 10 craft supplies to buy at Dollar Tree, and the follow up with ten more).

Oh, I also love it for strange stove burner covers with roosters plastered all over them. At the risk of sounding like an idiot, I really have no idea what you do with a burner cover. I’m guessing it’s something for an electric stove. . . ? I’ve never had one of those so I don’t really know.

Yeah, so anyway, I bought a set of two of these burner covers for, well, $1 (now $1.25), never planning to use them for their intended purpose. Instead, I always planned to use them for something “magnety” (made up word referring to something that can be used with magnets.).

Anyway, these bad boys hid out in my china cabinet for about six months until a wonderful moment of inspiration hit. You see, I was giving my children their 78th snack of the day when I got super annoyed that I couldn’t find any more binder clips (my makeshift chip clips), in my junk drawer.

At that moment I knew that my world would become a better place if I always had easy access to chip clips so that my children’s snacks could be easily resealed and not spill all over the pantry as they usually do. Out of hiding came the rooster covers.

DIY Chip Clip Holder Supplies

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Metal burner covers
12″ x 12″ scrapbook paper in pattern of your choice
Mod Podge (decoupage glue)
Foam brush
Ribbon
Clothespins
Acrylic paint
Tiny magnets
Scissors

How to Make a Magnetic Chip Clip Holder

Since roosters aren’t my favorite animal in the world, I decided to cover this bad boy up, pronto. I traced around the burner cover on a piece of 12 x 12 scrapbook paper, and then cut it out.

Next up, I applied a thin layer of ModPodge (decoupage glue) to the top of the burner cover and put my scrapbook paper on top. Bye bye, rooster!

I smoothed out the wrinkles, and after it seemed dry, I put another thin layer of decoupage glue on top.

Once everything was dry, I hot glued a ribbon around the entire edge of the burner cover.

Then I painted some clothespins with acrylic paint and hot glued tiny magnets to the back of each one. Super duper easy!

And you guys, for real, this has been a total game changer in the world of proper snack sealing and storage.

I love a good Dollar Store craft and organization combo project (kind of like my Dollar Tree pizza pan memo board)!

DIY Earring Organizer Made from a Kitchen Gadget

September 12, 2014 by Bre 29 Comments

Hi, friends-

If you’ve been following my blog for any amount of time at all, you know that I have a deep love for Dollar Tree. I find the BEST things there, and of course they’re always things that I never knew I needed before.

Things like this splatter screen that I found in the kitchen section.

What in the world do you do with this thing in the kitchen? It has a mesh screen, so I don’t really understand how it’s supposed to prevent splattering, but whatever – I didn’t buy it for the kitchen anyway.

Nope. From the second I laid eyes on it, I thought EARRING ORGANIZER!

See, I have a collection of some awesome dangle earrings that I used to wear on nights out. Since my nights out now usually consist of “Kids Eat Free Night” at [insert local brewpub name here], I don’t wear my fun earrings all that much anymore. They sit in my jewelry box and tangle themselves up with my more practical earrings, which is super annoying.

So, I decided they need to be segregated and I made this special place for them – all from my Dollar Tree splatter screen!

Easiest project EVER. I know I’ve said it before, but this time it is the truth. All you need is:

splatter screen
spray paint
ribbon

Step One

Spray paint your splatter screen. (Learn from my mistake – make sure the screen part isn’t touching whatever you’re painting on, as the paint may pool and form smudges on your screen.)

Step Two

Add some ribbon to the top of the splatter screen for a cute touch.

Step Three

Put your earrings through the mesh and hang up your new earring organizer.

SEE? I told you it was the easiest project ever.

– Bre

Dollar Store Easter Bunny Decor

March 27, 2014 by Bre 33 Comments

Since the beginning of time, I have been a sucker for a good makeover.

All of my Barbies got makeovers when I was little. Some of my favorite TV shows have involved makeovers (think What Not To Wear and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (DON’T JUDGE – they always got me when they moved that bus!)). And I love a good makeover for myself at the Bobbi Brown counter every once in awhile.

So how excited do you think I was when I spotted an ugly cardboard bunny decoration at Dollar Tree that I knew could be made adorably happy and springy with a little TLC? Goodbye weird bunny displaying an image of another bunny holding an egg almost as large as itself, as well as the lie that “[s]pring is here . . . ” (it is not here. In fact, it may never be coming to Chicago. LIES!). Hello cuteness!

Loved this makeover! It was super easy and super inexpensive. And it adds a dose of happiness to my back door. Hippity Hoppity!

Supplies Needed for Dollar Store Easter Bunny Decor

Cardboard bunny from Dollar Tree
Small piece of cardboard for your carrot (I used part of a shipping box rescued from the recycling bin)
2 pieces of 12″ x 12″ scrapbook paper (1 for the body of the bunny; 1 for the carrot)
Spray adhesive
Wood shims
Wood glue
Acrylic paint (two colors – one for wood background; one for text), and brush
Ribbon
Hot glue
Scissors or x-acto knife
Optional: Green felt (for carrot top); Twine or ribbon (for a bow at bunny’s neck); Cotton ball or pom pom (for bunny’s tail); Paint tips (for easy text painting)

Now, here’s how I did this!

STEP ONE

Spray your bunny and the scrapbook paper with spray adhesive. Adhere the bunny to the paper and press down all over to ensure a good bond.

STEP TWO

Cut around the bunny with your x-acto knife or scissors.

STEP THREE

Draw a carrot shape on your cardboard. (Fix it over and over again until it doesn’t look totally deformed, as shown in the photo below.) Repeat steps two and three to decorate your carrot.

STEP FOUR

Take two of the wood shims and place them parallel to one another, vertically on your table. Place some wood glue at the bottom and begin to affix your other shims perpendicular to those lying on the table. Glue shims all the way to the top.

STEP FIVE

Once your wood shim backdrop has dried (it might take a couple of hours), paint it however you like. I used watered-down acrylic paint for a more unfinished look.

STEP SIX

Once the paint has dried, determine the placement of your bunny and carrot (but don’t glue them yet). Then, write your text in pencil, wherever you like.

STEP SEVEN

Now, paint over your text with acrylic paint. I used acrylic paint bottle tips, which made painting the text really easy. Then I went over that painted writing with a small paintbrush to give it a flatter and broader look.

STEP EIGHT

Affix your bunny and carrot to your wood background. Add any decorative elements you like (for example, a ribbon at the bunny’s neck and a cotton ball or pom pom at the tail). Glue your ribbon at the top of the wood background for hanging.

Cute, right?

I feel like this makeover would get Clinton and Stacy’s stamp of approval. What do you think?

– Bre