Target Transformation! A fun Christmas crafting project!

I'm not ready to pull out the Christmas bins yet (Halloween wears me out) but in case you happen to be interested in future Christmas crafting projects, Target is selling these reproduction putz houses for $3.

 The colors are a bit "bright" so I decided to tone it down. I removed the pipe cleaners and replaced them with my own. I also brushed the entire house with white glue and dusted it with fine glitter.

 The decorating options are endless and this could even be a project that you do with your kiddos (minus the glue gun part).

 I haven't had time in weeks to do any crafting, so this gave me a much needed fix. Happy Christmas crafting!

Target Transformations (a few Halloween ideas)

If you've been following me on Instagram, I've been sharing some of Target's latest Halloween goodies and how they can be transformed. I especially love Target's $1 and $3 goodies.   If you happen to be running errands, you might want to pick up a few things while they are still available. 

The foam glittered owls and skulls are available in the $3 bin section near the front of the store.

The $3 mini paper hats are back with their Halloween decorations.

With a few straight pins, a hot glue gun and a few embellishments, they can look like this!

I think one of my favorite $3 finds are these LED putz style houses.  They are back in the Halloween section.

Grab your glue gun, a few scrapbooking supplies and you can turn it into this.

If you haven't figured it out, it's ALL THINGS Halloween for the next few weeks at our house. 

PS.  Target if you're reading this, feel free to throw a few gift cards my way!  Tee hee.

$1 Target Purse Makeover

Last week, I suggested that you might want to grab these little pocket books from the $1 Target bin.

We're going to give them a quick makeover.

Supplies:

Purse
Hot glue
Needle & thread
Ric Rak
Buttons
Silk blossoms
Clip-on earrings (optional)
Scissors

1. Remove bow with scissors. They were attached by a few stitches of thread.

2. Replace bow with silk flower. I found these silk flowers at Michael's and they have a pin/clip already attached to the back of the flower.

I also used a few millinery flowers that I had been saving from a previous project. I hot-glued clip-on earrings to the center of the flowers (after removing the earring clip with pliers), but you could also use buttons too.

Step 2. Add ric rak to the ribbon handle with hotglue or needle & thread.

They are the perfect size for those quick errands when you only need a cell phone, some lipstick, license and cash. We're going to use a few of these purses as party favors at Emma's birthday.

Happy crafting!

Happy soon-to-be Mother's day!
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Another Target Transformation...Bunny Ears

If you're near a Target (or Dollar Store) this week, you might want to pick a pair of bunny ears.

Because with a little hotglue, some silk flowers and Easter chicks, you can give your bunny ears a sweet little makeover.

Happy Easter!
Other dollar bin Target transformation Easter projects
can be found here and here.

XOXO
♥

Another Target Transformation

I think I'm going to start a series about the Target dollar bins...Target Transformations. Who doesn't love Target's $1 and $2.50 dollar bins?

A few weeks ago, I picked up this Target $2.50 wreath and turned it from this...

into this.

Let's do the same thing with this $2.50 Easter mini tree.

Using this bag of pink silk flowers and white floral tape (found at my favorite mission thrift store for .50 cents) I gave our Target tree a mini makeover.

I also took the tree out of its ugly plastic container and put it inside a favorite teapot.
Don't ask me how many teapots I own. Perhaps that's a blog post for another day!!

Now, that's much better...

Happy Easter!
Happy Crafting!

PS. My husband's principal recently went to China and brought back goodies for the girls.

Thank you, Linda!

XOXO

♥

There's still time to enter for my 4/15 Easter give-away.

Random drawing to be held Friday at 7pm EST.

Show-n-Share Egg Wreath Makeover

Did you know that March 20th marks the first day of spring? I guess it's officially time to take down the winter wreath. I've got a simple and inexpensive spring wreath tutorial for you.

Raise your hand if you love Target's dollar bins?

When I saw their Styrofoam egg wreath for $2.50, I knew it had great potential.

This wreath cost me less than $3 dollars (the silk flowers were .50 cents from Dollar Tree) and the glue, glitter and ribbon, I already had in my stash of craft supplies.

Supplies:

Wreath
Brush
White glue
Glue gun
White glitter
Silk flowers
Ribbon

Step 1. Using a brush, lightly coat each egg with white glue and sprinkle glitter over the glue. Shake excess glitter onto paper.

Step 2. Remove silk flower blossoms and attach to the wreath using a glue gun.

3. Brush silk flower blossoms with white glue and sprinkle with glitter. Shake excess glitter.

Step 4. Hang wreath with a silk ribbon and enjoy!

Happy Spring!

XOXO