A tea towel apron, flour sack pillows, a rope basket, painted signs, and mousetrap photo clips stood out at our Dollar Tree seasonal decorating gathering. These five projects show how the participants used inexpensive starting materials. The budget references in the original roundup reflect prices at the time.
Tea towel apron
Curtain Queen Creates turned tea towels into an apron, using the striped fabric as part of the design. The photograph shows the finished piece. Kim’s Curtain Queen Creates archive preserves her sewing and decorating work.
Flour sack pillows
Karen of Shabby Sweet Cottage made pillows from dollar-store flour sacks. Printed motifs, including a typewriter, gave the pale fabric a vintage look.
Linen-lined rope basket
Shayna of The Wood Grain Cottage used a Dollar Tree basket for this linen-lined rope basket, inspired by Ballard Designs. Rope handles and the striped outer finish changed the look of the original container.
Library book signs
Melissa of Keep Calm and Decorate shared her library book sign wall and tutorial. The signs point to imagined places such as Neverland and Wonderland, with contrasting lettering on colored backgrounds.
Mousetrap photo clips
Bohemian Junktion found another use for mousetraps: painted clips for photographs and notes. The finished display pairs initials with family pictures. It was the most unexpected starting material in this group.
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