Free Printable: Halloween Candy Baskets with Dollar Tree's Anniversary Celebration

This post has been sponsored by Dollar Tree and Blueprint Social. All opinions and ideas are my own.

I love to stalk the aisles of Dollar Tree to find inexpensive buys – most particularly the crafting stuff, home goods, gift wraps and stationery as well as the candy. I've had a couple of posts featuring Dollar Tree items, like this pair of skull earrings for Halloween. With Dollar Tree's Anniversary Celebration I thought it was time to stock up on candy to make these simple candy baskets perfect for Halloween!

More products are available to purchase with Bonus Buys of up to 58% more free for each item. Yep – some items (brand name ones as well) will be available in bigger quantities for a limited time, and still only for $1 each. So what items, you say? Well, there are a ton! Home decor (Dollar Tree has an awesome lot of DIY-able decor), health and beauty items (like nail polish sets - you guys know I love me some nail polish), snacks and sweets (perfect for stocking up for Halloween), household staples and so much more. You can get more details here on their website.

I do love some of their Halloween stuff, they’re pretty inexpensive and totally hackable/DIY-able (like my aforementioned skull earrings). Yep, that was Dollar Tree material right there. They also have paintable and carvable craft pumpkins, perfect for craft activities with the kids, or spruce them up for fall decor. 

So yeah – I thought it was time to stock up on candy to make these adorable candy baskets/containers to give out for Halloween – doesn't hurt to prepare early, no?

For this project, I bought some cute little baskets from Dollar Tree, spray painted them in matte black, filled them halfway with shredded paper and arranged candy and goodies on top. I also added burlap trim around, but jute twine is also a good idea. To make it extra special, I added a graveyard backdrop that I cut with a digital cutting machine. Then I created this printable to make it cuter. Don't forget to download yours at the end of the post, as well as the template for the gravestone background!

I really love that Dollar Tree has a ton of unique items – you can even make something similar to give to co-workers for Christmas! Change them up by making a spa kit, a movie snack kit or anything your giftees love. I guess you have to stock up for that as well, right? What do you usually buy at Dollar Tree? Don’t forget to follow them on social media:

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Free Consumer Crafts Jewelry E-book and a $100 Consumer Crafts Shopping Spree Giveaway!

This post has been sponsored by Consumer Crafts. But don't you worry - all opinions and crazy notions are 100% mine. :)

You guys know there's a real special place in my heart for DIY jewelry - there's just something magical about making my own and being proud to say that I made it myself when people ask where I got them. Well, June is Jewelry Month for Consumer Crafts and while the month may almost be over, there's still some time left to grab jewelry supplies on Consumer Crafts - all their jewelry supplies are 10% off until the end of the month. 

Furthermore, the folks over at Consumer Crafts have put together a free downloadable e-books for all you DIY jewelry fanatics like me. It has 9 awesome step-by-step jewelry tutorials - perfect for your summer wardrobe. I promise you'll love it so download your copy already! :)

My favorite tutorials in the book are:

This awesome terrarium necklace - they show you the process of making these sweet little things. Mini terrariums are actually a hit these days! I'll be making one for myself in either necklace or keychain form.   

And these pretty nautical bracelets. I sure am still not tired of the nautical trend... are you? In any case, these are pretty changeable to the theme that you want, just follow the tutorial. Love these for summer!

Convinced yet? Download your free copy here. :)

$100 Shopping Spree at Consumer Crafts

And yep, there is a giveaway for my US and Canadian readers - $100 to spend on the Consumer Crafts website. That's a lot of craft supplies right there. Whoever wins this will be one lucky person! Giveaway runs through July 14, 2014 so enter now using the Rafflecopter widget below: 

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Follow Consumer Crafts here (their blog, Crafts Unleashed has a ton of awesome DIYs as well):

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What would you get if you win the giveaway? Lemme know in the comments and enjoy doing the projects in the free e-book! :)

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