From this to that: Dish towel pillow

Dollar Tree dish towel into a miniature couch pillow:

I saw a DIY project with a Dollar Tree dish towel and had to replicate it. 

Materials:

• One dish towel from Dollar Tree 15x25in 
• Iron
• Sewing machine or needle and thread
• Pillow stuffing (Walmart $3.47 - I used half a bag)
• Hot glue gun

Step 1: Fold the towel in half to your desired shape and style MAKING sure to fold it inside out. I folded my towel in half hamburger style. Then iron the towel to remove any unwanted creases. 

 Step 2: Pin each side with sewing pins. I pinned 1/2 inch in -avoiding the thicker edge so my sewing machine could make it through. Make sure to leave one side open without pins because we will be turning the material inside out and stuffing it here. 

Step 3: Sewing- I cut away some of the thick edge so my sewing machine could make it on. I bought my sewing machine at Aldi's for less than $15 and its a mini machine so it can only do basic sewing.

The frayed edge is where I kept the sides open.

Then turn the pillow case right side out and you should have clean sew lines that are hidden. 

Step 4: Stuff until desired pushiness. I only used half of my stuffing: costing me $1.74 for stuff this pillow. 

 Step 5: Hot glue the frayed edges down and then hot glue the 2 sides together. You could also sew the open side instead of hot glue but keep in mind you will see the stitching. 

 You can see the difference on the bottom left corner where the hot glue is but for me it is a minor imperfection. 

The pillow goes perfect with my couch and only cost me $2.74!

From this to that: cotton ball/Q-tip jars

I've been wanting to put my cotton balls and Q-tips on my bathroom counter for easier access and I knew to take to Pinterest!

I found an idea to up-cycle old Bath & Body Works candle jars into cotton holders while also tying it to my gold color theme. My motto: spray paint EVERYTHING gold!

Materials:

• Glass jars with lids 
• Drawer knobs
• All purpose glue/glue adhesive (Dollar tree)
• Goo Gone 
• Paint of your choice for the lids

I already had one empty Bath & Body Works jar but I needed another and the only candle I had was not even close to burning out. So I lit the candle, melted the wax, and poured the wax into other candle votives so I could still enjoy the (peppermint) smell. 

 This process of transferring the wax only took an hour and probably would of been less if I wasn't doing something else at the time.

Before and after of the jars when cleaning with Goo Gone (genius stuff right here!)

The label was easy to peel off but make sure to peel off the bottom label too (which needed more Goo Gone). I washed out the jars with soap and water just to make sure the Goo Gone oil wouldn't soak into the cotton. 

While we're waiting for the jars to dry go ahead and spray paint the lids with your color of preference. One of my lids already had a gold glitter design and did not need paint. 

Use the Fill-All Adhesive from Dollar Tree instead of WellBond glue

I found some old kitchen drawer knobs at my moms house and lucked out because they were already gold and the floral design matches my bed spread.

At first I glued on the drawer knobs with WeldBond glue and let it dry for 24 hours. This did not hold and I then re-glued with Dollar Tree's Fix-All Adhesive which has worked pretty well so far.


Also if you have a strong drill bit you could drill a hole into the lid and screw the knob on to make it more secure.

Unfortunately my baby drill doesn't have the power and Ill have to spend the extra money one day...ugh.

Now fill with the desire toiletries after the glue has dried at least 24 hours. My glue became transparent but I would also suggest spraying the lid again with paint if the glue ring shows. 

From this to that: Picture frames into candle lantern

DIY picture frame candle lantern:

I had a bunch of frames laying around and luckly had four frames that were all the same.

Materials:

• 5 picture frames with at least four matching ($1 at Dollar Tree)
• Hot glue gun
• Ribbon (optional)
• Candles to decorate

First pop out all the backings to the frames. 

Hot glue each frame together, making sure to glue more on the inside when the square is set up to make it more stable. 

For the top use the fifth frame and break it down into four pieces.

Two of the pieces will be longer so I easily broke them down to the same size. Hot glue each side into a pyramid shape. 

To cover some of the glue marks I glued on black ribbon. 

I set it up in my bathroom and added various candles. 

When I lit the candles I was concerned that the topper would catch on fire. I burned them for a couple of hours and the top was only semi-hot but I wouldn't leave this alone just in case.