Scrapbook Tip

Okay, Okay - so it isn't EXACTLY parenting related, but it's useful information anyways.

I love to scrapbook and make cards. It's my newest obsession, really, but I never have quite enough money to get all the cool things that are available. I try hard to find cool embellishments for less money so that I can really decorate my stuff without spending a whole ton of cash.

Last night when I went to the Dollar Tree - my all time favorite store in the history of EVER - I realized that the solution to my biggest problem was right before my eyes.

FLOWERS!!! Tons of flowers.

You see, I love those little flower petal things that you can use to assemble your own flower brads, but I don't love the price of those little flower petal things. They are way too expensive for my budget, so I stare at them and pine over them and then walk on by without ever buying them.

Last night at the Dollar Tree, I had an epiphany. I could have my flower petals without breaking my bank. No, I haven't lost my mind, and I'm not speaking in riddles. All I had to do was buy a few sets of those fake flowers that were at the dollar store, then bring them home and take them all apart. HELLO FLOWER PETALS - for practically nothing, I might add. If you get the right kind of flowers, you can disassemble them and then layer your petals and add a pretty brad to create your very own layered flower brad for whatever art project you may be working on.

I figured if my new idea didn't work, that I had really only lost about $5.00 on the flowers, and we could always use those in some other project. When I got home last night, I tried my new idea and - guess what - IT WORKED!

(Did you really doubt? After all, I'm telling you about it today, and if it hadn't worked I would not be sharing, now would I?)