I have done it! I came up with my very own craft!!!

So, I am forever trying to find easy ways to turn junk I have into crafts.  Thus I read a million and two craft blogs  daily.  I am a total copycat though....until now folks!!!

So a while back my sister and I went to the dollar store to buy the supplies to make three tiered trays for a game night we were planning.  (view my inspiration here).  Well they didn't have all the things I needed on that particular trip, but I went to a different Dollar Tree and found the candle sticks that I needed.  (Let me add that I still haven't made those trays.  I have all of the stuff sitting on the shelf in my craft room)  Well when I was organizing all of my craft supplies a few weekends ago I found that my candle sticks had been carefully wrapped in some pretty paper. Well, I thought it was lovely anyway...

Not bad for free paper, right?
But I absolutely fell in love with one particular piece and I knew that I was going to make something out of it....but what??
I toyed with the idea of just putting it in a frame, but then I thought that was just a little too lame.

So I thought....and thought.....and then the light bulb went off!
What if I mod podged it to a canvas? Brilliant!! Then I realized I had no canvas.  Hmmm

You have to understand, my husband and I are in SERIOUS  save every dime mode.  So unfortunately going out to buy canvas was just not in the cards.
But I remembered that I had bought a bunch of plain white gift boxes on clearance just after Christmas.  I have them stashed everywhere!!!  And so I figured I could turn one into canvas.  And I did!!! All by myself!!

Here is what I used:

Gift box
Scrap Cardboard  (pretty sturdy)
hot glue gun
a ruler
utility knife





And although I don't have the mod-podge right now, I will show you my work in progress....

I am not quite finished, I need to trim the excess paper, and put a layer of mod-podge on...but I think it will be lovely on my wall.

Now to make something to go with it!!

But the whole project cost was made out of stuff I had on hand!!! So I am very excited.

The possibilities are endless.  You can buy a two pack of gift boxes at the dollar tree and that will yield you four canvases!!