Thank you! 😊

Thank you! 😊 the 5 under $5 challenges are one of my favorite.

Yay! Thank you!

Thank you, Julia

Thank you so much, Joni

Thank you!

Thanks so much, Karen. I love the 5 under $5 challenge.

Thank you so much, Jessica. That’s so sweet.

Thanks so much Tosha. It was such fun to join in.

Thank you!

Thank you, Tracey. I just say do it. You can always repaint it or pull it apart if it doesn’t work, but honestly you will do great. The more you try, the better you get. Try it with something you already own or trash items like tin cans or egg cartons first to keep it cheap. Just have fun!

You know, I think that is why I quit watching crafting videos, for over two years, because everyone seemed to have lost their creativity when they started advertising for expensive paints and IOD products, and instead I taught myself graphic design. All the crafting channels started doing was pushing expensive paints and then slapping expensive IOD transfers on everything, because they either get the paint/IOD stuff free or at a heavily discounted price, as long as they push those products for the viewers to buy them, on every single video. Sadly, many of their viewers live on fixed income or are trying to feed their families and can’t afford all of that…just read the comments. There are a few creators who don’t do all of that, and although they still may use the IOD stuff, they use it sparingly, not on every single video and they never make an advertisement out of it, and guess what, they still have their creativity, like this channel and Sherry at Canterbury Cottage. The others traded their creativeness to shamelessly push products, knowing many of their viewers can’t afford all of that. Now, there is nothing wrong with that, if they had kept the creative side going, but that isn’t what is happening. It is just paint something, slap a transfer and a bow on it, and call it done. The creators who are unique and who are creative (like this channel, Cheryl is awesome) are the smaller channels. As far as I am concerned, IOD has really hurt the crafting community, rather than helped it, because people who used to be really creative, because they had to be, are now just, well…boring. If done properly, IOD could be awesome, but now it’s just cringey to me, because it is on everything and it all looks the same. I just started watching crafting videos again, recently, thinking (hoping) things were different, but they aren’t. I even played a game with myself to see if I could guess what they would do with an item they got from the dollar tree, and I guessed almost everything they were going to do, on every single item. I don’t know, maybe it is just my artist brain or maybe it’s my ADHD brain, but I like unique things and learning how to do different techniques. I have found a few new channels, since I have started watching crafting videos, who are fantastically creative, and all of the comments under those videos are from people saying how they love watching their videos because their projects are so unique, because they’re sick of the same old boring videos too. So, yes, I think you are 100% correct, when they can’t spend a lot, they have to actually get creative and that is why I enjoy videos like that too.

@MissMolly3377 I try hard to keep the items frugal, because I realize not everyone has access to those items. I am blessed to get 95% from my good table at the dump which is awesome, but forces me to be creative because I haven’t seen anyone update these crazy items. 🤪 but, I love it. I also love IOD and I’m working on a huge dresser projects with the inlays, my own creative way. They are expensive and I try to use them sparingly and give alternatives and I will honestly review them. I have found d they are not exactly like other creators have said so stay tuned.

Thanks so much, Charlene! I’m glad you enjoyed them.

Thank you. I have been trying to find items that are very different.

Glad you like them! ☺️

Thanks so much, Terry 😊

Thank you, Kimberly. This was a lot of fun. I’m getting into the Fall mood with the cool nights.

@@farmhousefrugally Same! My hubby just left for the first week of bow hunting, so Fall has officially started here in these parts.

@Crawfordrusticcreations what is he hoping to get? Deer?

Thanks, Emily

Thanks, me too.

Thanks, Kathleen. I wish every town did. We have saved tons from the landfill.

Thank you! Cheers!

Thanks Annie. It’s funny how something you look at for years suddenly becomes a pumpkin 😂🤣

Thank you! 🤗

Thanks, Nonna

Thanks ☺️

Thank you, Dawn. This was a fun one.

Mine too. Thank you.

Thank you so much! I love the bottle 💕

Sorry. I will link it and pin it to comments.

I missed my own premiere 😂

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Thank you so much, Katie

So glad!

Welcome! I have over 400 videos, so I hope you’ll enjoy a few.

Thank you! 😊

Thank you!

Thanks so much 😊

Thanks so much, Tracey I appreciate that. I love that basket too.

Thank you! 😊. I’m glad

Thanks so much! 😊. I love the basket too.

So glad you like it 💕

Thank you! 💕

Thank you, Crystal.

Thanks. Me too!

Thank you 🌻

Me too. Thanks 🍁🍃🍂