DollarStoreDiva

    By Marlene Alexander

    | 1:15PM 12/07/2009
    With the holiday party season officially underway, you may be wondering what to give the busy hostess at the parties you will be attending. Here are some easy ideas that mix items from the grocery or department store with things from the dollar store. I found a pretty floral candy dish for...

    By Marlene Alexander

    | 3:30PM 9/05/2008
    While feeding the family must take precedence in any household, a home does not run on bread alone. Sometimes the phone cord gets crackly or you blow a fuse. Prices on some of these things can be absolutely shocking, so I headed to the dollar store, Home Depot and The Source to compare prices....

    By Marlene Alexander

    | 5:00PM 5/25/2008
    As mentioned in a previous post, ideas from decorating magazines can often be copied, albeit on a smaller scale, with dollar store finds. Another way to get ideas, especially for gifts, is department or specialty stores. Around holidays like Mother's Day, Father's Day or Christmas, the stores...

    By Marlene Alexander

    | 5:00PM 5/20/2008
    With the warmer weather come thoughts of dining alfresco, and while you don't want to risk breakage of your ironstone dishes, neither should you have to pay top dollar for a few melamine pieces that you're only going to use for three months out of the year. Enter your friendly neighborhood dollar...