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The Dollar Store Diva: Five Clever Valentines-By-Mail Ideas

January 20th, 2013 By Kaley
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dollar-store-divaDid you know that you can mail just about anything as long as it has a mailing address and the correct postage?

Valentine's Collage

My Mom (a.k.a. the Dollar Store Diva) is the queen of sending out-of-the-ordinary mailings, from water bottles to  cereal boxes to puzzles and more. Here are some clever ways to brighten the day of your Valentines who live far and wide.

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A Cereal-ously Cute Idea

When you can’t ‘Scrape’ Up Enough Dough

Go to Infinity and Beyond to send your Valentine some love

Gifts for the budding artist in a clever package 

‘Puzzled’ about what to send your grandson?  Here’s an idea. 

Water bottles

 A bottle of Sunshine to brighten anyone’s day!

Yes…for those of you who are counting, this was actually SIX clever Valentine’s-by-Mail ideas.   I found the last one after I had already made the graphic.  Ahem.

Love me anyway?  🙂

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For those of you who haven’t met her, the Dollar Store Diva happens to be my Mom, Nancy, who has a special power.  She can transform Dollar Store and other inexpensive finds into super fun gifts that would brighten anyone’s day!

See more Dollar Store Diva ideas here.

Filed Under: Craft Ideas, Giving, Simple Living Tagged With: Dollar Store Diva, valentine's day

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Comments

  1. elaine says

    February 14th, 2013 at 9:09 pm

    Well, Happy Valentine’s Day Dollar Store Diva 😉 My 12 year old grandson just called to let me know that he enjoyed his Honey Nut Cheerios very much! Thanks for the idea and the chuckles. Tomorrow my teen aged grandson gets the Planters nuts. They couldn’t get it to him by today.

    • Nancy says

      March 15th, 2013 at 10:07 pm

      Hi Elaine!

      I just saw your comment. Thanks for letting me know that you were able to use two of my Valentine ideas. Yay! Like you, I enjoy sending gifts like these to my grandchildren.

  2. elaine says

    January 25th, 2013 at 7:27 pm

    I can’t find the can of nuts idea for a teenager which I saw the last time I checked. Please advise. Thank you!

    • kaleyehret says

      January 25th, 2013 at 8:26 pm

      Here you go, Elaine! https://chachingonashoestring.com/2011/02/04/the-dollar-store-diva-returns-more-valentines-mailing-ideas/

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