Okio B Designs: June 2018

I can't take credit for this project. It's a copycat of one I saw on Pinterest. Once I saw it, I knew, finally, what I could do with all of the random baseballs in our garage.

My boys played baseball briefly, but somehow we had all of these balls hanging around. I started by breaking out some red, white and blue acrylic paint. I painted the colors randomly on each ball and added some stars to a few of them.

I'm not the best painter as you can see. My stars are a little smudgie. Still, I love how they came out and how they look in my little red wagon. And they are perfect for our 4th of July decorations.

Jeanine

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While at our local thrift store last week, I spied these wood pieces in their craft area. I wasn't sure what they were for or what I was going to do with them, but I grabbed them anyway.

And here they are now! I turned them into coasters.

I started by giving each piece a few coats of white spray paint. Then I printed out the words onto vinyl transfer paper using my Cricut. I carefully peeled and stuck them to the wood, and then went over them with another coat of white spray paint.

Once that was dry, I broke out the grey paint and did a few more coats over the wood and sticker letters. I waited and waited for that to dry and then I carefully peeled the stickers off. I followed up with a quick coat of Mod Podge, and they were done!

For roughly $1-$2, I have some cute new coasters that I'm sure we'll be using all summer!

Jeanine

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Some white-washed, French script wood clothes pins for this lovely White Wednesday. Cheers!

Jeanine

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I am NOT the best sign maker. I am horrible at stenciling. I do not have a steady hand. Most of my signs have been epic fails. So when I saw Live Craft Love's post on making a reverse canvas sign, I was intrigued. (Click the link above to go to her post.)

I bought a rinky-dink canvas from Target for $2. First step was to remove the canvas from the wood frame - including all of the staples and glue. Check. Then you stain the wood. Check. The next step I kind of did on my own. I used my Cricut (Signatures Font cartridge) to print out my hi on vinyl paper.

I just had to peel and stick to get it on the canvas. Once that was done, I trimmed off the excess canvas and stapled it to the back of the wood. Seriously, how easy was that?! And now I have a cute, new decorative wood sign for the house.

Be sure to check out Live Craft Love's post for the full tutorial. I can't wait to make more of these adorable little signs.

Jeanine

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This year is the first time in years that we won't be away for July 4th. So I'm kind of going to town on the decorations.

This is our cozy Cape Cod and beloved porch. I love decorating it each season/holiday. The burlap banner is from Walmart. I grabbed it last year and I'm surprised at how sturdy it's been. I have one hanging on each side of the porch.

We painted the porch swing red last year and it really works well with the decorations.

This cabinet was a roadside find. Scroll through previous posts and you can see its before and after. It's the perfect size to display some of our festive goodies.

The little red wagon is from Hobby Lobby. I'm using it to display some red, white and blue candles. I think it's my favorite piece on the porch.

More reds and some Dollar Store pieces. I'm still adding more pieces, but so far I'm pretty happy with how it's turning out.

Jeanine

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Inspired by my friend, Susan from Homeroad, I whipped up some quickie, patriotic, mini pillows last night.

We were away for Memorial Day weekend, so I had a bunch of Dollar Store mini flags that were just sitting around. With Flag Day and the 4th of July right around the corner, I decided to make a couple of these adorable mini pillows.

First, I ironed the flags to make them flat. Then I carefully removed the staples holding them onto their sticks. I chose Osnaburg fabric for the backing and cut it to size. A few stitches from the sewing machine and some stuffing, and voila! - mini American flag pillows!

Jeanine