Okio B Designs: Romantic Homes

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If you saw the February issue of Romantic Homes, then you saw these little cuties from Ikea.

So cute and I love the colors!

I'm the world's worst cake baker so I appreciate the non-stick, squishy plastic they are made of. However, my husband claims I failed on my New Year's Resolution not to buy stuff, but I gently reminded him it was: not to buy stuff I don't NEED. I need these!

Jeanine

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Although I haven't been ice skating in years and was never quite good at it, I do love the look of them in the wintertime. This is a pair I did a couple of years ago when I first started blogging. I had spied a similar pair in Romantic Homes and did a copycat you might remember from my old blog One Cheap B*tch:

Some of the glitter on the blades has started to wear off but I do still love the fur cuffs!

I bought another pair of old skates from the church thrift store a couple of weeks ago. They sat and sat until this week when Jill from The French Cupboard shared her French-inspired skates. It was just the little nudge I needed to get started on this latest pair of skates. Problem was they were in pretty bad shape so I had to spray paint them - the whole boot, blade and all. Here is one of them now:

I love how Jill used twine to lace hers, and as luck would have it I had some, what I like to call, candy cane twine from Ikea. I used that to lace them up.

I tied a Joyeux Noel coffee tag around the front of the boot, and stuffed some tissue paper in the top since I didn't want to use fur again. Then I added some random Xmas balls and faux branches, pine cones and berries from the Dollar Store on top.

Meanwhile, this is the other boot - patiently awaiting its complete makeover. =)

Linking to Between Naps on the Porch: Met Monday.

Jeanine

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This basket sits in my livingroom and normally holds all of my favorite magazines: Country Living, Romantic Homes, Martha Stewart Living, etc. I wanted to make it a little more exciting so I turned it into a basket o' book stacks:

I picked up some old books this morning from the church thrift store and started tearing them apart once I got home. Once they looked good and old, I tied them together with some twine and added them to the basket.

The book stack in the front with the flower is one I bought off of Etsy a couple of years ago. I love the colors in the book stack to the left so I kept them as is. The one to the right I made last year and features some crowns from The Graphics Fairy.

Yup, I think this looks much better and my magazines are safely tucked in under the stacks!

Jeanine

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My mom was in the mood for a Home Goods trip this morning. And who am I to refuse?! I have two Home Goods within 10 miles of my house but hers always seems to have the best stuff! Even though tomorrow is Father's Day, I decided it was ME day today and I snatched up a bunch of goodies:

Don't you just love this Fleur basket? I swear I've seen it in Romantic Homes or Country Living within the last few months. I loved it then and I love it even more now that it's mine! I'm not sure what' I'm doing with the chicken wire basket yet but I loved how it looked like a vintage locker basket. The Cynthia Rowley plates will no doubt come in to play entertaining this summer.

I could not get the seahorse plate into my cart fast enough. They had a deeper one in white but the pale blue sold me immediately! It goes perfectly with my starfish table cloth.

How lovely are these little ruffle towels?! They remind me of something you'd find at Anthropologie.

This is perfect for my 4th of July porch decor.

And what better way to call it a day than with a watermelon margarita! Cheers!

Jeanine