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Spring Touches

February 25, 2012 / BY Okio B Designs
There is less than a month until the official start of Spring.  Although we've had a relatively mild winter here, I am sooooooo ready for Spring!  I started adding some seasonal touches to the homestead yesterday.  Putting them out immediately made me feel much perkier! I have to thank my sister Kathy (Creative Home Expressions) for my acquiring these little cloches.  I have been admiring them on her blog for over a year and I...

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A Few More Valentine's Day Touches

January 24, 2012 / BY Okio B Designs
**Don't forget to enter my giveaway here.** I'm pretty much done with my Valentine's Day decorations.  Mainly because I've run out of places to display them!  Last night I did a peat pot in pink which I thought would be a nice departure from white, and make for a nice Valentine's Day touch: I used my Cricut to print out the French script heart and then tied it on with some tea-stained seam binding.  The...

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Thrift Store Urn Mini Makeover

June 21, 2011 / BY Okio B Designs
I picked up this silver urn at our local church thrift store last week.  (Is it an urn or an ewer - I'm not sure so someone please correct me if I'm calling it by the wrong name.)  Anywho, I love, love, love having bird's nests and eggs through out my house.  Put two and two together and you get this: I added some faux nest material to the urn and added the three eggs...

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