Okio B Designs: cricut

If you have some vintage book paper (or sheet music) and some cut-out letters, here's a super easy summer decoration.

I whipped up this cute beach banner in between weekend barbeques and the crummy weather.

I used my Cricut to cut out the letters and starfish, but you could easily use chipboard pieces or print directly onto your book paper.

After gluing each letter on, I punched holes at the tops of each page. Then I used some twine to loop through the pages in order to hang it. See what I mean? Super easy and super cute! I have it hanging in our kitchen where the color matches perfectly!

Jeanine

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I popped into my local Ikea yesterday and found these really cute apple baskets. For only $9.99 each, I knew I could add a spooky twist to them. So I did!

Because I also want to be able to use them for other holidays/seasons, I knew I did not want to spray paint anything on them. I recently bought Cricut's Halloween cartridge, so I printed out this spooky graphic onto black cardstock.

I used Sticky Dots to stick it onto the front. Now I can peel it off when Halloween is over and use the basket again and again! I'm working on the other one as we speak.

I'm not sure how the paper will stand up to the elements, but I am planning on displaying these on our porch.

Jeanine

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I just added these cuties to my Etsy shop. Beachy whale frames:

In blue.

And pink.

I used my Cricut Splish Splash cartridge to make the whales and their water. I typed out beach using Word and glued it beneath each whale. I made a blue one for myself to hang in the bathroom. The boys love it...and so do I! Adds just the right touch of beachy charm!

Jeanine

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I haven't had much time this week for any projects (boo hoo!), so I'm sharing some quick tags I made last week using my Cricut:

I love this French script image that I purchased off of Etsy (Graphique.etsy.com) and I love how it looks on this Fleur de Lis.

I use #80 cardstock so it's a bit thicker than the regular #60 found in most craft stores. I finished them up with some tea-stained seam binding. I'm thinking of doing some for Xmas this year but with red and green seam binding. Can't you just see them hanging from the tree?!

Then I made some seahorses - also using the French script. I have some of these displayed in my bathroom which has a bit of a French/coastal feel. I also have both for sale in my Etsy shop.

Jeanine

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I was browsing the Pottery Barn site the other day and came across these pretty numbered frames ($39 for a set of three):

(Photo courtesy of Pottery Barn)

When I saw these oval frames at my local church thrift store on Friday, I knew immediately that I could do something similar with them.

First, I spray-painted each frame black. While they were drying, I used my Cricut to make my 1,2,3 stencils. Instead of canvas, I used some Osnaburg fabric which I find gives a similar look. I used fabric paint to add my numbers to the fabric, and I added them to each frame once they were dry.

I still have to add the chains to the back of each frame and hang them. Overall, though, I'm really happy with how my version came out! And it cost me about $4 to do mine.

Linking to Between Naps on the Porch: Met Monday.

Jeanine