­

Home Goods-ies and Blogger Photo Quota?!

July 03, 2012 / BY Okio B Designs
I was in need of a little retail therapy yesterday, so I popped into our local Home Goods.  Here's what I found: I'm not sure if this crown is a candleholder but I added it to my French tray.  I put one of these petite cloches inside. The religious tag I picked up at the local church thrift store on Friday.  They also had quite a few dress forms.  However, Blogger is telling me I've...

Continue Reading

Paris Shadowbox

May 15, 2012 / BY Okio B Designs
Here is the first of the weekend projects that I was able to accomplish.  I bought this little wood shadowbox from the Unique Thrift Stores last week.  It was just a plain pine box.  I decided to give it a French-y makeover: I gave it a couple of coats of white paint.  While that was drying, I used some French script scrapbook paper for my background.  Then I popped over to The Graphics Fairy and...

Continue Reading

Champagne Anyone?

February 23, 2012 / BY Okio B Designs
After a bit of a blogging respite, I'm feeling much better now.  I swear the germs in our house are going round robin.  In between blowing my nose and coughing up a lung, I remembered a champagne bucket and stand I got over the summer at a garage sale.  I wanted to paint it white but my husband talked me out of it.  Still, I had to do something to jazz her up: I decided...

Continue Reading