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Privet House for Target

May 12, 2012 / BY Okio B Designs
Have you seen the new Privet House for Target line yet?  I had never heard of Privet House, but I was intrigued enough to look for them in my local Target. I was pleasantly surprised!  On Friday, I picked up four of these wonderful placemats.  I also couldn't resist the ceramic cheese plate.  I was a little surprised to see though that it was Made in China.  Hmmmm...not quite an American artisan collection now is it?...

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Quick Mother's Day Gift

May 03, 2012 / BY Okio B Designs
Yup, still rainy and chilly in our neck of the woods.  Sigh!  The upside is when you're trapped in the house all day, you get a jumpstart on some Mother's Day gifts: I made these little wood silhouettes of my boys for their Grandma today.  I bought the wood pieces at Michael's and gave them a few coats of aqua paint.  Then I took some profile shots of the boys.  I printed them out on...

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