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Broken Dress Form Peat Pot

April 30, 2013 / BY Okio B Designs
I'm a firm believer that if life hands you lemons, you make lemonade.  Case in point, my broken dress form peat pot. I bought some rub-on transfers from Joann's a couple of weeks ago.  Now, I'm no expert on rub-ons.  I've only used them a handful of times.  After rubbing for what seemed like forever, this transfer just didn't seem to be happening.  So I kept at it. I must have moved it while rubbing...

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Playing Around with Easter Table Settings

March 19, 2013 / BY Okio B Designs
We're hosting the grandparents this year for Easter.  I'm already playing around with the table settings to get an idea of what will look the prettiest.  I bought a pretty Chevron table runner from Etsy that will match the plates perfectly.  Here's what I have so far: I will have to mix and match plates because the ones you see I got from the Pottery Barn outlet a few years ago - but are only for four. ...

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Dressed Up Seed Peat Pots

March 12, 2013 / BY Okio B Designs
I'm looking forward to a fruitful garden this year.  My dad has offered to help me pick the perfect spots in our yard.  You see, we do well with tomatoes and cucumbers, and some random herbs, but my eggplant and green peppers never seem to take off.  Anywho, I decided to start early this year with some of our seeds.  Of course, I had to dress up my peat pots just a little. These mini peat...

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Bunny Peat Pots

February 15, 2013 / BY Okio B Designs
Saw this on Pinterest and thought it was the sweetest idea ever!  Bunny peat pots for Easter. First I painted my peat pots white.  One coat usually does the trick because you want a shabby look.  While they were drying I printed off my bunnies onto tissue paper.  One is from Etsy and the other is from The Graphics Fairy. Next you kind of rip the tissue paper to get as close to the image...

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Frenchy Peat Pots

January 27, 2013 / BY Okio B Designs
Anyone else ready for spring?  I'm counting down the days after a horribly cold week here.  Peat pots always make me think of warmer days, so I embellished a couple over the weekend while we were staying warm indoors. First I gave them a coat of white acrylic paint.  Then I ran some tissue paper through a printer to get these great French graphics. I used Mod Podge to adhere them to each pot.  I...

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Embellished Peat Pots

December 20, 2012 / BY Okio B Designs
I still have a bunch of peat pots left over from the summer.  Since I'm still avoiding the chaos of the stores and malls (and still working with what I already have in the house), I decided to make a couple of new embellished ones. I gave each a coat of white acrylic paint.  I tried my hand at doing a mixed media one with the little girl.  The image is from The Graphics Fairy...

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