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Halloween Touches

October 05, 2013 / BY Okio B Designs
Sharing a few Halloween touches around our house.  I still have a few more spooky projects and decorations to add but here's the progress so far. We don't have a mantle, so I decorate the top of our wood corner hutch as if it were a mantle. And here is the hutch. I keep this old typewriter out year round.  I just added an old crow to the top. Lots and lots of... Skulls.  ...

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Painted Pumpkins

October 02, 2012 / BY Okio B Designs
This is the first year I've ever painted pumpkins.  I don't know why I didn't do it sooner!  I love the look.  Kind of a nice break from the usual orange. All you need is a couple of cans of spray paint.  I used a flat white and chalkboard paint. I want to do at least one more with the chalkboard paint because, well, I like being able to write/doodle on them! Jeanine ...

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White Wednesday

September 25, 2012 / BY Okio B Designs
Sometimes I like to keep it simple. I bought some ceramic pumpkins from the Dollar Store last year.  The colors were a bit drab, so I painted two of them white last weekend and love them now! I put one ontop of a vintage desk and this one I added to an upcycled Goodwill cloche that sits on my kitchen counter.  I added the word fall to a coffee baked tag. I love the simplicity!...

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