Okio B Designs: sheet music

I love dressing up this vintage school desk we have in our diningroom. Of course, 'tis the season for some Christmas touches.

I did a Pottery Barn knock-off with the noel letters. I've been wanting to do it for literally two years. I finally remembered to pick up the letters during my last trip to A.C. Moore.

The snowman and reindeer are from Home Goods. I made the framed holiday sheet music using a graphic from The Graphics Fairy and Dafont for the lettering: Have a Holly Jolly Christmas.

I also added some handmade Joyeux Noel clothes pins and ornaments I picked up from Kohl's last year. The bird candleholder is from the Dollar store and the little embellished book is tucked there year-round.

I'm definitely getting into the holiday spirit!

Jeanine

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I whipped up this quick holiday banner the other night. It's super simple. All you need is some sheet music, paper, glue, twine and clothes pins.

Using the same NOEL template I used on my Ikea stars (carnival style from Dafont.com), I printed out each letter onto white paper. I cut each letter a bit smaller than my sheet music. Glue them onto each piece of your sheet music.

Once they are dry, you might want to flatten under a book. Mine curled a little. I used a zigzag scissor to cut the bottoms just to give a bit of a pattern but you can leave them straight or cut however you might like them. I used some of my Christmas clothes pins to attach them to the twine. I was not in the mood for hot glue and the pins hold them just fine.

Two thumb tacks are ready and waiting to hang it up over the next couple of weeks. See, told you - see easy!

Jeanine

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I don't know about you but when I craft, I just can't seem to throw out bits and pieces of paper, cardstock, etc. While those random bits come in handy occasionally, they are taking over precious space in my little craft room/office.

In between the movies and pumpkin picking this weekend, I broke out this petite dollar store clipboard for a quick organizational makeover. First I spray painted it white. Once that was dry, I Mod Podged some vintage sheet music to the front.

The bits of lace on the top are some of those random bits and pieces I was talking about. Luckily they fit quite nicely on top. I used the cover from an old sheet music book to make a pocket for the bottom of the board. I printed out the French receipt from The Graphics Fairy to add my miscellany wording.

Now I can nicely tuck in some tags that I use as thank yous for my Etsy shop, and other small random pieces that I just can't seem to part with.

Jeanine

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I get to enjoy summer Fridays from Memorial Day to Labor Day. And even though today was a rainy mess, I ventured out to an estate sale not too far from my parent's house. As luck would have it, it was held by a woman who is a mixed media artist and shabby chic collector. I could hardly contain myself!

The two painted wood frames were $1 each. I plan on painting the memory box/letter box white and hanging it in my craft room. It was $5. The wire basket was the most expensive at $15 but well worth it.

I'm a sucker for little baskets!

And I could not resist the boxes of pastel easter eggs for $1 each.

It's hard to tell what the above photo is but it's actually, two little vintage wire baskets and one tall one that holds a test tube sized vase. Cute, cute, cute! I'll be adding those to my Etsy shop after I jazz them up a little. Not pictured is another great stack of sheet music.

There is another local estate sale here tomorrow and I can't wait! Hoping it will be as fruitful as today's!

Jeanine

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Yesterday was the hottest day of the year here so far. Of course, we lost power. Argh! So between 6 p.m. and midnight, we sweated our little butts off. Somewhere in between dunking my head in a tub of cold water and polishing off another can of Diet Coke, I made this sheet music book stack:

I used some vintage sheet music from my garage sale stash to cover these dollar store books. Remember when you used to have cover your books in grammar school? I used the old tape and fold method. Mainly because I could only find my tape in the darkness - doh!

I have them in the tea room on the old bench that I redid a few weeks ago. Not sure if you can make out the tag with the crown and few lines of hand-stamped sheet music?!

Just some random views from the tea room. All set up for a tea party! You can see some garage sale finds that I redid like the crate with wheels holding some books and magazines, and the gold frame I redid with chalkboard paper.

Some old china in a cabinet the hubby redid.

A nice comfy spot to relax and unwind.

White birdcage.

Stack of old suitcases and Pepsi crate. You can see my boys have been in there. Note the Lego piece tucked into the crate!

Happy to have our power back on but it's still sweltering here.

Jeanine

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Saw some lovely mason jar candle holders on Pinterest yesterday. Since I have a ton of them, I decided to make a few myself:

I took some vintage sheet music and ripped it on both sides so it would fit around each jar. First, I distressed the edges a bit for a nice aged look.

Next, I wrapped the sheet music around each jar and used a glue dot to hold the overlapping piece in place.

Tie a piece of twine around, knot it and done! You have some super cute candle holders in a matter of minutes. I'm thinking of lining these up our front walk for our next outdoor party!

Jeanine

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