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French Cloche

October 23, 2012 / BY Okio B Designs
I was able to get a few makeovers in this weekend.  First up is this little cloche I scored for $4 at a local garage sale.  I knew I wanted to do something Frenchy to it, and this Paris postmark was the perfect fit: I'm pretty sure the image is from The Feathered Nest.  I have so many random images saved onto my computer that it's hard to keep track sometimes. After giving the base a...

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Upcycled Clipboard

June 25, 2012 / BY Okio B Designs
My husband had some old clipboards tucked away in the garage.  I found them over the weekend and decided to give them a French-y touch.  Here is the first one I did: First, I glued some sheet music to use as my background.  Then I hot glued the vintage lace around as a border.  The little white frame is from Michael's but I scored it at a garage sale for 25 cents.  I used a...

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Sweet Little Bee Sachet

June 23, 2012 / BY Okio B Designs
What is it about bees?  They drive me insane outdoors but I love, love, love them for craft projects.  A certain irony there, don't you think? My sister Kathy (Creative Home Expressions) used some great bee images for some items in her Etsy shop from The Feathered Nest.  She directed me there a couple of weeks ago and I downloaded this sweet little bee image. I thought it would look pretty on this shabby floral...

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