Okio B Designs

I really love embellishing old tobacco tins.  I used to collect them so I have a nice stash of them just waiting to be transformed.  The first one I did was for Halloween.  My second one has more of a Frenchy touch. I broke out the Mod Podge and some vintage sheet music to start.  I cut my sheet music to size and then Mod Podged it on.  Once that was dry, I added one...

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Have you been noticing all of the wonderful Christmas pins on Pinterest lately? Couple that with the fact that some stores here already have their holiday goodies out and it's no wonder I'm in a festive state of mind.   My husband just shakes his head but I know my bloggy friends understand why I'm 2 months early.  Last week I made a couple of Christmas mini pillows that I may or may not add...

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Sour cream and onion Pringles have never looked so good!  Yes, after enjoying the chips, I saved the canister so I could copycat one of my favorite Pinterest pins. This was my inspiration.  Lovely, right?  This blogger used an oatmeal canister.  And here's my version using the Pringles canister. I wrapped the canister in vintage sheet music to start.  Then I printed off this great French image (courtesy The Graphics Fairy) onto plain white paper....

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Remember I said I had another little Ikea pitcher that I was planning to jazz up?  Here it is in all of its Spring glory - flowers and all! I used this great image from the Graphics Fairy and some more of my waterslide decal paper (buy it from eBay!). My daffodils were starting to tip over so I snipped the ones that were leaning on the ground and added them. Love the yellow with...

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**You still have time to enter my Stampin' Up giveaway!** I've had this vintage high chair for a few years now.  It was a garage sale find ($5) but I could never seem to find a permanent home for it.  I gave it a chalk paint makeover yesterday. Of course, I forgot to take before photos.  The color was something I would compare to a poopie brown.  Not pretty by any means.  I used Annie Sloan...

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