Okio B Designs

Remember those books I picked up last week at our local thrift store?  After a couple of coats of black paint and some creepy stickers, here they are now: I found the images on both Pinterest and The Graphics Fairy. I printed the images out onto label paper and simply peeled and stuck to each book once the paint was dry! I have them displayed in our corner cabinet with some other Halloween goodies. Jeanine...

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Remember that wood thingy I picked up on Friday at our local church thrift store?  Here's what it looked like before: And here is the after: Excuse the lighting.  I took my photos around dusk.  I thought I was going for a neat, artistic lighting effect, but what I got were some dark photos.  Doh! Still, you get the idea.  I used this great French graphic from The Graphics Fairy and the Mod Podge technique....

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Hope everyone's holiday weekend is off to a great start!  It's a bit overcast here today but I am hoping to get some garage sales in.  In the meantime, here's a cute autumn/Halloween project I did earlier this week using an old tobacco tin. I saw something similar on Pinterest (although I think the person made it for Xmas) and since I had some old tobacco tins lying around, I decided to give one of...

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Remember the scale bucket I picked up over the weekend at a garage sale?!  Here it is with its new makeover. First, I gave it a few coats of flat white spray paint.  Then I printed off this great French grains image from The Graphics Fairy onto waterslide decal paper.  I added it once the paint was dry and am loving it! It's just how I imagined it would turn out.  It was calling for...

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After looking at a bunch of Where Bloggers Create posts, I decided it was time for me to get more organized.  My craft room doubles as an office, so I am a little limited to the spacing and shelves I can use.  I try to use as many baskets, canisters and penny jars as I can. I took this Williams Sonoma sugar cookie tin out yesterday and gave it a couple of coats of white...

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I wasn't able to go garage sale shopping last weekend so I turned to items I had readily available for some quick makeovers. Yup, food cans.  The big one is from a can of baked beans.  The smaller is from a can of alphabet soup (my little guy's favorite!). It's amazing what a few coats of paint and some lovely French graphics can do to some lowly tin cans. The images are from The Graphics...

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