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Thrifty Before & After

September 22, 2013 / BY Okio B Designs
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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Thrift Store Candlelabra

October 26, 2012 / BY Okio B Designs
Remember this candleholder/candlelabra I picked up at a thrift store last weekend?  It was black and a bit grungy.  Here it is now: After carefully removing the berries, I gave it a couple of coats of white spray paint. Once the paint was dry, I had to re-attach the berry garland which was no easy task as it was in pieces.  I didn't want to have to use hot glue, so I just kind of...

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