The boys are off from school this week so I haven't had much time to blog, much less craft. I managed to steal a little time earlier today to make these cute, mini sheet music envelopes: I found a great template here. I just printed off the size I wanted (4x6) onto cardstock. Then I traced the pattern onto my sheet music and cut each one out. Glue along where a store-bought envelope would be...
Not Your Mama's Lunch Bags
February 29, 2012 / BY Okio B Designs
My husband starts a new job on Friday and we're very excited over here about it. Now that he'll be brown-bagging it again, I got to thinking about how I could make his lunch bags a little more exciting: First I looked up how to spell the days of the week in French on Yahoo (not Google because I don't agree with their new privacy policy). Once I got the spelling, I created a word...
Dollar Store Candle Trio
February 01, 2012 / BY Okio B Designs
This trio of Dollar Store prayer candles has been sitting on the shelf in my craft room since December. I finally got around to giving them a French makeover today: Two of these great images are from The Graphics Fairy. The third is one I purchased off of Etsy. Once I cut out each image, I distressed the edges of each one ever so slightly. Then I used Mod Podge to glue them on and...