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Jazzing Up Dollar Store Ornaments

December 03, 2013 / BY Okio B Designs
I picked up a few Xmas ornaments over the weekend at our local Dollar store.  They are super cute and glittery, but definitely missing a little something-something. I can't make a paper snowflake to save my life so I immediately grabbed a three-pack of these glitter snowflakes.  I printed out some religious images onto label paper to start. The images are super small which was ideal for this project because the middle of each snowflake...

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Ikea Tart Tins Redo

December 03, 2012 / BY Okio B Designs
Ikea has these sweet tart tin ornaments.  I forgot to take a before photo but they had a red gingham pattern in the middle and red ribbon to hang them.  I decided to give mine a Frenchy touch: I used some distressed vintage French book paper for the centers.  My Cricut didn't have the exact circle size so my circles are a little smaller than the centers.  Once I glued the paper in, I added some...

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Santa, Reindeer Silhouette Xmas Ornaments

November 18, 2012 / BY Okio B Designs
My mom gave me a cute holiday book over the weekend: Deck the Halls from Country Living magazine.  It has a ton of adorable holiday ideas and pages that you can rip out, cut and use for decorations.  I spied a Santa and reindeer silhouette, and thought they'd look great in some of the glass ornament bulbs I got over the summer at a garage sale. First, I scanned the tag images so I wouldn't have...

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