Okio B Designs

Can you believe I'm still working on pieces that I picked up at AmVets a week ago?! This is the wood caddy that I got there that originally came from Michael's. It was pink and had the word spring on both sides. Here it is now:

I gave it a couple of coats of Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Louis Blue. I popped over to The Graphics Fairy to pick some French text I could quickly add to the front of it.

Using graphite paper, I carefully traced it on. Then I sanded it down a bit so it looked a bit aged.

It's holding some faux cotton stalks I got from Decor Steals last week. I haven't found a place for her yet and I'm still figuring out what I'm going to display inside.

Jeanine

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Yes, I know I'm incredibly early for fall, but I just couldn't resist making some shabby fabric pumpkins this morning.

I've been seeing them all over Pinterest and they are just so darn cute that I couldn't resist.

I used some fabric pieces that I had stashed in my craft room for over a year (one of the benefits of never throwing stuff out!). I used some tea-stained seam binding a French fabric tag for this one.

I used cinnamon sticks and a regular stick for each of the stubs. This one has a hand-stamped fall tag and some raffia ribbon.

This one has a hand-stamped pumpkin tag and tea-stained seam binding.

I think I'm addicted and it's not even September yet!

Jeanine

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Just some quickie makeovers for White Wednesday.

Drawing inspiration from Petite Michelle Louise, I turned an ordinary ceramic canister (from AmVets) into a Frenchie piece.

I simply printed off the image onto label paper, peeled and stuck! Super duper easy. What's nice is, when I get bored with that image, I can just stick on another one.

This little flower frog I picked up at a garage sale over the weekend. It was a whopping 50 cents and was originally black.

Here's how it looks after a few coats of white spray paint. I also added some French book paper - after making it a little grungy with Distressed Ink - to each square. And stuck a French flashcard inside.

Jeanine

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In my ongoing quest to organize my craft room (so I can actually enter Where Bloggers Create next year), I upcycled these little metal baskets to hold some random crafty pieces.

These were another AmVets find. I gave each a few coats of white spray paint.

For the twine one, I just added a rusty clip (I did a post on how to give metal clips a nice rusty touch) and a hand-stamped tag that says, twine, of course. I love how my baker's twine fits nicely inside and I can see each color clearly.

For the other one, I added an enamel number with some twine, metal clip and hand-stamped glitter tag. Again, I can clearly see what color is what instead of having to dig around for them.

Not bad for 99 cents each basket!

Jeanine

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This is another makeover from my AmVets loot. It was/is a coat hanger that originally came from Home Goods.

First thing I did was give it a few coats of white spray paint (it was originally black) - hooks and all. Then I sanded it down around the corners to give it a more aged look.

Then I popped on over to The Graphics Fairy for the bee with wreath image. I needed something small to fit in the little wood slots and this fit perfectly. I used waterslide decal paper to affix it to the slots.

I think it looks so much prettier white. And the blue of the image works with the blues in our livingroom. I have it hanging on a livingroom wall behind our front door for easy access for the boys baseball hats, sweatshirts, etc.

Linking to The Graphics Fairy: Brag Monday.

Jeanine

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Here's the first of my makeovers from yesterday's AmVets loot. Remember these wood candlesticks before?

Not very pretty. And here's the after.

I gave each a couple of coats of Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Louis Blue. Once they were dry, I broke out some sandpaper and just sanded them in random areas for an aged look.

I love how the original brown wood shows through now. It's just enough dark to play off the light blue paint.

I added some of my French script candles which I think look pretty against the blue hue.

This is the first of many makeovers I have in the works. Thanks AmVets!

Jeanine