Okio B Designs

Feeling better and enjoying some gorgeous weather here today - yay! Didn't get much garage sale shopping in but we did start organizing stuff for our garage sale next month. While, cleaning up the garage, I found some bathroom tiles that we've had forever.

I just can't seem to toss them. So I stared at them for awhile this morning and thought: wouldn't they make for some cute refrigerator magnets?

So I made some! I bought this great French collage sheet off of Etsy. I printed it out at 3.5" x 5" size on regular white paper and they were just a teeny bit off for the tile pieces.

I Mod Podged each image onto the tiles and then did a coat on top to seal the image. Since they were all a little off on the top and bottom, I used some black paint to make a border. Yes, my painting is a bit sloppy but I can live with it. I think.

I used Glue Dots to add the magnets to the backs. Not sure how sturdy the dots will be in the long run, but so far so good. See the sloppy painting?!

Regardless of my sloppiness, I have them on the fridge already. I'd love any suggestions on what to do on the tops and bottoms - other than black paint. I think they look really cute this size, but I'm sure the uneven paint is going to start to gnaw at me every time I get something out of the fridge. What can I say? I'm a Virgo!

Linking to Between Naps on the Porch: Met Monday.

Jeanine

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Guess who has strep throat now?! Thanks to my adorable 4 year old, I spent most of the day in bed.

Yesterday I put together this quick vignette in the kitchen using the vintage Pilgrim crate I found at a garage sale last week. (Not sure if I'll get any sales in this weekend - boo hoo!) I am thinking of adding some colorful straws or vintage silverware to the mason jars. The little pitcher is from Ikea and the French candle is one I made a couple of weeks ago.

Hope everyone has a lovely weekend!

Jeanine

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I have to say embellished bottles seem to be my new favorite find on Pinterest. I admire the many different styles, fabrics and, well, embellishments that people come up with. I was feeling a bit inspired this morning so I made this petite Marie Antoinette bottle:

These images are one of my first purchased off of Etsy. It was a full sheet of pure Marie love. I printed out the sheet and used a quarter to make rounds over the ones I chose for my bottle. Then I used Mod Podge to glue them on each of the four indented rounds on my bottle.

While that was drying, I whipped up another little envelope and added a Marie paperdoll of sorts to it.

I then added the vintage lace using my hot glue gun. After that, I added varying sizes, colors of faux pearl strips, the mini clothes pin and the tea-stained seam binding.

Not sure if you can tell but there is some scrolled sheet music in there as well. Kind of a message in a bottle?!

With my 4 year old home sick, this is about all I expect to get done today!

Jeanine

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Really not loving Blogger's new post format. Winter has returned to our neck of the woods. The 4 year old is home with strep throat...need I say more?!

Jeanine

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I needed a quick hostess gift this weekend due to a last minute invite. It wasn't someone I knew very well but I figured, you can't go wrong with a candle.

I had an extra dollar store prayer candle in the craft room. I used some of this great Frenchy wrapping paper and tea-stained seam binding, and voila: instant hostess gift!

She loved it!

And here are a few more goodies I scored over the weekend! These "Parisian" frames were marked $2 each but I got four of them for $1 each.

These vintage tart molds and the pineapple were $1 each.

How cute are these lil' chalkboard ornaments?

Overall, we had a very good junkin' weekend!

Jeanine

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I am definitely not a morning person. But it pays off when you stay awake after dropping the kids off at school and head out for some garage sale shopping. You cannot believe the loot I scored today. I can hardly believe it myself. So hard to contain my excitement! Lookie:

This old sewing box is just what I need for my craft room. I love the old ad and image on the front. I'm not sure if it's a repro or an actual vintage find, but I love it nonetheless.

Could not pass up this old Smith Corona typewriter for $3.

Oodles and oodles of vintage sheet music, oh my! It was marked $7 for all but I got them for $5.

Nice stack of old books - 50 cents each!

This old fan is gorgeous. No spray paint makeover needed here. Although it does remind me why they don't make fans like this anymore. Small hands + fan blades = mother's worst nightmare.

This stamp wheel with stamps was only $1. I also snatched up some star tart tins (in my Etsy shop), old wood bats and the Pilgrim box below.

Definitely in my glory today! I went to 6 different sales and spent about $26 for everything. Woo hoo! And the weekend has only just begun...

Jeanine

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Ever start a project and end up scratching your head halfway through? That's what happened to me with these fleur de lis candlesticks. I picked them up from a thrift store last week. They were originally white but a little grungy. I thought they would look good with a chocolate brown makeover but...

They went back to white. I did indeed paint them brown but it was a flat brown and they looked, well, icky. So I gave them a fresh coat of gloss white over the brown. I did just one coat because I did want some of the brown to show through for an aged look.

Not sure if you can see remnants of the brown peeking through in my photos.

I added some French script candles to them. The ones from my Etsy shop fit quite nicely. I may have to use these for props when photographing them!

So three coats of spray paint later and I'm back to white. At least it's not the original grungy white.

Jeanine