Okio B Designs

Here is the first of the weekend projects that I was able to accomplish. I bought this little wood shadowbox from the Unique Thrift Stores last week. It was just a plain pine box. I decided to give it a French-y makeover:

I gave it a couple of coats of white paint. While that was drying, I used some French script scrapbook paper for my background. Then I popped over to The Graphics Fairy and printed out some random French images. The Eiffel Tower is actually from a necklace I got at Forever 21 a couple of years ago. My boys love that I used Scrabble pieces to spell out Paris.

There is another small charm on the lower right corner - not sure if you can see it. It has a cameo look to it. The finishing touches were Marie Antoinette and the hand-stamped little French crown at the top.

I love the touch of French whimsy it adds to my livingroom!

Linking to Faded Charm: White Wednesday.

Jeanine

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Have you seen the new Privet House for Target line yet? I had never heard of Privet House, but I was intrigued enough to look for them in my local Target.

I was pleasantly surprised! On Friday, I picked up four of these wonderful placemats. I also couldn't resist the ceramic cheese plate. I was a little surprised to see though that it was Made in China. Hmmmm...not quite an American artisan collection now is it?

I also picked up this market tote which is quite large and roomy. Perfect for a day at the beach or during my garage sale outings. I also grabbed one of their beautiful candles to add to my Mom's Mother's Day presents. It's in a glass jar (I would have shown a picture but I already wrapped it) which she can probably use again and again once the candle is done.

The prices were okay - $19.99 and up depending upon the piece.

Wishing all of my bloggy buddies a wonderful Mother's Day tomorrow!!!!!

Jeanine

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I popped into Unique Thrift Stores again. I didn't have the boys with me so I was able to slowly go up and down each aisle and examine everything. I spent about $10 and got these goodies that I will hopefully be transforming this weekend - weather permitting:

I love the little wood stand. They had two but the other one was a bit wobbly. Can't you just envision it in white chippy paint with a fabulous French graphic on top?

It's the perfect size for a stack of books!

The wood cutting board and shadow box I couldn't resist. And I really love this wood carry-all (?! Not really sure what to call it!). Definitely going to get some coats of spray paint and I'm thinking of stenciling something vintage-y on it.

These little frames were $1.41 for all three. I don't love the floral one - I mainly got them for the other two small ones which have a fleur de lis motif on them.

Here's to hoping I can get a dent in these over the weekend!

Jeanine

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I think you can tell from my photos that, yes, it's another rainy, dreary day in NY. I'm getting a little frustrated being stuck in the house - especially when I have a ton of projects planned that need spray paint. Sigh! Still, I did manage to whip up this petite Marie Antoinette pillow before the weather put me in a funk.

I hand-stamped the French script and Eiffel Tower postmark first using black ink. Then I used my Marie stamp to use over the French script.

You know the rest: sew, stuff and done! Right now I have her peeking out of a basket filled with book stacks in the livingroom. I'm sure she'll be moved around 100 times until I find the perfect spot.

Hoping for blue skies tomorrow!

Jeanine

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I'm not really sure what La Fabuleux means in French (note to self: Google it!) but whatever it means, I used it on this wood sign for my tea room:

I had one sheet of graphite paper left and since it was raining on and off all day yesterday, I decided to use it for this little sign.

I bought this image off of Etsy a year or so ago and I simply love it. After painting my wood plaque white, I used the graphite paper to trace the graphic onto it. I had one little oopsie with the 'b' in Fabuleux but I can live with it.

Once I was finished tracing, I sanded it down to give it an aged look and did one coat of poly spray to seal it. Then I added the fleur de lis wood pieces and two little pink rhinestones to give it a touch of color. I don't know about you but now I'm in the mood for tarts, napoleons and cheesecake. Too bad it's Sunday!

Linking to Faded Charm: White Wednesday.

Jeanine

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Yup, still rainy and chilly in our neck of the woods. Sigh! The upside is when you're trapped in the house all day, you get a jumpstart on some Mother's Day gifts:

I made these little wood silhouettes of my boys for their Grandma today. I bought the wood pieces at Michael's and gave them a few coats of aqua paint. Then I took some profile shots of the boys. I printed them out on plain paper and cut them out. Then I used the cut-out photo as a pattern for my black cardstock.

I simply glued them on and done! It's a small little gift, I'm sure my Mom will love! The boys had fun guessing who was who in the silhouettes. The 4 year old picked himself out immediately.

Jeanine

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Two days of rain does nothing for my motivation. All I've been able to accomplish this week is this book stack which has found a home atop this vintage scale.

Here's to hoping for blue skies and warm temperatures tomorrow. I hope, I hope...

Jeanine