Okio B Designs

I still have a few of these large, Walmart peat pots lurking about.

I wanted to paint them a color other than white, so I did these using a pretty gray chalk paint from Annie Sloan.

I used the tissue paper/Modge Podge method for the image.

Normally, when you paint the peat pots white, the tissue paper kind of just blends in. With the gray, it definitely stands out more. At first I wasn't loving it, but now I'm kind of digging the shabby French look.

I have two more left and thinking pink might be another pretty color choice.

Jeanine

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It all started with this frame.

And then this pin on Pinterest.

Put those two together and you get this:

I almost tossed the frame after it didn't sell at our last garage sale. Something told me to hang onto it. So glad I did!

For the DIY, first I used Annie Sloan chalk paint to add a shabby touch to my frame. I then added some vintage sheet music to the back piece of the frame. It took two sheets. I glued on the burlap pieces using fabric glue.

While the burlap was still drying, I added the hand-stamped bird's nest images to it. I did those on some coffee-dyed muslin. I added a piece of raffia and a button to the top nest and then a larger nest to the bottom using hot glue.

The Scrabble tiles spelling out "nest" was the finishing touch.

The best part about this entire project was the fact that I had everything I needed on hand. Even better? I have a duplicate frame in the garage. Think I'll add a Frenchy touch to that one!

Jeanine

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School is over for my boys and that means summer is in full swing in our household. Lookie at this adorable printable I found on Pinterest.

Love the color. Love the words. It screams summer to me!

Jeanine

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I've been playing around with the little vignette I have on a vintage school desk in our dining room.

I recently re-painted both of these frames to freshen them up.

I simply added vintage sheet music to this one.

More vintage sheet music and a beautiful religious image (from The Graphics Fairy) for this one. I love the soft touch the whites and pinks add to this space.

I also dressed up this cardboard letter B that I got from Walmart last week. I painted it white and then decoupaged French book paper on it. I still have to seal it with Modge Podge and fix the little bit of paint I missed on the top insert. Funny how I just noticed it as I was writing this post. Off to go fix it...

Jeanine

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I've been wanting to try Omni Gel after seeing a few pins about it on Pinterest and after reading about it in the blogosphere (Susan from Homeroad and Karen from The Graphics Fairy both have nice tutorials on using it). I found it at Walmart.com and decided to give it a go.

This is actually a re-do of a re-do. I used this little wood tray on my porch last summer. It had a lobster design on it but that peeled off. Doh! It made the perfect candidate for this trial run. I gave it a few coats of Annie Sloan chalk paint before starting.

I printed out the French image (from The Graphics Fairy) onto regular white paper. Because I have an inkjet printer, I made a copy of it using my fax machine. (Yes, fax machine. Remember those?!). I did NOT reverse the image.

I gave the image two coats of Omni Gel and let it dry overnight. Once it was dry, I added it to a bowl of water and just started peeling the paper away from the back - kind of like the Modge Podge method. With the paper removed, I added the image to both sides of my tray and put a coat of the gel over it.

Super easy! I like this much better than the Modge Podge method, which I just can't seem to master. Can't wait to use it for other projects!

Jeanine

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I hit a few garage sales this weekend. Sadly, I didn't score much.

Yup, that's pretty much it. The little pitcher was 50 cents. So was the prayer candle. I could not pass up the bag of vintage clothes pins.

These are my favorite: skull shot glasses. Now, I am not a big drinker but I do love Halloween and these are perfect for it! I got four of them and they are actually big enough to hold some creepy candles. Score!