Okio B Designs

**Thank you to everyone who let me know it was Michele Raven Designs blog that I drew my inspiration from!**

I can't for the life of me remember which blog showed a beautiful farmhouse basket with a stenciled number on it. If that's you, please drop me a note and let me know as you are the inspiration for this post!

I picked up this basket at a garage sale a couple of weeks ago. Once I saw the other blogger's basket redo, I knew it was exactly what I wanted to do with mine:

I gave it a light coat of white spray paint. Once that was dried, I used a stencil and black paint to add my number 4. Two is my favorite number but I couldn't find my 2 stencil so when my boys asked me why I did the number 4, I said because there's 4 of us here. That seemed to satisfy them.

I haven't found a permanent place for it yet but I am loving how it turned out. So to that other blogger, I say thank you!

Linking to Savvy Southern Style: Wow Us Wednesday and Faded Charm: White Wednesday.

Jeanine

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Happy Sunday everyone! The boys are back home and everything is back to normal in the house. =) I'm also excited to share my latest Goodwill makeover. Remember this 3-tier pastry stand I got last week. I was so inspired by some of the where bloggers create that I came up with this:

First I spray painted it white. Easy enough. Then I dug out some old vintage lace and cut pieces to match each tier. I used my hot glue gun to carefully add each piece of lace. It was quite the challenge because of the "lip" on each tray but I got it done and now I have a sweet little place to store some of my crafting supplies.

And now for the winner of my LOVE giveaway banner. It is so true that what goes around comes around - in a good way of course - as Sandi from A Cottage Muse is the winner! I won one of her giveaways last year and I'm thrilled to return the favor! Congrats Sandi!

Linking to Between Naps on the Porch: Met Monday.

Jeanine

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Does this ever happen to you: you have a hard time finding something you collect and then once you find it, you see it everywhere? Case in point, I found some vintage Jello molds on Etsy a few months ago, bought em and now, lo and behold, I see them everywhere. So of course when I popped by the local thrift store today, guess what I found?

Yup, you guessed it: more vintage Jello molds. Ha! Of course I couldn't just leave them there. It was $5 for the entire set including the smaller sized non-Jello tins. I also picked up another vintage lace doily, a bag o' buttons for 50 cents and some string to add to my toolbox caddy.

Now for the dilemna: can I sell these new found Jello molds on Etsy or will the other seller think I'm re-selling the ones I bought from them? How does one tactfully approach this or do I just throw caution to the wind and say what the heck, I know they are not the ones I bought from them. Touchy situation, no?

Jeanine

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Woohoo! Sorry but I can't contain my excitement that the men are away for the weekend. Of course I miss my little guys terribly but I'm getting so much done since they left this morning. Finally, some much-needed craft time! I literally just finished up these Goodwill picture frames a little while ago.

Here is the before with the lovely 3-tier pastry thing-y I also picked up from GW. That's undergoing it's own makeover tonight! But before I get to the reveal, I just want to ask: has anyone else noticed that the price of frames have shot up? I mean even the ones at Walmart are over $5 and those are for a mere 5x7 size. Oh well. I guess I'll just have to keep grabbing them at GW and spray painting them white or black:

I ran out of flat white spray so I had to use gloss. I'm not normally a big fan of gloss paint but I do like how it looks with the vintage French map images I printed from The Graphics Fairy. Light and airy! Just the look I was hoping for!

I'm also busy adding new items to my Etsy shop. Now that the candle madness has died down a little, I hope to get as much done while the kiddies are away.

Jeanine

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I stopped in our local Home Goods over the weekend and spotted a cute little glass dome butter dish. For $3.99, I thought it was a steal. No, not for butter but to use as a petite glass cloche!

I laid a vintage doily on the bottom of the dish. Then I added a skeleton key and a distressed French poetry page. Everything fits perfectly!

And it's the ideal size to display on my vintage book stack!

Jeanine

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I'm a huge fan of Funkyshique on Etsy. I recently purchased one of their beautiful LOVE burlap banners. And as luck would have it - they sent two! One for moi and one for YOU!

The one I'm keeping is pink and brown, the other for one lucky winner is gray and pink and every bit as irresistible as the one I'm keeping (it's already hanging in my tea room!).

Here are the giveaway rules:

1. Of course, become a new follower if you aren't already. Leave a comment letting me know (and let me know if you are already a follower.) Pretty simple, right?!

You can earn additional entries by:

1. Posting about this giveaway on your blog or put it on your sidebar and let me know in a separate comment; and/or

2. Tweet about this giveaway, let me know in a separate comment with your @ name; and/or

3. Become a follower of Okio B Designs on Facebook.

This giveaway is open to residents of the U.S. only (sorry!).

Winner will be chosen via random.org on Sunday, July 24, 2011.

Winner will be announced shortly after that time and will have three days to confirm or an alternate winner will be chosen.

Good luck!

Linking to Between Naps on the Porch: Met Monday.

Jeanine