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Home Goods to the Rescue!

November 26, 2011 / BY Okio B Designs
***You still have time to enter my giveaway here!*** After searching just about every Dollar Tree in a 10 mile radius for bottle brush trees, I was just about to give up.  Luckily, I popped into Home Goods this morning and lookie what they had: I'm so happy that I found these two pretties!  And I love the fact that I really don't have to do anything to them.  Right now they are on a shelf...

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Let the Decorating Begin!

November 25, 2011 / BY Okio B Designs
Hope everyone had a lovely Thanksgiving yesterday.  We enjoyed a nice, quiet, peaceful day at my Mom's.  I needed the relaxation because today I officially started to decorate for Xmas. These are just little packages to put under our tree (which hasn't gone up yet) while we countdown to the 25th.  With two little boys who still believe in Santa, I can't have the actual gifts under the tree so I decided to do some faux...

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White Wednesday

November 22, 2011 / BY Okio B Designs
Because sometimes you just want to keep it simple: Vintage scale, petite cloche with bird, white Xmas tree and a simple white candle which reads: I am at Peace. Linking to Faded Charm: White Wednesday.  There is still time to enter my giveaway here! Jeanine ...

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Advent Bags

November 21, 2011 / BY Okio B Designs
I'm pretty sure I saw this idea in Martha Stewart Living.  I had the bags.  I had the number stamps so it was really a no brainer and the kids think it's the coolest: This is just a temporary hanging place.  I'm still not sure where to hang them from nosey little hands.  I got the striped bags off of Etsy over the summer and wouldn't you know it - there was exactly 25 of...

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Mini Bottle Brush Trees

November 20, 2011 / BY Okio B Designs
I don't know if these exactly qualify as bottle brush trees.  I haven't been able to find them in my local dollar store or even at my local Target.  These two minis are from Michael's and they go with one of their little Xmas villages: I did not do much to the trees but I did paint both little wood spools white.  Then I glued each tree on top.  For my finishing touch, I stamped...

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Basket O' Book Stacks

November 18, 2011 / BY Okio B Designs
***Don't forget to enter my giveaway here!*** This basket sits in my livingroom and normally holds all of my favorite magazines: Country Living, Romantic Homes, Martha Stewart Living, etc.  I wanted to make it a little more exciting so I turned it into a basket o' book stacks: I picked up some old books this morning from the church thrift store and started tearing them apart once I got home.  Once they looked good and...

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