Okio B Designs

Hope everyone had a lovely holiday weekend! We were so busy with company and barbeques that I was only able to get one project done. I actually remembered to take a before photo for once:

I don't even remember how we acquired this. I'm certain I didn't buy it at a garage sale and my husband doesn't think someone in his family gave to us. Either way, it needed a makeover stat!

After a few coats of spray paint, I had a clean slate (no pun intended!) to work with. I printed off this great image from The Graphics Fairy - one I have used probably a thousand times - onto label paper.

I added it to the slate and then gave everything a coat of clear spray. I finished up with some twine so I can hang it back up - when I find the perfect place for it.

Another quick and easy project - my favorite!

Jeanine

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We have a busy weekend planned, so I wanted to share some quick patriotic candle holders I made using some food cans.

Even though these aren't quite Memorial Day images, I think they still represent our patriotism. I printed them out from the Graphics Fairy. I mod podged each image on and then gave each a quick spray of clear paint.

Once the paint was dry, I added some German glass glitter and some random faux pearl embellishments here and there. I used some tea-stained seam binding for the one in the middle.

I love that these cost me $0 and I can't wait to light them up over the long holiday weekend. And of course, I want to thank all of our military members for their dedicated service. God bless America!

Jeanine

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If you're like me, you stock up on tea towels when you go to the dollar store. I had a few lying around in my craft room and as luck would have it, I had some iron-on transfer paper too. Put two and two together and you get some cute new towels:

I bought this image off of Etsy (popalicious, 99 cents!) over the weekend. I spied it on Pinterest (thanks Gina from Shabby Creek Designs!) and thought it was just the cutest thing ever.

Ask my sister Kathy (Creative Home Expressions) and she will agree that we grew up with a lot of whales in our house. Our dad loves them! I used regular dollar store towels and simply ironed on the image using the transfer paper. Then I sewed on some ruffle trim to dress them up a bit.

I had one random towel left (I usually like to make them in pairs), so I thought this mason jar from The Graphics Fairy would work perfectly! I like the hint of color it gives to the island in my kitchen.

The sun is back out today so hopefully I can get some painting done!

Jeanine

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I have a serious bone to pick with Mother Nature today. After a gorgeous weekend, we're back to, yup you guessed it, RAIN. :{ For me that means, painfully dark photos and no painting whatsoever. Boo! Thankfully, I did manage to get this quick project done before the skies opened:

I bought this clam tote at the thrift store last week. I gave it a few coats of white paint. And I do mean a few...I ran out of spray paint. Doh!

Once the paint was dry, I printed out my French image onto craft paper. I've seen some other bloggers who tea-stain for an antique look but me being the impatient type I am, I just glued it on and gave it a coat of clear spray.

I was originally going to stencil the front and back but I couldn't think of anything clever to write so I stenciled some numbers on each side.

I used a plain ol' magic marker. Whoops, forgot to sand some of the bubbling stuff off on the top. Whoops!

Still, loving how it came out. And the lavender smells divine!

Linking to Coastal Charm: Nifty Thrifty Tuesday and Faded Charm: White Wednesday.

Jeanine

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With my two boys playing baseball on Saturdays, I've had to switch my junkin' day to Friday. Yesterday, there were a ton of estate sales here. I managed to find a few diamonds in the rough.

Look at these fabulous milk jugs! Only $5 each. I already have them proudly displayed on our porch.

At the next sale I grabbed these two little frames which have canvas in the middle. Quite unique - never saw them like that before and not sure yet what I'm going to do with them. The Pepsi crate was a must! I got the frames and the crate for only $5! Take that Pottery Barn!

Jeanine

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How to get to "blogs you follow" using the new Blogger format? I feel like if I don't sign out and sign back in, I can't get to them. Argh!

Jeanine