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Friday's Estate Sale Finds

July 20, 2012 / BY Okio B Designs
I get to enjoy summer Fridays from Memorial Day to Labor Day.  And even though today was a rainy mess, I ventured out to an estate sale not too far from my parent's house.  As luck would have it, it was held by a woman who is a mixed media artist and shabby chic collector.  I could hardly contain myself! The two painted wood frames were $1 each.  I plan on painting the memory box/letter...

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My First Mod Podge Transfer

July 18, 2012 / BY Okio B Designs
I've been dying to try the Mod Podge transfer method for months now.  I finally took the plunge last night using a pail duo that I got at Goodwill yesterday. First I painted over the floral pattern with white spray paint.  Once that was dry, I used ASCP in Antoinette for a pretty, pale pink color. I printed off this great French grain image (be sure to mirror the image first) on plain white paper. ...

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Goodwill Hunting

July 17, 2012 / BY Okio B Designs
I popped into our local Goodwill this morning.  The last few times I was there, I left empty-handed.  Not today.  Lookie at my latest finds: I've been searching for these very pyrex dishes at every garage sale I've been to this year.  The set of three was $5.99 - a steal!  I also picked up the little pumpkin candleholder, peat pots and pretty blue glass dishes. Aren't they a gorgeous shade of blue? Lastly, I...

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Mini Chalkboards

July 14, 2012 / BY Okio B Designs
Hope everyone is having a lovely weekend.  I didn't have much crafting time this week due to some wholesale Etsy orders, but I did manage to pop into Michael's and pick up these incredibly cute mini chalkboards: I added some magnet stickers to some of them so I could hang them on the fridge.  I love the color!  I even used some to hang these great old family photos my parents gave me this week....

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French Address Plaque

July 08, 2012 / BY Okio B Designs
This is another redo of a redo project.  We had this slate plaque for years.  It had some horrible "welcome" design on it originally.  I had painted it white and then added a vintage coffee label sticker from the Graphics Fairy.  Unfortunately, the label peeled off due to the heat so I had to start over from square one: I gave it a few more coats of white spray paint. Then I printed out this...

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