Okio B Designs

I didn't participate in the Where Bloggers Create party - even though I really, really wanted to. You see, my craft room also doubles as my office for my day job. Still, I wanted to give a small peek inside where I do most of my crafting:

When you enter, you walk past two big cabinets. I just got this frame at an estate sale. I was going to paint it until I noticed it matches perfectly with this French calendar page. I hung it between the two cabinets. Mind you, the photo is not crooked. I am!

I have this gorgeous French tote hanging from one my many bulletin boards.

This is a filing cabinet with a wood laminate finish. I use the top to store some crafting goodies.

For a small space, I have shelves galore!

See what I mean?! And of course, my boys' artwork is hung all about.

This giant bulletin board holds a little bit of this and that: photos (old and new), fabric, thank you notes, etc.

It's still a work in progress and I'm hoping to have it more dolled up for the next Where Bloggers Create party - so I can actually join!

Jeanine

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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 box white and hanging it in my craft room. It was $5. The wire basket was the most expensive at $15 but well worth it.

I'm a sucker for little baskets!

And I could not resist the boxes of pastel easter eggs for $1 each.

It's hard to tell what the above photo is but it's actually, two little vintage wire baskets and one tall one that holds a test tube sized vase. Cute, cute, cute! I'll be adding those to my Etsy shop after I jazz them up a little. Not pictured is another great stack of sheet music.

There is another local estate sale here tomorrow and I can't wait! Hoping it will be as fruitful as today's!

Jeanine

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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. Then I coated both pieces with Mod Podge and stuck them to each side. I let them dry overnight.

This morning, I used a folded, wet paper towel to remove the paper. You can probably see a little bit of paper left that I still have to scrape off. My arm was getting tired - doh!

I'm pretty happy with my first try. Hopefully, I'll have it nailed down for my next attempt.

Linking to The Graphics Fairy: Brag Monday.

Jeanine

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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 picked up this pail duo. I think I'm going to work on transforming it first. While, I like the floral pattern, I think something Frenchy would better fit my style.

Overall, I spent $20 there this morning and I'm quite happy with my haul!

Jeanine

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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.

The black and white one is of my grandfather and his family on my dad's side. The color one is my grandfather from my mom's side. I miss them both! =(

I didn't have time to paint this little guy. And of course I noticed the smudgy thing on the right after I altered it with some French poetry pages. Doh!

Here's a closer look. I just distressed the book page and mod podged them on the top and the bottom. I think the French perks it up a bit, don't you?

Both the mini chalkboard clips and the one on the stand were in the dollar bins at Michael's. Sweet!

Jeanine

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I went to my local Michael's over the weekend and nearly died laughing when I saw what they were calling a redneck wine glass! They glued a mason jar to a candlestick:

They added some red paint and affectionately called it a redneck wine glass. As luck would have it, I had a dollar store candlestick and a mason jar available, so I made one.

I'm using mine to hold my hydrangeas - not wine.

So simple to make. You just need a candlestick, mason jar and E6000 or similar glue. And some wine...=)

Jeanine