Okio B Designs

I picked up this little wood crate for $2.99 at Goodwill last week. It was just a plain ol' run-of-the-mill boring wood crate. I decided to jazz it up a bit with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Old White.

I gave it two coats and then sanded down the edges for a shabby look.

I used this great French banner from The Graphics Fairy on both sides. I added the "le jardin" using the French Script font. I think the hardest part was cutting around the edges of the banner and lining up the wording with the banner image. Took me 3-4 tries to get it perfectly centered.

I wasn't in the mood to Mod Podge it on, so I just printed everything out on white label paper. All I had to do was peel and stick - definitely more my speed on these hot days.

For now she's displaying a mason jar - at least until I decide what I want to store in there.

Linking to Between Naps on the Porch: Met Monday and The Graphics Fairy: Brag Monday.

Jeanine

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A couple of days ago, I picked up some petite, metal, hanging chairs from Goodwill. They were red and black - not quite my top color choices. So today I gave them a shabby makeover:

I gave them a coat of white spray paint before I broke out the pink. Once that was dry, I printed out this Marie Antoinette image I bought off of Etsy a month or so ago onto white cardstock.

I cut each picture to fit the little slots each chair has.

Then I added some faux flowers to the top of each photo, and a rhinestone on each cake. The image is exactly the same - except I reversed one of them so they would look like they were facing each other.

I'm really happy with how they turned out. For $5, I think I have two sweet, new, Frenchy decorations for the house.

Jeanine

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Today is my mom's birthday so I treated her to her local Goodwill this morning. Of course, she picked out one thing while I, on the otherhand, went a little crazy:

The Target shelves will look great in my 7 year old's room. I never pass up faux eggs and vase fillers (also from Target). The little frames were a steal! I will be adding those to my Etsy shop once I add the perfect French images. I also couldn't pass up the cloche.

Don't you love the blue mason jar glasses?! The little chairs were quite intriguing to me. They are definitely first on the list for a makeover. I don't love the red and black - although Mom did. The wood crate is definitely getting painted too! The craft paper says it's actually book cover paper. Not sure what I'm going to do with that yet.

I'm pretty happy with my haul and Mom is happy with her crystal pitcher.

Jeanine

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This weekend is my boys' birthday party so the last few days have been tough in terms of crafty time. I did manage to whip up some quick numbered, burlap lavender sachets, though.

I used a black fabric pen to trace each number onto my burlap bags. Then I colored each one in. I like that the ink isn't dark-dark; kind of gives them a more aged look, don't you think?!

I filled each one about halfway with dried lavender buds.

I couldn't decide whether or not to cut the drawstrings off so I just left them on for now. I stitched up the top of each bag to keep the lavender from dumping out.

Super easy and so yummy to smell!

Jeanine

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I used to be quite the organized person. I am a Virgo, afterall. However, once I had kids, my life sort of resembles the picture below:

Yes, that is a drawer in my craft room holding my tea-stained seam binding. It ain't pretty. In my quest to get more organized, I did a copycat of Creative Carmelina and my sister, Kathy from Creative Home Expressions. They both made sweet little cards to add their ribbon to:

I used this French woman image from the Graphics Fairy. The basket is from the estate sale I went to on Friday. I'm hoping to be able to prop as many of these into it as possible!

I have a lot more to go - including a second drawer of random ribbon and trimmings. Yikes!

Jeanine

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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