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Halloween Touch for Ikea Apple Basket

September 11, 2012 / BY Okio B Designs
I popped into my local Ikea yesterday and found these really cute apple baskets.  For only $9.99 each, I knew I could add a spooky twist to them.  So I did! Because I also want to be able to use them for other holidays/seasons, I knew I did not want to spray paint anything on them.  I recently bought Cricut's Halloween cartridge, so I printed out this spooky graphic onto black cardstock. I used Sticky...

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The Graphics Fairy: Brag Monday

September 10, 2012 / BY Okio B Designs
Thank you Karen from The Graphics Fairy for featuring my Halloween candlesticks on today's Brag Monday!  Yay! Jeanine ...

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Tinkering with Halloween Party Ideas

September 06, 2012 / BY Okio B Designs
So I'm 90 percent sure we are having a Halloween party this year.  I figure I'd better get moving on some ideas I've been toying around with.  I have this feeling that in the blink of an eye, Halloween will be here. These little white cups I picked up last year from Michael's.  I thought the little eyes could make them look like cute, little ghosts.  They will definitely be good for holding snacks for small...

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Cutlery Holder

September 04, 2012 / BY Okio B Designs
I've had this little basket for a few years now.  I can't recall where I bought it, but we've used it to hold plastic cutlery whenever we have a party.  This year, we left it outside and the elements left it a little discolored.  After I chased all the little spiders out of it, I gave it a quick makeover: I don't have a before photo but it was kind of a natural wood color. ...

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Spooky Candlesticks

September 02, 2012 / BY Okio B Designs
Hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday weekend!  I whipped up these candlesticks last week and just put the finishing touches on them this morning. I spray painted each one black to start.  I don't work with glitter a lot (mainly because I seem to get more on me than my actual project), but I wanted to make the smaller two stand out.  I covered them with Mod Podge and then just sprinkled orange glitter on. ...

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