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Dollar Store Pumpkin Candles

September 14, 2012 / BY Okio B Designs
Quick, easy project for today!  I got these pumpkin-scented candles from the Dollar Store earlier this week.  After peeling off their generic labels, I thought they were missing a little something.  I headed over to The Graphics Fairy and added this great vintage pumpkin label to each one: I printed the image onto label paper so all I had to do was crop, peel and stick! I thought adding twine to the top would add...

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Embellished Witches' Hat

September 13, 2012 / BY Okio B Designs
I am itching to get my Halloween decorations up, but I'm trying to wait another week so my neighbors don't think I'm crazy.  I found a way to soothe the itch by adding some Halloween touches to my tearoom! Yesterday, I popped into the dollar store and bought the black netting which I'm using as a small tablecloth.  I also picked up a few black crows to scatter about. The witches' hat I got at...

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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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