Okio B Designs

Remember this candleholder/candlelabra I picked up at a thrift store last weekend? It was black and a bit grungy. Here it is now:

After carefully removing the berries, I gave it a couple of coats of white spray paint.

Once the paint was dry, I had to re-attach the berry garland which was no easy task as it was in pieces. I didn't want to have to use hot glue, so I just kind of bent them and wrapped them back on. I added some of my French script candles for a Frenchy touch.

This will definitely be my centerpiece for the Christmas table.

Jeanine

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I was able to get a few makeovers in this weekend. First up is this little cloche I scored for $4 at a local garage sale. I knew I wanted to do something Frenchy to it, and this Paris postmark was the perfect fit:

I'm pretty sure the image is from The Feathered Nest. I have so many random images saved onto my computer that it's hard to keep track sometimes.

After giving the base a few coats of white spray paint, I printed off the image onto label paper. I cut around the border and it fit perfectly! Just peel and stick.

I haven't added anything to it yet because Halloween decorations have taken over the house, but once they are neatly tucked away, I'll be adding something to it and displaying it on my vintage desk.

Linking to Savvy Southern Style: Wow Us Wednesday.

Jeanine

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I hit a few garage sales and the local church country fair Saturday morning. I hadn't intended on it, but I came home with a ton of great Xmas stuff! Super cheap too - just the way I like it.

This candleholder needs to be cleaned up a bit. I may paint it white, but I definitely want to keep the faux berries. This was $1. The little snowman ornaments were also $1 for the set. I'm going to write each of our names on them for the tree this year.

The wood Santa and snowman were $3 each. The original price tag said $19.99 for EACH. Score! The little cloche was $4. I didn't buy it for the tree part, I bought it because I've been searching for cloches and can't seem to find one I like under $25. It'll be the first thing to get a makeover this week.

The little trees with the bows were $1 each. I want to have a tree or two in every room in the house this Xmas. It's my goal every year but it never seems to happen. This year I'm determined.

Last up, I did score some Halloween goodies too. These candy corn ceramic bowls were $1 each. I also got some ceramic pumpkin candleholders - also $1 each, random lace and fabric, and of course a few things for the kiddies. Overall, I spent about $20 for everything.

Jeanine

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I've had this little Ikea jar for ages. Tried to unload it at our garage sale over the summer, but no takers. So after walking past it for the 1000th time this week, I decided to give it a quick makeover. Excuse the dark photos, it's really dreary here today:

I knew I wanted to do something Christmas-y because this is actually going to be filled with goodies for my Mom. I found this perfect angel image over at The Graphics Fairy. I printed it out onto label paper, so all I had to do was peel and stick to the top.

And yes, I still have tons of this vintage lace leftover. This was truly my best garage sale find ever because I think it cost me $1 and I still have yards and yards of it - two, if not three, years later! I used my hot glue gun to add it around the jar. I took one of my French script joyeux noel tags and tied it on with twine. I finished up by adding some German glass glitter to the image.

I plan on filling it with little notes and photos of the boys. I'll probably also add some other little goodies like trial size perfumes, soaps, etc. for her. One gift down!

Linking to The Graphics Fairy: Brag Monday.

Jeanine

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I picked up this little table a week ago from a garage sale. I gave it a quick makeover using some Annie Sloan chalk paint and a French graphic I bought from Etsy some time ago.

I gave it two coats of ASCP on Sunday when it was semi-warm out. Yesterday morning, I took my reversed image and Mod Podged it to the top. Eight hours later, I used a wet paper towel to remove the paper - leaving just the graphic.

Once all my paper was off (or at least most of it!), I sanded it down a bit to give it a more aged look. I then gave the top a coat of clear spray paint to seal the image.

I'm definitely getting better with the Mod Podge transfer method. Wouldn't quite say I'm an expert yet as I always seem to have some random bits of paper that just won't come off. Either way, I'm happy with how my little $5 table turned out.

Jeanine

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My five year old picked out these paper mache stars at Michael's last week. I was really hoping to decoupage them using the tissue paper method, but - sigh! - it was not meant to be. The tissue paper got stuck in my printer not once, not twice but three times. And you know what they say about three times. Plan B:

I used some old French book paper and pages from the Romeo and Juliet book I got a couple of weeks ago. I covered each star with Mod Podge. Then I glued on the ripped pages from each book randomly all over each star.

While the Mod Podge was still a little wet, I added some flat glitter pieces (Martha Stewart Crafts). Once that was dry, I popped over to The Graphics Fairy and grabbed these two Victorian lady images. I added them to the fronts using Glue Dots.

Now, I am not calling these Xmas ornaments, although they will likely end up on our tree. For now, I'm calling them my Victorian lady stars. ;)

Jeanine