Okio B Designs

Once again drawing inspiration from Pinterest for this little project. I had bought a couple of paper mache-ish top hats before the holidays. I never got around to decorating them for Xmas. Plan B: use them for Valentine's Day!

I only have this one finished so far. It's the bigger of the two I bought. I used some vintage sheet music for the top and brim. Wow, what a pain that was!

Then I covered the sheet music in Mod Podge and just sprinkled on some glitter which is hard to see in the photos - but it's there! The lace is actually from a shirt I bought 5 years ago from Newport News. It was sheer and lacey and something I hadn't worn in, well, 5 years. I snipped off some of the bottom and tied it on.

Then I added the LOVE lettering and cupid image (from Etsy). They are not glued on, just kind of tucked in so I can reuse my hat over and over again. I mean, Easter is early this year!

I'm still working on the smaller one - hopefully I can finish it over the weekend.

Jeanine

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I picked up this petite wood tray last week at our local church thrift store. Since it was a bit mild here over the weekend, I was able to give it a couple of coats of white spray paint. I really struggled trying to figure out what I wanted to do with it.

I didn't want to Mod Podge an image on the sides since they are so skinny. Instead, I opted for the faux French enamel number tag. I think it fits quite nicely on the front. Simple.

I added some vintage sheet music to the bottom of the tray. Not sure if you can see it tucked in there under the clothes pins.

Then I just added some random pieces to make a sweet French vignette of sorts. One of my embellished bottles. A religious pendant on the clothes pins. A faux pocket watch. French address tags (image from The Graphics Fairy). Old dice and a spool with French book paper.

It's on a corner of the kitchen counter that is always begging for something pretty to be added. Since it's so petite, it fits quite nicely and really doesn't take up much space.

Jeanine

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I had an extra box of these tin stars I got from Ikea before Christmas. I wanted to add a Valentine's Day touch to them so I headed over to The Graphics Fairy for these wonderful French pierrot clown images.

I printed them out onto cardstock and used Glue Dots to stick them on. I'm debating on whether or not to add red tea-stained seam binding or leave the twine. I kind of like the twine.

I'm displaying them in this cloche that I had filled with some pine cones for Xmas.

It was a garage sale find from the summer. I painted it white and added the Paris postmark - which is coincidentally also from The Graphics Fairy. They fit perfectly!

Really hoping Blogger gets its act together this week. I'm not sure if you've been having issues with uploading photos but I have...again. You have to add them using html which is such a pain for me. Sigh!

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

Jeanine

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All you need is love, love...love is all you need!

Scrabble tile magnets.

Stencil letters.

Wood letters.

Yup, it's beginning to look a lot like Valentine's Day in our house.

Jeanine

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I had my eyes on these since last year and now I think they are sold out.

Image courtesy PotteryBarn.com

Pottery Barn's LOVE votive candle holders. If I recall, they were over $40 for the set. Wha??????? Check out my $4 DIY knock-off version.

Of course I still have to add candles to mine. Super easy to make, though. I used the carnival font (the one I am so clearly fond of!) from DaFont.com. I typed them into a simple Word document. Space them out a bit because next you're going to print them onto clear label paper.

Simply peel and stick to your votives. You can probably trim your label paper to your liking. I don't mind the extra showing on mine. Up close it actually makes the glass look frosted.

Not bad for $4. The votives are from Michael's at 99 cents a piece. I had a coupon so they were actually even cheaper than that. The clear label paper is about $19 for a pack of 20 sheets but since I already had some - I spent zero on that.

What do you think compared to the PB ones? Four dollars is definitely more my speed - especially given my new year's resolution on watching my spending.

Jeanine

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The Xmas decorations are tucked away and a new year has begun. Valentine's Day is just a few weeks away and I can already feel the love! It's been bitterly cold here - the perfect weather for staying indoors and crafting. I whipped up two banners over the weekend that I plan to use for Valentine's Day.

This sweet Marie Antoinette image is from Etsy. I've used it in several projects and never tire of it. For the banner, I printed it out on cardstock, punched some holes at the top of each card and slipped through some tea-stained seam binding so it could be hung.

I added some pink glitter around the edges of each card. A faux pearl is the cherry on top of the cake. Next up is this LOVE banner I made using some vintage Romeo & Juliet book paper.

This is the same font I used for my Xmas NOEL banner. It was a little tricky lining up each letter on the paper, but I think I have it mastered now. Again, I punched some holes at the tops of each page so I could add my tea-stained seam binding.