Okio B Designs

I just love dress forms, don't you?! I have about 20 in the house of varying sizes. Some are fabric; some are metal. I think I have one in just about every room in the house. Here is my newest one:

Someone posted a lovely dress form template on Pinterest. I used it to make this cardstock tag that measures a little under 8.5" x 11". First, I printed it out onto regular white paper. Then I cut it out to use as my template. I printed out the French script onto #80 cardstock and then traced the dress form cut-out onto the cardstock.

After I cut it out, I had the perfect dress form "canvas" to work with. I used some ruffle fabric to make her dress. At the top of the ruffles, I added some vintage lace for the "belt" and topped it off with a hand-stamped button which also has French script on it.

I added some rhinestones for a faux necklace of sorts. Use a hole puncher to pop a hole in the top and add some twine to hang.

Isn't she sweet?

Jeanine

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I am the world's worst wreath maker. Yup, I admit it. And while I could probably easily plunk down $20 or so to buy one, I'm just too frugal to do it. I wanted to add something, anything to my front door for Spring...

This fleurs basket is from Marshall's. It's normally hanging in my tearoom. I bought it a couple of years ago and as luck would have it, it fits into the skinny place between our wood door and the glass door.

It's holding a bundle of lavender. Note the plastic wrap still on the lavender. Completely on purpose because I don't want to be picking up lavender buds every time we open and close the door. What's nice, though, is we get a sniff of lavender every time we come home. And, of course, wreath problem solved!

Jeanine

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I popped into a local thrift store earlier this week. I wasn't in much of a buying mood but I figured I'd take a quick look. I walked out 99 cents lighter thanks to this petite muffin tin.

It's not vintage but for 99 cents, I knew I could give it a vintage farmhouse feel simply by adding some candles to the muffin slots. It's a look I've seen on Etsy and I just love it!

I picked up a bunch of these small candles from the Dollar store. And boy do they smell yummy!

I can't wait for a warm spring night to light these and just relax.

Total cost for everything: $2.99!

Jeanine

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I have no shame in posting projects that I'm feeling iffy about. Sometimes things don't go quite as you envisioned, and you need some other opinions to justify your own. Case in point, these votive candle holders I made last night.

I used some leftover French images I had printed onto tissue paper. I used these for some peat pots I did a couple of weeks ago. I figured how could I go wrong using them on these candle holders?!

I used the same Mod Podge technique I used for the peat pots. This time I added some German glass glitter on the images while the Mod Podge was still wet.

I'm just not feeling the love though. Not sure if it's because the glass glitter is over the images or if it's because the tissue paper is so obvious. I'm trying to decide whether or not to just start all over again and use transfer stickers instead?!

Decisions, decisions...

Jeanine

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There is this marvelous photo floating around Pinterest of an Easter nest in an urn. Perhaps, you've seen it? I was so excited because I had all of the components I needed for a quick copycat.

I got this little urn a few weeks ago at Goodwill. It's the perfect size to add a little nest. It could probably use a few coats of paint but I do like the chippy look.

I added some faux green moss from the Dollar Store and perched my little nest on top. Then I added my little bunny - which I can't for the life of me remember where I got it.

Super simple and a sweet Easter copycat!

Jeanine

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I really do love embellishing bottles. These are some I had used for other projects but kind of fell out of love with. So I peel off the old labels and embellishments, and start over from scratch.

The tall bottle originally had a Halloween touch. Now it's a shabby button holder. I used some leftover red ticking that I bought from Somerset a couple of years ago. I hand-stamped PARIS on a random piece of white fabric and adhered it to the ticking using fabric glue. Not sure if you can tell, but at the top of the tall bottle is a French address label from the Graphics Fairy.

The little salt (or pepper!) shaker is a Goodwill find. They only had one the one at the time and I loved the shape, so I snatched it up. I hot glued the photo holder to the back of it and then added some burlap, and another piece of random fabric which I hand-stamped SPRING onto. It's holding a miniature Tarot card from a deck I've had since my 20s.

I love the shape of the one with the lace. For that one, I used a pretty Paris image that I printed onto label paper. I distressed the edges a bit and stuck it on. Then I hot glued the lace on top and added a faux dried flower.

The best part is that I used remnants and random pieces from my stash so it cost me $0 to make these!

Jeanine