Okio B Designs

I always have a ton of Dollar Store candles in the house. Given last year's hurricane, I think it's wise to stock up. Unfortunately, they aren't the prettiest candles in the world. That is until you dress them up...

I printed off the images onto clear transfer paper. The women are from Pinterest. The bee with the crown is from The Graphics Fairy.

I simply cut around the images. Then just peel and stick.

Super quick and easy way to dress up boring candles.

Jeanine

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I picked up two of these little metal buckets from Target (in their $1 section) last week. They were $2 each. I broke out some Annie Sloan chalk paint to give them a shabby/Frenchy makeover.

First I gave each bucket 2 coats of ASCP. I wasn't worried about being sloppy because I wanted them to have a shabby/chippy paint look.

Next I printed off my graphics onto waterslide decal paper. (I told you I'm obsessed with this paper! I use it every chance I get!). I give the images a couple of coats of clear spray paint so the image won't run. Once that's dry, simply dip into a pan of water and the sticker part will separate from the paper.

Of course you have to play with the sticker a bit to get it perfect (or close to perfect as in my case). Push out the air bubbles and voila!

As you can see, my new buckets are sitting in my new Ikea kitchen cart. The hubby and 7 year old put it together for me last night. I love it!

Jeanine

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I have been waiting literally months for my local Ikea to get the pretty aqua blue kitchen cart that you've probably seen all over Pinterest. Guess what?

I grabbed mine this morning! Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy! I'm so very excited! As soon as my hubby steps foot in the door, he's putting this baby together. I'd do it myself but I don't have a great track record with assembling Ikea products. Better to be safe than sorry!

Jeanine

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I'm looking forward to a fruitful garden this year. My dad has offered to help me pick the perfect spots in our yard. You see, we do well with tomatoes and cucumbers, and some random herbs, but my eggplant and green peppers never seem to take off. Anywho, I decided to start early this year with some of our seeds. Of course, I had to dress up my peat pots just a little.

These mini peat pots were something like 10 for $1. I painted each white to start. While the paint was drying, I hand-stamped basil, oregano and mint onto tissue paper. I ripped the tissue paper as close to the lettering as possible and glued it on with Mod Podge.

I gave each piece of tissue paper a coating on top after the first coat dried. Now I know which seed goes in which pot, and which herb is in which pot (and the pots look a little cuter!).

I also did this seeds one but I think the stamps were a little big for the pots. Doh!

Jeanine

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It's been a really beautiful weekend here. I almost feel like Spring is nipping at my heels. The mild weather inspired me to put out some of our Easter decorations.

A Spring nest propped onto a vintage typewriter.

Nests and eggs are everywhere! See the little bunnies tucked into the egg cups?! I keep them out all year.

More nests. I have mason jars in a milk bottle carrier as our centerpiece on the dining room table. Some have candy and some have eggs. Not sure if you can see the two bunnies behind the nests. They are salt and pepper shakers from the Pottery Barn outlet. So are the little nests with eggs.

This sweet bunny is from Home Goods.

I can't wait to break out our Pottery Barn egg plates and egg cups. We're having Easter at our house this year so I'll be able to put them to good use.

Jeanine

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It's cold and stormy here yet again, but I'm definitely thinking of summer. Wouldn't these be great for sipping some lemonade on a beautiful, warm summer day?

Someone added the No. 7 clipart to Pinterest. I downloaded it onto sticker paper. Before cutting and adding to my recycled Starbucks bottles, I gave them a coat of clear spray paint.

Cut, stick and done! The only real messy part is getting the Starbucks label completely off. I actually made 4 but I only had the three ready when I snapped the photos. The straws are from Target. A clearance find for 99 cents!

Jeanine