Okio B Designs

Just a quick project. A small bucket of starfish for my beachy-themed porch.

I used some decal paper to add my starfish images (from Etsy) to my bucket which I believe I got at Target a few summers ago.

There are some sand dollars tucked in there as well.

Dreaming of beachy weather. It's almost here! Total cost: $0 as I had everything I needed. I'm still have $90 left for my beach makeover budget.

Jeanine

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Remember I said I had another little Ikea pitcher that I was planning to jazz up? Here it is in all of its Spring glory - flowers and all!

I used this great image from the Graphics Fairy and some more of my waterslide decal paper (buy it from eBay!).

My daffodils were starting to tip over so I snipped the ones that were leaning on the ground and added them.

Love the yellow with the off-white and black lettering. Definitely screams Spring to me!

Jeanine

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Haven't had too much time for crafting/blogging over the last few days. My hubby's been in the hospital since Friday night. Sigh! I was able to makeover this little porch table Friday afternoon and take pics of it this morning. Here's the before:

Yuck! Not even sure how to describe the previous color other than to say "U-G-L-Y, you don't need no alibi, you ugly!" And here it is after a few coats of ASCP in Louis Blue:

Love, love, love it now! Works so much better for my porch beach theme now. Did I ever tell you I paid $7 for the table at a garage sale like 5 years ago?!

And I'm happy to report that my Dad is working on making a wood whale for me like the one I previously posted about. Thanks Dad!

One more peek. Love the shade so much that I'm going to use it on a corner cabinet in our diningroom too! Wish me luck on that job. I've never painted anything bigger than a chair. Doh!

Jeanine

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I must have over 20 recipe books in my house. Sad part is, I hardly ever use them. Each book seems to be filled with recipes we ripped out of magazines, printed off the computer, etc. And now with Pinterest, I have a hundred or more recipes bookmarked on my computer. I needed an easier way to keep our favorite recipes handy without having to dig through piles of pages.

I used some off-white cardstock to make these quick - and handy! - recipe cards.

I used DaFont to add the word recipe into a simple Word document. Then I just added some lines and printed out onto my cardstock. I cut each to my desired size, and added some Frenchy stamps to each side. Pretty easy right?

What I think is my genius moment, is adding the metal ring. With the metal ring, I can easily hang it in the kitchen for when I need it, and I can add more recipes when I have the time.

It's less bulky and a quick grab for when I don't want to spend time flipping through all of those recipe books.

Linking to French Country Cottage: Feathered Nest Friday.

Jeanine

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I've had this pitcher from Ikea for a few years now. Last year, I added a coffee label to it using Mod Podge. Unfortunately, it started to peel off. Can't have that, now can we? So yesterday, I gave it a new Frenchy makeover using waterslide decal paper.

I have to say this is one of my favorite Frenchy images. It's making the rounds on Pinterest so be sure to download it when you can!

I simply printed the image onto the decal paper. Then I give it a couple of coats of clear spray paint so the image wouldn't run. Once that is dry, you add it to a bowl of water and within minutes the decal separates from the paper and it can be placed on your item.

What I love the best about decal paper is that the image looks almost painted on depending upon the surface. For the pitcher, my husband had to do a double-take because he thought it was indeed painted on (as if I could paint that well!).

I have another pitcher in the works (also from Ikea). Meanwhile, I'm running low on my decal paper so I'll be ordering more through eBay.

Linking to French Country Cottage: Feathered Nest Friday.

Jeanine

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We spend a lot of time on our porch in the summer. This year, I wanted to give it more of a beachy theme...for not a lot of money. I'm giving myself a $100 budget to work with. Here's what we have so far.

This boat oar is from Home Goods. I bought two of them a couple of years ago. They've been hanging by our garage/patio area. Total cost: $0 as I already had it.

This lanterns are from the Pottery Barn outlet. I picked them up about 5 years ago. Again moved them from the backyard to the porch. They need to be cleaned up a bit and candles added. $0.

Nevermind this table. It's getting an ASCP makeover this week. I just ordered Louis Blue which I think will look pretty and work for a beach theme. The lantern/starfish/candle - already had. The sea urchin was blue but I gave it a fresh coat of red paint. $0 for that too. The seahorse is from the Christmas Tree Shops. I spent $9.99 for it. Down to $90 now.

Starfish also from the Christmas Tree Shops - from 2 years ago. Need some freshing up. Now here's what I want:

From FolkyBirdSandFish.etsy.com. It's $34 but I'm trying to talk my Dad into making a wood whale for me.

This cute crab pillow is from FrenchCountryDesign.etsy.com. I believe it's $15.

Another fab pillow. This one is from White Apple Designs. In the $15 range as well.

Doorstop from NextDoortoHeaven.etsy.com. It's $10 and I love, love, love it!

Wish me luck as this will likely be a long work in progress given my budget.

Jeanine