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Goodwill Finds

April 23, 2013 / BY Okio B Designs
Super excited by this morning's Goodwill finds.  The last few times I've gone, I've come out empty-handed.  Not today! Excuse the photos.  It's a dark, dreary, COLD day here yet again.  Anywho, how cute is the little lantern?  It was half price so it was 85 cents.  The beeswax candle is getting tossed; I just wanted the little crate.  The metal urn will be first up in the makeover department. I love this little flower...

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Painted Mason Jars

April 21, 2013 / BY Okio B Designs
You've probably seen these all over Pinterest.  I, myself, have pinned them a few times.  I love the look and since I always have a nice stash of Ball mason jars lying around, I figured I would make some too! I only have three ASCP colors: Old White, Louis Blue and Antoinette.  Lucky for me they look gorgeous together! I only gave them a coat each of the chalk paint because I find it to...

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Bucket o' Starfish

April 19, 2013 / BY 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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Pretty Spring Pitcher

April 17, 2013 / BY Okio B Designs
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...

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Porch Table ASCP Makeover

April 16, 2013 / BY Okio B Designs
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...

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Recipes at Your Fingertips

April 11, 2013 / BY Okio B Designs
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...

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