Okio B Designs

We just got back from a wonderful road trip to Virginia (Winchester). My sister, Trish lives there and we try to visit her at least twice a year with the boys. In addition to good conversation and some good eats, lookie what I found...

Hobby Lobby! First time I ever went to one and my-oh-my, now I know what all you other ladies have been gushing about. I could NOT contain my excitement! My hubby and boys did not share my sentiments but I didn't care!

I picked up some great goodies that Michael's and AC Moore do not seem to carry here.

Some great new stamps and tags! I plan on aging the clips.

Pretty fleur de lis doorstop and new French script stamp.

I thought the prices were surprisingly reasonable. The little jar was only $5.99.

Of course, couldn't leave the South without stopping by Chick-Fil-A. We don't have them on Long Island. Yummy!

And my little guy lost his first tooth at the hotel last night. I don't know how on earth the Tooth Fairy found us (wink, wink).

We also hit an outdoor flea market. I'll share those finds tomorrow.

Good to be home and back to blogging. =)

Jeanine

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I wasn't able to go garage sale shopping last weekend so I turned to items I had readily available for some quick makeovers.

Yup, food cans. The big one is from a can of baked beans. The smaller is from a can of alphabet soup (my little guy's favorite!).

It's amazing what a few coats of paint and some lovely French graphics can do to some lowly tin cans.

The images are from The Graphics Fairy, of course. I used some waterslide decal paper again to add them to each can. I noticed it works better on spray painted items rather than ones I've painted with chalk paint.

I filled them up with sand so I could add some of my French script candles. I love the look and the fact that I'm recycling! Will I ever look at tin cans the same way again? Probably not!

Jeanine

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I'm so enamored with religious pictures and pieces these days. It's definitely reflected in some of these random projects I've been working on.

This one was inspired by Rhonda from Little Bit French. She made the prettiest French journals last week that I just couldn't stop myself from pinning all over Pinterest.

I actually found the religious image on Pinterest after my sister (Kathy from Creative Home Expressions) had pinned it. It's just so lovely. I've used it on bottles, tags and now this little book.

I purchased these downloadable images from Etsy last week. A little smaller than I expected, but the perfect size for some petite tags.

I have these in my Etsy shop. I used some of them in my necklaces as well. My late mother-in-law was a devout woman and I feel as though I'm paying homage to her with these religious pieces. I think she would have loved them!

Jeanine

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I was just about to dump this pickle jar last week when inspiration hit.

I gave it a couple of coats of robin's egg blue spray paint. Once that was dry, I added a chalkboard paper tag. It's kind of small so I really had to squeeze in the word fleurs on there.

Add some faux flowers from the Dollar store and voila, instant pickle jar vase! Definitely my speed on these scorching summer days we've already been having.

Jeanine

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The winner of the Mason jars book giveaway as chosen by Random.org is...

Patti from Ivy and Elephants!

Congrats Patti. I'll be in touch for your info shortly.

Jeanine