Okio B Designs

**This giveaway is now closed** The folks at Country Living magazine have an amazing new Halloween book out.  It's called Spooky & Bright, 101 Halloween Ideas.  If you've been following my blog for a while, you probably know I'm both a huge fan of Halloween and of Country Living!  So how thrilled was I when a review copy landed on my porch?! It's loaded with tons of great Halloween ideas, including unique pumpkin decorations, spooky...

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I can't believe school starts here in two weeks!  It's going to be hard to get some crafting in during that time so forgive me if I don't post a lot and don't get a chance to visit.  Once the kiddos are back in school, I'll have more time to whip up some fall pieces like these.   Yup, these are Starbucks coffee bottles.  A lot of fun to envision but kind of a pain to...

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Have you seen H&M's new home collection?????  I'm swooning over here as I try to decide what I'm going to get first. Photo courtesy of H&M Love these pillowcases for the bedroom.  It'd be great if they came with matching sheets, but for $5.95, I don't mind! Photo courtesy of H&M These storage baskets are super cute and under $15 each.  I love their Pottery Barn-ish look minus the hefty price tag.  You could use...

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Imagine my surprise last week when a writer from the New York Daily News contacted me after she saw the Jane Austen tags in my Etsy shop. She was doing a piece on the new Austenland movie and wanted to chat about "Janeiacs."  We talked about the movies, the books and of course some of the Jane items in my shop - all images courtesy of the Graphics Fairy. The article came out today and you can...

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Can you believe I'm still working on pieces that I picked up at AmVets a week ago?!  This is the wood caddy that I got there that originally came from Michael's.  It was pink and had the word spring on both sides.  Here it is now: I gave it a couple of coats of Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Louis Blue.  I popped over to The Graphics Fairy to pick some French text I could quickly...

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Yes, I know I'm incredibly early for fall, but I just couldn't resist making some shabby fabric pumpkins this morning. I've been seeing them all over Pinterest and they are just so darn cute that I couldn't resist. I used some fabric pieces that I had stashed in my craft room for over a year (one of the benefits of never throwing stuff out!).  I used some tea-stained seam binding a French fabric tag for...

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