Okio B Designs

This project literally took 10 minutes to do from start to finish. Since I'm pressed for time this week, it was perfect.

First I cut some old dictionary paper to fit my frames. I change out these frames every few months. They've previously displayed Christmas, Valentine's Day, beachy, etc. themes. And now it's time for Halloween!

I used my Cricut and some black cardstock for my letters. Since I only have the three frames, spelling out boo seemed like a no-brainer. Once they were cut out, I used some good ol' fashioned school glue (the purple kind that disappears!) to stick them to my book paper.

See what I mean? Super easy and a super cute Halloween decoration for our bathroom wall.

Jeanine

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**Don't forget to enter my Country Living magazine book giveaway here!**

It's a bit of a rainy, miserable kind of day here. The kind of day when you don't feel guilty staying indoors. While the boys were busy playing this morning, I broke out some jewelry pieces and whipped up these two necklaces.

Each is backed with French book paper. Then I added some of these lovely religious images. For this piece, I added a little bling by way of the bead and rhinestone.

For the second piece, I just kept it simple - adding the red faux pearl and French wording over the image.

Sweet and simple. I love dressing up my dress forms with them, although I'm sure one day I'll actually wear one! =)

Jeanine

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**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 home decor and edible treats. How fun is this candle idea?! Love the skeleton hands and me thinks, the Graphics Fairy has a ton of vintage images that would be perfect to create your own version.

How about hanging some eerie plates for your Halloween festivities?! Or turning some black goblets into candleholders? Love how they are displayed on a tray!

And you can't have a Halloween party without some cobweb cake and poison cookies. Yum and yum!

Seriously this book is loaded with lots of spook-tacular ideas (sorry, couldn't resist being a little hokey!) and the best part? Country Living has provided me with a copy for YOU!

All you have to do to enter is become a follower of OkioBDesigns.Blogspot.com or let me know in a comment that you already are a follower. For additional entries:

1. Like Okio B Designs on Facebook and let me know in a comment that you did;

2. Follow @okiobdesigns on Twitter and let me know in a comment you did;

3. Blog/Tweet/Facebook/Pinterest about this giveaway and let me know in a comment you did;
4. Like Country Living magazine on Facebook and let me know in a comment you did;
5. Follow @CountryLiving on Twitter and let me know in a comment, you did.

Open to residents of the U.S. and Canada only - sorry! I'll pick a winner via Random.org on Wednesday, August 28, 2013.

Good luck!

Jeanine

Disclaimer: I was provided a review copy of Country Living Spooky & Bright, 101 Halloween ideas, however, all opinions are my own.

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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 paint. I had to break out the newspaper, painter's tape and paint brushes for these. Way too much work for me. I'm more of a spray-it-once-or-twice-and-it's-done kind of gal.

But I have been wanting to make something like this all summer. First I started by doing the coat of white paint. Then I moved onto the orange. Those two coats were done with spray paint. Since I didn't have yellow spray paint, I had to hand-paint the bottoms.

They are a little sloppy in some areas but overall, you get the idea. Plus the black tea-stained seam binding hides a gap and an oopsie or two.

I plan on using these as candle holders for October. Okay, probably September. Yes, I'm one of those people who starts their fall decorating right after Labor Day.

Jeanine

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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 them for so many different things.

Photo courtesy of H&M

This fab pillow is linen but I love the grainsack look it has to it.

Photo courtesy of H&M

I'm in need of a new shower curtain and this pink ruffled one is perfect! My Rachel Ashwell Shabby Chic white ruffled one is from Target and is quite a few years old. And it was a bit pricier if I remember correctly.

H&M really put together a fabulous home collection! The best part? A lot of the pieces are $25 and under. What will you find??????

Jeanine

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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 find it here!

Jeanine