Okio B Designs

Remember those books I picked up last week at our local thrift store?  After a couple of coats of black paint and some creepy stickers, here they are now: I found the images on both Pinterest and The Graphics Fairy. I printed the images out onto label paper and simply peeled and stuck to each book once the paint was dry! I have them displayed in our corner cabinet with some other Halloween goodies. Jeanine...

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While on our way to my Mom's for Sunday dinner, we came across a bunch of curbside garage sale loot.  Best part, it was free for the taking! I grabbed this cute little concrete statue.  It had not one, but two old wasp nests tucked inside.  Gross!  But still a sweet find. These plates are Limoges and there were six of them just sitting there.  Mine! I found this great French/English dictionary after digging through...

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Remember that wood thingy I picked up on Friday at our local church thrift store?  Here's what it looked like before: And here is the after: Excuse the lighting.  I took my photos around dusk.  I thought I was going for a neat, artistic lighting effect, but what I got were some dark photos.  Doh! Still, you get the idea.  I used this great French graphic from The Graphics Fairy and the Mod Podge technique....

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Just sharing a few thrifty finds I picked up this morning at our local church thrift store.  I spent a whopping $1.75 on everything! I'm planning to give the books a spooky touch for Halloween. The little pumpkins are from Michael's - probably from the $1 bin but I got them for a quarter!  I love the glitter! I'm not quite sure what this wood box is/was but it's already in the garage with its...

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What do you do when you have thousands upon thousands of acorns and their caps in your yard?  If you're me, you scoop them up and use them for some autumn-inspired candles! Yes, I actually went around the yard scooping up these little acorn caps that seem to fall day and night thanks to our mighty oak - and some squirrels and raccoons. I added them to some small Mason jars with pumpkin-scented (yum!) votives...

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I've had to keep mum about this for 2 months but Real Simple's October issue is out and guess what?  They included my Halloween sheet music! I'm so thrilled and want to send a big thank you to Real Simple for including my sheet music and Etsy shop info!   Jeanine  ...

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