Okio B Designs

Sour cream and onion Pringles have never looked so good! Yes, after enjoying the chips, I saved the canister so I could copycat one of my favorite Pinterest pins.

This was my inspiration. Lovely, right? This blogger used an oatmeal canister. And here's my version using the Pringles canister.

I wrapped the canister in vintage sheet music to start. Then I printed off this great French image (courtesy The Graphics Fairy) onto plain white paper. Glued that on over the sheet music.

Once that was dry, I added another French image to the plastic top - which you totally can't see but it is there. Then I added some glitter around the edges and some tea-stained seam binding. I couldn't resist adding a little bling too on the front.

I finished up by stringing some bells and a metal star (from Ikea) on more tea-stained seam binding. I used my hot glue gun to add that to the top.

I love how the star hangs down, and how the grey/silver and pink hues play off each other. I'm so happy too with how it turned out. And lucky me, Pathmark is having a sale on Pringles so I'm off to stock up so I can make more!

Linking to Petite Michelle Louise: Grey Day Thersday.

Jeanine

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Here's a quick and easy Halloween project I whipped up last night. All you need is some sheet music, a printer and your computer.

First choose a creepy font to spell our tricks and treats. I found mine on Dafont.com.

Then head on over to The Graphics Fairy for this great, vintage hand image. I had it saved on my computer. Next, you'll want to print out the text first so you can line it up with the hand. I did this a few times on blank paper before adding my sheet music.

Once everything is lined up the way you like it, add your sheet music to your printer. First I printed out the text and then put the sheet music through again for the hand. I'm using clipboards to display mine but you could easily add these to a window or mantel.

Super easy and super cute for Halloween!

Linking to The Graphics Fairy: Brag Monday and Between Naps on the Porch: Met Monday.

Jeanine

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Sharing a few Halloween touches around our house. I still have a few more spooky projects and decorations to add but here's the progress so far.

We don't have a mantle, so I decorate the top of our wood corner hutch as if it were a mantle.

And here is the hutch.

I keep this old typewriter out year round. I just added an old crow to the top.

Lots and lots of...

Skulls.

Pumpkins and spiders too!

I also had a lot of fun playing with various spooky fonts from PicMonkey for my photos. More to come!

Jeanine

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I was toying around with this little wood frame that I picked up at a local thrift store. First I painted it white. It sat in the garage for 2 weeks until I decided to instead paint it black. All this indecision resulted in a wicked makeover - literally!

I used some Halloween-ish cardstock as my background.

Then I went over to DaFont.com to spell out the word wicked in some creepy fonts. I printed that out onto white paper and cut around each letter. Not sure if you can tell but I also distressed the paper so it wouldn't be stark white on the Halloween cardstock.

Another quick and easy project using items I already had in the craft room!

Jeanine

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After seeing my sister, Kathy (CreativeHomeExpressions) transform a thrift store clock into a beautiful cloche, I was hooked! Like you probably do, I see these clocks everywhere: garage sales, Goodwill, thrift stores, etc.

This one I picked up from the Unique Thrift Stores last week for $5.99. After removing all of the clock pieces and tape (and boy did they have a LOT of tape wrapped around this thing!), I started by cleaning the glass and spray painting the base white.

Then I printed out some French script onto white cardstock. I used Mod Podge to add that to the base.

The base is a little bumpy because of the clock inserts but it still works quite nicely as a new cloche.

Here it is all finished. I'm loving it! And I'll never look at those old clocks the same way again.

Jeanine

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This teacup and saucer once held a scented candle. I picked up two of them at Urban Outfitters ages ago. Once the candle was done, I cleaned them up and they sat in the garage for a couple of years. They were just too pretty to donate or use at a garage sale.

So I cleaned them up and decided to make them more functional.

What's neat is the teacup is already glued to the saucer so I didn't have to break out the E-6000. I did, however, print out the word miscellany on clear label paper to add to the front of the teacup.

Then I filled it with random pieces including these great, vintage French flashcards. I add them in with my Etsy "thank you" bags and use them for tags.

It's also a great spot for odd buttons and some keys. Now I can easily grab what I need without having to dig through piles of stuff in my craft room. Now I just have to figure out what I'm putting on the other one.

Linking to the Creative Home & Garden Blog Hop.

Jeanine