Okio B Designs

I have to thank my sister Kathy for pinning this great technical drawing of a Lego onto Pinterest. My boys are both Lego fanatics and I knew they would love something like this for their rooms.

The one that was pinned, I believe was from Gilt.com and was $65. Ouch! My version cost about $4. I picked up the frame from our local church thrift store for $1. I spray painted it black and cleaned up the glass.

Over the weekend I picked up the frame mat from Michael's. It was $2.99 with 25 percent off. I printed off the image (found on the internet) onto cardstock and it fit beautifully.

This one is in the 8 year old's room. The 6 year old is anxiously awaiting his. Hoping to find another cheap frame Friday at the thrift store. Fingers crossed!

Jeanine

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One of our local churches - literally steps away from our house - had its annual country fair yesterday. I popped in and scored some great goodies!

I scooped up some vintage books, some ornate wine stoppers, a Santa ornament and a bag of vintage calendar pieces. And...

A Frenchy jug (originally held chocolate malted balls) and a vintage mini muffin cutter (I'm guessing that's what it is - see it with the wood handle?). And...

Some small picture frames. Hands down my favorite piece is...

This vintage juggling pin. I've already given it a makeover:

It was a bit mild here yesterday so I was able to paint it black and give it a white stripe.

I spent $6 on everything. Yes, you read that correctly!

Jeanine

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For some reason, I'm wild about reindeer this year. I've never used them in my holiday decorating before but there is so much cuteness out there that I can't resist.

I made this super easy reindeer print using a vintage image from The Graphics Fairy. I printed it onto some craft paper I picked up at Michael's for 29 cents. The frame is from the Dollar Store.

Using the same image, I made some tags for my Etsy shop. I printed them out onto a French script background and added some tea-stained seam binding.

Even more cuteness at H&M. I bought these festive pillow covers from their website. They were $9.95 each (but I had an online coupon code) and fit a 20x20 pillow - which I already have.

I have my eye on some faux antlers from Pottery Barn too. My husband just scratches his head because I used to be grossed out by his real deer antlers. Go figure!

Jeanine

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Although I'm definitely not ready for snow, found this little cutie in the $1 aisle at Target yesterday. They have some really adorable stuff this year. Check it out next time you're at Target!

Jeanine

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Away went the Halloween decorations and out came the Xmas decorations this weekend. No, just kidding! Although I did hear Xmas music on the radio already, which was perfect for my trio of upcycled Santas.

Well, the Santas themselves aren't quite upcycled. The pieces I used to make them are: a Pringles canister, an old Hershey's tin and a random tin we had floating around the house.

I really love how this guy turned out. First I printed out the image onto sheet music. Then I glued it around my Hershey's tin. Once that was dry, I added some pink, yes pink, tea-stained seam binding around the lid. I used some to tie a bow to add my rusty jingle bells. I like using non-traditional holiday colors these days. Red and green just don't seem to cut it for me anymore.

This tin is actually from a Spongebob card game my 6 year old. I was shocked when he said I could have it. Before he changed his mind, I quickly gave it a few coats of white spray paint to start. I glued in some vintage book paper. The Santa and reindeer are from The Graphics Fairy. Not sure if you can see, but I finished it up with German glass glitter in random spots and lace around the edges.

And here we have my second ever Pringles makeover. The first one I did had a Frenchy touch. This one includes another great Santa image from The Graphics Fairy. I covered the canister with sheet music and then added my Santa image. This one has blue and white tea-stained seam binding.

And Xmas spelled out with Scrabble letters. The letters are actually glued onto the seam binding. I'm shocked they're staying on so well! I finished this one up with some German glass glitter as well. I can't wait to put these guys out later this month.

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

Jeanine

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Hope everyone survived the madness of Halloween. If I never see another piece of candy again, I would be quite happy! I'm still getting over a nasty sinus infection so I didn't have much time to craft this week. I did, however, finish up this wood tray that I started painting last week.

I had picked up the tray at our local church thrift store. It was an ugly brown so first thing was to give it a few coats of white spray paint. Then I was stuck. I wanted to keep it simple and wasn't in the mood to Mod Podge.

With the French stencil I received from Etsy last week, the seller included a little Fleur de Lis stencil. Voila! Problem solved. I broke out a Sharpie, yes a Sharpie, and stenciled it on the middle part of the tray.

I sanded parts of the tray and a bit of the Fleur de Lis to give it a more aged look. I'm loving it's clean, simple look and am looking forward to using it during the holidays.

Jeanine