Okio B Designs

While I was at Ikea earlier this week, I grabbed a few of these white picture frames. In a matter of minutes, you can turn them into...

Mini, free-standing chalkboard frames. Super cute, right? So perfect for a kitchen counter.

I used chalkboard paper for this one - just peel and stick. I have another one drying in the garage that I used chalkboard paint spray on. I like to play around with different textures to see which works best.

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to go fishing. Just kidding!

Jeanine

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I popped into Ikea yesterday and was pleasantly surprised by their newest candles. Have you seen them?

How perfect are these for the 4th of July? Sadly, none with stars but I'm digging the stripes, and they work so well for this quickie centerpiece idea.

I'm using a chalkboard painted Dollar Store tray as my base.

I used a pretty patriotic image (from The Graphics Fairy) for my candle holders. I printed the image onto label paper and add them to the front of each holder. Can you see the small red rhinestones on the firecrackers? I think they add a nice pop (see what I did there?! Pop, firecracker. Hee, hee hee).

I'll be using this as a centerpiece for our July 4th barbeque.

Jeanine

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**Dark photos alert.** Yup, all week we're expecting nothing but rain here and you know what that means for photos. Ugh! Very frustrating but the show must go on and here is one of my latest projects: Jardin 1914 Frenchy Drawstring Bag.

I picked up a couple of these drawstring bags at Hobby Lobby last month and couldn't wait to use them. I was inspired by my friend, Susan from Homeroad, who has a bunch of her own lovely bags in her Etsy shop.

The French image is from The Graphics Fairy (thanks, Karen!). I printed it out (reversed) onto TAP paper and used an iron to adhere it to the front of the bag.

Easy peasy, right? I'm still trying to get the hang of TAP paper. You actually remove the paper while it's still hot, which allows you to make sure you've gotten all of the ink where you want it.

I finished up by adding a blue rhinestone to the wreath. Can't wait to use this on our first trek to the beach!

Jeanine

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We had an impromptu garage sale on Saturday so I was not able to hit any sales myself this weekend. I did, however, make it over to Walmart and look at this super cute Mason jar drink dispenser!

Can't wait to use this for summer parties. And how adorable are the cups?

I also picked up this chevron burlap ribbon and larger size peat pots.

I'll probably start working on the peat pots this week. And P.S. I was not compensated by Walmart for this post. I just really love sharing super cute retail finds!

Jeanine

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These are the planters I picked up over the weekend at a local garage sale. They were a yucky green hue and had sunflower stickers on them. Not quite my cup of tea. Here they are now.

I gave each a couple of coats of white spray paint. I sprayed right over the stickers because I knew I'd be covering them with this lovely French image (courtesy of The Graphics Fairy).

I printed the image onto craft paper for an aged look. I used Mod Podge to add them to the fronts. No more icky sunflower stickers!

So much better now! I have them in my tea room until I can figure out a more permanent home for them.

Jeanine

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A couple of weeks ago Lin from A Tiny Cottage in the Woods posted a gorgeous French basket she made. Needless to say, I was smitten. So when I scooped up this picnic basket for $2 at a local flea market, I knew I immediately wanted to copycat.

I gave it a few coats of Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Paris Grey. I wanted to give it an aged look, so I let some of the original color of the basket show through.