I salvaged a rusty hinge from a burn pile a couple of months ago. Something about it just called to me, so I stored it in the garage until more Spring-like weather arrived. The weather has been perfect this week, so I finally broke out the hinge and gave it a few coats of white spray paint. Since I wanted a more shabby look, I also gave it a few coats of white chalk paint....
I've had this teeny-tiny Altoid tin for a couple of weeks now. I finally got around to embellishing it last night. I wanted to go with an Alice in Wonderland theme. After searching up some how-to pins on Pinterest, I started by adding paper to the front, back and insides. Mod Podge worked best for this. Once my paper was in place, I just started adding random Alice pieces: a keyhole, tea party image,...
Happy to say I've gotten a bit of my crafting mojo back. Nothing fancy: just an upcycled little crate and some trinket boxes. Everything got a few coats of white paint and some French book paper. Short, sweet and simple...and perfect for White Wednesday. Jeanine ...
Yikes has it really been over three weeks since I last posted? I'm posting more on Instagram these days. Just waiting for the weather here to cooperate more so I can get back into the swing of things craft-wise. If you miss me (hee hee hee), you can always follow me on Instagram: @okiobdesigns. Jeanine ...
I know it's St. Patrick's Day, but I haven't been dreaming about leprechauns. I've been dreaming about spring. This past week was lovely. Warm and sunny with a few spots of rain here and there. But the weather man says we're getting snow this weekend. Noooooooooooo! So I'll be keeping busy making more of these Easter sacks for my 8 year old's class, while watching the snow fall. Hopefully this will be winter's last hoorah....
Have you seen these adorable bunnies at Target? Both are in the Dollar Spot but are $3 each. One is a plain paper mache and the other looks like ceramic, but it's really more of a white paper mache. I decided to Frenchify the brown paper mache one. I started by giving it a few coats of white paint. Then I tried to hand-stamp some French script on it. Fail! Because it's not completely flat,...
