Okio B Designs

If you've been following my blog regularly, you probably know how much I adore vintage sheet music. It's one of my favorite pieces to work with.

Not only do I use it in my Etsy shop; I also use it in a lot of my crafts. It's perfect for adding that little something-something to an otherwise ho-hum project.

Each of these new prints are available in my Etsy shop. I must confess: I kept a copy of each one for myself!

Jeanine

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Today I'm sharing a quick Valentine's Day project I whipped up over the weekend. All you need is a Mason jar, stick matches, match strike strips (or whatever you call them!) and some clear label paper.

Start by choosing a font for your label paper. I used my fave - Autumn in November from DaFont. In Word, simply add your text to a document. The hearts can be found in symbols (in Word). I made mine red, but you can make them any color. I printed out my text in a few different sizes (onto the clear label paper) because I wasn't sure what size would fit my jar. Simply cut, peel and stick. You may have to work out some air bubbles.

Next, add your stick matches to the jar. Using matchboxes I got from the Dollar Store, I simply cut the match strips off and used Glue Dots to add them to the front of the jar. I added two more on the top of the lid for good measure. Done and done!

How's that for a sweet gift for your Valentine?!

Jeanine

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Wishing you all a very happy new year!

Jeanine

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It's probably no surprise that I've already started working on some Valentine's Day projects. Today I'm sharing some sweet framed prints that were super easy and relatively free to make. To start, I jumped over to Pinterest and started searching up shiplap backgrounds.

After scrolling through what seemed like 100 shiplap wall paper pins, I finally found a pretty background that perfectly captured what I was looking for. After downloading it to my computer, I headed over to DaFont to find some faux calligraphy fonts that I could use for my prints. My favorite is called Autumn in November. It's what I used on this "i love you more" print above.

Then I found this great old typewriter font that was just screaming out to be used too. It's called Lucky Typewriter. Now if you're not familiar with DaFont, you simply search up the type of font you are looking for and then download it safely to your computer. Yes, you have to go through the whole extract all files hub-bub, but believe me, it's worth it!

Once you've downloaded your font, simply print out your shiplap background onto plain white paper (or cardstock). Then open a Word document and line up your words for how you want them to look on the shiplap paper. Feed the shiplap paper (that you already printed) through your printer and simply print the Word document onto it.

Super easy, right?! Total cost $0 - unless you're like me and you had to head to Target to buy a new 8x10 frame to put one in. So this cost me $6.99 total.

Jeanine

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Merry Christmas to my bloggy friends!

I've been such a naughty blogger of late. Hopefully I didn't end up on Santa's naughty list! I plan on getting my craft groove back on after the holidays. I've missed it, but as we all know, life sometimes gets in the way. I'm wishing you all a very happy and healthy holiday season! See you soon,

Jeanine

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Guess who just signed up to become an Amazon Affiliate? This girl! I'm still learning the ropes, so any advice other affiliates care to share will be much appreciated!

Jeanine