Okio B Designs

This trio of Dollar Store prayer candles has been sitting on the shelf in my craft room since December. I finally got around to giving them a French makeover today:

Two of these great images are from The Graphics Fairy. The third is one I purchased off of Etsy.

Once I cut out each image, I distressed the edges of each one ever so slightly. Then I used Mod Podge to glue them on and added a coat over the image to seal it.

After all were good and dry, I started adding some of my rhinestone embellishments. Then I broke out some tea-stained seam binding and tied on the number plaque, key and lock to each one.

I love the black and white images with just the small pops of color. But what I love even more is that I already had everything on hand!

Linking to The Shabby Creek Cottage: Transformation Thursday.

Jeanine

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I never ever pass up the bargain aisle at our local Michael's. It's filled with treats usually starting at $1 up to no more than say $5. I scooped up a bunch of these pretty shabby frames with my store credit and gave each a French touch:

I love the shabby, chippy feel of it. I added the faux pearls and flower embellishment. It would not be complete without the fabulous French image from The Graphics Fairy.

Since Blogger is not letting me upload photos for some reason, I'll show the others in another post. Argh, Blogger!

Linking to The Graphics Fairy: Brag Monday, Between Naps on the Porch: Met Monday and Faded Charm: White Wednesday.

Jeanine

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If you saw the February issue of Romantic Homes, then you saw these little cuties from Ikea.

So cute and I love the colors!

I'm the world's worst cake baker so I appreciate the non-stick, squishy plastic they are made of. However, my husband claims I failed on my New Year's Resolution not to buy stuff, but I gently reminded him it was: not to buy stuff I don't NEED. I need these!

Jeanine

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Remember that old soda crate I found at a junk barn a couple of weeks ago? The one that set me back a whole $5?!

Well, today I finally got my husband to put the wheels on the bottom. Sure, I could have done it myself but I was afraid of splitting the wood. Besides, you know how men like to feel needed...

Love it now that it's mobile! I'm trying to figure out whether to make a liner because of this...I can't even imagine what this blue stuff is but it does smear when I try to wipe it out.

Yuck! For now I have a piece of burlap covering the bottom to keep Mr. blue mess in his place. Here's the crate now:

I'm not sure if I'll keep it as a toy crate but I do love the look of the vintage Pooh and friends, and my primitives bee girl in there.

I'm sure I'll play around until I feel the love. Or at least until the boys figure out it has wheels and try to "ride" down the steps in it...Sigh!

Linking to Shabby Creek Cottage: Transformation Thursday.

Jeanine

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I'm pretty much done with my Valentine's Day decorations. Mainly because I've run out of places to display them! Last night I did a peat pot in pink which I thought would be a nice departure from white, and make for a nice Valentine's Day touch:

I used my Cricut to print out the French script heart and then tied it on with some tea-stained seam binding. The little button was the finishing touch.

How about this lovely Cupid print (from Graphique.etsy.com)?

These little paper mache birdies don't quite scream Valentine's Day, but I still had money to use on my Michael's store credit so I picked them up yesterday. How can you resist a sheet music bird for $1? And like potato chips, you can't get just one!

They also had plain paper mache birdies. I fudged the first one (don't ask!) so last night I painted my last little birdie and will post it soon.

Jeanine

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There is just something about winter that puts me in a sewing mood. I broke out my sewing machine this week and made a few new pillows and pin cushions.

I really love this great French-y image from The Graphics Fairy. I printed the image onto my fabric and then just sewed and stuffed. I printed it out in a 5x7 size so I was able to get two images onto the fabric. Kind of like two for the price of one! I'm wondering, though, if some of you sewing pros can tell me what I'm doing wrong on some of my pillows. They doesn't always seem to come out even. Sometimes they have what I can only describe as "wings"?!

I used the same fabric plus another I bought from Fabric.com a few months ago for these pin cushions. I just love the way they look in the vintage jello molds. I added some French script to give them a French-y touch. For these, I used a plate to cut my circles and then just stitched the fabric leaving two ends long. When I was done stitching all around, I pulled the ends together, tied, added my stuffing and then hot glued them to my molds.

I have added a few other new petite pillows to my Etsy shop too.

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

Jeanine