Okio B Designs

Happy Saturday!  Hope your weekend is off to a great start!  The sun is shining, the birds are singing and I was able to get some painting done. This little tool carrier is from Michael's.  I bought it a couple of years ago.  It originally said blossom.  Sadly, it got a little dingy over the years so I gave it a fresh coat of paint yesterday. Since I painted over the blossom, I added two...

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It seems the taste of Spring we had a few days ago was to be short-lived.  We're back to freezing cold temperatures which means I've essentially been trapped in the house.  I dipped into my French paper stash and made some new pieces to keep from crawling the walls. Bundles and bundles of vintage French poetry pages. My camera hates these cold, dreary days as well.  Can never get any good light.  Sigh! French paper...

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A few days ago, my husband finally re-painted our bedroom.  The wall color had gotten dirty since it was first painted almost 12 years ago!  And let's not forget all the holes from hanging various pictures and such.  I'm keeping it simple this time around. These are some before photos.  Ick! See the dirt and spackle spots?  Double ick. Not pretty by any means.  And here are some afters: Clean and simple.  I was going...

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The winner of my Stampin' Up giveaway is fellow Long Island gal, Susan from Homeroad! Susan, I'll be in touch for your address.  Congrats! Jeanine ...

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**You still have time to enter my Stampin' Up giveaway!** I've had this vintage high chair for a few years now.  It was a garage sale find ($5) but I could never seem to find a permanent home for it.  I gave it a chalk paint makeover yesterday. Of course, I forgot to take before photos.  The color was something I would compare to a poopie brown.  Not pretty by any means.  I used Annie Sloan...

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I bought these lanterns from Home Goods about 5-6 years ago.  We use them on our porch but they started to rust a bit.  I didn't want to do dump them, so... I gave them a fresh new look with a couple of coats of this robin's egg spray paint.  Rust-Oleum, I believe. I'm going with a beach theme on the porch this summer and now they will fit perfectly with my vision.  And speaking of...

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