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~upcycled cake dome~

July 09, 2018 / BY Okio B Designs
I've had this cake dome (I'm not sure what the official name of it is) for a few years now.  It was a Home Goods find many moons ago and was banished to the basement after I tired of its boring brownish color. After walking by it 100 times over the last couple of weeks, I decided to give it a fresh makeover. It's amazing what a few coats of white spray paint can do! ...

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~patriotic baseballs~

June 27, 2018 / BY Okio B Designs
I can't take credit for this project.  It's a copycat of one I saw on Pinterest.  Once I saw it, I knew, finally, what I could do with all of the random baseballs in our garage. My boys played baseball briefly, but somehow we had all of these balls hanging around.  I started by breaking out some red, white and blue acrylic paint.  I painted the colors randomly on each ball and added some stars...

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~wood coasters~

June 21, 2018 / BY Okio B Designs
While at our local thrift store last week, I spied these wood pieces in their craft area.  I wasn't sure what they were for or what I was going to do with them, but I grabbed them anyway. And here they are now!  I turned them into coasters. I started by giving each piece a few coats of white spray paint.  Then I printed out the words onto vinyl transfer paper using my Cricut.  I...

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~white wednesday~

June 20, 2018 / BY Okio B Designs
Some white-washed, French script wood clothes pins for this lovely White Wednesday.  Cheers! Jeanine ...

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~reverse canvas sign~

June 18, 2018 / BY Okio B Designs
I am NOT the best sign maker.  I am horrible at stenciling.  I do not have a steady hand.  Most of my signs have been epic fails.  So when I saw Live Craft Love's post on making a reverse canvas sign, I was intrigued. (Click the link above to go to her post.) I bought a rinky-dink canvas from Target for $2.  First step was to remove the canvas from the wood frame - including...

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~fourth of july decorations~

June 17, 2018 / BY Okio B Designs
This year is the first time in years that we won't be away for July 4th.  So I'm kind of going to town on the decorations.   This is our cozy Cape Cod and beloved porch.  I love decorating it each season/holiday.  The burlap banner is from Walmart.  I grabbed it last year and I'm surprised at how sturdy it's been.  I have one hanging on each side of the porch. We painted the porch swing...

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