Okio B Designs

Oh my! I didn't realize I hadn't posted anything since July. Yes, July!

It's always hard during the summer months for me to blog - with the boys being home and all. Somehow I managed to tackle a bunch of projects though. I just never seem to get around to posting them here.

If you follow me on Instagram (which I hope you do!), you probably know we took quite a few trips this summer (and have seen some of my summer projects).

Newport, Rhode Island was my favorite. We were steps from the beach and just minutes from the mansions.

It was a blast seeing how the other half once lived.

How's that for a view?

And doesn't everyone push a button to ring their butler? Hee hee! Seriously though, my boys go back to school September 4th, so I'll be back to my regular blogging then.

In the meantime, let's all enjoy these last few days/weeks of summer.

Jeanine

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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! I've fallen back in love with it and am thrilled with its new shabby look.

I'm using it to hold some pretty vintage plates now. Isn't shopping the house great?!

Jeanine

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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 to a few of them.

I'm not the best painter as you can see. My stars are a little smudgie. Still, I love how they came out and how they look in my little red wagon. And they are perfect for our 4th of July decorations.

Jeanine

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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 carefully peeled and stuck them to the wood, and then went over them with another coat of white spray paint.

Once that was dry, I broke out the grey paint and did a few more coats over the wood and sticker letters. I waited and waited for that to dry and then I carefully peeled the stickers off. I followed up with a quick coat of Mod Podge, and they were done!

For roughly $1-$2, I have some cute new coasters that I'm sure we'll be using all summer!

Jeanine

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Some white-washed, French script wood clothes pins for this lovely White Wednesday. Cheers!

Jeanine

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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 all of the staples and glue. Check. Then you stain the wood. Check. The next step I kind of did on my own. I used my Cricut (Signatures Font cartridge) to print out my hi on vinyl paper.

I just had to peel and stick to get it on the canvas. Once that was done, I trimmed off the excess canvas and stapled it to the back of the wood. Seriously, how easy was that?! And now I have a cute, new decorative wood sign for the house.

Be sure to check out Live Craft Love's post for the full tutorial. I can't wait to make more of these adorable little signs.

Jeanine