Okio B Designs

It's hard to believe another year has come and gone. I'm welcoming 2013 with open arms as 2012 definitely had its ups and downs for me. We survived Sandy and 12 days with no power - definitely a downer. My 5 year old started kindergarten - both an upper and downer. I could go on and on.

My outlook for 2013 is much brighter and I've made just a few new year's resolutions that I hope to stick with: 1. Stop spending money on things we don't need; 2. Get more organized; 3. Pay it forward whenever possible; 4. Quit smoking and 5. Be more patient and understanding.

Not a huge list but one I plan on trying my best at achieving. What are some of your resolutions?

Happy new year!

Jeanine

*Image courtesy of The Graphics Fairy.

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Drawing inspiration from Pinterest and Sissie from Sissie's Shabby Cottage, I made my first ever rag-tie banner last night.

I used a bunch of leftover fabric pieces that were taking up space in my craft room. You know what they say about lemons and lemonade!

I love the shabby look. Makes me long for spring though. Sigh!

I just kind of looped and pulled each piece of fabric onto some twine. I think there are about 50 pieces of fabric on there. Yes, very time-consuming but so pretty. I think it might actually work for some of my upcoming Valentine's Day decorations.

Jeanine

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Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! I play Santa in our house which means I purchase and wrap all of the presents - even those for myself (isn't my husband lucky?!). I only picked up a few things before the holidays for myself because I knew the after-Christmas sales would be better. Yesterday, I took a trip to the mall to hit some sales and picked up these yummy candles from Anthropologie.

I love the ceramic jars and Frenchy feel. And did I mention they smell delish! Seriously, I could sniff these candles all day!

I chose the Angel Food scent - although there were 3 other flavors to choose from. Unfortunately, they were not on sale. Still, they make for a sweet after-Christmas gift to myself.

Jeanine

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Wishing all of my bloggy buddies a very Merry Christmas! Hope Santa brings you lots of cratfy goodies!

Jeanine

Image courtesy of The Graphics Fairy.

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I cannot believe Christmas eve is tomorrow night! I've been busy cleaning and cooking for company, but I did steal a little craft time to make these Alice in Wonderland coasters.

Remember, I told you I had like a gazillion of these sea salt tiles in our garage? I hate letting them go to waste so I broke out my stamps and added these great Alice images. Once they were dry, I gave each coasters a coat of clear spray to seal in the image.

When the spray was dry, I added some felt backing to each one so as not to ruin any tables or counter tops with them. I think these would be so sweet for Valentine's Day with the red. Thinking about adding some to my Etsy shop, but this set is for me!

Jeanine

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I still have a bunch of peat pots left over from the summer. Since I'm still avoiding the chaos of the stores and malls (and still working with what I already have in the house), I decided to make a couple of new embellished ones.

I gave each a coat of white acrylic paint. I tried my hand at doing a mixed media one with the little girl. The image is from The Graphics Fairy and with Newtown on my mind, I wanted to use something with a little girl or boy.

I printed out the image on cardstock and stuck it on with Glue Dots. I added some pink glitter to her wand and hat. Then I added some distressed French poetry book paper, the twine, number 15 and a Paris clothes pin. For now, the pot is filled with some shredded sheet music.

For the second one, I wanted to keep it simple. I added some French script on cardstock to the bottom. I had a leftover star from the peace sign I did a few weeks ago, so I added that to the top. This one is filled with faux Dollar Store moss.