Cottage & Family [life and much more] 

When I saw the Pottery Barn

Music Sheet Ornaments

in a catalog I really wanted some!

but when I saw them in real life I

decided I kind of wanted some that

were more vintage looking ~

So I went to Graphics Fairy found

an image and made some that I love!

Here is a quick how to on

how I made my own ~

{ they are really too easy for

a tutorial :) }

But .... here goes ~

First I copied the image and sized

and duplicated it in Photoshop ~

Printed it on matte photo paper

or heavy card stock ~

Cut and glue with a glue stick

to another piece of heavy card stock

and cut around image ~

For a more vintage look I

added a little stamp pad ink

around the edges ~

Then put a little glue on the edge

and then glitter ~ I used

German Glass Glitter because I

love how it ages ~

They would be a cute little gift

tied with jute and put in

a small burlap bag ~

I love how they look in my tree ❤

I am linking to

Graphics Fairy Brag Monday ~

I am off with my hubby taking some time to sink our toes in the sand ~

Pure Bliss!

My son in law, James took this picture ~ he rocks at photography!!!

I wanted to give you a quick

tutorial on how to make a burlap

rolled rose ~

Do you notice all my tutorials

are quick and easy :)

I don't like anything that takes

a gazillion years to do ~

The first thing you do is cut a strip

of burlap fabric or use burlap ribbon ~

My strip is about 2 inches wide ~

I forgot to measure the length but

it is about 1/2 yard ~

Tie a knot in the end ~

Kind of fold it in half and twist while

gluing with hot glue as you go around ~

Continue until you have made

it the size that you want it to be ~

Then take the end and glue to the

back of the rose ~

On this one I added a piece of

vintage jewelry for some bling ~

You can use these for tons of things

Here are just a few examples ~

Have fun creating!!

I was inspired today by Rebecca at A Gathering of Thoughts to recover a lampshade ~

That has always been something that I have wanted to do but really never knew how to approach it ~

Her tutorial is super easy to follow ~

This is how mine turned out and it was so much fun ! Thank you Rebecca !

Today I was looking through some vintage ephemera that I have and found this wonderful fashion magazine ~

This is a scan of one of several pages from a magazine called Delineator that I have ~

It makes me smile because I would just love to wear the clothes that they wore ~ The magazine is from 1898 ~

These are pictures of bathing suits ~ It talks about how it is not made of wool because when wool is wet it "clings in a most unsightly way to the figure" ~ Can you even imagine wearing this swimming let alone in wool ~

There is another paragraph that says to wear a bonnet because that way "the summer suns cannot seek out the pretty, delicate skin and leave their imprint of tan or freckles upon it. The dweller in the country home - the city maid as well as her village sister - who would preserve her complexion in its pink - white purity " ~

Oh my goodness ! I just am having the most fun reading from these pages from the late 1800's in fashion ~

I will be posting some more pages for you to copy off soon ~

I don't know how to make them clickable so you can make them larger to copy so if anyone knows how please let me know ~

I was all inspired this afternoon and have a gazillion projects all over the house and none of them are complete ~ Right in the middle of my gazillion projects I decided to read blog updates and saw Diane Knott's mini file folder tutorial ~

I just had to make one right then ~ then I remembered reading on Lisa's blog about the cute little bubble thingies ( it is not a tutorial but as cute as can be ) so I had to do those while I was at it ~

Ummmm that is pretty much how my brain works ~ It is always going all over the place and at one time ~ Isn't that how right brained people are ??? I tell myself that at least ~

I bought this wayyyy cute paper at Anthologies and wanted to use it so bad so I did ~ I did my first mini file folder upside down ~ HMMMMM there goes one piece of paper down the tubes ~

Then I used the other piece to make my other file folder and the magnets ~ I cannot wait to make more because they were easy as can be ( well after I figured out how to make them not upside down ) and fun too !

I am off with my hubby taking some time to sink our toes in the sand ~

Pure Bliss!

My son in law, James took this picture ~ he rocks at photography!!!

We would love to have you come visit our blog page where we hang out everyday!

We are going to have a different special every day
this week!!

Check our website daily!!

This is the first one ~
They will change every
evening and last through
the next day ~

My daughter Stephanie has been
creating the baby items
for our Ellie Grace category ~
Today she added some
just precious headbands
that all have a vintage look~

It is really fun having
her little adorable baby
Ellie Grace for our model too!!

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We post there daily ~

hugs,
Lori

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Katies Rose Cottage

We LOVE all of the beautiful feminine clothes that are
available right now!! They are so very comfortable
and perfect for your spring and summer wardrobe!

So needless to say we decided to start carrying them
on our website and are having alot of fun
shopping for them and wearing them too!

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