Cottage & Family:
German glass glitter

This year we wanted to renovate
our Christmas decor, but
we had so many Christmas
decorations already!

So, we decided to reuse some old
decorations, add a few Black Friday
finds, and a touch of vintage
flare to make a handmade Christmas
that was in our holiday budget ~

Our creation tools:

Adding German Glass Glitter to
the ornament toppers and
music sheets to the ornaments
added vintage touches ~

We also made some Mercury Glass
ornaments ~
You can find the tutorial for
Mercury Glass here ~

After a day of creating we
had all new decorations
for our handmade Christmas ~

Have fun this Christmas adding
your own handmade touches to
your decor ~ Merry Christmas!

So suddenly ( well not so suddenly, I guess ) I realize

that fall is here and winter is coming~

I am not like 99.9% of the world who love

cold weather so I am somewhat disturbed by the thought ~

Today I had plans to take some new pictures and it POURED

along with thunder, lightning and the tornado siren ~

I remember when we first moved to Texas from California .... we

would get in the bathtub with a mattress over our head for

every siren ~ It was so exciting !

That passed after the first couple of years of life here and instead

I made pocket pillows during the possible lurking tornado ~

The lighting once again stunk so I had

to take these pictures with a flash which is a TOTAL no no !

Anyhow here are some pictures of things I made and

listed during the hubbub of my workshop

flooding and the sirens blaring ~

( I don't sew in my workshop )

You can find all of this at Katies Rose Cottage ~

I am loving anything white and silver for Christmas this year so I am thinking that is how I will be decorating ~
I love mercury glass too and have it displayed year round ~
Here are some things that would be pretty for decorating for Christmas but can also be used the rest of the year too ~
You can find them on my website here ~

I just got another order in of these adorable snowmen ~ I already had and sold out of some in the same line but had to order more because I love them !!
I got the Joy Snowman in again and ordered a new one which is the Making Spirit's Bright snowman ~ I just love the glass glitter crown and wings ~ too cute !

Today is Pink Friday at Katies Rose Cottage and the participating shops at Make Mine Pink ~
Why fight the crowds when you can shop from the comfort of your home all warm and cozy ~

We just listed some gorgeous Wendy Addison products in our Pink Friday category ~ I love the sparkle that they have with German glass glitter ~ there are also sweet vintage style bottle brush ornaments ~ these items combined with the pink bottle brush Christmas goodies in our holiday category will give your home a beautiful vintage look ~

Remember alot of the Wendy Addison items can be used year round ~

All of the products in our Pink Friday category are 10% off for today only ~

Have fun shopping ~

A couple of weeks ago I went to Canton Texas for my favorite shopping at First Monday ~
I always visit the "Girls Gone Junkin" shop and find some really fun and unique shabby cottage chic treasures ~
This month I just had to get this skate because I thought it was so cute ~ of course it is pink, has glitter and is altered which I love ~ So now I am on the hunt for some treasures to alter ~
Skate now for sale here ~

I also started new packaging for the German glass glitter that I sell on my website ~ it matches some of the other jars that I have available for organizing craft goodies ~

I am on my way to Canton tomorrow for 2 days ~ I am hoping that I will find alot of treasures specifically more rose china ~ last month was awesome beyond belief !!! I am on the hunt for crinoline skirts, pink doilies, china ( of course ) and vintage mercury Christmas balls as well as anything else that catches my eye ~ they had the Christmas balls last month but they were $15 a box ~

I will leave you with some of the new soldered charms that have just been added in the Jewelry category ~ most of the charms have been embellished with German glass glitter ~ I just love the sparkle that it gives ~

Talk to you soon with some fun pics too !