Cottage & Family:
beautiful

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!

Make sure and stop by because
we add something new a couple
times a week!
Stop by our facebook page
or sign up on our mailing
list for upcoming specials :)

My friend Anne at Fiona and Twig
just did a blog post showing the amazing
Magnolia Pearl Ranch
that is for sale!!
It is truly breathtaking!

There is also an awesome giveaway
of 2 Magnolia Pearl outfits
valued at almost $2,000!
Oh my gosh!

Robin Brown and John Gray
of Magnolia Pearl Clothing
are selling their
beautiful Ranch located in
the Bandera countryside
of the Texas Hill Country~
It is 38 acres with
3 complete homes,
18 external structures,
3 outdoor shower baths
which are supplied by
on demand hot water heaters ~

Among the many features
of the 3 homes
there are 25 chandeliers,
iron beds, 3 clawfoot tubs,
stone fireplaces and
spacious porches as well
as many outdoor structures
like a chicken coop with
a chandelier!

The interior ceilings
are covered in antique tins
from an abandoned movie theatre
in New York City ~

This gorgeous property
has been featured in
numerous magazines as
well as being the subject
of a book published by
Country Living ~

Make sure and stop by
Fiona & Twig for many
more pictures and the
contact information ~
Enter to win the giveaway
too!!

Part of blogging for me
is so that we can not
only share inspirational
ideas but also so you can
get to know us too :)


If you don't already know
I have two daughters,
Kristin and Stephanie,who
also are part of
Katies Rose Cottage ~

They both have babies and
this was our first
adventure on an airplane
with them ~
Their daddies got to go too
so that was fun!


Alot of our family lives
on the central coast of
California so that is one
of our very favorite places and
where we headed ~


They were excited to have the
babies visit the beach since
it is one of all of our
favorite places to be ~
The weather was chilly but
it was still a beautiful
and sunny day!
We went to Avila Beach which
we love!


Ellie thought it was
just the best thing ever!
The swings were great...
The sand was great!

Isaac pretty much didn't like
it at all! We are definitely
going to have to teach
him that it is fun!
Mommies arms were great!

This is my mom and I
with Ellie ~

My son in law James
took the following pictures ~
It is awesome having
a photographer along :)

Ellie loved swinging!

Isaac loved hiking!

This is my most favorite picture of all .... My mom and dad
with their great grandbabies!!
What a beautiful and precious
picture!! I adore it!

It was fun and there
is so much more family
and pictures but
this is just a glimpse
of our time there ~

Thank you for visiting
with us!

Lori

My husband and I got
to spend a week at the
central coast of California
visiting with family ~
That is where we are from
so it is going home for us ~

When I go back I often
am amazed at what I took
for granted when
we lived there ~
I just LOVE the beach and
LOVE the mountains that
you have to drive over
to get to the beach ~

This is Avila Beach
where I spent so many
days in the summers~
I want to come spend
a week just here now ❤

Who would have thought
that swinging on the beach
could be the most fun ever!!

I LOVE my mom and dad's house
that is on a mountain that
overlooks 3 towns ~

I LOVE driving the winding
roads seeing the beautiful
wineries and vineyards that
are everywhere ~

Spending time in California
with my family that lives
there is just some
of our best times!

This is my sister, Kim
and I in Morro Bay~

Thankfully we get to
go back a few times a year
which is a blessing for sure!

Lots of hugs,
Lori

We are so excited to start the
Creatively Made Home
e-course and wanted to share it with you!!

Creatively Made Home is an all new e-course about creating a home that reflects your heart in everyday living. It is about inspiring and encouraging you to create and style a home that you and your family love to live in...

This five week online course is hosted by 5 friends who want to help you to define your decorating style so that it is a true reflection of your heart.

Creatively Made Home is hosted by:

Tracey Leber

Sara Duckett

Kimberly Taylor

Jennifer Rizzo

and.....Jeanne Oliver

Here is the jam-packed schedule for the course:

* Each week you will have amazing truthful videos from not only the five teachers but other creative women.

* Each week we will take a room from one of YOU and all five women will give their suggestions telling you how they would transform the room with their style.

* There will be 50+ project videos.
These will be incredible videos that include everything from gardening, cooking, gift giving and decorating.

* There will be written tips from each woman telling you how she starts a room, picks paint, fabrics, etc. You will learn where to start when putting your own home together.

* Tons of beautiful house photos from each of the five women.

* Videos that truly reflect what life is like in each of their homes. The stuff that life is really about.

* Each woman will share their own truthful journey about how they started making their home a reflection of their hearts.

* Each person registered will get an easy entertaining e-book to download.

It will contain go to recipes for beautiful and easy entertaining (they do go together), photos of table settings that take the stress out of having people over, favorite drinks and so much more (and their funniest entertaining story).

* There will be a private Facebook group to connect with other class members.

* There will be a once a week live discussion with one of the teachers!

* You will get printables and pdfs to keep and use again and again.

This course is about loving your home, loving your family and blessing those around you....and having fun doing it.

This course will lavish you with ideas, beauty, inspiration, joy and encouragement!
Come and play house with us.

Class begins October 22.
Registration is now open!

The price of the course is $58 for all 5 weeks!

To sign up for Creatively Made Home, go *HERE*

We can't wait !!

Friday, we welcomed Ellie Grace
into the world! She is
so beautiful and precious :)

She was born at 7 pounds
and 20 1/4 inches long ~

We've taken some time off to
help care for Ellie and her momma,
but check back soon as
we will be adding some things
to the website ~

Sleeping cousins, Isaac and Ellie ~
We are so blessed ~

Congratulations to
Sares
from Loveleigh Treasures!!
You won our giveaway
to Heather's shop!
We used a random
number generator ~

True Random Number Generator Result: 93 Powered by RANDOM.ORG

I am so very excited to be
able to host a giveaway for
Heather at Post Road Vintage!

Her blog and shop are
absolutely gorgeous!!

Heather is a soon to be mom to
six children and she is a wonderfully talented gal!

This is a little bit from
Heather's blog about her ~

"I believe when we create a home for our story to shine, our souls to rest, and our families to come together, life is simpler… and better. I am inspired to help you create this warm and safe spot in your own heart and home. My goal is to help you find joy and creativity in life’s perfect imperfections and to inspire you to create a home that is a reflection of you. {Beautiful + Unique }" ~

These are some of the
beautiful products
on her website ~

You can receive a
$50 gift certificate for
anything in her shop by
winning this giveaway!

You get an entry for
each of the following ~

* Signing up for her
free beautiful online
magazine "Homebound" ~

* Following our blog ~

* Subscribe to Heather's blog ~

The giveaway ends on
July 20th ~

I am really excited to
have my daughter Kristin
join me at Katies Rose Cottage!

From Kristin.....

I am so excited to be starting this adventure with my mom :)
It is a joy to be able to work with her,
learn from her,
and get to indulge in
all things vintage! Here's a little about me~

My husband James and I have been married for 5 years
and we have a
little baby boy on the way (due less a couple of weeks from now!).
We are so excited and blessed to be parents and
I cannot wait to share our
little family with you as we grow!
I love to travel, so having a pilot for a dad and a travel photographer
for a husband works out perfectly
;) I adore cooking, creating, and all things vintage!
I've been
praying about God's direction for my job
for about three years and
with a little one on the way, I knew I had to make a change and start
doing something that will spark my passions
. While I've always wanted
to own my own business as so many member's
of my family do, the
opportunity just never presented itself.
However, going on all of my
mom's shopping adventures,
rummaging through her office to create new
treasures, and seeing the joy she has
in her job made me secretly want
to work alongside her.
Then, as I watched her grow in her business,
God did an amazing work!
He opened the door for me to partner with my
mom so I can finally do what I am so passionate about :)
I am thrilled
and blessed to have the opprtunity
to work along side of a godly,
creative, and beautiful woman, my mom :)

I have had these awesome tin crowns

on my website

for a couple of weeks and have just

loved them!

The other day I was finally getting

a chance to go through the

winter issue of

Jeanne d'Arc Living

and saw the same crowns :)

They are in an article called

"New & Old in a Beautiful Mix" ~

How fun! I knew I loved them because

I pretty much adore

Jeanne d'Arc Living magazine!!

Last night I got to go

to Lisa's house for a

Christmas crafting night ~ It is

so much fun to get together with

people who "get" the same stuff that

you do ~

Her house was recently in the

Dallas Morning News with some

beautiful pictures of her holiday decor ~

Well needless to say I knew that

I would pretty much not get any crafting

done because I really wanted to

look at all of her beautiful

Christmas decorating and awesome

vintage vignettes everywhere ~

Here are just a few of them ~

~ this is above the bathtub ~

~ over a doorway ~

~ this is the top of her headboard

with a mirror above it ~

It ended up that everyone pretty

much admired her home in awe, ate, chatted

and watched Charlene make

a necklace for Lisa out of some

of Lisa's vintage finds ~

( Lisa, Charlene & Cindy )

I have been wanting to make a

necklace with an old coin purse

for awhile so it was really fun to watch ~

Right before we left Cindy

had Lisa autograph her copy

of the newspaper ❤ ~

We were totally goofing around

with having her sign the paper

just because it was too fun ~

You've gotta love crafting with friends!

I am so excited that Ruby Jean

is having a giveaway of

$50 towards anything in my shop!!

Make sure and stop by her blog

to enter and also to see her

beautiful blog and also

check out her etsy shop ~

She has a great tutorial

that was just posted too!!