Cottage & Family:
blogging

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

We are so grateful to Artful Blogging
for featuring us in their Summer issue ~

Check out our article on what
inspires creativity on our blog ~

We greatly appreciate all of our
followers and our fellow bloggers
for their support and inspiration!

We are working on a series
of video tutorials, so keep a look out!

Yesterday my girls and I

went to the Dallas Home & Gift Show ~

Oh my goodness to say that I LOVED

the style of so many places is a total

understatement !!! It was somewhat

overwhelming ~

Here are just a few pictures of some of the

yummy stuff !!

The pictures are with my Iphone so they aren't

very good but I couldn't resist taking some ~

There is no way to see it all

in one day so I am ready

to hit the road to go back as soon as I

am done blogging :)

Stephanie and Kristin ~ My babies !

Dang they grow up quick!!

I am sooooo excited because I won 2 blog giveaways !!

I have never in a gazillion years

won anything until the wonderful

world of blogging !

Enter because it is so much fun !!

The first one was from The Attic

and it is the most wonderful

smelling soap bar and chandelier tea towel ~

I am dying to

go to Coronado Island to visit their shop !!

The next one was from Dore' at Burlap Luxe ~

They are wonderful

smelling things from Eco Natural Soap ~

I cannot wait to try them but I wanted

to show you a picture of them all wrapped up ~

There was also lip balm but it is in my purse :)

I also wanted to show you a little of

what I have been working on

the last couple of days ~

They are all on my website at

Katies Rose Cottage Designs ~

Have a wonderful rest of the week !!

I am in awe sometimes when I think about

the precious people

that I have met through blogging ~ It feels like they

are the sweetest of friends even though you may not

have ever met in real life ~

I feel that way about Polly at The French Cupboard ~

Polly and her husband Steve are just the kindest people

you could ever meet ~

I adore being a part of The French Cupboard

and am thrilled to

be a part of The French Cupboard magazine

" Porch"

The Holiday 2010 issue is filled with bloggers

holiday decor and is full of

beautiful photographs and ideas ~

Thank you Polly & Steve!!

I haven't been blogging for about a week now because

my mom and dad have been here visiting from California ~

We always enjoy our times together and I truly miss

being closer to them ~

This picture is my dad, mom, hubby and daughter ~

My mom and I had fun creating one night and worked

on some vintage bottles and books ~

They are all on my Katies Rose Cottage website ~

The other thing I have been working on is adding some of

our new charms to Katies Rose Cottage Designs ~

There will be alot more added over the next few days too ~

I love all of the new designs so much !

It is time to list some more or go to bed .... hmmmm ~

Do you ever have those days where your brain is going a gazillion miles

an hour with so many things you want to do and create that you

can't focus on one ..... well that is me pretty much

all of the time :)

So this morning I got up and started dyeing my new stash of

vintage laces and linens ~ Put out my sewing machine and spread

it all out pretty much all over the place ~

After I made one pillow I remembered the

sweet little baby shoes that I got so I had to embellish them with some vintage yumminess ~

Then I remembered the cute basket I got yesterday

and decided to dye and stamp some tags and ribbon to pretty it up ~

While I was taking pictures of all of this ( in the crummy rainy light ) I remembered the

Dream sign that I just got and wanted to add it to the cute

little vignette that I was photographing ~

Ohhh and then as I was digging through my Canton treasures

that held the linens and baby shoes, I remembered this

awesome bracelet !

All of this started by putting a whole day aside to work on pillows ~

So what am I doing now ...... blogging about it because I got side tracked again :)

BTW ~ these will all be on my website today .... that is my goal ~

Afternoon update .....

I got two more pillows done and listed and then got on an altered bottle side track ~ Gotta love rolled roses :)

***** The winner is Jennifer Holland ~ CONGRATULATIONS *****

To celebrate the release of Tara Frey's book "Blogging for Bliss", Kari Ramstrom of Artsy Mama is hosting a party ~

Tara's book is about how blogging is your online journal where you connect, learn and are inspired ~ It has tons of photographs and easy explanations on setting up a blog and the different things you can do with your blog ~

I originally started my blog because I wanted to chat with my website customers ~ Just talk about new treasures I have found or little things in my life ~
But I have found so much more ~ I have met some amazingly wonderful and creative women through blogging ~

Make sure and visit our website to find out how you can win a copy of "Blogging For Bliss" ~

I have been busy catching up from being out of town almost two weeks so my blogging has been definitely lacking :)

This is a peek at some new soldered initial charms that I will be adding today
to our jewelry category ~
I really love the graphics on these !!

We also have been busy decorating vintage bottles ~ It is alot of fun creating these ~

I will chit chat soon !!
Have a wonderful day ~

I was so excited when I received the Winter issue of Artful Blogging and saw a picture of my dress form ~ It is in an article about Tiffany's "Show Me Your Form" blog party ~ I had to include my dress form in the party because my family truly does not get the whole dress form thing ~ in fact my girls who are 19 and 21 think she is pretty scary ~

It was alot of fun and really fun to be in one of my very favorite magazines ~ in fact all of the Somerset Studio magazines are pretty much to die for gorgeous ! I would love to carry some of them on my website so I will have to see if I can do that ~

I love my new blog that Shawn at Eclectic Whimsy Designs created for me !!! I think blogging is so much fun because it is a great way to share places, thoughts and people that I love and want you to see too ~ soooo..... it was definitely time for a blog makeover ~ along with the new banner and fun sidebar titles, she also made my blog in to 3 columns which I have been wanting to do forever ~ I will be playing around with the new 3 column format for a couple of weeks because I want to add some stuff :o) ~
You can visit Shawn here ~