Cottage & Family:
roses

I have been running around in

circles and not feeling real accomplished

this week for some reason and I

am not sure why ~

But... after spending the day out

getting nothing accomplished ~

I got home to some wonderful boxes

on the porch ( I love coming

home to boxes on the porch )~

The first thing I did was open them

up and grab my camera to give you

a sneak peek of what I will be adding

to my website tomorrow ~

Ruffle Tote Bags, Ruffle Laundry Bags,

Ruffle Shower Curtains ~

Alot of roses with some new colors ~

Ruffles and Roses ....

Some of my favorite things!!

I am always looking for vintage bottles when I am at flea markets and I found some at Canton last month ~ Yay !!!
It is so much fun to embellish them and these are the last ones that I did just today ~
I really love roses so these are probably some of my favorites so far ~

The vintage images are from Lunagirl.com

I also found these beautiful Robin's Egg Blue bottles too and I love them !

I just received a beautiful gift today from a friend that I love !!
I have been looking for pretty, feminine and pink office accessories and hers are just perfect !! I know she didn't know that I have been on the hunt for awhile ~
Vickie has created just the perfect pretty office treasures ~ take a peek at her website ~

Thank you Vickie !!

We got home from vacation late last night and are trying to get back in the swing of things ~ I don't know why it seems so hard to get back to normal life ~

Before we left I went on a shopping trip for a couple of days to stock up on some treasures and found alot of them ~ It was soooo much fun !!
I will be listing them over the next couple of days in between catching up on orders ~
Here is a sneak peek of what is coming ~

Join us for PINK Friday on July 4 for your exclusive invitation to “Shopping with a Twist” as the Boutiques at Make Mine Pink present "Romantically Roses."

We look forward to seeing you there!

Here is a sampling of some of the Romantic Rose goodies that I will have at Katies Rose Cottage ~ You can get to the Pink Friday items here or by clicking on the Pink Friday logo on our website home page ~

I have always loved to take old pieces from flea markets and recreate them into wonderful cottage chic treasures with paint, distressing and one of my favorite things, appliques ~

I recently found some sweet appliques that I love ~ these are already painted white and have a distressed look so they can be used for so many different things ~ I just go the sweet frames in and I want to tie one with a big pink ribbon and hang it on my bulletin board just because it would be so cute !

You can find these and more in the Create It Yourself category of my website ~

Today I just had to get out of the house ~ It is hot so it is no fun working outside because in the humidity you just drip the minute you walk out the door ~
So I decided to go to one of my favorite antique malls ~ It is funny around here because some of the antique malls are dying with alot of empty spaces and some are doing wonderful and completely full ~ I can't really figure out what the difference is ~

I found some pretty china so I was thrilled ~ it is hard to find china with pretty roses, which is what catches my eye every time ~

When I got home I had to pull them out of the box and wanted to list them on my website ~ but.... I got playing around with the photos and had fun with sepia ~ I love the way that a sepia tone can make the photos look so vintage ~ I think my favorite is the photo with the blues ~

Here are a few of the things that I got with a pretty sepia tone ~ you can see them for sale on my website without the sepia so you can get a truer idea of the colors ~

These are the prettiest pink parchment roses !!! ~ I have been looking for them for quite awhile so that I can offer them on my website ~ We finally got some and I love them ~ each one has a wire so that they can be used for alot of different things ~