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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hugs,
Lori
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!
Oh my goodness I kind
of feel like we have fallen
off the face of
blog world lately ~
This has been such a fun
summer with a new baby
in June and a new
baby in August ~
What precious precious
blessings they are!
Our family came from
California to meet
the babies ~ We have
made some wonderful memories!
While family was here
Kristin and I did a
little creating ~
Here are some of the
new things that
we added to the
Vintage & Handmade Category ~
We are on a roll!
Chat with you soon!
With summer upon us
in full force Kristin and I
have been inspired by color ~
We didn't want to add
our new colorful things
to the creamy categories
so we created a category
just for them!
It is called
"Vintage Colour" ~
We still want the
tattered vintage look but
with splashes of color ~
We will be using
drop cloth fabrics,
tea dyed fabrics, vintage laces
and tattered roses in
our new creations ~
We also have a sale
going on now for
our entire website ~
Visit Katies Rose Cottage Designs
to find out more :)
I have two preggie girls
so I will be a first time grandma
in June and August!!
I am super excited!!
Today my daughter, Stephanie
and I made invitations for
my other daughter, Kristin's
baby shower ~
I totally have to give Steph
credit for the idea and I just
think they are adorable!!!
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 found this large postcard this weekend while flea marketing in Canton ~
I haven't seen sewing postcards, especially with roses, that often
so thought it would be fun to share for projects ~
So what do you do on a snowy day in when you should be cleaning the house ?
You watch the Martha Stewart Show and make Pipe Cleaner rings with the Pipe Cleaner Lady ~ Who would of thought :)
Click here for the link to her segment on that show ~
I really really wanted to make a soft vintage pink one but I only had silver ~ So I antiqued the silver ones with some stain and then wrapped it around vintage hymnal music, tea stained seam binding and lace ~ and Voila ! a vintage vignette piece ~
I cannot wait to get some pink ~ Do they make aged looking pink pipe cleaners ? Hmmmm .....
Today I went out to find some displays to use at the Gift Show in Dallas in January ~
Oh my goodness it is getting closer and closer !!
I love Dorothy's treasures at the Shabby Y in Lone Star Antique Mall ~ I was really excited that she was there because she is so very talented and helped me with ideas ~
I ended up getting some awesome frames that I will be using for displaying jewelry and a glittery pink Paris sign ~ My display spot is only 3 feet so I have to think creatively ~
Make sure and visit The Vintage Rose Boutiques blog for updates on the gals progress getting ready for the show ~
I have a new website called Katies Rose Cottage Designs that is just for our new line of jewelry debuting at the show ~ The website is there but will not have products for about a month ~
These are some pictures of the Shabby Y ~
Do you ever have those days that you have so much to do that you don't know where to begin soooo ....... you do something else ??
Today was one of those days so I decided to try a project that I say at Wayside Treasures and Junk Dreams ~ I have had this Silver and Vintage Bottles and thought it would be so much fun to try this to decorate them ~
Super duper easy and fun !! I love it !
If you don't want to do them yourself you can find these in my
Vintage Category ~
I tried to take some pics to show you of my first day at Canton ~ Wednesday is the day when alot of people that have businesses go to buy so it is pretty crazy ~ the good thing about selling here is that there are always eager people to help you unload your car ~ this is a picture of people waiting at the back of a ladies car just ready to unload it for her and see what she brought ~ it is just a tad bit stressful because the buyers aren't very friendly when they are on the hunt for treasures !!
I love chippy things although I didn't buy these ~ maybe I will see if they are left tomorrow ~
Do you need a chair to make over ?? Here are just a few ....
Here is a sneak peek of some of the things that I bought but it was dark when I took the pictures so they aren't that great ~
Until tomorrow ......