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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!

Every year at Christmas there is something that I kind of have an obsession about and this year it is vintage Christmas balls and anything with German glass glitter ~

When we were at Canton for our one day ( not near enough time ), another thing that I found was a basket of vintage pink Christmas balls ~ First of all, vintage Christmas balls go for a premium here ~ I saw them for $24 a box of 8 at most places !! Well I was so excited to find this basket full of PINK so I had to ask how much it was even though I figured it would be too expensive ~ It was $30 for the whole basket full including the basket ~ I was sooo excited and snatched it up real quick ~

I washed some of my ugly orange ones I got last year and now they are a gorgeous mercury glass ~ I combined them with my new old pink ones in an apothecary jar ~

Apothecary jars are also one of my favorite things so I have quite a few of them around my house ~ they are wonderful because you can change them for the seasons ~

I also found this petite apothecary jar at Canton this month ~ I just fell in love with it because it is so cute with the vintage pink and white buttons ~
It is available here ~

Chat with you soon !

It is time for the Christmas in July Make Mine Pink Shop Hop !!!

Make sure and join Katies Rose Cottage and the other participating shops for a fun way to shop for Christmas and for Christmas presents ~

Visit the Make Mine Pink Shop Hop page for all of the details and to see what you can win ~

Katies Rose Cottage is giving a free with purchase special edition Christmas charm ~ check our home page for details ~

Have fun shopping throughout the week !!

We had fun today working
on a tutorial that is
super easy ~ We have made
it even easier with kits
available on our website :)

This project we are showing
early so that you have
plenty of time to work
on it before Christmas ~

These 12 days before
Christmas bags can be hung
as we have shown or
you could put them on
your Christmas tree ~
We thought it would be fun
for children to find the
number and open a little
gift for that day ~
You could fill the bags
with candy canes
or a hand written fun
thing for the day ~
Use your imagination ~

1. We have tea dyed the
bags so the first
step is to use the citra
solv method to transfer
the numbers on the bags ~
You could also stencil
numbers on ~

2. Glue strips of lace
across the top of the bag ~

3. Cut a piece of tea dyed
cheesecloth into a
2 x 2.5 inch square ~
Scrunch it in the middle
and glue it on the lace ~

4. Glue on a button ~

Next just fill with
fun things that can
be opened each of the
12 days before Christmas ~

You can use string with
clips to hang them
or you can hang them on
your tree ~

If you would like to
purchase a kit to make
your own they are
available here ~

Have fun!!

Right before Christmas I won a really

cool French Loaf Server from

LaurieAnna's blog ~

I love it !! I put some Christmas ornaments

and vintage Christmas tag in it when I got it

and just changed it to Valentine's and love it

that way too ~

Thank you so much LaurieAnna!!

The lighting stinks for pictures today.....

I have a confession ........

I am ready to take down my Christmas

decorations and start creating again!!

It feels like it has been forever since I have

been able to really focus on sewing, flea marketing,

painting and doing all those fun things that I love ~

This year I wanted all
of my Christmas decorating
to be creams, burlap,
mercury glass and greens ~

The challenge was to
take things I had and
kind of recreate them
and also to use things
that I had around
my home already ~

We have an artificial tree
but I wanted fresh greens
for the awesome smell ~
I went to Lowes and they
gave me cuttings that
were just laying around
from their fresh
Christmas trees ~ It was
awesome!! I left
with an armload ~

Then I got some of my old
glass ornaments and
washed them in warm sudsy
water to make them
turn into a wonderful
mercury glass ~

Next I took a wreath that
was shoved in the attic
and took off all the old
decorations ~

Then I added
clippings from the greens
all over and used
some hydrangea
blossoms that were still
on bushes ~
Then added some of the
mercury balls that
I had washed ~

This is our mantel with
stocking for my precious
grand babies ~

I am still using the
hydrangeas that
I showed you in this post ~
The colors have faded
but they work great for
my tree ~

My armful of greens
helped create all of
these simple little
Christmas vignettes
and it smells great!

Have fun decorating!

hugs,
Lori

I look so forward to going to the Dallas gift markets that are a couple times a year ~ the Jan. market started today ~ I was ready to go bright and early this morning although I was kind of stressed a little bit when the news this morning said that over 50,000 people have come to Dallas to go ~ I am not much for huge crowds, I am a "find the hidden treasure kind of gal" ~ but..... off I went to see what the new trends are ~

It was tons of fun and I am ready to go back on Friday, I can't wait !!! There is so much to see !! I saw alot of soft pink Christmas trees so that made me happy ~ this show shows alot of holiday for next Christmas ~ ahhhh!!! next Christmas... I need spring and summer first, my Christmas isn't even up in the attic yet ~

This is a picture of one of the three buildings and this is just a teeny tiny portion ~

I will show you more on Friday when I get home ~ I am bound and determined to be there at 7:00 in the morning so I can park somewhat closer than the top floor of the parking complex that is way too far away ~ I also want the Starbucks coffee and Krispy Kreme donuts that they have ~ I am thinking I will hopefully walk of the million calories of the donut ~

I thought I would introduce you to my family through some Christmas morning pictures ~ This first one is me and my hubby ~

These are pictures of our two girls ~ Kristin is the first picture, she got married in June but for some reason I didn't get a picture of her hubby ~ I really love him too :O) I will have to see if she got one and add it ~ Our youngest daughter Steph is our off to college girl ~ She is home for about 5 weeks ~ yay !!!!

And last but not least is Katie, our baby who is the black and white dog ~ Kenzi is Kristin's and she is just a doll too ! They thought Christmas was pretty fun ~

We love the farmhouse look
of vintage enamelware ~
Since Christmas is right
around the corner, we
thought we would show you
an easy decorating idea
using enamelware for the holidays ~

All the fun things we found
at the flea market ~

First, we drilled holes in the
bottom of a bucket ~

Then added soil from our garden ~

And planted holiday plants such
as rosemary which we can use in
our Christmas cooking ~

The finished project is an easy,
colorful addition to your
vintage decorating ~

We have lots of enamelware
on sale here so you can create
your own farmhouse decor ~

This is just a sneak peek of some Christmas items that will be coming very very soon ~
I am still kind of in denial that Christmas is coming since I think it was
just here ~ but it is time to get ready with some beautiful new products ~

Last year I bought some vintage Christmas balls in all different colors because I wanted the pinks, blues and whites ~ I had to get the oranges too because they were all mixed up ~ I am not an orange color lover for Christmas so I didn't use them ~

A few days ago I read on Andrea's blog about how you can take old mercury balls and put them in warm water and the color just comes right off ~
I had sooo much fun digging through the ugly colors and making the most beautiful mercury balls !! I am so excited ~ thank you Andrea !

I have a feeling I am going to have these everywhere, in fact I have an apothecary that is empty right now ~

I am putting off my Canton treasures post to let you know that the Make Mine Pink "12 Days of Christmas" Shop Hop starts on Sunday !!

We will have different specials throughout the 12 days as well as an opportunity to get these four soldered Christmas tree ornaments for FREE !
Make sure and check out our website home page to see what different specials will be going on at Katies Rose Cottage ~

To begin the fun just register for the Shop Hop at Make Mine Pink and find out how you have the opportunity to win prizes daily ~

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 hope everyone has been shopping the boutiques at Make Mine Pink this week because there have been tons of wonderful sales going on for our Christmas Extravaganza !!

Make sure and check the home page on my website everyday because the specials are changing daily ~

Today you will get a FREE "Roses" charm with every order of $35 or more ~ WOOHOO !!!

AHHHH!!!! It is like Christmas at my house full of pink roses and tons of other goodies ~ The UPS and Fed Ex men are making daily stops with things from my trip to market and it is sooo much fun !!! Here is a peak of some things that I have listed and there is tons more to come ~ You can find these at my website www.katiesrosecottage.com ~ Have fun !!!

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 ~

We have had so much
fun this Christmas
season having two
babies to celebrate
with!

We really wanted to
take them to see Santa
even though we thought
they may cry ~

Isaac sat on his lap
kind of not sure
what we were doing
and Ellie slept through
the whole event ~

We saw Santa at
Bass Pro Shop so there
were some other things
to do while we were there ~

The babies tried out
camping chairs ~

They got to take their
first Merry Go Round ride ~

Hung out with Daddy ~

Sat on a buffalo ~

And last ... sat
in front of a huge fireplace ~

Ellie, Noah & Stephanie

Isaac, Kristin & James

Babies with
Grammy & Grampy ~
(Grampy was on his way to work)

Merry Christmas!!

We have added some soooo sweet in Pink Christmas Soldered Charms to our Jewelry Category ~

I love the simplicity of a single word or image ~
This is the first of some new mini charms that will be just that ~

Ohhhh what a fun day !!! Market Day 2 !!!
Remember how I said I was going to get up bright and early to beat the crowds, well.... I didn't ~ I got there about 9:00 in the morning and hoped to get a decent parking spot but knew it would probably be on the top floor of the parking garage ~ the parking garage is off in the distance on the left of this picture ~

Well 30 minutes later we got routed in front of the Dallas Children's Hospital to park, which is 2 exits away from the Market Center ~ it was a nice brisk walk in the freezing weather to the buildings ~

Once I got in, I decided that I was not leaving until I saw pretty much everything ~ it is HUGE so I was there all day ~

There were tons of pretties and I definitely spent my allotment ~ I can't wait to get it all !!! There were alot of apothecaries and cloches, which I love ! They had everything in them and they are great because you can change them with the seasons ~ I also noticed alot of birds and bird nests which are so sweet ~

I love anything Wendy Addison ! The pink Christmas in my previous post and this Christmas tree are all her things ~

Today was one of those

random days where I go from

one project to another and

create a disaster everywhere I go ....

Actually most days are like that :)

While I was creating I took some

pictures along the way to show

you a quick and easy

Christmas stocking ~

I tea dyed the stocking first ~

If you don't have one I have

blank tea dyed ones here for sale ~

Then ripped two 2.5 inch

strips of ticking ~

I gathered mine on my sewing

machine but you can also gather

by hand ~

Next use a fabric glue

( my ultimate favorite is

Fabri Fix ) to glue the

gathered ticking strips on to the

cuff of the stocking ~

Just glue them where you like the

way they look ~

Next I made some rolled roses

out of tea dyed muslin and also

a tea dyed tag for a name ~

I tied the tag with jute and then

glued it on with the roses on top ~

That is it !!

This stocking is for sale on my

website if you don't want to make one ~

Chat soon!