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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 !

When I saw the Pottery Barn

Music Sheet Ornaments

in a catalog I really wanted some!

but when I saw them in real life I

decided I kind of wanted some that

were more vintage looking ~

So I went to Graphics Fairy found

an image and made some that I love!

Here is a quick how to on

how I made my own ~

{ they are really too easy for

a tutorial :) }

But .... here goes ~

First I copied the image and sized

and duplicated it in Photoshop ~

Printed it on matte photo paper

or heavy card stock ~

Cut and glue with a glue stick

to another piece of heavy card stock

and cut around image ~

For a more vintage look I

added a little stamp pad ink

around the edges ~

Then put a little glue on the edge

and then glitter ~ I used

German Glass Glitter because I

love how it ages ~

They would be a cute little gift

tied with jute and put in

a small burlap bag ~

I love how they look in my tree ❤

I am linking to

Graphics Fairy Brag Monday ~

A couple of weeks ago I went to Canton Texas for my favorite shopping at First Monday ~
I always visit the "Girls Gone Junkin" shop and find some really fun and unique shabby cottage chic treasures ~
This month I just had to get this skate because I thought it was so cute ~ of course it is pink, has glitter and is altered which I love ~ So now I am on the hunt for some treasures to alter ~
Skate now for sale here ~

I also started new packaging for the German glass glitter that I sell on my website ~ it matches some of the other jars that I have available for organizing craft goodies ~

We just got home from Las Vegas and the Tea Expo which was alot of fun ~ we will have some pretty teapots, teacups and creamer and sugar bowls coming soon ~

I just listed some new items at Katies Rose Cottage including pretty new handmade tags that are stamped, have bits of fabric and German glass glitter ~
You can find them here ~

I am on my way to Canton tomorrow for 2 days ~ I am hoping that I will find alot of treasures specifically more rose china ~ last month was awesome beyond belief !!! I am on the hunt for crinoline skirts, pink doilies, china ( of course ) and vintage mercury Christmas balls as well as anything else that catches my eye ~ they had the Christmas balls last month but they were $15 a box ~

I will leave you with some of the new soldered charms that have just been added in the Jewelry category ~ most of the charms have been embellished with German glass glitter ~ I just love the sparkle that it gives ~

Talk to you soon with some fun pics too !