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Stitches in Time; tiny stitches holding the hem of a linen napkin, stitches intertwined to make the most delicate lace, stitches crocheted by the smallest hook, stitches through canvas strengthened by wool yarn. It's these stitches created out of love that adorn a bedspread crocheted for a granddaughter's wedding, a sampler commemorating the birth of a child, a fine table cloth made to entertain the most important guests and family at Thanksgiving. Each of these stitches has survived the test of time and is so much more appreciated today as gifts from our past and treasures of our future.

Join Katies Rose Cottage and the Boutiques at Make Mine Pink for our "Stitches in Time Pink Friday on Sept 26th. You will find cherished items stitched with time and love.

Make sure and sign up on our mailing list for a special tomorrow to go along with the Pink Friday event ~

My sister and niece have

been visiting me in Texas for

the last week ~ They live in California

and so we try and go back and forth

as much as we can ~

We hit the road shopping all week

starting with Canton's First Monday

{never can get enough junk!! }

Then as much shopping and

crafting as we could squeeze in ~

It was really cold and rainy most

of the time so we spent one day in

front of the fireplace watching movies

and Chelsey ( my niece ) taught

us all to crochet ~

{below is my daughter Stephanie and above

is a good friend Bethany, my niece Chelsey and

daughter Kristin }

Kristin added a rose and I just

love it !!

One day we decided to go

to the Gaylord Texan Hotel because

it is just gorgeous at Christmas ~

{ my sister Kim & I }

{my niece Chelsey, sister Kim, son in law James

daughters Kristin & Stephanie }

It is always fun to have them come

visit and sad when they leave!

I miss my family in California like crazy!!

I guess it is time for us to take

a trip there again soon ~

I have been gone for a few days with my hubby in Branson ~ We had alot of fun going to cute shops and a couple of shows ~

Now though it is time to get back and have a giveaway ~~

YAYYYY I love love giveaways ~

It is easy ~ Enter one time for each of these things ~

1. Leave a comment

2. Follow my Blog

3. Do a blog post about the giveaway with a link back

We will announce the winner on March 21st ~

This is what you can win ~

A Necklace, Earrings and a matching Card & Tag ~ These are all from our

Katies Rose Cottage Designs website ~

I think one of my favorite things to do is to go to flea markets ~ I took 2 days and just spent time digging through boxes, stacks and nicely displayed "stuff" ~ Alot of times I feel like I am rushing through but this time I took time to look at doilies, pictures from long ago and so many other things ~ I LOVED it !!! Here are a few pictures of some of the wonderful places that I visited ~

For my tea time I am going to do something different and show you how I like to start my day ~ My favorite thing to do is have my tea or coffee in a pretty pink rose tea cup and do my Bible Study for the day ~ it makes my day go so much smoother and makes me just take some time to be quiet and still ~

I got a wild hair to go visit my friend in Kansas this week for a couple of days and do some antique shopping ~ they have wonderful shops there that I love to explore ~ I always feel like I am at Mayberry because the towns are like stepping back in time ~

I just took a carry on suitcase with me and packed really light so I could carry my treasures home ~
We hit the ground running from the time I got off the plane until the next evening when I flew home ~

I found some gorgeous china and really could have left it for my next driving visit or ship it home but I wanted to see if I could carry it with me ~ I was so excited that I could put all of my fun treasures in my suitcase ~ It was sooo heavy, you should have seen me trying to lift it in the overhead ~

I was thrilled with the pretty pink rose plates and also loved the blues too !

On the way to the airport we stopped at a huge antique mall but only had a short amount of time to explore it ~ I will be headed there first next visit which has to be real soon !

This is a picture of one of the booths ~ there was so much to look in this mall and each booth was jammed packed ~ it was kind of overwhelming ~

It was a fun but quick trip so I have to go back soon ~

I will be listing the new treasures on my website in the Vintage Finds category this weekend ~

My husband and I finally got to get away for our 25th anniversary and had a wonderful time on a Pacific Coast cruise ~ it is so funny because we are from California and it seems like that would be so boring but we had a great time exploring San Francisco and Victoria, Canada which were the 2 ports ~ In San Francisco we bought a day pass to ride the cable cars and had a blast hanging off the sides and visiting Fisherman's Wharf and China Town ~

The flowers in Victoria were gorgeous !!! I love flowers so that is what I noticed everywhere - ohhhhh if only we could have some of the flowers in Texas like we saw on the coast ~ I loved them ! We were gone for 6 days and just had a great time relaxing ~

I am back from spending some wonderful time with my mom, dad and sister ~ we spent part of our time together camping in east Texas at Canton, one of our favorite huge flea markets ~ we got to camp right there and just spent hours and hours browsing all of the flea market goodies and also other beautiful shabby chic things ~ I painted some of the things I found today and just listed them on my website ~ I also found alot of old beautiful rose china and so many other goodies ~

This is just a sneak peek of more to come this week!

Oh my gosh !!! Tonight is my youngest daughter, Stephanie's Senior Prom ~ wow !! time with our children just flies ~ I remember when my girls were young people would tell me that the time would go so fast ~ I didn't realize how fast the time does go and that I would sooner than I could even imagine tell people the same thing ~ Stephanie went with a group of friends for a totally fun filled evening ~ the girls looked so pretty and the guys looked so handsome !!

Oh my goodness it is crazy cold out today in Texas !!

I have been busy creating stuff since it is too cold

outside to even step foot out there ~

But instead of showing you more ruffled stuff I decided

to reintroduce you to my family ~

It pretty much says the same thing in my

"About Me" page but oh well :)

Dana, my hubby, and I have been married 28 years ~

He is a pilot which is totally fun since our whole family

adores traveling and we do it as much as we can ~

I do have to say that we are originally California kids

since we grew up there and miss it alot ~

We have quite a bit of family still there ~

If you are my facebook friend you

have seen this picture alot but I LOVE it ~

James took it of us and it is where I want to be

pretty much all of the time ~

We have 2 girls that are 24 and 21

and are both married ~

Kristin and James got married 3 years ago ~

James is an awesome professional photographer

and Kristin works at a bank ~

Her passion is mentoring teenage girls

and also she loves to cook ~

Stephanie and Noah got married 1 year ago ~

Noah works at a huge

church in the sound area which he is going to school for

and Steph is in school for a Marketing degree ~

She likes to cook too so I recruit them

on the weekends since I hate to cook !

They all live close to us so that is wayyyy cool !

We get to spend time together quite a bit

which is always a fun time ~

I am off to the warmth of the fire ~ my office is cold !!

It is time for a Back to School Sale !! I cannot believe it is that time of year already ~

To receive 10% off your entire order just click on the picture and then go to any website category to start shopping ~

The sale is until August 13th at midnight ~

It is time for a sale at Katies Rose Cottage ~
Just visit our home page to get 10% off your entire order ~

You will also get a free Handmade Gift Tag with every order ~

This includes an additional 10% off the already reduced prices on some items like the NEW soldering supplies !

Every time I go to Canton, or to any flea market for that matter, I have something in particular that I am really really hunting for ~ I am always looking for old china with pink roses, architectural finds, lace, old linens ~ all of those things are so much fun to look for but this time I was looking for vintage rhinestone jewelry ~ It is so hard to find lately ~ I guess I am not the only one looking for it ~

I hit a treasure chest at one of the vendors ~ he had a bag stuffed away because he didn't think anybody would want it ~ it was full of broken rhinestone jewelry ~

I was sooo excited because that is what I was looking for so I can embellish more soldered charms with it ~

Then I spotted a vintage tiara that was kind of shoved to the side and asked him about it ~ he didn't think anyone would want that either ~ I almost bought a new one because I love them but I am so glad to have found a vintage one !! That is even better ~
You will see a lot of this tiara in my pictures :o)

I am not sure what the "thing" will be next month but it is fun to dig in those hidden spot because you never know what you will find . . . .

I have always loved to take craft classes ~ they are always so much fun !!
But... sometimes it is hard to get to them because of the time they are offered or various other reasons ~ so I have been thrilled to find wonderful E-tutorials of beautiful projects ~

These are 2 ladies that I have purchased tutorials from and can tell you that the projects are great and the instructions are so good and very easy to follow ~ best of all is that you can do them on your time frame and see the pictures and directions as many times as you want ~

The first place that I just adore is Dawn at "Lessons from the Nest" ~
A few of the lessons she has to offer are silver sugar bowl pincushions, a fairy in a jar artwork, altered compostion books and many more ~

Margo at Robojunker.com has just started offering E-tutorials and she has soldered jars, china swags and wreaths and more ~

Make sure and check out both of these fun sites !!

Have fun crafting !!

I am lost deep in the depths

of cleaning my studio ~

I figured since I had a trail from

the door to my sewing machine

and to my computer that it was

time to clean and destash like

craziness!!

I have so much stuff that I think

I might use to create with ....

Stuff to do photo vignettes with ....

and just stuff I am not sure why with ~

Anyway ... so I have been pulling things

out and trying to list stuff in

my flea market category that I won't use

anymore ~ And also taking a bunch to

the thrift store that I don't feel

like listing because I am over it ~

These pictures are to make you all

feel really good about yourself and

to keep me accountable to finish ~

I am such a candidate for

Where Women Create aren't I ~ Hahaha !!

Alrighty I am back to burying myself

in "STUFF" ~

Update #1

I need a gazillion plastic bins !!

Update #2 ~ 8:08 p.m.

Oh my gosh I can see the floor ~

I need to stop and spend time with my hubby

but just maybe it will be done in

ohhhhh about a week !

I am off with my hubby taking some time to sink our toes in the sand ~

Pure Bliss!

My son in law, James took this picture ~ he rocks at photography!!!

There are times I am just amazed at how fast time flies and this is definitely one of them !! It seems like I was just showing you pics of the last Canton First Monday flea market and it was here again ~

These are pictures of one of a gorgeous booth in one of the buildings called Willow Nest ~

If you have visited my blog very often, you know it is one of my very favorite things to do !! I LOVE going to Canton ! Most months I go for 2 days and just spend the time browsing and digging through tons and tons of treasures !! Some of the spots are set up just gorgeous and some you literally have to dig through boxes ~

These are pictures of one of my favorite artists Devonia ~

It is time for a sale at Katies Rose Cottage ~ Visit our website
Home page by clicking on the picture below to start shopping ~

We are also giving a Free Tag Set with any purchase of $10 or more ~

I was having fun working with Beeswax today so I thought I would do a tutorial as I was playing around ~
I just love the look of Beeswax and have been working on some altered canvases ~

~ Altered Beeswax Canvas Tutorial ~

First you decide what paper pieces you would like to use and then you adhere them to your canvas ~ I use Modge Podge ~

Then to give it an aged look take any brown tone ink and just randomly sponge ~ Make sure and do the edges too ~

When you have all of the paper items that you would like on your canvas it is time to paint over it all with your melted beeswax ~ I melted mine in a tiny crock pot and paint it on with a cheap brush because the brush will be ruined ~ the beeswax gives it a really neat look ~ I did not wax over my lace this time but you can do that if you want ~

The next step is to add embellishments ~ I love tea dyed and crinkled seam binding so I added it along with some roses and vintage buttons ~ these are hot glued on ~

That is it !! So easy and fun !

If you want to purchase the finished canvas you can get it here ~

This is another one that I just finished ~