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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!!

It is so fun now that we have babies
we can do all the fun holiday festivities with them ~

Yesterday, we went to Hall's Pumpkin Farm
so we could take pictures of our family with the pumpkins ~

Grammy and Grandpy with the babies ~

The Farm was so cute!

Noah and Stephanie with Ellie ~

James and Me with Isaac ~

He is so inquisitive! He loves to discover new things ~

Ellie being her sweet little self ~

It's so fun to do holiday things ~
Lots of love,
Kristin

Part of blogging for me
is so that we can not
only share inspirational
ideas but also so you can
get to know us too :)


If you don't already know
I have two daughters,
Kristin and Stephanie,who
also are part of
Katies Rose Cottage ~

They both have babies and
this was our first
adventure on an airplane
with them ~
Their daddies got to go too
so that was fun!


Alot of our family lives
on the central coast of
California so that is one
of our very favorite places and
where we headed ~


They were excited to have the
babies visit the beach since
it is one of all of our
favorite places to be ~
The weather was chilly but
it was still a beautiful
and sunny day!
We went to Avila Beach which
we love!


Ellie thought it was
just the best thing ever!
The swings were great...
The sand was great!

Isaac pretty much didn't like
it at all! We are definitely
going to have to teach
him that it is fun!
Mommies arms were great!

This is my mom and I
with Ellie ~

My son in law James
took the following pictures ~
It is awesome having
a photographer along :)

Ellie loved swinging!

Isaac loved hiking!

This is my most favorite picture of all .... My mom and dad
with their great grandbabies!!
What a beautiful and precious
picture!! I adore it!

It was fun and there
is so much more family
and pictures but
this is just a glimpse
of our time there ~

Thank you for visiting
with us!

Lori

Kristin and I have been busy busy with our website
the last couple of weeks!!

But ... in between the busyness there are
babies coming very soon!!

Kristin's baby boy, Isaac's room, is
in a vintage airplane theme ~ She wanted
to use one of her husband, James' photographs,
but wanted it to look old ~

This is a quick step by step but
you can get more detailed instructions on her
family blog ~

First we got the picture laser printed at
Staples in a 20x30 inch size ~
Then we went to Home Depot and had them cut
a piece of wood in to 2 pieces 10 x30 inches ~

Place the 2 pieces of wood side by side
( we attached it together at the end but
you can do that step ahead of time )~
Then brush on Acrylic Gel Medium
and spread pretty generously ~
Place your paper with the image face down
and smooth out ~
We had a couple of wrinkles and actually it
ended up adding to the vintage look ~

Let it sit overnight ~
Then dampen the paper with
a wet cloth ~
When the paper looks wet rub with your fingers and the paper kind of rolls off ~
Kristin cracked me up because her fingers
didn't have finger prints or something because
she was having issues with this step ~

You can keep dampening the paper when it dries out
until it is
all rubbed off ~ Some of the paper was left
and it ended up grabbing the stain and looked good ~

Next Kristin stained over the entire piece ~
Then she sanded the edges
and rubbed the edges with
Pigment ink with a sponge ~

Lastly we waxed it with Annie Sloan clear wax
but you can also use Mod Podge to seal it ~

After it dried the wood was attached together
on the back with metal flat brackets ~

The whole project cost less than $30 ~

It turned out great and looks awesome
in Isaac's room !!!

Yesterday my girls and I

went to the Dallas Home & Gift Show ~

Oh my goodness to say that I LOVED

the style of so many places is a total

understatement !!! It was somewhat

overwhelming ~

Here are just a few pictures of some of the

yummy stuff !!

The pictures are with my Iphone so they aren't

very good but I couldn't resist taking some ~

There is no way to see it all

in one day so I am ready

to hit the road to go back as soon as I

am done blogging :)

Stephanie and Kristin ~ My babies !

Dang they grow up quick!!

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!

I just wanted to share with you

a little bit more of my girls baby shower

things I am working on ~

They are going to have a combined

shower so that will be fun!

I showed you Kristin's invitations

in a previous post and here

are Stephanie's too ~

It is going to be all vintage and

creamy tones ❤ ~

Today I worked on some little

burlap banners with their babies names

and wanted to show you the steps to

make them ~

They are super easy and can be

done any size ~

First I use Avery brand white

shipping label sheets ~

Peel

of the backing and stick it on to

a piece of muslin ~

Cut right on the edge of the sheet

and run it through your printer

(print on the muslin)

I just did the name in photoshop ~

Next cut out each letter and peel

off the backing ~

Cut out burlap triangles and pin

and sew the letters to them ~

Fold down the top and sew down

leaving the ends open to run a

piece of jute through it ~

I also zig zagged the edges all

the way around because I didn't want

them to fray away ~

That is it !

Here are some tissue pompoms that

I am also making but need to make

a few more ~ They are fun !

More shower pics coming soon!

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