Cottage & Family [Search results for beautiful] 

Last Thursday I got to do one of my

very favorite things and that is to go to Canton, Tx

to First Monday ~ It is soooo much fun because it is

a treasure trove of junk and also of

gorgeous shops and booths ~

I love to visit LaurieAnnas shop when I am there ~

I have said before that it is so gorgeous

it takes my breath away

and brings tears to my eyes literally!

Every single thing she sells

and every piece of display she has is beyond beautiful!

I got to chat with her a little this month,

she is such a sweetheart and is beyond talented!

I wanted to come back and get some pictures

but we had to leave earlier than expected

so sweet Daphne let me use some of hers ~

Daphne has beautiful pillows and bags

in Laurie Annas shop and

also on her own website ~

So while I am waiting for flooring and not decorated yet

I will continue to dream through

beautiful shops and photographs ~

Congratulations to
Sares
from Loveleigh Treasures!!
You won our giveaway
to Heather's shop!
We used a random
number generator ~

True Random Number Generator Result: 93 Powered by RANDOM.ORG

I am so very excited to be
able to host a giveaway for
Heather at Post Road Vintage!

Her blog and shop are
absolutely gorgeous!!

Heather is a soon to be mom to
six children and she is a wonderfully talented gal!

This is a little bit from
Heather's blog about her ~

"I believe when we create a home for our story to shine, our souls to rest, and our families to come together, life is simpler… and better. I am inspired to help you create this warm and safe spot in your own heart and home. My goal is to help you find joy and creativity in life’s perfect imperfections and to inspire you to create a home that is a reflection of you. {Beautiful + Unique }" ~

These are some of the
beautiful products
on her website ~

You can receive a
$50 gift certificate for
anything in her shop by
winning this giveaway!

You get an entry for
each of the following ~

* Signing up for her
free beautiful online
magazine "Homebound" ~

* Following our blog ~

* Subscribe to Heather's blog ~

The giveaway ends on
July 20th ~

I just listed on my website the most gorgeous faux cake keepsake boxes, egg boxes, and precious faux sugar cubes ~ the boxes are covered in pink faux frosting with beautiful rose bouquets on the top ~ These would make a beautiful gift or they are a special treat for yourself !! You can see them in the Romantic Homes category of my website www.katiesrosecottage.com ~

It is time for Pink Friday at Katies Rose Cottage and the shops at Make Mine Pink ~
The theme this week is "Beautiful Blues" ~ Make sure and see what treasures we have added by visiting our Pink Friday category here ~
You can also visit the participating shops at Make Mine Pink by clicking here~

With every order of $50 or more of anything on the website you will get this sweet charm for free ~

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!

My friend Pat at My Tattered Elegance has created a gorgeous piece using

a set of vintage sewing machine drawers ~

She has done a crazy quilt on the top all by hand ~

The lace has been handpainted with dye, the beads are hand

sewn on and she has done beautiful silk ribbon embroidery ~

There are also vintage buttons and rhinestone pieces ~

I have seen this in person and it is beyond gorgeous !!

To find out how you can purchase it you can by going here ~

I received one of the most special gifts today from a precious friend ~ I met Linda at Canton's First Monday about 4 years ago while drooling over her mosaic conservatories, windows, chairs and other gorgeous mosaic treasures ~ I always take my mom and my sister by her booth too when they are visiting from California ( they plan their trips around First Monday ) because they love her things too~

I was very humbled when I received my beautiful mosaic sign in the mail ~ it is beautiful ~ Wow ! I am pretty much speachless !

Thank you so much Linda ! You can visit Linda and see some of her wonderful talent ather website and blog ~

I am so excited to have a sweet friend make mosaics for my website ~ her name is Linda Smith and she does such beautiful work and combines the perfect shabby chic colors ~ Sometimes it is hard to find someone that combines colors in mosaics that really go with a shabby romantic style but she captures it perfect !!! I will be putting this window on my website in the next day or so ~Make sure you see it on my website so you can enlarge it and see the colors and work more clearly ~

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!

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

I just got home from a few days

in Central California ~

Oh my goodness it was glorious

there! The weather was awesome

( it was great to get away

from the Texas heat )

and well I just pretty much

love it all ~

Family, childhood memories, the beach,

the mountains, the vineyards,

the weather... I could go on and on ~

It is funny how when we lived there

I completely took the beautiful

hills and ocean for granted ~

It has been 16 years since we

moved to North Texas and I am

a happy gal to have family

in California and flight privileges :)

I am a lavender freak so seeing it

all over is amazing to me!

This is a beautiful bed and breakfast that

a friend's wedding was at in Templeton ~

This is a really fun place in Avila Beach called

Avila Valley Barn ~

This is my sister and niece

picking yummy apples ~

I have been home a day and am totally

ready to go back ~

Hopefully in October for the

Remnants of the Past Vintage Show

and

Three Speckled Hens Show ~

Now it is back to work (fun)

for me ~

I have always admired Jo-Anne Coletti's beautiful talent

and now she has a magazine which I am so excited about.

THE FEMININE HOME magazine embraces

the heart and soul of a woman.

It is a singular place where loveliness resides

and the language of romance and poetry lives;

a home that coaxes an extraordinary life

that is enduring, purposeful and distinctly feminine.

Flowers are painted with sweetness.

Decorative flourishes, ornamental borders,

penned verses and tender poems all mingle

to orchestrate a pensive bucolic beauty.

Cottons and velvets, crystal chandeliers

and whitewashed walls, scrubbed wooden floors,

simple furnishings and objects from the garden;

these are the elements that make a romantic home.

This is a gorgeous, full color 128 page

magazine with thick, high quality paper,

with superb printing (Best I have seen)!

A special edition, one-time only magazine

filled with beautiful romantic homes,

painted roses, poems, and inspiring devotionals

to nurture a woman's soul.

You can go to the Vintage Rose Collection

to purchase it or for any questions.

We are so excited to start the
Creatively Made Home
e-course and wanted to share it with you!!

Creatively Made Home is an all new e-course about creating a home that reflects your heart in everyday living. It is about inspiring and encouraging you to create and style a home that you and your family love to live in...

This five week online course is hosted by 5 friends who want to help you to define your decorating style so that it is a true reflection of your heart.

Creatively Made Home is hosted by:

Tracey Leber

Sara Duckett

Kimberly Taylor

Jennifer Rizzo

and.....Jeanne Oliver

Here is the jam-packed schedule for the course:

* Each week you will have amazing truthful videos from not only the five teachers but other creative women.

* Each week we will take a room from one of YOU and all five women will give their suggestions telling you how they would transform the room with their style.

* There will be 50+ project videos.
These will be incredible videos that include everything from gardening, cooking, gift giving and decorating.

* There will be written tips from each woman telling you how she starts a room, picks paint, fabrics, etc. You will learn where to start when putting your own home together.

* Tons of beautiful house photos from each of the five women.

* Videos that truly reflect what life is like in each of their homes. The stuff that life is really about.

* Each woman will share their own truthful journey about how they started making their home a reflection of their hearts.

* Each person registered will get an easy entertaining e-book to download.

It will contain go to recipes for beautiful and easy entertaining (they do go together), photos of table settings that take the stress out of having people over, favorite drinks and so much more (and their funniest entertaining story).

* There will be a private Facebook group to connect with other class members.

* There will be a once a week live discussion with one of the teachers!

* You will get printables and pdfs to keep and use again and again.

This course is about loving your home, loving your family and blessing those around you....and having fun doing it.

This course will lavish you with ideas, beauty, inspiration, joy and encouragement!
Come and play house with us.

Class begins October 22.
Registration is now open!

The price of the course is $58 for all 5 weeks!

To sign up for Creatively Made Home, go *HERE*

We can't wait !!

I just received a beautiful gift today from a friend that I love !!
I have been looking for pretty, feminine and pink office accessories and hers are just perfect !! I know she didn't know that I have been on the hunt for awhile ~
Vickie has created just the perfect pretty office treasures ~ take a peek at her website ~

Thank you Vickie !!

I am in awe sometimes when I think about

the precious people

that I have met through blogging ~ It feels like they

are the sweetest of friends even though you may not

have ever met in real life ~

I feel that way about Polly at The French Cupboard ~

Polly and her husband Steve are just the kindest people

you could ever meet ~

I adore being a part of The French Cupboard

and am thrilled to

be a part of The French Cupboard magazine

" Porch"

The Holiday 2010 issue is filled with bloggers

holiday decor and is full of

beautiful photographs and ideas ~

Thank you Polly & Steve!!

This year the Kindergarten students worked really hard to create these beautiful collage castles for our annual art show. The project was broken down into several smaller one day projects and then put together into a finished product.

Students first began by painting and stamping a piece of paper for their grass. The students were given several colors of green paint and asked to paint their entire paper with one color. Next they used found objects to dip in green, blue, and white paint and printed on top of their painted papers. We let these papers dry and moved onto the next step.

Students then created a beautiful sparkly sky. We began the lesson by talking about cool colors. The kindergartners were given Glitter paint (Sargent Brand) and had to paint their entire paper with plenty of sparkly paint. They used notched cardboard scrapers to add swirls and designs to their sky.

We then created a castle on a small piece of tag board and painted them with silver paint. The castles were cut out-- with some help from me and volunteers.

The collage was put together on the last day. The students drew a wavy "ground line" on the back of their green paper and cut it out. They attached their ground to the sky, being careful to line up the bottom, and then glued on their castle. Students added clouds and used oil pastels to add details to their fabulous creations.

These castles took awhile to create, but the result was outstanding!!! They looked great when displayed alongside their clay kings and queens.

Make Mine Pink is offering a Mother's Day Shop Hop which started on April 21st, 2008 and ends on May 10th, 2008. Join the Make Mine Pink Bloggers as we post our plans for a Mother's Day Event~ we will share stories and recipes and Mother's Day ideas ~

Today I want to show you some beautiful necklaces that would make a sweet Mother's Day gift ~

Friday, we welcomed Ellie Grace
into the world! She is
so beautiful and precious :)

She was born at 7 pounds
and 20 1/4 inches long ~

We've taken some time off to
help care for Ellie and her momma,
but check back soon as
we will be adding some things
to the website ~

Sleeping cousins, Isaac and Ellie ~
We are so blessed ~

I have had these awesome tin crowns

on my website

for a couple of weeks and have just

loved them!

The other day I was finally getting

a chance to go through the

winter issue of

Jeanne d'Arc Living

and saw the same crowns :)

They are in an article called

"New & Old in a Beautiful Mix" ~

How fun! I knew I loved them because

I pretty much adore

Jeanne d'Arc Living magazine!!

I LOVE quilts and I especially love quilts with roses ~ I think quilts add such a cozy cottage look to a home ~

Last year I found these wonderful pink rose quilts with rose swags so I bought one for my bed ~ well, I noticed that people are using them for more than quilts, they use them for pillows. covering benches and so many other beautiful things ~ I found these gorgeous quilts again and so I have them on my website ~ I also have some other pretty quilts including one in one of my favorite colors, robin's egg blue ~