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I have been having fun creating some new Soldered Charms ~

Here are some pictures of a few of our new Soldered Charm additions ~ You can see more in our Jewelry Category ~

Today I got all of the
lace out of my flea market
shopping cart and got
busy tea dying it ~

The hot sun today was
perfect for drying the
lace fast :)

I needed a good drying
rack though and
remembered this ladder
in my yard ~

It worked perfect!!

The rungs gave alot
of area to drape the
lace over ~

After it was dry
and ironed I got busy
creating the bottles in
the picture above for
a shop in San Diego ~

My very favorite
part of what I do is
the creating part ❤

I just was creating some bottles for my website and

figured it was time for a blog post ~

Soooo I decided to take some pictures along the way ~

They are crummy pictures because it was late and the

lighting stunk ~

Anyway they are super duper easy but really fun and

you can be creative with tons of variations ~

First gather your stuff to use ~

I am using vintage bridal lace, crinkled seam binding,

a vintage skeleton key and vintage jewelry for this bottle ~

Then I cut the lace to fit the bottle and used

Modge Podge to make it stick to the bottle ~

Next I tied on a vintage skeleton key with

tea dyed and crinkled ribbon ~

The tutorial is here for the ribbon ~

And last you just hot glue on a vintage piece of jewelry ~

Here are some other variations that I have done recently ~

It is fun to gather old pieces of lace, ribbons, broken jewelry

and just start creating !

{ I have had tons of questions on where to get the

bottles ~ I just find them at flea markets }

Oh my goodness the creative bug has hit me big time

and literally all I want to do is sit and create !!

Today I had so much fun creating

more little Valentine's things and a

Vintage Pocket Pillow ~

I think a super cool present would be

to have a whole uninterrupted week with

my stuff spread out everywhere and

nothing to do but create from sun up to sun down!!

That sounds like pure bliss to me :)

Here are some of the things I worked on

between taking down Christmas decorations ~

Talk to you soon !

Today I spent the day getting ready for the Make Mine Pink, "The Garden Path", Pink Friday event ~

I wanted to take you along so that you could see the journey of recreating a flea market find into something special for your cottage home ~

The first thing you do is find what you want to work on ~ it is getting harder and harder to find these awesome totes like the large one that I have shown ~ It is very old so the wood is rough and weathered ~ I really don't know what it was used for but I think it would be perfect for putting your flowers in as you cut them and get ready for a bouquet ~

The next step is to glue on embellishments if you want to ~ I love them because they add such a shabby chic look ~

Then you prime your piece with a good primer ~ my very favorite is Kilz oil based because it covers so well ~

After that is dry, which takes a few steps to do all sides, you paint on whatever color you would like and when that dries you distress it with sandpaper ~ I use flat paint because I like the look of it ~

I love it when the weather is sunny because it makes the best painting days !!

The items that I have shown you, along with other garden treasures, will be available on my website for Pink Friday ~

Have fun shopping or creating !!

I am really excited to
have my daughter Kristin
join me at Katies Rose Cottage!

From Kristin.....

I am so excited to be starting this adventure with my mom :)
It is a joy to be able to work with her,
learn from her,
and get to indulge in
all things vintage! Here's a little about me~

My husband James and I have been married for 5 years
and we have a
little baby boy on the way (due less a couple of weeks from now!).
We are so excited and blessed to be parents and
I cannot wait to share our
little family with you as we grow!
I love to travel, so having a pilot for a dad and a travel photographer
for a husband works out perfectly
;) I adore cooking, creating, and all things vintage!
I've been
praying about God's direction for my job
for about three years and
with a little one on the way, I knew I had to make a change and start
doing something that will spark my passions
. While I've always wanted
to own my own business as so many member's
of my family do, the
opportunity just never presented itself.
However, going on all of my
mom's shopping adventures,
rummaging through her office to create new
treasures, and seeing the joy she has
in her job made me secretly want
to work alongside her.
Then, as I watched her grow in her business,
God did an amazing work!
He opened the door for me to partner with my
mom so I can finally do what I am so passionate about :)
I am thrilled
and blessed to have the opprtunity
to work along side of a godly,
creative, and beautiful woman, my mom :)

My daughter Stephanie has been
creating the baby items
for our Ellie Grace category ~
Today she added some
just precious headbands
that all have a vintage look~

It is really fun having
her little adorable baby
Ellie Grace for our model too!!

Make sure and
follow us on facebook!!
We post there daily ~

hugs,
Lori

Ohhhhh I just got more paper roses in a gorgeous soft white ~ they are sooo pretty !! There are also some pretty forget me nots too ~ I just love all of these flowers ~ they are wonderful for creating bouquets and for all kinds of craft projects ~ You can find all of the flowers in our Paperie category starting later today Feb. 12th ~

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!

I haven't been blogging for about a week now because

my mom and dad have been here visiting from California ~

We always enjoy our times together and I truly miss

being closer to them ~

This picture is my dad, mom, hubby and daughter ~

My mom and I had fun creating one night and worked

on some vintage bottles and books ~

They are all on my Katies Rose Cottage website ~

The other thing I have been working on is adding some of

our new charms to Katies Rose Cottage Designs ~

There will be alot more added over the next few days too ~

I love all of the new designs so much !

It is time to list some more or go to bed .... hmmmm ~

I have been busy catching up from being out of town almost two weeks so my blogging has been definitely lacking :)

This is a peek at some new soldered initial charms that I will be adding today
to our jewelry category ~
I really love the graphics on these !!

We also have been busy decorating vintage bottles ~ It is alot of fun creating these ~

I will chit chat soon !!
Have a wonderful day ~

This is a sneak peek of what is coming in the next day ~ I have had so much fun creating these !!!

I wanted to give you a quick

tutorial on how to make a burlap

rolled rose ~

Do you notice all my tutorials

are quick and easy :)

I don't like anything that takes

a gazillion years to do ~

The first thing you do is cut a strip

of burlap fabric or use burlap ribbon ~

My strip is about 2 inches wide ~

I forgot to measure the length but

it is about 1/2 yard ~

Tie a knot in the end ~

Kind of fold it in half and twist while

gluing with hot glue as you go around ~

Continue until you have made

it the size that you want it to be ~

Then take the end and glue to the

back of the rose ~

On this one I added a piece of

vintage jewelry for some bling ~

You can use these for tons of things

Here are just a few examples ~

Have fun creating!!

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 !!

We are in baby heaven
here in our homes
with Kristin's son, Isaac
who is 7 weeks and
my other daughter Stephanie
due now ❤


Stephanie is having a girl
and is going to be a stay
at home mommy so she
is having fun creating with
Kristin and I ~

Steph is making the sweetest
vintage baby accessories
and adding some other
fun sweet things as well ~
Her facebook shop is named
after her baby girl,
Ellie Grace ~

Her creations are
so precious and
her prices are awesome
so stop on by and say hi ~

The picture directly above
is of a pacifier clip ~
We haven't seen a
sweet vintage looking
one anywhere and are
loving this!

Chat soon!

I REALLY REALLY need to continue my purging quest

but for some reason I have just quit ~

That is totally how I am ......

Anyway, so instead of purging I am creating more

disasters all around me ~ I just want to antique shop

and create !!

Isn't that what we are supposed to be doing ???

I actually have an office/studio and a big huge workshop outside

but where do I end up ........ in the kitchen and dining room ~

I really don't like to cook much

so I guess this is a great thing to do

in the kitchen :)

See how the island has a cute apothecary full of flour ~ Well

I am pretty sure it is just there because it is cute ~

My dining room table is a full too !!

I am thinking it is supposed

to be a place to eat but my hubby is a pilot

and not home much for

dinner and my kids

are married so it is a giant craft table ~

Works for me !

I do my Bible study here too :)

I love to start my day with Jesus ~

I have not gotten alot of cooking done

over the last couple of days but I have

had alot of fun crafting !!

Okay I am really really going to clean these areas

right now ~

Chat soon !

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!

Today is another creating
day waiting for Isaac's arrival ~
In our anticipation,
we dug out some vintage medicine bottles
and created these place card holders!
We love them :)

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

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Jennifer Rizzo

and.....Jeanne Oliver

Here is the jam-packed schedule for the course:

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These will be incredible videos that include everything from gardening, cooking, gift giving and decorating.

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We can't wait !!

I have been having fun creating more bottles and tying them with seam binding ribbon ~

This seam binding just sat in the HOT Texas sun after being bleached and tea dyed ~ It is all crinkled which is so cool ! I loved the way the colors looked when they were all piled together ~

We also just listed the new Somerset Life ~ It is beautiful as always !
You can find it here ~