Cottage & Family [Search results for pink ribbon] 

I have always loved to take old pieces from flea markets and recreate them into wonderful cottage chic treasures with paint, distressing and one of my favorite things, appliques ~

I recently found some sweet appliques that I love ~ these are already painted white and have a distressed look so they can be used for so many different things ~ I just go the sweet frames in and I want to tie one with a big pink ribbon and hang it on my bulletin board just because it would be so cute !

You can find these and more in the Create It Yourself category of my website ~

I just finished listing this dress form on my website with my new found wide pink ribbon obsession ~

I tweek all of my photos with Picnik ~ if you haven't given it a try, it is so much fun !! They have added alot of different things too since I joined a few months ago ~
The dress form photos have been edited with a sepia tone which I love but it really doesn't look so great on my website so I am putting them here :o)

You can also do collages super easy ! They are really fun too ~

Have fun picniking !!

I have a friend that makes the most gorgeous handmade ribbon roses ~ they are made the way heirloom roses were made in victorian times and each petal and leaf is added one at a time ~ these are the prettiest ribbon roses that I have ever seen ~ pink ones are coming soon too !

They can be seen at her ebay site ~ her ebay name is "mytatteredelegance" ~

I have been on the hunt for some wide and super soft satin ribbon ~ it is hard to find in a very soft finish ~ A friend of mine said that she bought blanket binding and that it was perfect so I set of to get some ~ I LOVE the feel and look of it, it is exactly what I was looking for ~
I bought pink to start out with and wanted to try tea dying it to make it look more vintage ~ it came out great except that I should have ironed it open before I tea dyed and dried it ~ sooo next time I will do that ~
I took a white lampshade and died it too and then set them both in the sun ~ it was a fun project and I will be getting more blanket binding soon !!

I just got done adding some wonderful new items to Katies Rose Cottage ~

If you have visited us very much you will know that I love crowns ~
One of my favorite verses that I think of with crowns is ~

Isaiah 62:3
"You will be a crown of beauty in the Lord's hand "

We just added some crown soldered charms to our jewelry category ~

We also listed some gorgeous handmade rose ribbon pins that have a wonderful vintage look ~ I love these because they can be used to embellish clothes as well as purses or gifts ~

The last thing that I wanted to show you are these awesome pink rose buckets that are in the Romantic Home category ~ this is one of my favorite collaged prints so I was so excited to find these ~

We jut listed the prettiest pink with roses and bows Romantic Office goodies ~ they include an awesome magnetic strip that the magnets are ribbon roses, post it note covers, check book covers, journals, and brag books ~ they are prettier in person than the pictures show ~ I just LOVE them ! Check out our website main page for a Romantic Office special ~ http://www.katiesrosecottage.com/boutique/

I decided it was time to do a quick solder tutorial with this sooo sweet bird stamp ~

So here it goes ~

Step 1: Cut out your image ~ one for the front and one for the back ~

The same size as the glass you will use ~ I am using 2x3 inch glass ~

Step 2 : Glue the front image to the back image and then place between

your 2 pieces of glass ~

Step 3 : Line the edge of the glass with copper tape ~

Step 4 : Press down the tap with a bone folder ~

Step 5 : Put flux on the tape or the solder will not stick to it ~

I use Simply Swank Flux ~

Step 6 : Use solder and a solder gun and line the copper tape ~

The solder will flow right on to the tape ~

Step 7 : I put 2 rings on the top of this one but you can use as many as you

want ~

Step 8 : Tie with ribbon ~ I am not sure what I will do with this

but it will be on a project soon ~

I have some supplies on clearance and you can also get them at Simply Swank
and it is all pink too !!

I have also purchased alot of my glass here ~

I have just finished a wonderful shabby chic romantic bulletin board ~ It has been made out of an old window frame that has been painted white and has carved rose appliques added to the front ~ the fabric is Rachel Ashwell's pink rosebud fabric that is no longer available ~ satin ribbon and vintage buttons are added to the front ~ this bulletin board is available in the Romantic Office section of my website ~http://www.katiesrosecottage.com