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Every year at Christmas there is something that I kind of have an obsession about and this year it is vintage Christmas balls and anything with German glass glitter ~

When we were at Canton for our one day ( not near enough time ), another thing that I found was a basket of vintage pink Christmas balls ~ First of all, vintage Christmas balls go for a premium here ~ I saw them for $24 a box of 8 at most places !! Well I was so excited to find this basket full of PINK so I had to ask how much it was even though I figured it would be too expensive ~ It was $30 for the whole basket full including the basket ~ I was sooo excited and snatched it up real quick ~

I washed some of my ugly orange ones I got last year and now they are a gorgeous mercury glass ~ I combined them with my new old pink ones in an apothecary jar ~

Apothecary jars are also one of my favorite things so I have quite a few of them around my house ~ they are wonderful because you can change them for the seasons ~

I also found this petite apothecary jar at Canton this month ~ I just fell in love with it because it is so cute with the vintage pink and white buttons ~
It is available here ~

Chat with you soon !

I just added another vintage lined traincase to my website ~ if you haven't seen these before, they are vintage traincases that have been painted and have rose appliques on the front ~ this one is lined in Rachel Ashwell fabric and has vintage lace trimming ~ it is filled with some wonderful vintage items ~ You can find this at Katies Rose Cottage in the Treasured Memories category ~

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 }

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 am loving these vintage farmhouse tools!
As I was packing up shipping boxes today,
my mom rediscovered these amazing vintage tools
in the depths of our workshop. What an awesome find!

It is so much fun to find treasures, but it is even
more rewarding to discover them for a second time!

I have to admit, it was tempting to keep these for my own house!
But, I couldn't keep these treasures to myself,
they are just too vintage not to share.
I hope you love them as much as we do!

~Kristin

With summer upon us
in full force Kristin and I
have been inspired by color ~

We didn't want to add
our new colorful things
to the creamy categories
so we created a category
just for them!

It is called
"Vintage Colour" ~

We still want the
tattered vintage look but
with splashes of color ~
We will be using
drop cloth fabrics,
tea dyed fabrics, vintage laces
and tattered roses in
our new creations ~

We also have a sale
going on now for
our entire website ~
Visit Katies Rose Cottage Designs
to find out more :)

I just love these sweet little salt and pepper shakers and wanted to do something fun with them ~

Vintage buttons and vintage skeleton keys are some of my favorite things ~ So I decided to combine them into one sweet little vignette piece ~

I bough this Patina kit at Michaels ~
The first thing that you do is paint the entire shiny lid with a coat of the Blackened Bronze ~

The next step is to put a light coat of Patina Blue Antiquing Solution while the bronze coat is still tacky ~

Then when the lids are dry I fill them with vintage white buttons and tie the lid with seam binding and a vintage skeleton key ~

I just adore vintage buttons and skeleton keys
so I collect them everywhere I go ~

Last year I bought one of Dawn from The Feathered Nest's tutorials,
I love them all !
I wanted to play with some of the vintage buttons and skeleton keys so I made
little picture holders using old salt and pepper shakers ~

This is also some lace that was added to my website last night~
It is wrapped around a tea dyed stamped tag that is ohhhh so cute !

If you would like to purchase the little picture holders or lace cards
you can find them in our Vintage Finds Category ~

I adore vintage crystals !!! My husband helped me in my workshop over the past week and recreated some gorgeous lamps and candelabras all with their original vintage crystals ~ Shown here are two of the things he worked on which are sooo hard to give up ~ they can be found under vintage finds at Katies Rose Cottage ~ I will show you the cherub lamp soon ~

The other day I was in at Lone Star Antique Mall

and found (at Bountiful ) this most precious purse filled with

shredded vintage paper and a sweet vintage photograph ~

I just adore it so it is going in my bedroom that is

going to be transformed after the hub bub of Christmas ~

I am loving transferring images to fabric

so today I washed some muslin bags to

make them look wonderfully crinkly and then

added some crowns ~

Also the other thing that I just love lately

is shredded vintage paper ~

How cute it is in so many things just like the purse ~

I will have some for sale soon .... just because it is fun !

So I just looked at my clock on my

computer and it is only 8:30 and

I am sleepy ~ What is up with that !

When does the time change again ??

I so adore my friend Carrie's Vintage Dress Forms that she creates ~

She finds the most awesome vintage dress forms, which are very hard to find, and then embellishes them so beautifully !

She has sold some in the past but has just recently completed two ~

Here are some pictures of them and they are available

on her website at Noelle Garrett Designs ~

I have been on the hunt for awhile at flea markets, antique shows and pretty much everywhere to find an old dress form and old party dresses in pink ~ it is alot easier said than done ~ but.... in my travels I found the prettiest odds and ends of old pieces ~ today I decided to make this lampshade out of various things I have found ~ I took an old pink dress, cut it down and added a vintage crocheted collar to the top edge ~ to finish it off I put a vintage rhinestone hair clip at the front ~ I always am picking up old rhinestone jewelry pieces because you can do so much with them and I love a little bling !!! ~ I really like how it came out and am kind of want to keep it for my new shabby office but for awhile it can be yours at www.katiesrosecottage.com ~

Spring and Easter are my most favorite times of the year !!! I found these most adorable and vintage style bunnies today and had to show you!!! They all have glitter to make them look even more vintage which I just love ! Here are a few and there are more on my website ~

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 ~

My youngest daughter, Stephanie

and her husband Noah just bought

a cottage home that they

are going to redo and decorate

in a vintage cottage style ~

We went to the coolest store in

Dallas today called

Discount Home Warehouse Architectural Salvage ~

They go into old homes and salvage all of the

really amazing old things and then

sell them at their huge shop ~

I am thinking that would be the

Steph & Noah want to replace all of the

interior doors with old vintage chippy doors ~

This is the "door room" ~

There were some really neat old

pillars and columns but they

needed to find a vintage pedestal sink ~

They ended up with the one that Stephanie

is trying in the 2nd picture ~

Noah truly needs to be an

American Picker because he

rocks at it!!

Decisions .... decisions ...

They have a bunch of clawfoot tubs, mantels

for amazing prices, tons of old metal,

wood shutters for $10 each!!

Once again these are crummy pictures

with my Iphone ~ I am going to

start bringing my camera with me

on these adventures ~

Dallas has some really fun places to

explore ~ We went to some wonderful

antique shops too but they were kind

of pricey ~

Chat soon!!

I just listed, on my website,

some more

Vintage Lace Cuffs and

Tattered Vintage Rose Pins ~

I had to do a post on them

because I love them all piled

together :)

I have done a post before on

leather and lace but I just

wanted to inspire you again on

finding vintage leather bags

and embellishing them with doilies

and lace ~

I found these at a flea market

recently but I have to say,

here in Texas, vintage leather

bags are very few and far between ~

I think they are kind of sought after!

It is fun to grab a pile of

doilies and just play around

with placement until you like

how they look ~

I glued mine on with Fabri Fix

that works great with fabric and leather ~

I also added a flower to the front

that was also created using

vintage laces and doilies ~

Here is how they looked

before ~

I am always looking for vintage bottles when I am at flea markets and I found some at Canton last month ~ Yay !!!
It is so much fun to embellish them and these are the last ones that I did just today ~
I really love roses so these are probably some of my favorites so far ~

The vintage images are from Lunagirl.com

I also found these beautiful Robin's Egg Blue bottles too and I love them !

So what do you do on a snowy day in when you should be cleaning the house ?
You watch the Martha Stewart Show and make Pipe Cleaner rings with the Pipe Cleaner Lady ~ Who would of thought :)
Click here for the link to her segment on that show ~

I really really wanted to make a soft vintage pink one but I only had silver ~ So I antiqued the silver ones with some stain and then wrapped it around vintage hymnal music, tea stained seam binding and lace ~ and Voila ! a vintage vignette piece ~
I cannot wait to get some pink ~ Do they make aged looking pink pipe cleaners ? Hmmmm .....

Yay !!! I got another vintage suitcase finished !!! It has been lined with Rachel Ashwell pink rose fabric and is filled with wonderful vintage items ~ You can find this on my website http://www.katiesrosecottage.com under the Treasured Memories category ~