Edited Photos * Yay !!!

I got the images back from James and they came out

beautiful !

I am so very excited because Cathy at Avalon Rose is taking

the images and some of my ideas and giving my

website, Katies Rose Cottage Designs, a new look !

It will be awesome ! We are going to be adding some new

charms and also some new chains that will include some

multi strand and multi chain pearls ~

Make sure and become a follower of my blog because

I will be doing a special as soon as it is up and I have

my new designs ~

Thank you again to James Brandon Photography

and also to The Red Shed for letting us use their shop ~

Photo Shoot

This last Saturday James from
James Brandon Photograpy
did a photo shoot for my Jewelry website,
Katies Rose Cottage Designs ~

Kristin, my daughter,
modeled for us in a vintage prom dress
and also a petticoat and of course, jewelry ~

It was tons of fun and I am so excited to see
James work his magic with the pictures ~

Here are just a few pictures that I took
of James and Kristin while we were there ~

Thank you Red Shed Antiques for letting us use your yard ~
It worked out great !





Kristin couldn't contain her goofiness any longer !


I will be showing you the "real" pictures soon ~

Elements of Collage Class

I was thrilled to finally be able to attend

one of Lisa of Tarnished and Tattered's classes ~

The one that I got to take was on

Elements of Collage and it was taught at

Cottage Panache in Richland Hills, Texas ~

It was alot of fun to get to soak in some of Lisa's talent !!

She had a sweet box full of treasures waiting

at each of our spots and tons and tons of laces,

trims and ephemera for us to play with ~

( Excuse the not so hot pictures, some were taken with my Iphone )

This is the awesome collage that Lisa did for our sample ~

This is the collage that I did ~

Dawn from The Feathered Nest made

all of the precious shoes ~

They are sooo cute !

Here are pictures of the other ladies artwork ~

I love how they all came out and

it was fun to see the differences in them ~

I am looking forward to more classes soon !

More California Fun

I am sitting at the airport waiting to head back home to HOT Texas ~ It has been really nice being in California but it is time to go home ~

I love to go to Paso Robles and wander around the shops there ~ One of the places we went was "We Olive" where you can taste everything and it is yummy !

This is my sister and mom trying something good I am sure ~

This is some of the olive oils and balsamic vinegars to taste ~

Another shop I love to go to is "The Cottage" ~ Sandi has wonderful antiques and home decor in her shop ~

I want to start carrying lavender items on my website so we stopped at a lavender farm ~ I always seem to drag my mom and my sister to a lavender farm when I am in California ~ You should smell my suitcase right now full of this ~

We went for walks every evening and it was stinking cold so I had to borrow warmth since it was hard to even imagine packing for cold ~

My mom and dad live on a mountain that overlooks 3 cities ~ It is absolutely a gorgeous view ~ I could sit on their deck for hours and wander around their gardens full of beautiful flowers ~

There are always deer roaming around which is so much fun to me to see ~


This is LAX today ~ Oh my gosh I think everyone is cramming the last trip in before school starts ~ It is a total zoo !

Well it is getting time to board my next flight on my journey home ~

Apple Farm Inn

I am in California visiting my family. We

are from California and I miss it like crazy so

it is wonderful to get to visit.

My mom and I went shopping in San Luis Obispo

for the day ~ This is a picture in

front of Apple Farm ~ The gardens are

absolutely gorgeous !!

This is in front of the Hotel area ~

This is my mom in front of the restaurant ~

We are going to visit the shops in Paso Robles

tomorrow and maybe go wine tasting ~

This area has really become huge for wineries ~

Jewelry Sale

We are having a Jewelry Sale at

Katies Rose Cottage Designs ~

All of our jewelry is handmade

and most of it was made upon order ~

We are now going to keep it in

stock for faster delivery ~

This will happen in about 4 weeks ~

So for now, all jewelry on our website that

is marked "In STock" is

on sale for 25% off ~

Make sure and stop by and stock up for yourself or gifts ~

James Brandon Photography

If you have visited my blog before you have probably seen some of my son in law's photography work ~

Today the beautiful "Bride's of North Texas" magazine hit the newsstands ~

James is the photographer in one of the featured weddings which was held at the Bass Hall in Fort Worth ~

He has such a talent for photography !

You can see more of his work at James Brandon Photography ~