Tornado Creations

So suddenly ( well not so suddenly, I guess ) I realize

that fall is here and winter is coming~

I am not like 99.9% of the world who love

cold weather so I am somewhat disturbed by the thought ~

Today I had plans to take some new pictures and it POURED

along with thunder, lightning and the tornado siren ~

I remember when we first moved to Texas from California .... we

would get in the bathtub with a mattress over our head for

every siren ~ It was so exciting !

That passed after the first couple of years of life here and instead

I made pocket pillows during the possible lurking tornado ~

The lighting once again stunk so I had

to take these pictures with a flash which is a TOTAL no no !

Anyhow here are some pictures of things I made and

listed during the hubbub of my workshop

flooding and the sirens blaring ~

( I don't sew in my workshop )

You can find all of this at Katies Rose Cottage ~

Easy Peasy Bottle Tutorial

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 }

Junking in Kansas

I was actually home for a week almost and then my hubby and I decided

to go visit our friends in Kansas ~

( this isn't their house, just an old house I think is cool )

When we are there I try and hit some of the auctions and antique malls that they have because I always seem to find great stuff at them :)

We went to this one antique junk shop because it is so much fun

to look around at the TONS of things everywhere ~

It is very overwhelming though and pretty

high priced ~

It cracks me up though when people have all this "stuff" that

has probably been there for literally ever and it is priced so high that

it will probably be there for another forevers !

Well it is time to find more treasures ~ Talk to you soon !

50% off Magazines !!

For a limited time all magazines are 50% off

on our website ~

We have :

Romantic Country

Somerset Life

Romantic Homes

Romantic Homes Bed and Bath

Romantic Homes Kitchens

I will try and shove as many in a

flat rate envelope as possible ~

Disney World Vacation

We are sitting in the airport and I decided to blog while we

wait for the plane ~ It is the first internet service we have had all week ~

We just spent the week at Disney World which was a blast !! I think

we need a vacation from our vacation and definitely

a diet plan when we get home ~ We did the food plan at

Disney and they feed you sooo much and it was all yummy !

This is Germany at Epcot ~ I love Epcot pretty much because I love

to travel and want to visit all of the countries represented there ~

This is our daughters Kristin and Stephanie at the Boardwalk ~

We always have to get our toes in the sand somewhere ~

This is our daughters and their hubbies and my hubby at Epcot ~

We also love love Animal Kingdom ~ It is awesome !

I had to get a pic of this trailer because I wanted to take it home with me ~

Of course the Dino thing would have to go but it would be so cute !

The boys were so excited to get their pix taken ..... again ~

Well it is back to listing tons of new stuff on my website ~

I am glad that I love what I do !!