Vintage Farmhouse Tools

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

Welcome my Daughter, Kristin

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 :)

 

Muslin Ball .... Project Fail

Do you ever have those
"project fail" days ?
Oh my gosh I totally had
one today!

I got the bright idea
to precut 40 yards of muslin
to use for ruffles for
some things ~ I love the
washed look so I 
stuck it in the washer
with lots of fabric softener ~

It came out in a HUGE ball
of a tangled unraveled 
scrunched up mess!!

Sooooo I am going
to make a gazillion
rolled roses ~ There
are going to be rolled
roses on everything I 
am thinking :)

I am off to roll away ~

Chat soon ~
 

Canvas Totes & The Graphics Fairy ❤

I have been having so

much fun making totes lately!

I pretty much love

The Graphics Fairy

and get alot

of my graphics from

Karen's website ~

These are just a couple

of the totes that I have

made using her images

and the

 Citra Solv transfer method ~

These are on my website

and more will be coming

soon!

Have a wonderful week!

Tattered Layered Rose Tutorial

I am still having fun tea dyeing

fabric and lace so wanted to

show you a tutorial on a

Tattered Layered Rose ~

First I cut 2 different

fabrics and one sheer fabric

into 2 inch strips about

1.5 yards long ~

Then gather the each fabric strip

right on one edge

( don't gather the sheer strip )

~ I used my ruffler foot

which I pretty much love!

After they are gathered I cut snips

about every 1.5 inches randomly

and ripped each snip

almost to the gathered edge ~

Then tea dye the fabric and

let dry in the sunshine ~

Next stack all the layers with

the shear on top and stitch through all ~

Be careful that all of the

fabric is straightened and not bunched up ~

it can be bunchy since it was tea dyed ~

Then follow my directions here for how

to glue the rose,

which I glued it on canvas ~

Next cut random pieces of lace,

ribbon and dyed fabric

and glue it to the underneath side ~

Then cut a circle to fit out of canvas and

glue it on top of the ribbons ~

After that I tied a vintage skeleton key

to one of the ribbons and glued a pin on the back ~

That is it!

A fluffy tattered rose ❤

Vintage Lace & Bottles

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 ❤

 

 

Preciousness

Do you ever go to the

flea market and get a 

cart full of stuff but there

is something 

you just really love ?

I went to Canton today and

that "really love" thing for

me are these precious

baby forks and spoons ~

I don't really have a clue why

but they just struck me 

for some reason ~

There is nothing special 

about them but cuteness ~

 

On a completely different subject ...

We are excited because my daughter's,
 Kristin & Stephanie's

baby shower
 got featured on the
Party & Event Guide
 website today!!