Wedding Shower

A couple of weeks ago my youngest daughter Stephanie and her fiance Noah had

a couple's wedding shower ~
It was at her future father in laws church and was sort of like a reception shower for the family and church members that won't be at the wedding ~
It is so amazing that the months have flown by and the showers and count down are on ~

These are just a few pictures from the shower ~





Stephanie and our other daughter Kristin ~

Market Preparations

If you are new to my blog ~ I am going to the Dallas Home and Gift Show in January with some other talented ladies ~ This is an update from our blog at Vintage Rose Boutiques ~

I just wanted to give you a little update on our market preparations.
We have all been working getting our lines ready to go which is very exciting !

One of the things we are doing in between working on products is trying to
figure out what to decorate our booth with. We want it to have a Cottage feel and are each finding things that will display our products as well as keep to this look.

As we have been out and about over the few weeks we have found things and created things that will be just perfect.
These are just some ideas of items that we love and think about using but know
that the booth is not huge so we can't bring everything.

White, Glitter, Mercury Glass

I am loving anything white and silver for Christmas this year so I am thinking that is how I will be decorating ~
I love mercury glass too and have it displayed year round ~
Here are some things that would be pretty for decorating for Christmas but can also be used the rest of the year too ~
You can find them on my website here ~

Getting Ready for the Show

Today I went out to find some displays to use at the Gift Show in Dallas in January ~

Oh my goodness it is getting closer and closer !!

I love Dorothy's treasures at the Shabby Y in Lone Star Antique Mall ~ I was really excited that she was there because she is so very talented and helped me with ideas ~

I ended up getting some awesome frames that I will be using for displaying jewelry and a glittery pink Paris sign ~ My display spot is only 3 feet so I have to think creatively ~

Make sure and visit The Vintage Rose Boutiques blog for updates on the gals progress getting ready for the show ~

I have a new website called Katies Rose Cottage Designs that is just for our new line of jewelry debuting at the show ~ The website is there but will not have products for about a month ~
These are some pictures of the Shabby Y ~

Anthropologie & Vintage Romantic Clothes

On Friday I was on the hunt for some pretty kind of vintage romantic clothes to wear for market in January ~

My first stop was Anthropologie where I found some beautiful clothes but I ended up paying more attention to how they had things displayed ~ it was fun to see all of the flea markety style pieces that they used ~

I also went to one of my favorite antique malls in Fort Worth called Lone Star ~ I just adore Jennifer's clothes she has in her hugely expanded space ~ They are so very much what I love !

Cupcakes and FairyTales

It is time for Katies Rose Cottage and the participating shops at Make Mine Pink's Friday Shopping Event where the theme is
"Cupcakes & Fairytales" ~

We have moved all of our cupcake soldered charms over for the day and
they are all $1 off ~

Just a Little ADD Moment

Do you ever have those days that you have so much to do that you don't know where to begin soooo ....... you do something else ??

Today was one of those days so I decided to try a project that I say at Wayside Treasures and Junk Dreams ~ I have had this Silver and Vintage Bottles and thought it would be so much fun to try this to decorate them ~

Super duper easy and fun !! I love it !

If you don't want to do them yourself you can find these in my
Vintage Category ~

Vintage Buttons, Skeleton Keys & Lace

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 ~

Time for a SALE

It is time for a sale at Katies Rose Cottage ~
Just visit our home page to get 10% off your entire order ~

You will also get a free Handmade Gift Tag with every order ~

This includes an additional 10% off the already reduced prices on some items like the NEW soldering supplies !

Soldered Charm Supplies Now Available

We are so excited to carry supplies for making soldered charms ~ Simply Swank soldered charm items are perfect for us too because they are all pink ! I love it !

They are all at an introductory price of
15 % off for a short time only ~
Get them in our "Create It Yourself" Category at this amazing price while you can ~

The Vintage Rose Boutique Girls Are Expanding

Something Big is Coming ...
Get Ready !!!

Our shops will be expanding with some
Beautiful new additions !

Make sure and check the Vintage Rose Boutiques Blog often to meet
the shop owners,
get updates, highlights and sneak peeks

~We will be displaying our new lines at the
Dallas Total Home & Gift Market in January, 2010.~