More Christmas Goodies...

HUGE vintage wallpaper and millinery star ornament coming to my Etsy!
Hello there dear friend, happy Friday! I sure hope this finds you doing well. Do you have plans for this weekend? All I want to do is be with my family! Tomorrow, Ashton and Dylan are celebrating there birthdays, so I have two cakes to bake. Plus making there meals of choice Saturday and Sunday. Ashton wants BBQ Ribs, baked potatoes and salad, Dylan wants pork loin and mashed potatoes and gravy :) Similar but oh well, it is there choice and they get to have whatever they want! I will be busy tomorrow, that is for sure. Ashton will be 11 and Dylan will be 8. I cannot believe how old they are getting already, my goodness! Edison turns six on Dec. 21st, I turn, uh hmm on January 19th, Chad on Feb. 12th, Gibson on February 3rd and Colton was ten on Sept. 14th, so we all have our birthdays close together and close to Christmas!

Well, I have been crafting for hours this morning! I wanted to do a few more Christmas things for my shoppe. I am a huge fan of PRETTY wrapped presents!! SO, I came up with these pretty package tie on tags! **My pictures are not grainy, it is SNOW!!!** FUNNY :):)
I love them and they are so unique and nicer than a regular store bought bow! I made a set of three of them with lots of pretty embellishments, each one is different.
This one has a touch of traditional red :) Vintage millinery flower with a little blue on it.
This one has a creamy white millinery rose and accents of silver.
I also made a set of tree ornaments. These are pretty too. They have a pink millinery rose and silver leaves, stamens, aqua beads and are on a glittery snowflake! So pretty.
These are in a set of two and would also be cute on gifts! I am putting them in my Etsy in a minute. There is a garland like these ornaments in there already also.

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I hope you all have a beautiful weekend! I have a special order to work on and I need to clean the house! But all I want to do tonight is snuggle with my Chad, a good movie and a glass of wine :):) Sounds like a plan!! Love to all and thank you for hopping by! Bunny Hugs and Nose Twitches ~ Amy

We Need A Little Christmas...

Hi Sweet Friends! How are you this week? Are you all ready for Thanksgiving? I have my turkey and a few other things bought but need to get the rest. Saturday we have Ashton and Dylan's birthday so it will be a busy couple weeks. er, months!

My mom always made Christmas so special. I remember waking up to Bing Crosby singing Christmas songs. Baking cookies, fudge and Chex Mix. My mom laughing and singing. It was wonderful. I owe my boys BIG TIME and I am making a vow this year to change. I usually spend November through February in a foggy haze of depression. Sure, I go through the motions of the holidays. But it isn't the same because I am not truly there. My boys deserve the happy memories that I have of the Christmas season. This year, I will NOT let my depression take over and take away from my boys any more! I will play Christmas music, bake lots of cookies (AND let the boys help, even if they make a big mess and I WONT yell!!). I will be happy about putting the tree up and I promise to laugh ~ a lot. My boys deserve it! This year, I am going to put a LOT of decorations out too! Yesterday, I made the box above to add to my Christmas village. And, yesterday Chad and I found a beautiful white tree. Yesterday, I got my Christmas cards ordered from Angelina. So I am getting started! I just hope no one gets sick and ruins my mood. Ahhh, did I just say that?? SORRY!! This is the most I have been into Christmas in years and I want to hold on to that!
*The cute little gingerbread cottage on my box was created by my sweet friend Julie of Pieceful Bits. Check her out!!*
I LOVE this heart!!!!! I made this yesterday too!! It is for my Etsy and I love it so much :) It is a Charlotte Angel! I used vintage crinoline ruffle for her dress, pretty stamens, vintage millinery and flocked wallpaper. My son Ashton made Charlotte's flower wand :) I said, she needed something to hold and next thing I knew, he brought me that I couldn't have made it more perfect myself! She has soft white feather wings. The trim around the heart is so soft and pretty, like clouds :)
The Christmas Charlotte girls :) The angel can be left out all year. How cute in a baby girls room!!

Hope you all have a beautiful weekend!! Love to all. Bunny Hugs and Nose Twitches ~ Amy

Whimsy and color...

I just love aqua and pink... I cant help it. They are just so yummy and happy together. So candy or ice cream~ish!
I had to do a piece for Christmas in those colors. Those are the colors I decorate my home with for everyday and for Christmas. A collage in these colors was definitely in order! I adore how this turned out. So whimsy sweet!
I incorporated a Frozen Charlotte image into this because I just love them! I collect them and have them tucked in all over my house. I took a picture of my actual feather tree and then printed it and cut it out for the the tree in the collage! I had so much fun decorating the tree. I used crystal pink balls, aqua balls that look like vintage mercury glass. I wrapped pink and white wired glittery trim around each other to look like candy :) It acts as the trees garland. To the top I added wings and a beautiful vintage rhinestone button, it is a stunner! I put a large glittery snowflake in the top left corner. I added glittery silver leaves and a beautiful soft pink vintage millinery rose. The tree skirt is pink chiffon :) Charlotte is wearing her Christmas best along with a wrap as it is cold out! A tiny paper clip with a WISH tag sits in the corner for more whimsy. I used more of the white vintage flocked wallpaper I love so much for the background. Then I used pink and white polka dotted paper for the background, I thought it looked like snow falling! I had so much FUN making this piece, I tell ya! It will be in my shoppe in just a bit :)

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Chad and I had a lot of fun on our date last night! We got a LOT of our Christmas shopping done! I am so happy for that! My older boys are so easy because they just want Wii and DS games and board games! The younger two still want toys and things so they are taking a bit longer. My older boys are getting a couple surprises that they don't suspect. One being a flat screen TV for there wall and the other being THIS. WOW, was that ever hard to find for the Wii!! It was in one store in the whole town and we got the last one! They said it will be hard to come by this year. Edison wants THIS which is very hard to find too. And I still cant find THIS, which looks so cool! THIS comes out tomorrow. I told Chad to RUN and get it asap, lol! To be honest, I REALLY want to play it, lol!!! I am so weird, I know. But it looks so fun! So if any of your kids want these things for Christmas, I wish you luck! Or more so, I hope you already bought it, lol!!! I ALWAYS get my shopping done before Thanksgiving. I cannot stand the worry of things being sold out. I literally started panicking yesterday when some other people wanted the new Mario Bros. game, lol!! Hey, they are going to be scarce within a week, I just know it! OH and Gibson wanted THIS and we had a hard time finding it too! But we finally found one, I tell ya!! NERVES!! I should just make there gifts and then I wouldn't have to worry about it....hmmm... sounds good to me! And my wallet! I kept trying to make it somehow necessary that we purchase THIS for Christmas, but couldn't convince hubby of it, lol! I still think I could manage to find a reason or a recipient, lol!!! Hey, maybe I could turn them in to ornaments and say there is one for each of the boys!! YES, that will work! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I will never grow up in my mind, I tell ya!


We had a yummy dinner at Applebees. Also some awesome chocolate cake with hot fudge in the middle and ice cream, yummers! The movie was weird to say the least, lol! Chad liked it though, so that is what counts. I did not get my tree yet because we thought they all looked so cheap! So the hunt continues, lol! I hope you all have a beautiful week!! Bunny Hugs and Nose Twitches ~ Amy

Cream and White = love...

Hello there sweets :) How are you today? I hope you are having a nice Saturday. Chad is out of town today, so I am here with my little guys. It was so warm and sunny again today. The boys were outside all day playing. I love how warm it has been! So nice for the boys to be outside and run off some energy. While they played, I dusted. I think I am weird because I really love to dust, lol!! I love to hold all my pretty things and dust them and then put them back. I guess that is a good thing, since I have so much "stuff" lol!!
Lately, I am just in love with soft creams and whites. Such a beautiful romantic look. Very soothing and serene. It is really showing in my creations too. This is another heart but a bit more simple. I didn't put trim around it. But for this heart, I think it is better. I covered the heart in more really really pale pink, almost white silk. I covered it very loosely.
I put lace and Love in the corner with a touch of pink ribbon. I also used that color for the hanger.
I added a BIG creamy vintage millinery rose with white wisteria, cream ribbon and a vintage hankie. Again, it reminds me of a box of chocolates. I think I always have chocolate on the brain though, lol! I have this heart up in my shoppe.




This cute little plaque is called The Snow Sisters. I just fell so in love with this image and had to do something with it! These beautiful girls are so elegant. I aged the picture and added a touch of coppery glitter. My favorite trim was used for a frame.
I wanted to use all creamy colors in this so I added another big white millinery flower, a piece of Victorian trim acts as a leaf. So cute :)


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I hope you all enjoy your weekend and are able to create or do something fun, just for you! Chad will be back late tonight. Tomorrow evening, we are going Christmas shopping (hmmm, I think I need to go to Marshall's for that, LOL!!!) and to see THIS movie. Chad really wants to see it, so I will accommodate. Actually, it doesn't look TOO bad! Chad FINALLY agreed to a new Christmas tree this year and I cannot wait!!! I hope to get it tomorrow with some new ornaments to add to my vintage and handmade ones. I am excited to put it up next month :) Have a wonderful evening sweet friends!! Bunny Hugs and Nose Twitches ~ Amy

New pretties,giveaway win and the sweetest book ever...

Well hello there sweetie! I am so happy to see you today, I was hoping you would stop by! I have just been sitting here, sipping tea and enjoying the sunshine! It is a beautiful day here in Michigan. Very sunny, a bit crisp but the sun makes up for it. I hope this finds you well!
Today, I am going to show you a few random things I have bought and a giveaway I won. Above you will find a picture of the SWEETEST book I have ever read! I have read this over and over and just adore it. The Grumpy Fairy by Karla Nathan. Our dear blog friend Karla wrote and illustrated this darling story for her beautiful granddaughter Sugarwings. Sugarwings is the little girl in the illustrations. I think this is one of the most beautiful things anyone could do for a loved one and I am thrilled to have my own signed copy! It doesn't matter if you have a little girl or not, this book is a must!! You can get your own copy here. The paintings Karla did are so enchanting and whimsical, you cant help but smile! And the pages are laid out on vintage flocked wallpaper!! My favorite :) Karla even hand glittered all the books herself! It is just perfect. What a wonderful Christmas gift it would make also! Karla was sweet enough to send me the vintage bunny pendant too. Isnt it adorable? Everything was wrapped so pretty too :)
I recently found this darling vintage doll hat stand with soft pink paint and millinery and couldn't pass it up. Though it is for a doll hat, I stuck one of my hats on it :)
Okay, this is a desk in the corner of my house. We recently decided to take the boys computer off this desk, to put it in the older boys bedroom. Well, I was thrilled, more surface space to decorate, lol! But it has been giving me fits since! I just cant get it to look right and am afraid it is starting to look crazy. I made the tray for it because I thought it needed something. I have left it looking like this for a bit now. I am okay with it but not totally happy. Oh well, in a few weeks, it will have a pretty pastel Christmas town on it :)
I just had to show you these beautiful postcards I received in the mail from Jo-Anne Coletti, Jo-Anne painted my house back in the summer in the same style as these cards. I just love these, they are so beautiful! I need to have them framed and hang then with my home painting. Thank you so much Jo-Anne! These are so sweet :)
Halloween night, I won a giveaway!!! It was from my new friend LuLu's blog, Coastal Sisters. If you have not been to LuLu's blog, run!!!! She makes the most beautiful things! So magical and pretty. She also makes faux desserts, which you all know I am a big collector of :) She was kind enough to send this darling cuppycake with my gift!! Thank you LuLu!!
LOOK at this beautiful box I won!! Oh Girls, I wish you could see this in person because it is so beautiful! I actually gasped when I opened this! It is made to be a gift box for a bottle of wine. But I just cant part with it, lol! The colors of cream, brown, silver and gold are just so beautiful together. It reminds me of Thanksgiving and Christmas! Even the roses have been iced with glitter.
The detail is just amazing. Be sure to enlarge this pic. I put this on the desk shown above and it added the height the desk was lacking. I love it, thank you LuLu!!!!! I am so thrilled I won :)
Lastly, I want to showcase one of my favorite artists on Etsy! Her name is Myko and she is SO talented!! She creates the cutest animals, one being, bunnies!!! When I first saw this bunny princess, I KNEW I had to have her! Oh I love her, she has a vintage lace doily dress and a bouquet and wears the sweetest little crown :)
Look at her adorable little face!! She is quite large too, compared to a lot of Myko's pieces.
You might remember this darling bunny maypole I bought from Myko back in February. She had just opened her shoppe and I stumbled on this piece and fell so in love! There are five sweet little bunnies (I have five children) dancing around a maypole. I have always loved the idea of a maypole! I want to put one in my yard :) Please click here to visit Myko's shoppe. But I warn you, you will have sweetness overload :)


Okay dear friends, that is it for this week. I hope you have a wonderful weekend! Please stay safe! Bunny Hugs and Nose Twitches ~ Amy

Well, I lied...sort of...

Well hello there! So nice of you to hop down the bunny trail to Bunny Rose Cottage today! I have just put on a pot of tea and baked some chocolate chip cookies, would you like to join me?
Well my dear friends, Christmas is upon us! It sure seems to come fast each year. For the first time in years, I am really getting into Christmas! I decided, I better create something for my shoppe specifically for Christmas.
This collage is what I came up with. I wanted it to be very soft and soothing and very vintage looking. I feel like I achieved what I was after.
I just love this beautiful image of an angel with roses. I added silver German glass glitter to her wings and gown. I aged the image as well as the toile paper and vintage flocked wallpaper. I added some beautiful elements to this. One being a vintage millinery rose corsage. It still has the Japan tag on it! I added silver glittered leaves to it for an enchanting winter look. To the bottom, I added a bouquet of forget me not's and a vintage rhinestone button. This collage has an ethereal feel to it, which I am always drawn to. I will add it to my shoppe later.

Are you getting ready for Christmas also? Thanksgiving is only two weeks away! We are having a quiet dinner here at home and I am looking forward to that.

Have a beautiful evening and please, hop home safely! Bunny hugs and nose twitches ~ Amy

The last one for a bit...

Hello sweet friends! Thank you so much for hopping by today :) I am always so happy to see you!
Today, I created my last heart for awhile. My Etsy Shoppe is full of hearts for the holidays now :) This one turned out really pretty! I used crinkled silk for the background of the heart and oh I just love it!! (THANK YOU LORI!!!)
Of course, I had to add some millinery and bling to it, along with my favorite chiffon trim. This has such pretty bright colors, every time I look at it, I cant help but smile. The aqua blue carnation and the bright pink smaller flowers really pop on this piece. I still think it looks like the TOP to a box of chocolates! This is NOT a box, it is a flat wooden heart, just so ya know, lol! I love making these. I don't want to get burned out on them though, so I will take a break from them. Not to mention, these supplies are pricey, LOL!!!!!

Thank you all so much for your love and support of my items! And to those that have bought something, it means the world to me to know that my pieces will be in your beautiful homes! Even Singapore! Zoe, I adore you!!!

Bunny Hugs and Nose Twitches ~ Amy