Birds and Branches!

We got in the most precious little birds and there just wasn't any where for them to reside while waiting for a new home so Monica and I put our thinking caps on and came up with the idea of a branch from one of our big massive trees down at #2 shop..... it got cut and down it came to shop #1..... and now all our little birds are just hanging around as happy as can be.... and the branch looks so wonderful..... it has birds, nests and little birdhouses hanging all over it....

 

 

In our fall potting shed room these sweet little owls have taken up residency.  They are made from all natural products like tiny pinecones, bristles, pods and twigs....

 This mum bush looks so real. 

 Oh another little owl just hanging out.....

 Love the colors of these little pod stems....

 These big acorns made from twigs... You can't see it in the photo but we put these strands of tiny little lights in them.. looks so cool.....

another acorn made from twigs with a burlap ribbon.....

 tiny wood acorns in a little crate......

 and another owl atop a basket of twig acorns.....

We discovered a new company on our recent trip to San Francisco's gift show, that had so many wonderful products made from all natural items..... these are just a few..... more will be coming out when we start decorating for Christmas......

Its Spooky Time!!!!

Wow can you believe it the summer is almost over and Fall is about to begin.... at the Cottage Garden we have been busily getting Halloween and Fall into the shop and it looks simply spooktacular!!!!  We have witches, pumpkins, potion bottles and skeletons to make your Halloween vintages at home just perfect.....

 These big puffy velvet pumpkins with black sequins and fun ribbons on top are amazing....

 Again the skinny leg kids have arrived.... they have gotten so popular to collect....

 Black polka dot boxes stacked with orange tinsel in between them...

 and witches legs sticking out of a drawer....

 We just love these fluffy black owls.... we have big and small....

 And we got in the "witch is in" sign again.... sold out of these quickly last year.....

 And we all know how popular burlap is right now... well we have burlap ribbon with pumpkins, spiders and black cats embrodiered on it....it is sold by the yard or the blot....

 Love these white fabric pumpkins with heavy crochet lace on top... looks like a real stem but it is resin.... price is great too!!!!

 great apothacary jars .....

 A Wendy Addiosn black glittery crow on a pedestal....

 The wizard of oz skinny leg kids all ready for halloween....

Hope you can come in and see our wonderful Halloween and Fall vintages soon.... They all started selling as we were decorating.....

Don't forget Catlin Cash Play Days coming up this Friday and Saturday August 24 and 25th 10am - 5pm.... See you soon!!!!

Our Weekend in San Francisco!

Wow!!!! our 4 days in San Francisco went sooooo fast. We filled the days with walking around downtown San Francisco, going to Chinatown, Little Italy where we ate an amazing meal on Friday night....the Ferry Building right by the Bay and watching the ferry boats, went to the gift show and Alameda flea market.... whew we did lots and had fun doing it....

 Meilan and Monica and I (I was taking the picture) at the airport in Phoenix, getting ready to leave....

 Our hotel room at the Parc 55 right off Union Square in the heart of downtown....

 We met Wendy Addison at the vintage section of the show... She makes so many wonderful things with the german glitter glass.... we have some of her new creations at the store which I just put out today....

 Monica and Cheryl Long from Pure West. She makes the wonderful bags we have in the #2 shop from the vintage french fabrics and the wonderful vintage crochet lace jackets.... we have a ball there... it was soooo huge that it was overwhelming.... didn't know where to go first....

 Waiting for our cab at the end of the day at Alameda....

 Our great taxi driver Solomon who took us in the wee hours of the morning and came back to pick us up in the late afternoon....

 We had to cram the back of the taxi with all our wonderful treasures, thank goodness he drove a suv.....

 Toasting our last night in San Francisco.... We stumbled upon a very quaint restaurant not to far from our hotel.... the food and wine was excellent... and come to find out it is in the 2nd oldest building in San Francisco...

 On Monday we went back to the gift show and met up with Linda from My Mother's buttons.... we have carried her lovely bracelets and necklaces in the shop for years....

 Her booth filled with so many wonderful treasures...

 Ahhh time to go... the suitcases all lined up with lots of treasures....

 At finally at the airport waiting for our plane.... That's Meilan under her scarf trying to take a quite cat nap before we boarded the plane.... she was all pooped out....

 One of our great finds in Alameda was a man who took old ceiling tin and made chalkboards out of them... they are in the shop ready to be snapped up....

 He also made these great signs out of the old ceiling tin.....

 Not a good picture but here are some of the Wendy Addison creations I brought home and was pricing today.... glittery butterflys and birds... so beautiful....

I will post more pictures soon, but here is a little snippet of our trip....

Off We Go!!!!

The Cottage Garden Girls Meilan, Monica and" moi" are off for a weekend in San Francisco.... we will be attending the Gift Show and then heading to Alameda on Sunday for the most fantastic flea market.....  we are so excited that we can hardly stand it.... and best of all the temperatures are in the 60's....  ahhhhhhhh!!!!!
Anyway we will be ordering and shopping for the #1 and #2 shops so we just can't wait to see what wonderful things we can find....

We will be open on Friday and Saturday August 3rd and 4th with our normal hours but we will be closed on Monday August 6th....

Off we go!!!!!!!