I'm in a magazine!

ok well at least my thumb is...lol Anyways I was contacted last year by an editor form interweave press to do a tutorial on making a rosette necklace they wanted something trendy so I went for tangerine ombre necklace, I went about writing my article and taking pictures..sent it in along with all the paperwork..holy cow theres a lot of paperwork involved with making a magazine and getting permission for things!  And much to my surprise last week they told me  I'd made the cover and were mailing me a check for my article.
I finally feel like my teeny homemade shop is making some waves and I'm excited for where it can go. you can buy the magazine online here or in stores at local craft stores barnes and noble

vintage market in the east village

I love when the coolest people find my shop on etsy through the tool shop local.. Miss Erin the event coordinator for the east village found my shop and invited me to attend the vintage market...I knew lots of people would be there so I really had to amp up my booth, figure out what I wanted to do

 I found these plain old barrel displays and decided i wanted to color coordinate my product with my display for easy shopping, and who dosn't love when things are in rainbow order?.. ok maybe im psycho. My couch was also for sale and I sold it yay,, from junkyard crap to treasure.

 i made 200 cowboy fascinators for the stampede( as it was alos this week and we had 1,000's of tourists here looking for cowboy gear!), needless to say I was exhausted after this market.

 all set up and meeting my neighbors, this market was unlike any other Ive been in, they hand selected the shops so the feeling of the place would be cohesive, so everyone there had the same taste!, I met a lot of my teammates on the alberta street team, and could finally put a face to their etsy avatar, where we talk in our etsy forums. So that was a blast.

colored barrels and coordinating pieces by color- along with a cute tag on each barrel showing how you wear it. and mirrors attatched with ribbon so people could see what they looked like on.

all in all a fun market and I almost sold everything!

winner of the cowgirl fascinator was number

5 which was me...lol so I asked greyson to pick another number and he said 6 SOOOO melanie you are the winner!

cowgirl hats now available in the shop!

It's the 100 year anniversary of the calgary stampede!Sooo to celebrate- I've made cowgirl fascinators with some bling netting ribbon and feathers.And to start the season off grand I'm doing a giveaway for a light pink fascinator cowgirl hat, All you have to do is click the follow button over on the side bar of the blog, if you already follow then share my fb page facebook.com/cocorosecouture...on the cowgirl hat post. Then come back and  leave a comment  with what you did- along with your email so I can get a hold of you if you win. The giveaway will end next week! good luck and YAHOO!

i love this

totally my personalitywho else adores new girl?

shabby chic's part 2

I love how fresh this vintage poppy fabric was, and my lil cute blondie model made it even more fresh.real vintage pieces put on this line.

Happy mothers day

Flowers remind me of my kids, probably because my husband picks out flowers with my munchkins for me for mothers day and I spend the day planting them with them, then all I season I think about them, and how they've grown and made me grow as a woman. So to celebrate mothers day, enjoy some of my favorite bouquets. I adore flowers. That totally comes from my mom, shes one amazing gardner.I've collected links for years of these lovelies and I hope you love them too.also the bogo sale in my shop is on until tomorrow night, happy mothers day from cocorose!

yellow and grey bouquet

succulent rainbow bouquet

sweet pea and berries ..to die for lovely thanks miss martha

oh my goodness the turquoise and polkadot ribbon plus purple hydrangea in this bouquet are sooo pretty!

peony bouquet simple elegance

protea and bells of ireland are stunning in this bright ball of lovely

lovely bright mixture ,and i love the lace/brooch details!

peonies and cabbage flowers
Have a lovely mothers day all you beautiful women out there!