~ALLI PROM and NICK HITS a DEER~

~PROM 2010, BEST FRIENDS and BLIND DATES~
~ALLI is a BRAVE GIRL....she went to prom with a her best friends cousin...it was a blind date~

~I AM AMAZED AT THE BEAUTY OF THESE DRESSES and THE LADIES THAT FILL THEM~

~MY SWEET BABY ALLI, ALL GROWN UP and GRADUATING IN 1 WEEK~

~BEST FRIENDS FOREVER, ALLI and LEANNE~

Have a great upcoming HOLIDAY WEEKEND!!!!
Love and Hugs, Amy

(who is so busy, I don't even know what day it is.....P.S, just got back into town from helping Ashley move to HER FIRST REAL HOUSE PURCHASE, she is now a proud owner of a home!!!! What to go ASH!!!)

~Another RE-DO at the SHOP~

~I'm HAVING A BLAST~
~~You can click on any of the pictures to get a larger view~

~2 AWESOME VINTAGE Built-In WAINSCOTING KITCHEN CUPBOARDS from a FARM HOUSE located in HARRIS, IOWA, they are over 6 foot tall!!!!~

~VINTAGE POSTAL LETTER STATION from HARRIS, IOWA, you can still see the paper labels of the houses for delivery~

I am TOTALLY RE-doing the SHOP and am getting ready for Memorial Day and SUMMER!!!! HOORAY FOR RED WHITE AND BLUE!!!! No one should have this much fun at their job....I LOVE LOVE LOVE WHAT I DO!!!! And THANK YOU to all of YOU for making my dream come true!!!!

Of course, if there is anything that grabs ya, just email me and I will be happy to let you know the price.

Have an awesome week!!!! Love and Hugs, Amy

~Maddi's Sock Monkey Collection~

~FOR THE LOVE OF MONKEY~

~Ever since Maddi was 3 and going to junk stores, estate sales and the like with me, I wanted her to find something to collect....SOCK MONKEYS fit the bill!!!! We have had A LOT of fun hunting and searching for them and it gives her something to do while I am looking for that next cool treasure!!!!~

~We found this VINTAGE CHARCOAL Painting awhile back...It was so dirty I wasn't sure we could get it clean, but thank goodness for good old soap and Windex and a few coats of black paint for the frame and she turned out AWESOME!!!!~

~MY DADDY'S Paint set from when he was 4, back in 1943. It was quite something to get this with the war going on and my Oma and Opa trying to raise 12 kids on the farm.~

~I couldn't stand the fact of putting them away as Maddi's room is now filled with all kinds of stuffed animals and girly stuff so we put them on our 9 FOOT Limestone Stone City, Iowa fireplace mantel. They greet us everyday and make me smile every time I see them~

HAPPY SPRING WEEK EVERYONE.....Love ya, Amy

~248 New Treasures at FourSistersInACottage.com~

~TREASURES GALORE~

After 2 website crashes in 3 weeks, I am soooo happy to let you know that I have it all done and added 248 new treasures to the website. For now, "The Back Porch" has been taken off due to the fact that I needed the room to add all the goodies I could. Not to worry, it will be back sometime around fall.

Hope you get a chance to stop by the cottage and take a look.

Love and Hugs, Amy

~LOTS OF FUN STUFF~

~RE-DO of the SHOP~

I sold so many furniture pieces this past week that I had to re-do the shop....never an easy thing to do BUT SO MUCH FUN!!!! Like playing house for me!!!!

My website crashed again, I lost everything so I am in the middle of fixing that, man it never ends here, just when I think things are going good, something else happens.

Went to the dentist yesterday for my cleaning after $7400 worth of work done only to have the dentist tell me I need another crown and I have 2 cavities...Something is WRONG....how in 3 weeks from going to "Everything is done" to now having $980 worth of work needed...I'm going to lose my mind...any suggestions?

Love and Hugs, Amy

~THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU~

The SPRING OPEN HOUSE was AWESOME!!!! Thank you so much to everyone who turned out. At one time I counted 21 people in my sweet little shop of 455 square feet. WOW WOW WOW!!!! I thank you all from the bottom of my heart!!!!
Love and Hugs, Amy

~OPEN HOUSE~

FOUR SISTERS IN A COTTAGE

"SPRING OPEN HOUSE"

April 1st, 2nd and 3rd from 10:00am to 5:00pm

The shop is BUSTING with Vintage Goodies of SPRING & GARDEN DECOR, Primitives, Lovely Linens, Romantic Chic and More.

Hope to see you and bring a friend or two.

7543 Mt. Vernon Road SE

Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52403

319-364-6400

(just 7/10th of a mile East from the corner of HWY 13 and Mt. Vernon Road)

....For those of you that live out of state and won't be able to make it, I took a few pictures and posted them on the website in 'The Back Porch'

~YIPPY~SITE UP AND ALL NEW GOODIES~My MRI Results~

YIPPY, the website is fixed and I added all new goodies onto it. It's the best I could do with what I have...Yahoo is not a company to go with if you want a generic website and not as user friendly as they say it is.

BUT......I have a year contract with them and everyone likes THE BIG PICTURES instead of having to click on the little ones to enlarge the item, so THERE IS A SILVER LINING if you look!!!!

FINALLY got an MRI this morning for the pain I have had in my arm and hand for soooo long (what is it 8 months now) and they found a herniated disc C3 and C4....UGH, will wait to hear from my doc this week to see what they want to do about it...LET'S PRAY CORTISONE SHOTS will be the ticket.

Love and Hugs, Amy

One Corner of the Shop so far....

~GET ME TO THE CHURCH ON TIME~ (click on any of the pictures to enlarge them)

All of this is in the shop and I am getting ready to add it to the website. Can you believe this is JUST ONE CORNER OF THE SHOP????

If you see anything you are interested in, don't hesitate to email me!!!! Still waiting for SPRING, not sure if all this snow will melt in time for my OPENING the first week of April?

Hugs and Love, Amy

~ALLI n MARION GIRLS WAMAC CHAMPS~

~PICTURES WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS~

WHOOO HOOOO!!!! WAY TO GO GIRLS!!!! CONGRATS!!!!

Senior Night and a WIN to make WAMAC CHAMPS!!!!

Here we come STATE!!!!
It was so much fun and I just LOVE WATCHING MY GIRL PLAY B-BALL.

Have a WONDERFUL WEEKEND EVERYONE.

LOVE YA, Amy

~2 BIRTHDAY'S FOR ME~

~YIPPY~Normally, I don't like to draw any attention to my birthday but this year it's a BIG DEAL TO ME!!!! I can't go without saying,

~HAPPY 44th BIRTHDAY TO ME~

~HAPPY 2nd CANCER FREE BIRTHDAY TO ME~

I AM SO HAPPY and SO EXCITED TO HAVE LIVED ANOTHER YEAR, you have no idea how much celebrating a birthday now means to me!!!!
Have an AWESOME WEEKEND and have a TOAST ON ME!!!!
Love you all, Amy

AND THE WINNER IS....Plus ANOTHER GIVEAWAY

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO ENTERED Above pictured is just a small preview of what's coming to the website,

FourSistersInACottage.com

And the winner is....

ELMA from MICHIGAN

This was tons of fun and please enter for FEBRUARY, I am giving away another $20.00 gift certificate to the website and you can even use it towards shipping!!!! Enter ANYTIME on this post or email me if you don't have a blog or through the website.
Have a HAPPY GROUNDHOG DAY!!!!
Hugs and Love, Amy