~Vintage Antique Toleware and Victorian Garden Tables~My Garden~

Those of you that know me know I'm addicted to Toleware and Victorian Wire, especially if I can use it in my garden!  I have been collecting for over 20 years, adding pieces mostly found at flea markets, antique shows and antique stores.  I love when summer arrives, when I can bring out my pieces and start setting up vignettes.  My garden is now in full bloom, one of the prettiest times of the year.  May and June are my favorite months, the heat has not climbed into the 100's yet and everything looks so green, fresh and full of color.  I just wanted to share with you some of my tole tables and Victorian wire tables and plant stands. 

This is one of my most favorite finds, look at all those fabulous roses in the center of the table!  I also have matching tole chairs!  One of the best places to sit in the back garden.  This picture will be going into Jeanne d'Arc's new garden book French Atmospheres and will also be in one of their upcoming magazine issues as well.  We will be announcing our new website coming in August 2011.  

This is one of my newest finds, this is a Victorian table and plant stand, 2 pieces.  I just love how they look together.  I'm showing this in my front yard .....now you can see why I love this time of year!  I have my vintage sap buckets displayed on the table and some roses from around the garden on the plant stand.

 This is a picture of my koi pond,  made using a large galvanized horse trough!  We have 5 koi in there!  My Iris just happened to be in bloom...

 I love grasses mixed in with Roses, Iris and Geranium.  My garden is mostly made up of pinks, purples, grays, whites and a touch of yellow.  The wall behind the grass is my fence line.....lined with 150 climbing Rose Eden.  These bloom from March to November.  
I hope you have enjoyed the garden tour.  I have so much more to show you, but I need to save some for another post!  
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~My Friend Fifi O'Neill's New Book Romantic Praire Style~ And MY Porch Cover~

I think I start out almost everyone of my post with "I'm so excited"  BUT really I am!  My Friend Fifi's new book Romantic Prairie Style is so close to release.  If you haven't already done so...you can pre-order it at Amazon here .  Also you can get a little preview of some of the pictures featured in the book on Fifi's blog post here.  Lots to drool over ladies!  Here is a picture of the cover...

You can visit Fifi's blog to learn more about her book, and if you have never visited her blog before...plan on an all day visit!!!  Here is the link to Fifi's blog.

Now for some other news, I would like to give a huge THANK YOU TO  Fifi O'Neill a contributing editor for Country Almanac Magazine,  along with Mark Lohman and Sunday Hendrickson for all their help and support in getting my porch on the cover!  Just arrived on the news stands this week!  I'm so honored and thrilled!  THANK YOU~THANK YOU~THANK YOU!!!  Here is a picture of the cover....

 There is also another picture on the inside on page 6...a little bit more styled.  We had so much fun shooting this cover!  Thank you again to all involved!  xokathee

Also if you get a chance go over to Dreamy Whites blog as she was not only featured in Fifi's new book, but also in Country Almanac Magazine!  Her blog is beautiful also!  Click here 

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