WINNERS announced!

Let me start by saying thank you to each and

every one of you who entered my giveaways. I sure

wish I could give something to all of you!

Judy @ French Laundry

wins drawing #1 with the tote and the canvas print

and Melanie

wins drawing #2 with the pink rose

apron and rose tin.

Please contact me with your info ladies so I can

get your goodies shipped to you.

As a side note: I do have a few of the rose tins

left for 5.99 each plus shipping. If anyone is

interested just let me know.

Blessings~

Larkspur in my garden

I consider myself kinda knowledgable about flowers since I have grown them for years, but I don't think I have ever planted larkspur.

If I have, it would have been years ago and I sure don't remember it. I was drawn to this beauty in the market a couple weeks ago. Can you guess why? Because of it's gorgeous white blooms!

I think they are just stunning.

The white blooms against the blue glass

make them look even more beautiful.

I planted her in front of my porch and when I shot this photo I was delighted to get my birdbath pedestal in the background.

White blooms with a french correspondence letter.

{I will tell you more about that later I promise}

I also had to throw in this photo of my Miss Kim

lilacs from a few weeks ago. This plant was prolific

in it's blooms this year and I was thrilled . Last year

it hardly bloomed at all. The smell is just

amazing and it is planted right outside our

back door so we get to smell it every day.

Linking up with Kathleen over at Faded Charm

again this week for White Wednesday. We certainly can't forget the most important day of the week in blogland now can we?

Blessings~

Roses and peonies

Before we get to the roses and peonies I have a

question. Is it time to change my blog header? I still love it, but I also have noticed that so many

other people change theirs up quite often and I

don't want to end up having a boring blog that no one

wants to visit...so is it time for a change?? Please let me know what you think. :)

{with that being said I just purchased calling cards

that has my current blog header on them}

This is my one and only peony bloom of the whole season

so I had to get some mileage out of her.

The pictures are kinda out of order as this one

was taken when she was "on her way out" and

her petals were starting to droop.

Peony in blue glass with plain background

and peony in a vignette

Also, my beautiful old fashioned roses in

different settings. How do you like the contrast

of the china bowl and rust?

In a small pitcher close up

Or in a wooden box out on the deck

If you could smell this fragrance you would

want to bottle it and keep it forever.

Yes, they smell that good!

I wanted to take a break today from all the

french pretties and show you some of my flowers

so I hope you enjoyed them.

Blessings~

Happy Fathers Day!

...to the best father in the whole wide world...

Mine!

Blessings~

Amazing french antique mall booth

I sure have been doing a lot of blog posts lately

haven't I? I go from one or two a week to several,

but I have just had a couple of very interesting

weekends that I had to share with you.

On the way up to visit with our

daughter and her family we stopped at an

antique mall that I found on our last visit.

I was in awe when I found a french

booth this time around. I loved everything

about it...all the goodies and the displays so let

me take you along with me today. I know

you will love it too!

This is the cutest ever vintage french water glass

and carrier. I opened it up and inside is a small

clear glass that says, "made in france" on

the bottom. I had never seen anything like it

before. So cute!!

Neat french style pillow in an old bed.

I also adore old gates! someday...*sigh* Can you say french seltzer bottles? I also thought this wire plant stand was a keeper.

I reallyyyy wanted the papers underneath the french

pharmacy boxes with the french writing, but they were

for display only. I looked and looked for a price and could

not find any. Bummer.

French cemetary urn...very small compared

to what I see here.

I love enamel number signs.

I am thinking of doing something like this

to an oval frame I have and using it for

a wreath. I think I can figure something out

along those lines. :)

{the linens you see in the middle of it are not part

of this booth. They are showing through the window

from another booth}

Truthfully I could have just bought the whole booth

if my pocketbook would have allowed.ha!

Loved these doorknobs too , but a girl can only have

so much stuff right?? I am already cleaning out stuff

and donating it to the church garage sale so I need to

be really choosy with what I bring home. If I still

had a booth I would not be so choosy because I could

just schlep it up there eventually.

Neat little zinc trays...I looked at these for a long time

as well.

I wish I had gotten a better photo of this darling

vintage french lunchpail. It was light blue enamel

with white speckles and it had a little removable

tray underneath the lid. So, so cute!

I know there were a lot of photos and I hope you enjoyed

your tour of the french booth. I took so many photos in

it that I am surprised they didn't chase me out! :)

Blessings~