Toy Photography

 

So toys have always been a passion of mine and so it only makes sense that Id enjoy taking photos of them as well.. I have been taking photos of them for awhile now for fun and for my book I have been working on and I had thought about putting up prints in my etsy shop to help support my book but I hadn't been to sure about anyone liking them but so many of my friends who I have shown the photos to have been really supportive and sweet to me and it gave me the courage to list some

I even sold one print to a dear sweet friend of mine it was a great feeling.

I hope that others well be interested in my photos and that these photos well leave a smile on their faces and hearts...

I know I feel really good when Im out and about taking photos of my toys it gives me a chance to use my imagination and my husband even helps me :)

Josh has been really supportive over this he even copyrighted the photos for me.

 

Its fun to find new locations for my photos and new toys for my photos always an adventure :)

 

 

 

 

I took this photo in the park where I got married

I have taken many photos there now because its such a beautiful place/

 

 

 Also in the park where I got married in the garden part of the main park.

 I haven't listed this one on etsy yet but I will soon..This is one of the first toy photos I took..It was taken in the woods at a spring.

                       This was taken in my toy cabinet one night after I rearranged them.

 Josh took this one for me because it was the last day to get photos of the hula dolls before they went to their new homes..and I was sick in bed ..so he took them to the park it was a rainy day but the photos turned out great!

 Another last chance photo because my Edward Mobley Squeak cat got his new home..taken behind our apartment.

Another one taken at the park where me and Josh got married if you step behind the main part of the park you find this little secret area :) This dolls name is Mary Ellen ..She seemed like she needed a name and I asked Josh to name her and he named her after his great grandma.

 This one was taken at the end of the day right before it got dark at this little tiny park in Monark Springs..Its not much of a park but it does have a spring and a Train car.

I have many more photos I have taken that Ill get ready soon and of course Ill be taking more :)
Lets just hope everyone wants them hanging on their walls :)

My Nostalgic Sick day

So I have been sick recently which has led to not doing anything and lots of staying in bed
and I have been in a nostalgic spirit because sick days always remind me of staying home from school and going to my Grandmas where she would tuck me in and let me watch cartoons all day while bringing me chicken noodle soup and juice or sprite.

I always preferred going to that grandmas house ( my dads mom ) my grandma on my moms sides house wasn't as comfy and I didn't have my own room or tv I couldn't watch movies all day..because she had her shows that she had to watch..her house was the house to go to on days when you weren't sick.



I remember I had this vhs tape of all my favorite stuff  my dad had copied it for me from various cartoons I had rented at the movie store.

The tape had Maxies World lots of it and Babes Kids ( which isn't really for children and is kind of weird ) and Tiny Toons Go on Vacation I remember I always brought that with me eventually it got lost I assume I left it over there and it got tossed out later..I wish I still had it.

I also had a tape of a bunch of Pippi Longstocking movies which I loved and Id watch those sometimes.

My Grandma would also read to me from Cookie Monster and the cookie tree she always choose that one :)

There were other books I liked one I don't remember the name of it was about Porky Pig and he was a farmer and another was The Day Jimmys Boa ate the wash and Harry the Dirty Dog and a few more.

I also had a ton of coloring books that I liked hoards of them actually because that was my Grandmas favorite thing to buy I remember Barbie coloring books and animal coloring books and a Holidays around the world coloring book and some others that were actually older than me because my older cousins had left them behind...Which brings me to the fact that while being sick I have been coloring because even though I have gotten older it is still one of my favorite things to do when im sick.


I remember shows I wouldn't normally see if I was at school and getting to watch them
one was called Pappy Land  he for some reason always choose to draw clowns and you really had to already have you paper and pencil and crayons ready or you would miss it.
I remember my cousins used to call me up when the show would come on ( they were homeschooled so this show was something they saw everyday ) and so when I was home they would call me to tell me to color with them.

 Another show that came on really scared me The Big Comfy Couch .and that couch seemed so gross I always had a nasty feeling when she would crawl into it.

 My other show came on at 9am which is a horrible schedule because once you reach 5 you cant watch it anymore because your at school ..school that starts to early at 8am.
I loved this show though the best part was when he went to the factories and we got to see how crayons and toilet seats were made I think the only thing I didn't like about the show was Lady Elaine she gave me terrible nightmares for years.

 

One of the neat things about being sick at my grandmas house was that I had my own room I could be in..it wasn't mine really it was my Grandpas den type room but he was always nice enough to let me use it and it had a tv and a HUGE couch and a fireplace and a glass door where you could look out at the pine trees ..inside the room was a bar it was never really used as one but I liked to go behind it because that's where the toys were and the books.

There actually weren't to many toys a handful of stuffed animals and a baby doll and some TMNT that my cousin had left behind.

The bar also made a nice comfy hideaway because the floor was really soft it had old green carpet plush carpet from the 70s.

 

I remember bringing my Gameboy and playing super Mario land all day.

 

My grandma would usually come in a couple times during the day to bring me a bowl of chicken noodle soup and crackers and a drink

I usually only came out of the room to watch Andy Griffith with them at 11 ( funny how I remember the tv schedules )

 

At 3:00ish cartoons started to come on and Id watch the Jetsons and have a snack of crackers and cheese.

and then soon after that it would be time to go home.

 

 

I really miss those sick days I think of them every time I get sick.

Radio Shack Raccoon Radio

So sometime back I bought this weird little Raccoon plush radio at the flea market and I had originally planned on turning it into a purse but as I was doing some research I discovered its simi rare and pretty neat..The Raccoon Radio Was made in 1981 for Christmas and its even in a radio museum! And highly sought after by collectors so I decided I shouldn't make him into a purse but I should put him up sale so that someone who loves him can give him a good home.

He takes 9 volts which I luckily had and I tried testing him but only got static but that wasn't surprising as our radio wont ever pick up stations for some reason.


Anyways I assume it works but im not sure but I listed it for sale in my shop and he is now looking to rock out in someones home.




I need to take another picture I didn't realize the string from the price tag got in the picture so it looks a little strange Ill take a new one later.

Heres a commercial I found https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmRrUDCayPY

My First trade

So I finally did my first trade with the sweetest person her name is Angela and she has an etsy shop with lots of neat stuff check it out here https://www.etsy.com/shop/carnivalcats



I traded her my roly poly clown and a Penguin paper weight

and she made me the coolest little bear baby stuffed animal :) it reminds me of my woodland bear doll squeaky :)
and I also got another teddy bear which I gave to my husband because he thought it was adorable

and she sent a ton of extra little gifts.



Sophie was just as excited as I was over the package he loved everything all the individually wrapped stuff made him happy because he likes to unwrap things.

I had the Tiny Toons Elmira car as a kid so this made me really smile
also I love the muppet babies!  I love all the little gifts they surprised me :)

Thank you Angela! It was fun trading with you :) Hope we can do it again sometime.

Another Hula girl a Tomy Clock and Some other flea market finds

So on Saturday I woke up early and I felt sick sick sick but I knew I just had to drag myself out of bed or Id regret it who wants to spend the whole day in bed when they can be out flea marketing?
Not much can keep me from flea marketing because the whole idea of treasure hunting is just to much for me im like a little kid with lollypop dreams :)


Now I didn't find nearly as much as I had wanted or what I wanted ..I had dreams of squeakys being everywhere I looked and toys as far as the eye can see

The dream of finding Dreamland creations stuff and Alan Jay was soon crushed but still I had a good time and now I can restock my shop and my collection of squeakys grew by 3..Josh however saw my childish disappointment and promised me another big trip soon :) What a good man I have!!!



The first flea market I went to is usually where I spend all my money and where I find the best stuff I have a few booths that I make sure to take a peek at they are a mess and everything is cheap usually I find some good 80s toys ..umm not this time..in one of the big boxes of toys I found something that made me gasp in alarm it wasn't a toy at all..it was a pack of Trojan condoms at this point Josh had left me to do his own exploring because I always take forever at those boxes so I awaited his return and showed him he giggled a little and then showed me his find of a wonderful Tomy Wind up clock which I of course am adding to my collection as I have always wanted one..it was a good deal 2.00
Ill do a video soon :) I tried to do one tonight but it didn't work so Ill have Josh do it for me.

                            The next is a cute little vintage Horsman toys doll

 I bought the little turtle in the package at this flea market the other 2 I found at the end of the day.
Im not sure who the pinochio looking guy is and The little doll is the dress I already have one similar in a pink dress but I like this one better her dress reminds me of a mushroom :)

 I found this and it reminds me of a Russian Witch or something from Grimms Fairy tales I just love it...Its a salt and pepper shaker.

This sweet little pair almost had a tragedy as the clerk was wrapping then up they dropped the male Bunny but caught him at the last second! It would have been horrible had he broke what would the bride bunny do without him? 

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In another favorite booth of mine I found this Odie Bank which Ill put in my Animal Charity shop I have sold Garfield stuff in it before to a nice lady.
I usually find a ton of things in this booth not this time around I only got 2 things out of it the other thing I didn't take a picture of because its a gift for someone.

 

I also found these guys! I wish it had been Cartman but when you see South Park stuff and that's not very often you don't pass it up! These guys are also a good size they need a bit of a cleaning and Stans shoes aren't in the best shape but I love them! I got Kyle for 5.00 and Stan for 3.00 its lucky that I got them at all because I lost the tag for Kyle because his hat kept coming off and I thought I lost the tag for Stan but it was in the bottom of the basket so I told them how much Kyle was and they rang it up.. I love that place most places would say no ticket no sale but they knew I was being honest with them :)

 

 

 

 In the next flea market my basket remained empty until the last 2 booths and then I got a couple of things...This Sylvanian Family talking bunny I thought was neat

 And this battery operated monkey tree though Im trying to decide whether or not to open it to check it to make sure its ok..because Im having trouble seeing whether or not its been opened before.

 I got a small bag of toys most weren't very good but this Tomy windup caught my eye

 And I didn't notice this in the bag until I got home its really cute but the hinges are broken :(

At the next flea market...................
I got the 2 squeakys in the picture above

And at some point my Kewpie Radar went off and I went over to a basket of scarves I don't even like scarves but I had a Kewpie feeling ( I get them ) and I dug until I found her :)

 I picked up this Hula girl she needs fixed up but that should be easy she is almost identical to the one I currently have up for sale in my shop.

 And this adorable book I couldn't resist it everything about it was cute.

It was getting late but luckily flea markets stay open late unlike where I live they close so early..
the next one was a complete disappointment oh ew SMC stuff and new clothes everywhere I bought nothing the only thing that caught my interest was a talking Pikachu bank but they wanted 70.00 for it so no thanks..I love Pikachu but not at that cost...
So then we went to Bass Pro to look for fishing stuff for Josh and then Grabbed Veggie Burgers at Burger king and went home to Sophie.

A wonderful gift

 

 

Today I woke up to an extra special gift from a wonderful friend of mine and her daughter Lisa and Lynae :) They got my pictures of my squeak toys printed and made a picture frame for me :)

They both have been wonderful to me encouraging me with my book and pushing me forward.

I have met some wonderful people on etsy and Lisa is one of the best Im really glad she joined my team and Im glad that I can always talk to her when I need to about things.

I love that she enjoys looking at the pictures of my squeak toys it makes me feel good :)

When I talk to Lisa I get the same feeling I did as a kid when I would cuddle my Carebear or watch a Carebears movie the feeling of love and the feeling that good things and people really exist

I kind of get a Carebear stare just from talking to her..I can be in a really terrible mood and feeling horrible towards everyone and she says something that changes my mind.

Why cant more people be like Lisa and Lynae? the world would be a better place.

 

Thank you! for encouraging me and thank you for being a good friend!

I hope that one day we can meet in real life.

 

                                                     I cant wait to hang all of these up

Shop Sale to raise money for my book project

Thought Id do a quick post to tell you .....................


Having a sale to raise funds needed for a book im currently writing about toys
use coupon code TOYBOOKFUNDS for 20% off your purchase this will only be available for a limited time! Please help me with my dream :)


So now is a good time if you had any goodies you have been wanting in my shop to save some money on them and help me out :)




About my book that im wanting to write Ill just tell you a little about it.

For awhile now I have been wanting to write a book about Vintage Squeaky toys
I have been doing research on them and of course buying them and photographing them

the money I raise in my shop will go to buy new ones im trying to buy as many different brands as I can it will also go to help me buy a better camera and a new photo card for my camera
as my camera isn't very good and I fill it up pretty fast.


So Any purchase from my shop helps.


Here are some of the many items for sale in my shop
check it out https://www.etsy.com/shop/Vintagetoyfun

Thank you :)

November VintageToyAddictions Shop of the month

A few days late..better than never



Time to tell you all about Novembers VintageToyAddictions Shop of the month

This month I picked what has to be one of the best shops on etsy
The shop is called ColdhamCuddlies and you can visit it here https://www.etsy.com/shop/coldhamcuddlies?ref=l2-shopheader-name

Sometime back my husband got me a lovely Panda bear from Isobel the owner of Coldhamcuddlies
He is so well made and you can tell she put so much love into him when she made him
you wont find anything like this at the store
I named the him Peter Panda and he is of course one of my favorite stuffed animals.

 Isobel also makes wonderful slippers she has them in several varieties Panda,Rabbits,Tigers,Foxes,Owl,Frog...ect

 You can also get hand puppets my favorites are of course the Pandas :)

                 She has little Bunnies at a very good price and in lots of colors!
                                         they would make great baby shower gifts!

 Some of my favorites are the stuffed animals in clothes she has Foxes and Bunnies all dressed up :)

                              and of course you can buy a Peter Panda of your own :)

 She also makes very very lovely and cuddly teddy bears they are so classic and full of personality!

Check her shop out and give it some love! Her stuffed animals would be the perfect gift to show someone just how much you love them :)

Oh and if you want to join Vintagetoyaddiction join us here
https://www.etsy.com/teams/13951/vintage-toy-addiction