Some flea marketing finds and my christmas gifts

Well I said Id post some stuff about Christmas when I had time and today is the day


Christmas was fun other than the fact that I got really really sick right before it
Josh gave me several of my Christmas gifts early and I gave him his early.. we do this every year we really aren't good about playing the waiting game


Josh got me a Hoodie I had been wanting for awhile and The latest South Park Box set so now I have all of them
He also got me season 2 of The Flintstones which is one of my favorite cartoons ever ( to be honest when I was a kid I preferred The Jetsons but now its the other way around )

He also got me the cutest doll ever and one that I had been wanting for so long it actually just arrived in the mail the other day because it came from the UK

He also gave me 50.00 for squeakys pretty exciting :)

I got Josh a bunch of fishing stuff he had been wanting.

Christmas Eve we always go to his parents house for dinner and gifts and we get to have a nice visit with his uncle and his Grandma and of course the huge hoard of yorkies  5 of them.


His mom got me Worlds End and Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the dead and a really nice candle and also 50.00 to buy squeakys with

Josh's mom is probably the best cook ever she makes a huge array of things and always my favorite types of stuff
7 layer dip and tortilla soup and a huge snack platter and cookies and cakes.

This is the second Christmas we didn't put up a tree because Sophie is still just as crazy as he was when we first got him.

I got sicker that night so I ended up not going to Josh's Grandparents house Christmas day.



                                                            Here are a few of my gifts

 Josh also surprised me with a nice new camera that takes really great pictures

                                                    It has a black and white setting :)

                                          And this is its sunset setting it works great!

 I know im going to enjoy taking photos of old buildings and churches in black and white

 

 I usually refuse to take a picture of myself or let anyone take a picture of me but part of my New Years goals is to not hate myself so much so here it is...

Ok now for the Flea marketing finds .............


Most of the flea markets I have went to really haven't impressed me at all because I hardly found any toys it was mostly just dishes and stuff like that.


but heres what I came up with

I got a cute little squeaky Sun Rubber Ruth E Newton dog  I actually already have one like it in my collection  and a little deer and a really cute bunny

                                       Vintage Commonwealth caterpillar plush..

                                                           This little squeaky boy

                                                A Strawberry Shortcake Rag doll

 and her friend Raspberry Tart

 

Hopefully the next time Ill come back with more stuff Im trying to get up to 200 items in my shop :)

 

In the next post Ill tell you about the contest I entered :)

Squeak toy Adventures

This weekend has been a fun one :)
full of sunshine and flowers and toys!

I ended up skipping out on the yardsales to just do some exploring.


Friday

I woke up early and headed out towards the countryside stopping at the scary flea market ( not so scary anymore ) I mentioned it in one of my early blog posts.
I bought a few small items but I had remembered that they had some rare horror movie vhs movies that I had meant to get but never got because I wanted to see about getting them on dvd first but after doing some research I found that some of them havent been released yet and probably wont be and the ones that have cost 40.00 and up but they were all gone..so no horror movies for me.

We did however get lucky because the chair we had wanted to get last year was still there we couldnt fit it into our tiny little toyota so we gave them money to hold it for us.

After that we wondered off until we ended up at a park and decided to take some pictures.

                                                       My squirrel from russia

                                                           My unnatural pink squirrel

 My knee was messed up so Josh had to to do this picture of me of my little woodland bear doll

      The woodland bear doll had an epic adventure!!! and I went home and went to bed :)


     Saturday!!!

I almost didnt get up because my knee hurt so bad that I wanted to lay in bed and cry about it but the more I thought about it ..I knew Id regret missing out on a beautiful day.
I packed up some more squeakys and we went to some woods near by for picture taking
The woods we went to have a beautiful spring and a nice picnic area.

Here is one of my newer additions to my growing collection..he makes me think of the water babies
It took several shots to get it right but we finally did..he tried to get away a few times

 









 


Josh said it looks like he is peeing..I said no he is playing hide n go seek,

This ones name is Josh ( yes named after my husband )

 

 

And then I turn around and I see this

He Just couldnt resist making a fire :) we stayed around for awhile to enjoy it eating a few snacks and talking until it started to get dark.

Sunday
I got up today put ice of my knee to get it ready for a lonnnng hike in the woods
Of course on the way we stopped at a flea market that I had once found some nice toys at..not this time though I did however go to the animal charity booth to buy stuff for Merrills shop.
After that the long hike where I huffed and I puffed and almost passed out the whole way because most of it was uphill and I was carrying a ton of stuff on me...but I did get some good pictures and much needed exercise so it was worth it.

 And as we were taking the pictures I saw a bat and Josh had to look and then he decided to make cheeping sounds at them and they attacked..silly

End of the weekend..sleep time.

Squeaky toys!

I finally got the pictures of the toys I need help identifying.

the first two  I know to be Ruth E Newton but I cant find a price for them

 I have found rubber cats similar but they have color this one doesnt look like it ever has
The back says Ruth E newton Sun Rubber company.

 Next we have this awful clown..He wasnt painted right at the factory
and the truth is I hate clowns....the bottom of his feet say  AJC C.65

 Next we have this toy front view and side view..The top of his hat pushs in so water can come out his mouth..I cant find anything about him he was made in Hong Kong

 Next we have this liddle kiddle ish doll I have no idea if she is a liddle kiddle or a look alike
Im also not sure if the car goes with her ..but I have identified it as a liddle kiddle car.

 Here she is out of the car.I think she is pretty cute :)

The Last few days Ive been sitting on the couch sewing some pretty wonky stuffed animals
I dont own a sewing machine so they arent perfect but despite the fact I think they are pretty cute.


The first one is a bunny named Oliver he is for sale in my etsy shop ( the other a cat I havent got pictures of yet )

The first one is a bunny named Oliver he is for sale in my etsy shop ( the other a cat I havent got pictures of yet )



Thats all for tonight!