Flea market finds Saturday- We're looking for treasure

I put my shop on vacation mode for 2 weeks hoping I would get lots done in the meantime..but as it usually turns out I got sick and hardly got anything done ..I did however go flea marketing one day but the rest of the vacation was all sleep because I have been sick and cold medicine knocks me out,

My shop is back up and running now and Christmas was a blast ( Ill talk about that in another post )

This is all about my finds on my last flea market trip



After being snowed in for so long I needed to get out of the house and I was dyeing  to go on a treasure hunt.

My usual flea market was a near let down ( by that I mean I found some good stuff just not much and not really what I was looking for )

I found a handful of cool childrens books

I love this Richard Scarry Book and so does Josh :)
I love how the lion has a pipe ..you wont find that now days in books parents would scream and get it banned its sad really..even poor old Mr Potato head had to give up his pipe because the world is unaccepting of those who smoke and political correctness has killed our freedom
Enough ranting though..because I could seriously go on all day about it..and not take a breath.

 This book is so sweet its full of poems about the weather and seasons and holidays
I of course love the cover :)

 and this sweet book about dinosaurs! its seems like something my husband would have had as a child he loved dinosaurs and still does.

 This book is also very cute not sure why the bears name is Piggle  though guess Ill have to read it.

I found these kewpie salt and pepper shakers and just could not resist...Im a sucker for anything Kewpie.

Well were about to leave and at the last booth I found some toys ..I had been so disappointed because I hadn't found any and this girl caught my eye
I had found her before online and thought she was small but she is actually quite large
she is a 1966 Color me carol she was a promo item for a makeup company and she used to come with crayons..she is neat she cost 18.00 which is about what she usually goes for online
next to her was a couple of squeakys not in good shape and all 18.00 I thought about them and decided no because I could get them online for less and in better shape.

While we were checking out I decided I wanted to go to another flea market and I mentioned to Josh that Id like to go to Connies new location ..as the had shut down there old location which happened to be the flea market I was at ..but the girl at the check out said they closed down but that it had new owners.. so we went not expecting much but I found some neat things.

I found a booth that had several great toys  a little Irwin celluloid doll ( He has a crack in his poor face though and I need to figure out how to keep it from spreading )
An Edward Mobley doll which was actually on my Christmas list which I told Josh he could just buy it for me and save the time of ordering it he of course did :) also she was one of the ones I spotted at the other flea market for 18.00 and in bad shape ..glad I held out on the first one because this one only cost 8.00 and her colors are so much brighter.
I also got this cute kewpie with clothes I try to tell myself not to buy every kewpie I come across ( as if I can resist ) and of course I rationalized it by saying to myself I don't have one like this...its different ..I need it...

 I found thumper plush :) he has lots of wear in his poor fur but he is still so cute.

 this carnival prize looking bear..oh so retro..oh so kitsch..how could I resist?

 This cute little doll in a raincoat .who is naked underneath .,,, I guess she must have been dared to go out in nothing but a raincoat and boots.

 and yes another kewpie..once again I told myself you don't have this one and you can put it up for adoption in your shop,,
Believe it or not there were 2 more kewpies that I passed up..

 and this I have no idea what it is ..its made of plastic thick plastic and its just really strange
does anyone know?

Well that's it for now hopefully Ill go out again very soon :)

By the power of Greyskull!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BY THE POWERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR OF GREYSKULLLLLLLLL!!!

the doll I have been wanting is finally mine

I have cried and coveted this doll for ages now well almost 3 years but that's long enough.


Ive looked on ebay everyday for hours at a time 3 have came up and I had bids on 2 only to stay up all night and into the morning staring that the computer like a hopeful little zombie baby to lose it in the last second and then spend the rest of the day crying over it..I know im 25 and im crying over toys..but I cant help it..

These dolls rarely come up ..and I only know one person with them my squeaky friend and master Menna ( what else do I call her ) im like her karate kid or something she is training me in the ways of collecting squeakys..if you saw her collection you would scream BY THE POWER OF GREYSKULL!!! ( I know I wont say it again twice is enough ) its amazing its enough to make your eyes melt with envy and love


So Menna helped me look for this doll and finally 3rd times the charm..it really was

I put down a 40.00 dollar bid and I was willing to go higher I would pay in blood for this doll ..Id probably kill for this doll..
but for once no one came by to stomp on my heart and I won..I got the doll for 10.00 plus shipping what a steal!!!!!!!!!!!


and here she is My Alan Jay little copy cat doll
her mirror was missing so I gave her a Barbie mirror I had and it was perfect
the mirrors are always missing I wonder why?

 Here she is with a couple of new friends Mary Ellen and My woodland bear doll

 A big group shot of some of my squeaky girls ( not all of them though )

 An Old ad I found I wish I had bought it at the time but luckily I saved it.

Thanks for reading :)

EPIC EPIC EPIC EPIC toy adventure

So last Tuesday my mom took me to some flea markets in Arkansas ..I usually have 0 luck flea marketing in that area but this time it was different ..
The first flea market we went to was a medium sized one and that I had been to before but never found anything

but this time it had some goodies



                                             First up my  new squeak toys
bought from both flea markets and etsy and ebay

 

                        Funny little doll..I like her eyes that's why I bought her

 Really great retro kitsch fabric not sure who made it ( do you know Victoria???? )

I spent most of my money on this stuff and a few others things I didn't take pictures of because I didn't think the second flea market would be any better..but I have a cool mom who offered to give me more money in trade for some cleaning :)


So the next one was large and maze like it was in a really depressing nursing home
so each booth was its own room pretty neat.
There were even rooms that only had toys so I was in complete heaven!

Vintage glo friends ..I love them! ..I love anything that's glows!

 Vintage MLP Banana Surprise she was a bit grubby when I found her but I was able to clean her up
all but a couple of small spots...she looks great now :)

 Some little dolls a Pee wee uneeda doll and 2 others

 My favorite find of the day a very kitsch doll she is large and so very cute

                                    just look at that face :) So so cute!!

So at the end of the day I owed my mom 2 house cleanings and I didn't even finish looking through the whole place..I actually got Josh to take me back on Saturday and I found even more wonderful items!

                                    Kenner littlest pet shop chimp :)

 a bag of toys that I bought just because it had Pikachu ..I already have this one so Ill do something crafty with this :)

 Vintage hello kitty tooth brush holder sooooooooooooooo cute

                                                              Large bendy rabbit

                                                          little finger puppet doll

 I for some reason couldn't get the best picture of this I got it in a bag of stuff and it goes with Galoob So Small Babies.

 My favorite find of the day a bag of Sweet Secrets toys! LOVE them

 

  Precious places toys ( I need to do more research on them )

 Scooby doo toys ( keeping ) my favorite cartoon ever so im glad to have these
to put next to my box sets I guess Ill have to buy a Daphne and a Scooby

                                          Super cute little caterpillars

                                        Polly pocket necklace

                                     Looks great when you open it

                                               More kenner littlest pet shop

A sweet little kewpie and little bear :)

and that's just part of it :) Look nearly all of these items in my shop soon
https://www.etsy.com/shop/Vintagetoyfun?ref=pr_shop_more

Thanks :)

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.