Showing posts with label vintage deer figurine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vintage deer figurine. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Gumball Machine Ramblings

Today I woke up and I had a sale in my animal charity shop
That made me feel better and less worried about it not working out.


I sold these vintage dog figurines I think they are made out of celluloid or some other plastic that isnt used anymore.
They were bought by a wonderful lady who is going to put them in her doll house :)


Heres another listing that I have in my animal charity shop
I think its adorable! It seems like he should have a butterfly or something on his tail
Vintage deer figurines are so fun and perfectly kitsch!

Ive been saving bottle caps for awhile now to craft with and I finally decided to make this colorful collage for my very boring white wall.

Next while I was cleaning my craft area I suddenly had an over powering urge to make something  ( it happens all the time no wonder nothing gets done! )so I sat down with my canvas and gumball machine toys and bottle caps and made this
Most of the bottle caps are from water bottles ( our water here at the apartment is very gross ) so we buy all our water the other caps are from sprite and mountain dew and smirnoff apple bite and from nasal spray ..My husband goes through one a week he has a chronic sinus problem.
I used some vintage magnets and some buttons and beads and some gumball machine capsules.
 In this picture you can see a toy ring stuck in a a capsule
These days I dont run into to many gumball machines filled with cheap plastic toys that I just cant say no to..I guess thats good because once I asked a cashier for $30 in quarters and I went nuts.
But the lack of gumball machines makes me a little sad because that was a big part of childhood.
Id go to the store with my mom and then on the way out Id ask for some quarters
I liked the machines that were more random and not the ones filled with plastic football helmets and stickers and candy.
I loved trying to get the toy I wanted most and probably spending $50 before I got it.
For so long I wondered what to do with the capsules..when I was little I put change in them
it seemed like a waste to toss them out.


My husband wants to make him a legend of zelda collage of link
So Ill have to keep on saving my bottle caps.