Vintage shopping spree

For monthes and monthes and monthes Ive been planning a big flea market day in Springfield mo its a few hours away from where I live.
Things kept getting in the way and so it kept being put off ..but last friday my husband took a day off of work to take me.
I woke up early excited and alert ( not my usual self ) but thats what flea market trips do to me.
Im like a 4 year old who broke into the sugar stash and downed mommys coffee when she wasnt looking.
We started the day buy grabbing some starbucks at the gas station normally I would go to mcdonalds because I like the ice coffee they have better than the bottled starbucks..but I didnt want to wait in line I wanted to get to the flea markets and scoop up all the good stuff.

So we got to the first flea market the largest of the 4 its got a huge upstairs and a downstairs.
and the first booth I stopped at had a TON of vintage squeak toys so I got the cheapest ones if I had more money on me than I did I would have got the others they were Ruth E newton and very cute. but they were 10.00 each and if I had got them all it would have been a 60.00 and my husbands wallet cant afford everything I want.

                                                 The first squeaky the one that caught my eyes
                                                      

                                                  and right by it were this two little cuties

     

                                        

I made sure to grab a cart because I could tell it was going to be a really good day

My husbad went off on his own adventure to the bathroom and to look for some Rush albums.

I was on a shopping spree

 and then in the corner of my eye I caught something wonderful something rainbow and beautiful
was...it was it really Rainbow brite? I got really exicted and ran over to the case and there it was in all its beauty a large Rainbow brite bottle I couldnt see the price and thats where I would usual just say ..never mind because going and having them get the key and then when you see the price is way to high is a little embarrassing and awkward but since it was Rainbow brite and I normally dont run into Rainbow brite stuff I went ahead and asked the nice Hippie at the desk to let me look
it was 7.00 which isnt horrible,I have this rule if its over 5.00 I have to be ok with keeping it if it doesnt sell..and this I would be okay with.

 

It didnt take long until I found some other goodies.

....................GNOMES!!!!!!!!!

I love Gnomes who doesnt?

They are adorable and kitschy and very very 1970s

Infact one the of first things me and josh bought for our apartment was a gnome statue

he hangs out at Joshs desk

The gnomes are made of plastic and have little holes in their heads like they hung from something once?????

The next few finds were good

A 1980s Wuzzles stuffed animal and a carebear

and a fisher price looking thing

After this I wondered downstairs and I found a few cute little things
a pound purry a little prettys cat ( it needs some work before I take a picture )
and some interesting rattles a cat and a dog they are miss labeled as Water guns.

I love cheap plastic dimestore stuff it brings back great memories of childhood.

I bought a few more little things like this beautiful asian treasure.

 

I wanted to fit in the other 3 flea markets so I decided to call it good and go pay

I think I spent 40.00 not to bad considering all the stuff I bought.

So I went to the next flea market with the unfortunate name of S.T.D

but it is always pretty rewarding I got a few Bobbsey twins books and some vintage craft books

I saw a handful of really great stuff but it was expensive

A Ms Beasley doll which josh told me he wouldnt let ride home with us because it was scary looking.

a ton of Liddle kiddles and uneeda dolls and Old original skipper

I drooled at them and left them behind sadley.

I went to S.T.D 2 and found a lot of great stuff

some melmac divided plates for Josh because he cant stand his food touching and divided plates are really hard to find for some reason.

I got some little toys and a found two more squeakys

an Elephant and a really really old doll.

After that josh said we were done...and I said nooooooooooooooooo!!
I dont want to quit yet and he said but the next one well probably be closed
I pouted like a baby and said can we just look? and guess what it was open it stays open till 10pm I love places that have late hours not enough do.
Right after we first walked josh spotted 3 kewpies and I drooled and smiled happily because I really love kewpies.

After that I was happy with calling it quits I had about 5 bags of stuff and I was really happy.

                        Heres a group shot of the squeakys I ended the day with

I cant wait until the next flea market adventure!!!!!!!!

 

The Easter Bunnies!

Ive been very very busy lately and Im proud of myself I dont usually stick with something Im the type of person who well put stuff off until its to late and then regret it later.

Last year I had meant to put up easter bunnies on etsy and never got around to it.this year I did it..its part of my new years resolution ..to do things more and so far im doing pretty good.



                                              Heres the first bunny I made JellyBean 

                                                              Heres Bluebell ( my favorite )

                                                                              Cupcake                         

                                                           and Daffodil

                                                                                
                                      As you can see Jellybeans tail is different thats because I hadnt bought the
                                           pom poms yet.

I think they turned out pretty good Ill probably be making more bunnies in the future.

Check them out in my shop https://www.etsy.com/shop/Vintagetoyfun?ref=si_shop

Something to squeak about

 Since my last post I have managed to buy three more squeak toys and Im very happy

Ive been trying to do research on different companys that made squeak toys but Im not finding much out,Im going to play Nancy Drew and keep at it though until I get results.




The first new squeak I bought was this deer on etsy..it doesnt really squeak though but Im still happy to have it in my collection as it is very retro kitsch

The next one was a angry looking kewpie type I read something awhile back and it said his name was Butch,I got him on Ebay ..he has some paint wear but he is still cute..though if I find one in better condition Ill buy it and put the one I have up for sale in my shop.


Next is a adorable little lamb I bought from my friend Victora http://www.etsy.com/shop/MyPalPeppy?ref=pr_shop_more
As soon as I saw its cute little eyes I had to have it for the collection.


I took some pictures but they are sort of sloppy as I rushed it because my cameras batteries were dieing..so soon Ill get more creative with them and make them look neat.

When I get a house I plan on having a really nice area for them instead of where they are now mingleing with my dvds.
                                          Here are the new additons to squeak town
                                          The deer looks so instense and serious
                                          the lamb as a look of curiousity and innocence
                                          and the kewpie boy looks very very angry.
                                         I love how they have their own personalitys

                                          Here they are together ( minus a couple of them )

                                          A close up of the lambs cute little face :)

 

I have decided that the giant kewpie ( is mayor kewpie saurus rex ) mayor of squeak town.

Soon Ill probably add a few more Im hoping to get my hands on a dreamland bare bottom bunny doll

 

Heres a look at my growing kitty though he seems to be growing a bit slower than most of the cats Ive had it makes me worry a little..I want him to grow up to be big and strong.

Ive never had a cat who is this crazy hyper he is everywhere he jumps from chair to couch to my desk in great leaps and he learned that jumping in my desk chair makes it go in circles and he loves it..its like his own little rollarcoaster ride or something.

He is looking very bothered in the pictures because..I take them all the time I think he is getting tired of it but..he is just soooooooooooooooooo cute :) I love him.

 

 

Well thats all for now Ive been trying to blog more so you will see another post pretty soon.

 

turning pro

Ive been busy the last few days
I even managed to get out of the house friday-saturday
Which was good because even though Im a shut in I was starting to get cabin fever.



So after only getting a couple hours of sleep I got up on friday and got the oil changed in the car..and then I talked my husband into fitting a flea market into our already cramped schedule..He didnt want to take me so I said I wouldnt take long and he said yeah..thats what you said last time and you took 2 or more hours..
Well I showed him I only took 30 minutes and I got a lot of stuff..I think im going pro.

                                                   Heres some of what I found


                                     First up this vintage book with great illustrations

                                                   a clown roly poly pretty neat

                                                                Herself the elf dolls

                                       A squeaky Kewpie and a old toy caveman doll by dreamland creations

                                        Not sure if Im keeping the kewpie or selling it
                                            As you can see the caveman has some issues
                                            he has been at the flea market since they opened 3 yrs ago
                                             so I thought it was time he had a home
                                             its to bad about the damage because he is pretty rare.

     

                                          Playskool Roly Poly I love the sounds it makes

                                                    Vintage Barbie flippers

                                          So cracker jack looking cowboys and indians

 

Ive been doing my own picture taking lately so its not as good as when my husband does it

Im sure Ill get the hang of it soon :)

 

 

And I still had time to do all the other stuff

thank you coffee.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Squeaky toys

Ive always been into toy collecting but now im into a new type of toy collecting..Squeaky toys

I always thought that Squeaky toys were only for dogs but now I know different.

Besides collecting them for myself I also enjoy buying them to sell.


It all started with etsy I found this wonderful little russian store full of really cute squeaky toys
I picked out a cat and then after that I found many other wonderful stores
the next time I bought squeakys I bought a panda and a pink squirrel and then I sort of quit buying them for a bit and then the last monthes I started buying them again
Heres my growing collection first shot is with all of them together

                                             My cute little clock man :)

                                                                 Woodland bear doll

                                                    

Ive also been trying to learn all I can about squeaky toys the history the places that made them.

I bought this book awhile back hoping it would teach me some stuff  It was fun to look at but I didnt learn much..but at the time the book was written information wasnt as easy to get as it is now.



Here are the squeaky toys I found on my last flea market adventure

                                                    Edward Mobley cat by sun rubber

                                                  Ruth E newton doll by Sun rubber

The squeakys are in fairly good shape but the cat has some deflation issues going on
im not sure what you do about that?

My quest of learning all that I can continues and its really fun.

I love finding new hobbies it makes life interesting.

South park....

 So today I had some horrible news.......South park wont be returning until September and its going to only have 10 episodes I already thought they didnt have enough per season they usually have 14..
So im pretty bothered by the whole thing..My hope is that when the box sets come out they will be cheaper.

As crazy as this might seem if they went off the air it would sort of be like losing a friend being a 90s child I grew up with them..I do however get kind of jealous that I had to grow up and they didnt..its a strange thought if they had aged  they would be about 24.


..........................on the bright side
Last weekend I went shopping and I had been resisting my urge to visit toys r us but I finally went and I found a deluxe talking Cartman on sale for 9.00 it was a steal.
I havent put batteries in him yet to see what he says.

the week before that I found south park toys in a machine to buy It put me in a pretty good mood.


In fourth grade I really didnt understand the show..it actually seemed kind of stupid to me..
I thought Kenny was a alien and I thought that a talking piece of poop was just stupid.but its really grown on me.



I thought Id come up with a list of my favorite episodes

not in order though..

Pinkeye
ikes wee wee
Summer sucks
cow days
cat orgy
Mr hankys christmas classics
world wide recorder concert
Fat camp
a very crappy christmas
The wacky molestation adventure
Super best friends
Scott tenorman must die
cartmanland
towelie
kenny dies
the new terrance and philip movie trailer
the simpsons already did it
free hat
the return of the fellowship of the ring to the two towers
the biggest douche in the universe
my future self n me
professor chaos
fat butt and pancake head
grey dawn
casa bonita
all about mormons
good times with weapons
up the down steroid
awesom-o
douche and turd
something walmart this way comes
die hippie die
the death of eric cartman
free willzyx
smug alert
manbearpig
tsst
make love not warcraft
miss teacher bangs a boy
night of the living homeless
major boobage
over logging
the china probrem
breast cancer show ever
about last night
the ungroundable
the ring
the coon
fishdicks
fat beard
the f word
poor and stupid
insheption
a history channel thanksgiving
the poor kid



Favorite charactors

Cartman
Stan
Butters
Randy
Tweek
Towelie
Mr Garrison
Mr Mackey
Kenny








                                                      South park toy collection

Deluxe Talking cartman

So im hoping that this 10 episode thing well only be for this year and not the years to come.