Mays Vintage toy addiction shop of the month

I wish I had thought to start doing this sooner but for now on I will :)

I have a nice little toy team for other people who love toys as much as I do

and every month me and Judi our leader choose a new shop of the month

I usually try to choose ones that have lots and lots of vintage toys for sale but ..one our really fun active members makes wonderful toy jewelry and I decided it would be something new and different for us :)

So I picked Allison Franks of Hobbittownjewelry ( me and my husband love love her store name )

check her out here https://www.etsy.com/shop/hobbittownjewelry?ref=pr_shop_more




Her creations are fun and very well made here are some of them that are available aswell as some that have already found homes with lucky people.

                                                        Fun retro Gnome earrings!

 I love kewpies and anything Kewpie and this necklace...*drool*

 Love love love!

More fun earrings ..making me wish I was an earrings type of girl.

 And this ring its perfect so creepy and so fun I laugh and shake with terror as I look at it.

Who doesnt love dinosaurs? my favorite is the green one..Id call him pickle :)

 

 A great ring for wearing out to starbucks! and it would also make a great mothers day gift.

 what can I say its totoro!?!? need I say more these are amazing that movie is amazing!

                             Fun and vintage nothing better than vintage retro findings!

 

 

This has to be one of my favorites of all her rings so cute! I might have to get it or something similar for my day out to the kewpie museum :)

 I bought this awhile back and its one of my favorite rings it reminds me of happy childhood memories of Rainbow brite and my little pony fruit snacks..Allison is perfect at reminding me of those memories everything is bright and happy and fun!

                         Im the proud owner of bunny B :)

 A wonderful Rainbow brite ring :) one of the best cartoons of all time

 

Allison is fun just like her creations from her funky pink hair to her sailor moon wands and happy panda tshirt she always has a smile :)

 

 

a link to our toy team https://www.etsy.com/teams/13951/vintage-toy-addiction
feel free to join us

a little late night crafting

So lately Ive felt the need to make stuff ..it must be this time of year my mind is always working better than ever and I feel really happy.



So the last few days Ive been diggiing through all my craft supplies..I have WAY to many and just kind of playing around with them until im happy with something while I watch some movies..

Heres some of what Ive come up with so far.

                                               My B is for Bunny magnet

 

Ive been wanting to do some mixed media for a bit now

this is actually a piece of box that I found on one of my walks..I found a few pieces and thought they might have some uses

I couldnt get my pictures to turn out very well for some reason ( cant wait to get a new camera )

 

 

Some rings I made :)

 

 please excuse how bad my hands look they are just healing from all my cat bites and scratches

 

 

 

And one Im quite proud of my vintage inspired dolly hand mirror :)

 

 

 

Well thats all for now :)

Love is all you need

Warning a bit mushy :)

Today is my 6 year wedding anniversary,and I am very very happy!!
I have a wonderful husband who is so very sweet and patient with me ..very patient with me

And has made the last 6 years of my life the best I have ever had ...


We had known eachother less than a year when we got married and we had known eachother less than 2 hours we became a couple and pretty much right away it was decided that we were forever and we would never be apart.


We met on myspace..you know the thing that came before facebook and started talking on the phone and then a few days later met because he didnt live far away
on our first date he came to my house and we watched Blazing saddles and then decided to go driving which took us to the park it was night time and a pretty brave move on my part..alone at night with a strange guy..but I could tell he was harmless :) and my mom being my mom had wrote down his licence plate number and discription of that he looked like just incase I got murdered and thrown in a ditch...
We had a good time we sat on the park bench and talked about lots of things childhood ..cartoons movies toys and then we went to walmart and walked around and looked at the toys and talked about how they changed since we were kids..not so long back.
We then went to sonic and he asked what I wanted and I said that Id take a Ocean water..he didnt know what that was and he ordered me a water..I didnt want to say anything..first date and all so I just sipped my water.
then it was time to take me home and he had manners he didnt try any naughty stuff he asked very nicely for a kiss and he walked me to the door very polite and even though..I at the time I wasnt wanting a relationship ..one found me and I knew I was ready for one because he was the right one for me.
                                                                          Dating

We got engaged on New years and then we got married at the park we had our first date at
a park we both had happy childhood memories of as kids

 Heres a picture of me at the park for a barbie themed party at age 3 with my cousins im the little one on the end.
the next photo you can see the same bridge...we also stood on the bridge for other photos.

 

 

For our honeymoon we went a beautiful little artsy town Eurkea Springs Arkansas which we plan on going to in a few weeks as we couldnt this week because other things were going on.

 

 

 

 

Went to the park today for pictures but it was a bit crowded...

 

 

Its been a great 6 years with many many happy ones to come!!

Here we go again 53 squeakys for me to love

 

As you my few readers probably know Ive been buying squeakys like a crazy for awhile now

I just cant resist them I love them LOVE them they are so cute

Ive been working on a book its the perfect excuse for my beginning to get expensive hobby

Plus Im about to turn 25 its probably time I do something.

Im in love with the company Alan jay but they are very hard to find I search ebay and etsy nearly everyday and I finally lucked out I found the sweetest saddest little doll..one I had wanted for a bit now the doll on the phone she was only .20 cents yes a wonderful deal because the finder of the doll wanted her to go to someone who would care about her and im just that person :)

I plan on cleaning her up thanks to one of the toys I bought on ebay sometime back a stahlwood clock I have an idea for squeakys that are starting to deflate fill them up with fiberfill to help them keep their shape.

Check out the shop I got her from here https://www.etsy.com/shop/WhisperwindsAntiques

 

 

 

 

 

The next grouping came from ebay I got the whole lot for 20.00 a really good deal

baby donald by disney and my favorite in the group Edward mobley Arrow rubber doll,the next a 1966 J.L Prescott and the last Baby Joy 1979

 

 

 

           Another Alan Jay and one of my favorites such a sweet little cat.  bought on etsy check them out here https://www.etsy.com/shop/buckeyesandbluegrass?ref=pr_shop_more

 A stahlwood bear doll..im not sure why a bear is dressed as a bear but it is funny
               the next a 1985 Ross Laboratories bear

My funny little fish cat bought from a wonderful shop on etsy with lots of fun little items

check them out here https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheOppositeShop

 

                      A cute little poodle I found at flea market Pretty cute

 The next is a cute little russian dragon the reminds me of Sonic the hedgehog
another purchase on etsy check out the neat store the seller is very sweet https://www.etsy.com/shop/TasteVintage

My husband got me this sweetheart because our 6th anniversary is coming.

 

 

That brings my total to 53 ..more to go

 

 

Small town flea marketing

Awhile back on the way to the aquarium in tulsa ok I saw some neat little flea markets in all the little towns we passed and I asked Josh to take me back sometime and he said he would so a month passed or so....
and then saturday he took me I woke up early had some coffee and we drove and stopped off at the first little town
The first flea market we went to didnt have much but we bought some divided plates..its ok though because they didnt take debit card and we only had a small amount of cash
the next flea market was much more interesting tons of old interesting books and toys and I bought a ton of stuff.
Heres some of it

                                                 I finally got the Happy Apple Ive always wanted :)
                              

little celluloid doll

She was naked when I found her but she thought it was improper to have her picture taken in the all together

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The next flea market we went to after that was a flop I didnt get anything

it was full of SMC junk you know that late night infomercial with Tom Bosley

see it herehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttix2Ks4JsM

 

The next flea market wasnt new to me but I was glad to go as I usually find some good stuff

not a whole lot this time though

but this little crawling cupies are cute.

 

 

The next one was one I hadnt been to in about 5 years because its always closed when I go by this time I found a ton of great stuff I didnt take pictures of half of it though.

  I got a bag of dolls for a good price Im not sure who the first one is but her hair is pretty bad
the next one is a 1987 mattel wee wild things doll in great shape and the next a sea wee in pretty good shape but her hair needs a bit of work.

Some pacman mugs that Ill put in my husbands store

 

That was the end of my flea marketing for that day It was very fun I got a ton of great things

I have a few items I meant to show last week but never got around to it so I guess Ill do that now

theres a flea market I hit pretty often I dont always find good things because the place gets pretty picked through all the time these days..but this round I managed to find something I just love

A large sized doll with beautiful but haunting features I snagged her for 7.00 she is in good shape other than a pen mark on her face. She reminds me of  a book my friend Victoria introduced me to The lonely doll by Dare Wright..Ill probably hold onto her she is so sweet.The next is a chair my husband got for a his studio to replace his old ugly broken one it was a steal at 40.00

 

 

 

 

I guess thats all for now!