A Virtual Flea Marketing Trip with me

So I hadn't spent time with my mom in so long now because one of us would usually get sick and cancel or something and I have become quite the hermit plus she works but she had the last 2 weeks off and today was her last day so I thought I should do something with her I called her up wendsday and asked if she would like to go do something and she said..I don't know you always cancel on me so I don't see the point ...OUCH! and so I decided that no matter what I wouldn't cancel I would get up early even if I was tired and I would go because I do cancel on her way to often..and I feel horrible!


So I woke up a little before 10 am and tried to go back to sleep and couldn't so I called her up and she said she would pick me up soon.. So I got up and got dressed in my favorite horror movie tshirt ( she was so pleased haha )  It was my Dawn of the Dead shirt which she of course complained about and said I cant believe you would wear this on a nice Mommy Daughter day..at a nice restraunt ..

So She took me out to eat at this nice little tea shop and we had Asparagus Quiche and salad and a pot of Orange Spice tea and then we went to a flea market and I decided to take pictures.

 I thought about getting that cute cat figurine..but I thought about what it would be like to ship it and changed my mind...

 I have no idea what this is but it reminds me of Chubby from The Little Rascals

                                                           A Very Kitschy Clown

 I spotted this at both flea markets we went to the first time it was 75.00 and the next for 65.00 ouch

 I had something like this when I was a little kid..

                                                          a bunch of cute dog figurines

 Blue and white china .. my moms favorite type ..This is the type of stuff she looks for when she goes flea marketing..

 Large...sort of creepy doll...

 Really neat Willy Wonka poster..but they wanted 225.00 for it

 Beautiful chalkware carnival doll..

 Sad dog bank Josh has this in plastic

 Really neat kitschy Retro tacky awesome! I wish they hadn't been 10.00 a piece maybe Ill try my hand at making some.

 Extreme Tacky Retro Chairs that I have been wanting for over a year now but have no room for and Josh doesn't want them in the house :(

 A close up of the pattern on the chairs.. I really must have these

 My dad used to smoke this brand...oh the memories....

 A lamb planter so cute I almost bought it and then I remembered I have 2 lamb planters that I haven't sold yet...

 I love vintage Christmas stuff its great and it reminds me of Joshs Grandma

 I have wanted this guy for awhile but every time I come across him he is expensive and Im a cheapskate

and finally the last picture....I would hang this in my house

 

can you believe I only bought 3 things I got a vintage cat squeaky and Playskool Kid Sister ( the one I have talked about before ) The doll is in good shape except she doesn't have her original clothes and on the way home my parents Boston Terrier got ahold of her and messed up her hair so now I have to brush it out and put it back in pig tails...and a Oliver vhs ( I have told myself not to buy anymore vhs that I have no room but I have wanted to watch this movie for awhile it was a favorite when I was little )

The second flea market is HUGE we actually didn't finish going through it .. it used to be a nursing home which is kind of ironic and depressing ..My favorite booth that I buy Polly Pockets and Sweet Secrets and stuff like that was gone though and that was disappointing.

 

Well that's it for now :)

A Woodland Bear Christmas Contest

So sometime ago I realized that lapin and me is having a contest for the best costume for your Woodland Bear doll..So I thought why not Ill enter I never ever do things like that

So after pondering what I could dress the doll up like I finally decided she was going to be Santa it also happened that it snowed so I managed to get the perfect picture...here check it out

Heres the link to the picture https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152575901851992&set=a.10152545032576992.1073741861.74955121991&type=3&theater
and check out the rest of the entries : )

 

Next post A Flea Marketing Trip with me

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 :)

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 :)

Flea marketing saturdays

Saturday I got to go flea marketing I overslept by an hour but it ended up not mattering much because I finished on time.


We went to carthage which is one of my usual places I go but it has been awhile and yet the inventory hadn't changed much at all.. very disappointing Ill have to switch it out with a new area for flea marketing which Ill probably do again soon as Im trying to get my shop to 200 items its been my goal for awhile and I never make it..
but I almost have 200 sales so I should do 200 items once I reach 200 to celebrate :)


So I guess on average I make 100 sales a year wish it was a bit more but I pretty much only sell toys and vintage toys which means I have to market to adults with big hearts who still remember childhood...they are the best kind my favorite kind of people.


Well anyways Ill quit rambling on and Ill tell you about my trip


I stopped at the first flea market which is my favorite of the bunch because in the past I have found some great things kewpies and Puppy Brite and a squeaky tennis player.

I did find a few goodies

This cute little tykes toddle tot with dump truck :)

 I bought a to of these Goosebumps stickers just for the fun of it im not even sure what im going to do with them :)

 This is the second Stan plush I have found in the last 2 flea marketing trips I usually never find South park stuff so I felt pretty lucky to find him..I of course will probably only be keeping one Stan and Ill sell the other either on ebay or through my facebook.

 I bought this for a laugh Im giving it to my mom who is a Spanish teacher :)

 This guy is so cute and kitsch he will be going into Merrills charity store.

 My favorite find of the day the only squeaky and one I have wanted for awhile perfect for my upcoming winter scenes :)

                               A cute kitschy lamb planter also going to Merrills shop

 and I couldn't resist these guys I love everything 70s and Love is perfect :)
in one of my dads old High School year books its actually the theme for Football Homecoming.

 It turns out I went wild on the breakables I usually try not to but I found so many cute ones that I couldn't resist this guy almost got broken a few times by the people at the counter..happens every time I buy a ceramic bunny..I love him because he reminds me of the White Rabbit in Alice in Wonderland ..He will be going into Merrills shop.

 With Christmas coming up I thought she would be a good addition to the shop.

 Next I found a bag of doll heads..which I always buy when I find a good deal it was a large bag for 5.00 I mostly bought it for the giant clown head who I have already used he had a derby hat on that I wanted for a project and it had to be cut off him and I think Ill use his face as a mask for one of my dolls.

 This little guy was in the bag of doll heads...scared still of the clowns who were wanting to eat him.

 These look like cabbage patch doll heads..but they are apparently older and made by someone else..which leads me to wonder lots of things......

 the heads came with one of these pretty much just like a Cabbage Patch doll when you unfold it theres a birth certificate.

My next stop was to a flea market where I have had lots of luck in the past I found my Brite Eyed kid and my celluloid walker doll but...its inventory hadn't changed much at all and they now don't take debit cards but I did get 2 items which the lady held for me while I went to a atm machine.

This guy is oh so cute I almost want to keep him he is so snuggly and soft.

 And this thing it reminds me of a puffalump but im pretty sure its not..Any ideas?
there wasn't a tag on it.

I went to one more flea market but didn't find anything at all that I wanted and I decided to skip the rest because they were the more expensive wanna be upscale flea markets where they charge you 50.00 dollars for a mcdonalds toy ..( im serious ) or ones with mostly furniture and art for high prices.