Mr Bim

 

Here I am again!!!

after playing hooky for a bit with the writing and flea marketing and everything else.

 

Its been awhile since I last had something of interest to write
We have been searching for a house most of them have turned out to be a no go so the hunt is still on but after not flea marketing for awhile because I didn't want to have so much stuff stacked up that I would have to move and because sales have been insanely slow on etsy I just gave up and went flea marketing I cant say no to it for long..

My birthday was june 17th so Josh asked me what I would like to do and I said FLEA MARKET! and Mexican food we also went on a 5 hour long float trip one day and got completely burnt which doesn't happen often because we are nocturnal..



It turned out that lots of flea markets aren't open on Monday so I didn't go to many

At flea market 1 I found this Weebles Wobbles house and after some research I found that it goes to Winnie the Pooh

                               I got a big bag of random toys just what I needed huh?

At flea market number 2 I found this really sweet bunny very kitsch and a little rubber bunny painting a easter egg which reminded me of the coloring pages we always did in school around easter time
I also found a really neat BAM BAM soakie

 at flea market 3 I got a bunch of books
Flat Stanley which I don't quite understand but had first heard of it from the show King of the hill

 I never can resist anything bunny themed I always just have to buy it

 This little book I got because it reminded me of me and Josh and our current hunt for a house
the mom bunny and baby bunny cant seem to find a house everything they try has either been sold or cant be rented to bunnies and in the end they decide that they will just build a house.

 I have been in search of this book for years now its one of my favorites from my childhood my mom used to read it to me.

I also got 2 peanuts finger puppets but I forgot to take a picture of them...


Today I went out flea marketing again and went to a new flea market

I got the baker or is it the butcher? Now I have a complete set just minus the tub
I also got this really rad Michelangelo lamp it works!! Im unsure if Im keeping or selling

After that flea market I went to the outside one ( also has an inside I just didn't go in )
and found these dolls not in the best shape but I liked them they weren't priced so I asked the vendor who said 2.00 for all so I got them along with a Gameboy game
I hadn't been to the outside flea market since I was about 10 and went looking for a hedgehog ( they sell animals there )

                                             Cant wait to play this! I got it for 3.00

At my next and last flea market I found Mr Bim and this ugly squeak toy who was labeled as Sweetie Pie ( a comic maybe ) she looks like a really ugly Little lulu
but I was really excited to find Mr Bim he is just so retro :)

                                           Heres the ad I found online for Mr Bim!!

Here are some things I found at the flea market that I found interesting but didn't buy

Don't worry this oddity isn't real its ceramic I almost bought it because when will I ever see something like that again..but I resisted the temptation.

 I would have bought this for my mom if it had been in better shape or at least cheaper

 I had a hard time not buying this.. I mean its just so cool but what would I do with it? I don't have kids and Im out of room in my apartment for things...so I settled for a picture of it instead.

 This guy has been on my to buy list for so long but I never find him at affordable cost

                                                        He even had his box still!!

 I have no idea what this is but I wish I did ..I wish I could have opened it

 

 

That's all for now hopefully Ill get to go on a few more adventures soon :)

Spring Cleaning Massacre

So lately I have really been tearing into my house cleaning every corner every cabinet locating all the stuff I can live without and getting rid of it


I sent a van load of stuff to my moms a bit of everything bag after bag of clothes movies books toys exercise equipment and a ton of stuff that I gave up on ever selling on etsy and I even parted with a yorkie statue ..I never really liked it but Merrill ( my old cat ) it was one of her favorite things so it made it hard for me but I have tripped on it so many times and so had Josh that I decided it needed to go find a new loving home.




Next off I have been listing a ton of stuff on facebook and etsy maybe Ill even get up to my goal of 200 items?





Heres some of the things I have finally got around to listing

                                          This first group of stuff I put up on my facebook and a couple of toy teams on facebook and I have already sold the Glo friends Vhs and Kewpie and the Wicked witch everything else is still looking for a new home.

 This is another group I put up on facebook everything is available except the glo friends finger puppet.

 Next I have had this guy for sometime now and I have debated selling him but kept going back and fourth finally I decided to just put him up he is for sale here https://www.etsy.com/listing/189413763/retro-green-elephant-toy?ref=shop_home_active_9

 This is a Vintage 1960s Winnie the Pooh Cereal spoon sitter by Nabisco I haven't listed him on etsy yet but I listed him up on facebook and if I don't have any takers Ill be listing him soon enough.

 Next a huge lot of Farm animals and dinosaurs and a pluto toy ( not yet listed )

 Another group of stuff I listed up on facebook toys and Barbie paper dolls and stuff

 I have had this floating around my house for over a year now and finally got it listed up on etsy https://www.etsy.com/listing/187775211/vintage-jewelry-box?ref=shop_home_active_1

 and yet another thing I debated selling or not but finally decided that they weren't getting the love they deserve sitting in a box in my closet so here they are https://www.etsy.com/listing/187331024/vintage-fisher-price-three-men-in-a-tub?ref=shop_home_active_4

 I got this listed today as will its a Hello Kitty Tooth Brush holder https://www.etsy.com/listing/189507094/vintage-hello-kitty-tooth-brush-holder?ref=shop_home_active_5

 I haven't listed this I don't know its date but I don't think its vintage I don't know its a Barbie keychain

 A vintage squeaky toy ( I happen to have another like it of my own ) https://www.etsy.com/listing/189520565/vintage-rubber-squeaky-toy?ref=listing-shop-header-1

 I had forgotten all about this I think I have had it for 5 years I found it in the corner of my closet behind my wedding dress its really neat but Im no good at painting plastic so Ill be listing it soon

 I got these awhile back from my husbands grandma but I hadn't had time to do any research and I finally did and here they are https://www.etsy.com/listing/189012838/vintage-garbage-pail-kids-cards-lot?ref=listing-shop-header-2

Very retro Love is figurine https://www.etsy.com/listing/188120986/vintage-love-is-by-kim-figurine?ref=listing-shop-header-3

 and one of my favorites of the bunch this vintage pose doll https://www.etsy.com/listing/189505509/vintage-japan-pose-doll?ref=shop_home_active_8

That's just the start of it I have a ton more stuff I have to dig out and clean up

Feel free to pay my shop a visit and maybe even help me unload ( I don't want to pack all of this up )


I forgot to mention above that I will be moving soon finally getting out of this apartment and into a real home..that is why Im on a getting rid of stuff spree :)

Quick stop flea marketing

So I made a couple of very quick stops to some flea markets on the way to our fishing destination both Friday and Saturday ( yes it was planned )
I decided to pick fishing spots that were near flea markets so Josh would have to stop and it worked of course ;)



Heres the stuff I found

Im sorry for the picture quality my house is dark and Im currently working with my old camera until my new one gets fixed.

At flea market one I walked in and spotted a Sun rubber doll I already had her but I figured I could sell one of them next I found the amazing kitschy sea shell dog and kangaroo puppet.
Saturday I stopped at a flea market that had just opened up not that long ago in a red barn I didn't find much but I did find that neat Elephant Squeaky next I stopped at another new flea market it was mostly new junk but I did get a basket that had a Yellow bunny and chick.

Hopefully Ill get to do more flea marketing soon that is after I get abunch of stuff posted that Im behind on.

better late than never? Happy mothers day

My mom isn't a fan of mothers day she never has been ..really she doesn't like any holidays ..I meant to do this yesterday but found myself busy every second of the day here is a post about my mom.




My mom was born in California her parents had a ranch were they raised horses
her mom fell in love with my grandpa on some sort of double date that they were on with other people she married him and later found out that he was much older than he let on and had 3 kids so my mom has a 2 half sisters and a half brother ( one of the sisters is now dead ) My grammy and grandpa first had my aunt and then my uncle and last of all my mom
My grandpa decided to sell the ranch and move to Arkansas and then back to his home place of Anderson Missouri he bought a house from the civil war that had no plumbing and they started a farm.

My mom was a quiet girl who liked reading books and riding horses she was also very beautiful

I got these pictures out of her yearbook -Im a fan of my parents old yearbooks my mom is not.
my mom is the one with black hair and headband-Josh says it looks like I went back in time.

                     My mom is the one on the bottom row in the very cute dress.

 My mom has always hated this picture I think its her 8th grade class picture.

 This is the picture where I think she looks most like me ( compare to the next photo )

 My mom pulling me and my half brother Justin around in our old rusty wagon.

                                   Me and my mom ( no I wasn't drinking that beer )

                                                 My mom before me in her riding getup.

My parents met when they were in elementary school but never really talked my dad had a crush on her but she was a good girl who would have nothing to do with the bad boy
in High school he offered her a ride home in his car and she snubbed him .. she wasn't getting in the car with a boy who smoked and drank and had the mouth of a sailor her friends always teased her that she would end up with him and she laughed because how could that ever happen?!

My mom dropped out of school her senior year because she just wanted to be alone and read ( sound familiar?! I did the same thing but I took a home course ) even after she turned 18 she stayed on living with her mom until one day she met a guy at her best friends house and they eloped ( I think she was in her 20s ) the marriage wasnt a happy one and that's when my dad came back into her life he and his dad had a construction company and they were working on her sisters house and then after that her house and sparks were flying between them ( my mom claims she didn't realize who he was uhuh ) Anyways long story short she got a divorce and got with my dad ( and what was written in her yearbook became truth  You will one day wind up married to Mark Durham ) So the wild boy got his girl ...anyways my mom and him got married and pretty soon after I arrived


My mom painted signs for a big chunk of the first part of my life and she was great
and then after that she went back to school and got her GED and went to college and soon became a teacher.

Growing up life wasn't always easy for me but my mom made things fun and if it wasn't for her my childhood would have been a sad one
she made me paper dolls and read to me and she even wrote stories for me and illustrated them and I got to color them
We didn't have a lot of money but she gave me everything I had new toys all the time and cute clothes and she always new how to make the day fun.. even though I have a half brother he was a lot older than me and I was pretty much an only child I didn't have friends so my best friend was my mom we did everything together on the weekends instead of hanging out with friends I went with her to the mall and I didn't mind it one bit.

Being grown up now and away from home is hard for me some days because I don't get to see her as often as I would like


My mom inspires me to be my best and I look back often and smile about my childhood and how happy she made it.

My favorite etsy stores

Its been awhile since I have done this and I thought Id update my list of favorite stores on etsy  ( not in any order )






Starting with MyPalPeppy https://www.etsy.com/shop/MyPalPeppy its a wonderful shop with great vintage animal themed items and guess what its for charity ( animal charity ) win win :)

Heres one of the many delightful items who can resist this?!?!

Another favorite of mine is ran by a wonderful lady and it focuses on Vintage toys so of course I love it https://www.etsy.com/shop/LovedOnceMoreVintage

One of the many cute toys Baby Brite :)

The best handmade toy shop ever ran by a sweet and very charming lady Isobel she turns fabric into lovable art https://www.etsy.com/shop/COLDHAMCUDDLIES if you haven't already you should buy a stuffed animal for yourself or as a gift I assure you they are quality that you wont find at any store-Also she now makes slippers and if you have a old stuffed animal in need of care she can fix him up for you

The next shop https://www.etsy.com/shop/Sinsperations is ran by my weird and awesome friend Allison Franks :) it has handmade and vintage right now she currently has some really neat squeaky toys!

and the next...A very neat shop different and unique and fun! Ran by a very talented and sweet friend of mine :)  https://www.etsy.com/shop/carnivalcats

If you love kids book you will love this store! https://www.etsy.com/shop/JRamseyBooks

This is my cats favorite store he loves it getting a toy from this shop makes him purr so loud
https://www.etsy.com/shop/ArtSincerely  so if you have a cat you love check it out :)

The next one has a bit of everything and a ton of vintage clothes https://www.etsy.com/shop/RogueRetro

The next store has some pretty rad jewelry and I bought my favorite necklace from it https://www.etsy.com/shop/PrettyInInkJewelry

I love this shop it has some really neat things if I was made of money I would have bought it all buy now https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheOppositeShop

If your in need of a cute card and you like dogs in hats then look no further
https://www.etsy.com/shop/Lillyzcardz

The next will make anyone smile you can buy greeting cards and prints https://www.etsy.com/shop/tylersworkshop

and one of my all time favorites if you want to impress your mother or grandmother or friend this is the way to go -the cards are fancy and sweet and made with love
https://www.etsy.com/shop/SissysPlace

That concludes my favorites list for now ;)

enjoy and check them all out