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lost & found 10th birthday!

Hi & Welcome to the Lost & Found Vintage Toy Blog!

i'm bren & this is the lost & found's 10th birthday post! ~

i'm a collector of vintage toys, books & pop culture items, including holiday, retro or even contemporary toys that i particularly like. i host a website called gumbyland that i've maintained for more than 20 years, as my biggest collection is of the 50's character gumby! all the items i have up at gumbyland link back here to show off the collection in detail for my fellow gumby fans, but there's much more here to interest vintage kids & collectors, i've posted a toy, children's book or collectible every day since i started this site 10 years ago ~

my bucket list is to try to find all the toys & books i lost in childhood, & whenever i mention the nickname 'toxic' i am referring to my own inner child (yeah i am a little bit dysfunctional.) i've also been known on the web for years as 'ghost' in part because i like to photograph old cemeteries.. & i also paint & write & create art installations, dollscapes, miniature houses & digital art so i have a ghost gallery of my art up at gumbyland for anyone who's interested.. there are links in the sidebar & footer to all my different sites & pages ~

if you're looking for a particular toy or item please try the search box & the categories list in the sidebar, although i've found it doesn't always work to find all of the items i've posted, so if that doesn't work you might want to peruse through the archives.. each archived month has a page with 3 posts & you can click at the bottom to continue through all that month's posts.. there's even an inventory album in the sidebar with thousands of item thumbnails.. & you can ask a question anywhere using the comments, i am usually able to answer by the following day.. i try to go back & update old posts where appropriate so check back ~

vintage kids & nostalgia buffs please feel free to comment on any of the posts new or old & share your memories here.. from here on i won't be posting every day, but don't worry i still have lots of cool stuff to share, including highlights of fun old posts from the archives that i want to bring back ~

my toy room has changed since i first started posting, so this is an updated look (click on pix for the larger size) ~

my toy room is my happy place.. have fun!! here's your own ghostgallery library card :)

	ghostgallery library card		2021
	ATT: this official card allows carrier full access to the ghostgallery, gumbyland website & all affiliated blogs, links, albums & archives, including toxic vintage library. do not lose.
	gumbyland  the lost & found toy blog ghost blog the ghost gallery rows of never opened doors photo albums ___________________________________ your name here			all artwork & photography by ghost are copyright protected 2021 all rights reserved brenda roudebush
	Note: gumbyland & the ghost gallery require laptop or pc for essential music, phones & tablets will disable this feature.

bren (ghost) & toxic

p.s. Hey! we were featured :)

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— Brenda Roudebush (@GhostAtTheGate) July 24, 2018

 

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ghost closet antifashion ~ no boring socks!

ok so it's the last day of the ghost closet antifashion show ~

& time for some comic relief? ~

i've posted here before about how wherever i go people compliment me on my socks :D ~

it's become like a long standing joke ~

well, i've always kept to the #noboringsocks philosophy ~

& i have an entire nightstand of them now ;) ~

so as i was making the ghost closet antifashion show i kept trying to show them off, but you really couldn't see them very well ~

like these cool radiohead 'down is the new up' socks <3 ~

so i did a full length no boring socks portion for the antifashion finale! ~

with my favorite music from fallout as background ~

so if a glimpse of stocking is something shocking to you please avert your gaze & go no further! ~

but if you're game then brace yourself for my pale vampire legs & here you go ~

& as my poor old camera dies.. anything goes! ~

& click the links for more no boring socks posts ~

btw.. have you seen the bo burnham netflix special INSIDE ? just sayin..

bren

ghost closet antifashion ~ nightmare before xmas

it's only 79 more days till halloween! ~

so it must be the nightmare before xmas portion of the ghost closet antifashion show :D ~

i've been wearing jack skellington for ages ~

& there's a whole category here dedicated to the tim burton classic ~

the pumpkin king! ~

just click in the sidebar on the left for so much more ~

my altar of eclectica once had an entire shelf in dedication ~

but then the halloweentown vampires took over another shelf as well <3 ~

ok so here we go ~

my poor old 8mm videocamera was slow to get running so ..wait for it ~

go away summer! ~

ps my son raven is a fellow vampire ;) ~

as was my kitty, boopy <3 ~

a note: i kept trying to show my socks but it never worked out very well ~

on that note, be sure to check tomorrow's post :D ~

pps.. halloween is already in the stores!! ~

bren

ghost closet antifashion ~ vintage kids

the ghost closet antifashion show continues ~

with vintage kidstuff today for flashback friday ~

from the toyroom :) ~

including cereal ts ~

& vintage kids' shows like sesame street ~

cool nostalgia to start off the weekend ~

in 2 parts this time ~

as my poor old well-used videocamera was starting to have issues by this point :o ~

more like this all weekend :D ~

bren