a ghost.. a real ghost.. has no need to die.. what is he except a being without access to the universe that he has not yet managed to forget? ~ randall jarrell
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all art & photos on this blog are copyright protected..
my ghost toy catalogue ~ an inventory of ghost toys & collectibles old & new including toxic toys, toxic's library & halloweeniana..
New Gumby Comic Books are here!!
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vintage recipes for children
- deliciously classic or wonderfully gross, these vintage recipes for kids from the golden magazine for boys & girls or jack & jill magazine are fun even if they don't make it to your table..
~ copyright 2012 all rights reserved
kids' meals
- kids' meal boxes, buckets, bags & cups for various promotions from over the years ~ (a work in progress, there are more of these to come..)
ghost pix album ~ rpg videogame screenshots, lol kitties & all kinds of goodies..
toxic was here album ~
vintage socal birthdays & halloweens, etc..
~ copyright 2008 all rights reserved
vintage socal birthdays & halloweens, etc..
~ copyright 2008 all rights reserved
Spotlight Posts
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flashback friday favorite ~ jello 123looking for a fun retro recipe to make for the 4th of july? please enjoy this flashback friday favorite post from summer 2012, my second post here: remember jello 1 2 3? it had a short run & was mysteriously taken off the shelves in the late 60's. i think...
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lost & found birthday!so today is the lost & found toy blog's 8th birthday! ~ in the spirit of things lost & found i'm sharing this kitty toxic drew when she was 6 ~ sent to me by my younger brother who is going through old things at our old family home after...
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a gumby dayso i'm having a gumby day today thanks to one of my gumby friends! ~ not long ago i sold one of my gumbyland items, (i usually don't do this but in this very special case i made an exception..) it was this skateboarder gumby keychain. my gumby friend, sally,...
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flashback friday favorite ~ fisher price little people housethis is the fisher price house that toxic had in the late 60's ~ it still had a wooden base, ringing doorbell & wooden little people ~ toxic spent a lot of hours playing in this little yellow house ~ & baking stuff in this kitchen ~ fp toys copyright...
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where the wild things area classic vintage children's book today ~ where the wild things are ~ from maurice sendak ~ max the wild thing ~ finds himself in a secret world ~ where the wild things are ~ this is a toxic favorite ~ see that one wild thing lurking in the back?...
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flashback friday ~ raggedy annfor flashback friday i thought i'd post about one of my favorite lost childhood toys ~ vintage raggedy ann ~ dolls, books or tin toys ~ raggedy ann & her brother andy have always been at home in my toyroom ~ my favorites are the johnny gruelle illustrated versions ~...
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when i imaginei'm someone with a very active inner child ~ once upon a time i nicknamed her toxic after reading several books by john bradshaw (i'm a psychology junkie) ~ ok, so she is mute & kinda feral, but she's mine & i wouldn't have it any other way ~ our...
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flashback friday favorite ~ tell me, cati'm still thinking about my mom ~ she loved cats just like i do ~ here's a whitman giant tell-a-tale book that toxic had ~ from 1965 by ellen fisher (a good year for vintage ;) ~ with cool stitchery by virginia tiffany ~ lost & found again ~ toxic...
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remembering momsee this old family photo from the early 70s? this is the way i remember my family, my mom & dad & brother & older sisters, i'm the quirky one down there on the left ;) ~ i'm departing from the toy & book routine for today because yesterday i...
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brain gamesa vintage book of brain games ~ from 1979 by will shortz ~ this book belonged to toxic as a teenager ~ keeping sharp ~ :D ~ nerd. ~ bren
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flashback friday favorite ~ valentinesthis flashback friday favorite post is from valentine's day week 2013 & we're remembering our sweet little miss pickles.. yesterday we lost our sweet little miss pickles. she was 11 years old & died of a rare disorder. we are all broken hearted here at our house.. this week leading...
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flashback friday favorite ~ lost smokey the bear camping seti was excited to see this vintage ad when it came up on ebay because it shows a lost playset of toxic's that i've been looking for forever ~ one xmas around 1971-1973 toxic got the smokey the bear camping playset shown in the ad & she thoroughly used it...
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flashback friday favorite ~ lost toyslong post ~ toys that remain Lost today ~ this was toxic's favorite lunchbox ~ tin aladin early 70's era dr seuss ~ with the grinch, horton the elephant, the sneeches & the cat in the hat ~ i see it on ebay here & there but it's pretty pricey...
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flashback friday favorite ~ vintage xmasa flashback friday favorite post today from an old christmas, this time a sweet little vintage xmas assortment of gift trims just in time for last minute xmas eve presents ~ this gift label assortment by kaycrest originally cost only 10 cents ~ for 50 seals, cards & tags just...
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flashback friday favorite ~ lost modrodleading up to xmas i wanted to devote a few posts to my favorite xmas toys (this is toxic with baby brother way back in 1970..) ~ for xmas 1969 santa came through with this awesome vintage plastic mod rod kiddie pedal car for toxic ~ i loved my modrod...
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flashback friday favorite ~ oldschool televisionclassic oldschool tv from the 70's ~ back in elementary school toxic used to like when the teacher would roll in the tv on it's metal cart & turn off the lights so we could watch electric company or other public television shows like self incorporated & inside/out ~ dvds...
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flashback friday favorite ~ upsy downsy landwelcome to upsy downsy land! ~ this book features characters made by mattel toys in the 60's.. childhood in 1969, it was a beautiful fuzzy world ~ toxic had this very psychedelic book ~ in fact for some reason she & her friends used to write all the bad words...
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flashback friday favorite ~ skeletonsa flashback friday favorite post from october 2013.. this is all i have left of my ideal visible head model from the 80's, it's the picture from the box.. sadly mine broke apart after being used as a hatstand for many years & i regrettably sold it at one of...
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flashback friday favorite ~ i like catsa flashback friday favorite book post today from the first days here at the lost & found.. from the 1968 bowmar early childhood series, written by marion w. crume, photos by harvey mandlin ~ toxic checked this book out from her elementary school library when she was little, now we...
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flashback friday favorite ~ mystery back of the mountaina short flashback friday post today from one of the first days here at the lost & found, since we are dealing with possible end of life care for the last of our beloved kitty family.. everyone knows snug is my special kitty, my cheshire cat, my unofficial therapy cat...
Collector's Corner LBPT
visit gumby's childhood home..
baker's tour painting by bren..
gumby trapped on the moon..
gumby rain spirits by bren..
the snowman by bren..
blue star drive-in (toxic toys)
blackbird's outpost dollscape..
ghost's halloween house..
floorsleeper/blue house dollscape..
lilac house..
raven's rest house..
charlotte house..
caution! zombarbies!
box of bees installation..
patchwork playhouse..
xyz dollscape
annie's saturday house..
hiding places installation..
autumn butterfly installation..
doll medicine dollscape (warning graphic content)
monkey lab installation
toxic dollies dollscape
never open your eyes dollscape (warning graphic content)
collidescope dollscape (warning graphic content)
migraine dolls sickroom dollscape
the haunted forest installation
pandora installation
lost hollow digital art album (warning graphic content)
january trees photo album
cemeteria photo album
ghost garden album
butterfly trials album
halloween photo album (warning graphic content)
dreamcatcher/dreamkeeper (warning graphic content)
bad blood by bren
little deaths
kaleidoscopes
spiroscience
closet skeleton
in a ghost house..
doll chest
little miss dx
toxic inner child dollscape
other cool sites ~
- stars antiques portland
featured us at their site :) - pdx estates services/sales
these ladies are the best! i'll see you in line ;) - the bloggess ~ jenny lawson's blog
so much cool & funny stuff here.. - culture of comics blog
cool blog by jeff whitman of papercutz.. - bright & tiny gems blog
vintage & other cool things here.. - dinosaur dracula
cool site i just discovered on twitter.. - mystic halloween blog
a cool halloween blog i discovered.. - jnk davis ~ celebrating creative togetherness
a cool creative site.. - view from the birdhouse
fun vintage to be found here.. - vintage teen books
a great site full of young adult books.. - ravensblight haunted paper toys..
one of my favorite sites.. - zombo's closet
a scary cool blog.. - the collinsport historical society
for dark shadows fans.. - little people meet mr potatohead
this site is a blast! - tracy's toys
a cool toy blog.. - retroland
everything retro - timewarp toys
buy old toys here ~ - vintage valentine museum
some good vintage ephemera here ~ - tommy's toys
a cool vintage toy blog.. - dis forum
for fans of disneyland.. - vintage halloween toys
cool vintage halloween stuff here.. - collectible vintage toys
an auction alternative to ebay.. - kathy's fastfood toys
kid's meal prizes - online antique mall ~ toys
lots of cool antique toys for sale here.. - imaginary world
lots of good retro stuff - halloweentown
nightmare before xmas site - doombuggies
haunted mansion site - this old toy
fisher price store - enchanted world of rankin/bass
rick goldschmidt ~ rankin/bass historian - scar stuff
vintage halloween blog - greenleaf miniatures
for dollhouse enthusiasts - little golden books
steve santi's store - sam's toy box
cool old toys..
friendlyghost gamepage..
my comic book page..
gumby in christmas crisis (powerpoint show by bren)
ghost stories
(blood & butterflies..)
- these are excerpts from the book toxic & i wrote about our childhood... it's called 'brenda was here'.. let me know what you think/comments? p.s. stories here are non fiction/true. (privately hosted ~ if you're interested in reading this just ask:)
mindless art
- an album of mindless random drawings including vintage television & retro kid shows ~ old vhs tape covers etc..
~ copyright 2008 all rights reserved
toxic tricks & treats
- pages from toxic's own autobiography & schoolwork..
the kitties
- our kitties ~
backyard birdies
- i love all the different birds we see here in portland..
cards
- collector cards, trading cards, card games & stickers etc..
pogs
- assorted pogs..
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fisher price little people ~ western town
vintage western town #934 from 1982 ~
in the back ~
the crank operates a moving platform on top that carries your little person along & drops him out the side chute, i have no idea why..
once again, i populate these with my own little people, not necessarily the ones that came with the set originally..
ghost & toxic
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02/23/2013
family nature guide
vintage book i found recently from 1976 ~
what caught my attention was that it's by jean reese worthley, 'miss jean' from hodge podge lodge ~
toxic loved to watch that show on public tv along with sesame street, mr rogers neighborhood, the electric company, inside/out & self incorporated etc ~
book flaps ~
some fun things to try ~
make snow ice-cream or collect spiderwebs ~
ghost & toxic
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