lost & found vintage toys

wrapping up an all gumby weekend here at the lost & found with this old pop culture catalog ~ from unknown products ny ~ featuring gumby & moody rudy! ~ bendys, stickers & t shirts ~ & beany & cecil :D ~ trolls & dreebles ~ sea monkeys & ant...

this update to the ghost closet is from last winter ~ a low-key informal short ~ because i was bored & in my pajamas ~ & mostly just wanted to share my new toys ~ includes my own homemade radiohead inspired crying monster ~ bren

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! ~...

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...

i love mr johnny depp ~ i've been watching his movies since way back in the day starting with his appearance in a nightmare on elm street & 21 jump street :) ~ & i've loved how through all the years my summer birthday would always seem to coincide with...

the ghost closet antifashion show continues ~ vault forever, surface never ~ yeah with covid & monkeypox lurking about, i'm kinda happy being a reclusive vampire ~ this post has a variety of t's & pants with cool pockets ~ continuing through the weekend as we say 'piss off' to...

back to the antifashion show ~ today i'm pulling out my closet skeletons ~ as a vampire i require long-sleeved hoodies to protect me from the sun ~ otherwise i'm reduced to a pile of ash over & over like during this summer's infernal heatwave ~ ever since i wore...

the ghost closet antifashion show continues ~ with a portion devoted to t-shirts & hoodies i designed myself using my own ghost art or other images ~ & yes i am obsessed with pants that have lots of pockets! :D ~ i'm a pmle vampire so i require long-sleeved hoodies...

today's ghost closet antifashion show features more of the music we love ~ with a special focus on elliott smith whose birthday was yesterday, miss you, man xo <3 ~ from my days as friendlyghost at the old sweetaddy forum ~ where i first heard about so many other great...

continuing the ghost closet antifashion show ~ with alice ~ the mad hatter ~ & the cheshire cat <3 ~ we're all mad here :D ~ down the rabbithole ~ more tomorrow ~ bren

the ghost closet antifashion show continues today with radiohead ~ who doesn't know what a radioheadhead i am by now ~ visit my ghost gallery with your sound turned up to find out ~ thom yorke is my muse.. ~ i require radiohead ~ more like this to come ~...

recently i saw this post up on emily the strange official insta account ~ & of course i had to enter to try to win one of the cool new emily t-shirts & accessories ~ as someone who has been collecting & wearing emily t-shirts, shoes & socks for the...

remember the sad ghost club? ~ so i recently picked up some cool official merch ~ including this sweatshirt that i can still wear for awhile as we're still having rain & hail here in portland :) ~ not a knock-off ~ enamel pin ~ have you read the guide...

so i was finally able to add the hard to find vampire gumby pin to my favorite jacket! ~ it was available once upon a time up at the gumby world store but not for long & i missed my chance years back ~ i miss playing gumby games for...

this is a flashback friday favorite post from 2016.. it's mayday which means we are halfway to halloween! ~ oh yeah, & it's also time for the spring friends of the multnomah county library book sale! ~ i came home with a boxfull of books & it's still going today...

so i was commenting at my other blog about our 'altar of eclectica' ~ this wall unit that mr dad & i bought for $200 way back in the early 80s has come a long way with us ~ & over the years has become known fondly as the altar...

obviously alice & the cheshire cat & mad hatter are favorites of mine ~ just click on alice in the categories list for a glut of alice items ~ so i'm often sporting an alice t-shirt like these cool cheshire cat ones ~ i'm among mad people ~ here's the...

wrapping up emily posts on this throwback thursday ~ i now have this emily sticker on my bedroom door so i won't get lost, or i will? ;) ~ my latest addition to my emily t-shirts seen here against the infamous altar of eclectica ~ see you later (emily can...

more vintage christmas nostalgia today ~ this time it's sears postwar 1945 catalogue pages ~ my great grandma had that little house with the thermometer on the wall of her room :) ~ but let's get to the toys :D ~ classic kewpie <3 ~ games ~ books ~ christmas...

check out this cool gift box i just got from mcmenamins ~ mcmenamins is a cool local company here in oregon ~ i've posted pix here in my portland album of edgefield, which is closeby in troutdale ~ elliott smith performed there ~ so i'm like a cat in that...