lost & found vintage toys

humpty dumpty clown bank

circus week continues with this humpty dumpty cast iron clown bank ~

i believe this is a very old reproduction of the original, but still cool vintage ~

you can barely read humpty dumpty on the back.. (george l. fox was america's first great white face clown character humpty dumpty created in 1867 - fox gave 1128 performances on broadway in this role and was the most highly paid actor of his time - unfortunately he was removed from the stage during his last performance and taken to an insane asylum dying three years later - it was rumored he went insane due to poisoning from his lead based face make up - but in reality he succumbed to the ravages of syphilis..) ~

part of his hand is missing so he can't hold a penny, but his hand still raises & his tongue moves to eat pennies ~

the lever works & pennies still fall inside ok ~

but they fall out the bottom because he has no stopper underneath ~

i just like him because he's old & freaky looking..

ghost & toxic

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stickerstuff - monty python sticky notes

it's weird wednesday again ~

some monty python sticky notes from the unemployed philosophers guild this time ~

still more stickers to come ~

& just click in ephemera in the category list in the sidebar for more anytime ~

bren

monty python's flying circus magnets

it's... ~

the monty python's flying circus magnet set! (just the remedy for when you're no fun anymore ;) ~

i'm an old fan & have posted monty python items here at the lost & found before ~

these magnets are too much fun ~

your fridge will get much less boring to be sure ~

from the unemployed philosophers guild ~

& a few of my own old drawings from my mindless art album (click me!) ~

ni! ~

the beast of caerbannog! ~

it's only a flesh wound ~

bren

flashback friday favorite ~ dolly freakshow

a flashback friday favorite post from halloween 2018: happy halloween month! ~

to kick off october you are invited to my latest ghost gallery dollscape ~ 

the dolly freak show

all the vintage toyroom dollies are there for the show, which includes my own freak dolly creations ~

so use a laptop or pc & crank up the music track, which you won't want to miss, just click the link above to enter ~

here are some shots of the freaks in their early mid-creation stage ~

venus's tattoos ~

& vintage clown header ~

it's halloween all month at the lost & found :) ~

bren/ghost

flashback friday favorite ~ things to make for children

this is a vintage sunset book from 1974 that toxic had at her house ~



she used to pore over the dollhouse pages & try to get her dad to build one for her ~



he didn't. ~



so now me & hubby build dollhouses together ~



dollhouse furniture ~



can you tell it's the 70's from these sock puppets? ~



toxic once followed these plans to make a puppet theater out of a cardboard box for an elementary school project ~



it worked great ~



cool treehouse! ~

this has been a flashback friday favorite post from november 2013 ~

visit our themed mini houses here: our mini houses (sound up)

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