lost & found vintage toys

flashback friday favorite ~ american girls

yesterday i posted penny, today is penny's best friend, alex ~

(penelope & alexandra) ~

another american girl today doll this time from 2001 ~

two great xmas's in a row ~

alex was also custom made to chosen specs ~

she has sneakers just like my skechers at the time ~

she also remains in mint condition in her trunk ~

again the trunk is originally associated with a standard historical american girl doll, this one is molly's ~

from the pleasant company ~

alex has cool belongings stored in the drawers of her trunk as well ~

she has classic taste in toys & is ironically a gumby fan ~

her extra clothes are kept on hangers in her trunk, but she & penny sometimes swap ~

my american girls dolls are some of my favorite xmas toys ever ~

i love these shoes ~

alex also has a working coleman mini lantern ~

& she has her lunch bag all packed & ready to go on an adventure ~

she eats healthier than i do.. lol ~

pizza, salad, banana, cookie & milk ~

more american girl items tomorrow ~

this has been a flashback friday favorite post from xmastime 2015 ~

bren

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flashback friday favorite ~ vintage santa

this is a flashback friday favorite post from a xmas past.. Merry Christmas!

i hope everyone's having a wonderful xmas ~

a sweet little vintage santa claus wind-up toy today ~

unmarked, he looks 50s era to me, his beard is kinda worn from age but it just makes him more adorable ~

wind him up & he rings his bell ~

made of plastic with metal parts ~

he hangs out in my toy room year round ~

i also wanted to share some great vintage holiday postcards i found ~

 

some of these are a hundred years old ~

almost christmas! ~

bren

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flashback friday favorite ~ illumarooms

 

flashback to xmas 2000, the american girls line made minis back in the early 2000s, including these fun illumarooms ~

lil's diner lunchcounter ~

this girl's bedroom set has a kitty with her own little house too of course ~

by 2003 they were discontinued due to product breakage & electrical lighting issues ~

i love the cool retro lil's diner set with lunch counter & accessories ~

& all the mini items that make this set look so realistic, like the tiny shakemaker ~

this reminds me of rainy afternoons spent having a grilled cheese & milkshake at toxic's old local woolworth's lunch counter ~

the light bars stick by magnet & plug into tiny outlets ~

the windows also stick by magnet & have changeable scenes you insert ~

originally these set boxes were made of wood like mine are ~

mattel took over from the pleasant company years ago ~

i still have many of the fun magnet/signs from lil's diner on my fridge ~

here's the bedroom box set before you arrange it with lights & furniture ~

see the tiny outlets ~

the wall pieces are reversible depending on which pattern you like & a dustcover sticks over the front also by magnet to protect the scene inside ~

i wish i'd gotten the horse stable set before these were discontinued, but there were only so many xmas's they were available ~

original brochures ~

for my own minis & houses just look down left in the sidebar for links ~

some of my favorite xmas toys ever ~

bren

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