lost & found vintage toys

vintage recipes for children ~

remember jello 1 2 3?
it had a short run & was mysteriously taken off the shelves in the late 60's.
i think it made a brief return years later?
3 layer lime jello 1 2 3 was toxic's absolute favorite food!
i found an attempted recipe online to recreate this perfect summer treat & have tweaked it a bit myself after trial & error to achieve the effect, so here is toxic's recipe if you'd like to try it:

retro 123 jello recipe ~

need:
i used (1) 8 oz tub fat-free cool whip
(1) 6 oz box of berry fusion jello
(you can use any flavor or 2 flavors by substituting 3 oz boxes instead)
water & ice
a blender

prepare normally half a 6 oz box of jello (or (1) 3 oz box) & let it set up in a dish that has room for more layers (1 cup boiling water & 1 cup cold water..)

after that has set up ~
in a blender put the other half box of jello (or another 3 oz box) & add in 1 cup boiling water, pulse a few times until jello dissolves, then add 1 cup ice in water & pulse a few more times until ice melts..
then add in 2/3 of the tub of fat-free cool whip & pulse several times quickly to whip it up.. pour onto the first layer & let set.. it will separate into 2 more layers!
top serving with a dollop of the remaining cool whip..

on the subject of recipes, look in the sidebar for the new album of vintage recipes for children, all photos are from my own vintage golden magazines for boys & girls or jack & jill ~ enjoy!

ghost & toxic

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nukadiner

i've been doing a little remodeling of vault 11 in fallout 76 lately ~

this new stairway now leads up to this nuka cola vending machine upstairs ~

except it's really a secret doorway ~

into my own private nukadiner :D ~

retro styled with cozy booths & bar ~

cigarette & slot machines, & an upright piano i've been practicing on ~

my private bomb shelter, vault 11 with diner is now right up there with my favorite custom places to live in in the post-apoc fallout universe, along with maisie's kitty sanctuary & the lost & found toy shop ~

& a nice break from the horrors found out in the wasteland i must say ~

oh god. jolly chimps!!!!!! ~

my nemesis ~

bye bye monkeys ~

bren

sears christmas 1942

so before we put xmas away i wanted to remember vintage xmas toys a bit ~

with more old sears catalogue pages ~

this time in book form from dover books ~

welcome to xmas of 1942 ~

toxic wants all these old toys ~

she still has her old gilbert microscope in case ~

first aid for sick dolls :( ~

more like this to come! ~

bren

xmas is coming

so we set up a different kind of tree in our diningroom this year ;) ~

that's right, it's a deluxe cat tree ~

& besides the missiletoad i posted the other day, we've added a couple of new ornaments to our unique assortment ~

including this version of edvard munch's 'the scream' ~

& of course this guy ~

have i mentioned that i married a sasquatch? ~

yeah, he's fully domesticated now ~

some other holiday items we've picked up ~

elf on the shelf holiday cereal ~

cozy nbx pjs ~

& slippers ~

because i find i'm in pjs more often than not this winter ;) ~

kinda wish i'd picked up these rankin bass figures too back when they were available ~

bren