lost & found vintage toys

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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toxic loved learning to cook as a kid ~

she was lucky enough to grow up in a home with 2 grandmas ~

so i guess chickfila is ok again? ~

their kids' meal chicken is about the only kind i can eat ~

i like the cooking club prizes ~

as well as these lunchbox notes ~

sweet little notes in a nice tin ~

you're as hip as a hippo! ~

by tinyprints ~

cow creations ~

also kinda fun ~

you can color these cows how you like ~

cow clips ~

artist cow ~

chef ~

cow puppet kids' meal bags ~

soccer player ~

you color her in ~

knight ~

from summertime ~

i like scientist cow ~

chickfila kids ~

pirate ~

more like this later in the week ~

bren

vintage cookbooks

the disasterdinnerparty may be over ~

but retro foodies can always find vintage recipes here at the lost & found ~

well, for one last day anyway ~

before i begin my xmas holiday posts ~

mmm mmm good! or just gaggifying, which do you prefer? ~

a melange of meats? ~

i love these old 60s & 70s cookbooks from my kitchen shelf ~

by family circle or better homes & gardens ~

nostalgic oddball culinary masterpieces ~

suitable for my toxic inner child ~

or you can just click food & drink in the category list in the sidebar for more anytime ~

we could get snow by tomorrow, here comes xmas :) ~

desserts! ~

bren