lost & found vintage toys

flashback friday favorite ~ halloween dolly freakshow

revisiting last october's dolly freakshow for flashback friday..
happy halloween month! ~

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

the dolly freak show
(sound up!)

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

fall library sale

yesterday i hit the fall friends of the library sale downtown here in portland ~

it's book nerd heaven ~

& it's like my xmas ~

wonderful old fashioned & vintage books ~

i always scoop up the dover coloring books ~

kittens & butterflies ~

vintage wonder, elf & little golden books ~

this dr seuss story was/is still my son's favorite ~

when i saw it was glow-in-the-dark i had to bring it home ~

thanks mr dad, for manning the book cart ;) ~

pop-up oz & kids' vinyl too ~

i found these pokemon guides for raven, as well as a world champion pokemon card in the free bookmarks box too ~

i'll be posting these books up individually soon ~

p.s. you still have time to get to the sale today, but it's also the pdx marathon today so.. just sayin' ;)

bren

jack & jill ~ october 1972

yay! it's october! ~

time to halloween ~

it's been a long time since i shared a vintage jack & jill magazine ~

this one from october 1972 starts off with a baba yaga story ~

autumn leaves ~

lost in the woods ~

a chipmunk story ~

i obviously need a helpful chipmunk in my pumpkin patch ~

my father is a herpetologist (exercising the python?) ~

haloween party games ~

bat mobile ;) ~

international buffet ~

the amazing spider ~

the witch's cat ~

changeable witch cutouts ~

happy first day of halloween month! ~

a sheep joke ;) ~

bren