lost & found vintage toys

american girls ~ mini illumarooms

 

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 ~

bren

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flashback friday favorite ~ bigfoot center

so do you believe in bigfoot? ~

we recently took a rainy day drive to visit the new north american bigfoot center nearby ~

the town of boring oregon just got a little less boring ~

so my first impression of mr dad upon first glance was that he was a sasquatch of some kind ~

he's definitely gigantopithecus ~

so i married outside of my species ~

but he's fully domesticated ~

up here in the pacific northwest bigfoot is a kind of local celebrity ~

we spotted him once on one of our hikes (bigfoot hunting) ~

the north american bigfoot center is only a gift shop right now ~

but will soon be a full museum ~

we stocked up on bigfoot goodies ~

for the bigfootmobile ~

we were assured that the bigfoot air freshener does not smell like bigfoot ~

socks by archie mcphee ~

'cause #noboringsocks ~

it's the world's largest public bigfoot collection ~

more here: http://www.brensgumbyland.com/around%20the%20bend.html (sound up) ~

it's only a few weeks till halloween!

this has been a flashback friday favorite post from fall of 2019..

bren

flashback friday favorite ~ movie diary

this is a flashback friday favorite post from november of 2018.. so here's a cool vintage item i found at an estate sale ~

my movie diary from 1945 ~

write about the movies you've seen, & the movie stars ~

like mr bingles.. :O makes me feel all xmasy! ~

lauren bacall ~

judy garland ~

there are actually just way too many to show here, but you get the era ~

toxic's mom is a huge movie buff & would just love this old diary ~

bette davis ~

especially since the young lady keeping this diary & writing the notes was seeing all these great classic old movies at local theaters here in portland, where my mom grew up as well ~

frank sinatra ~

another favorite, bob hope ~

all the stories i've heard of the old portland theaters in their heyday, many are gone now ~

shirley temple ~

gary cooper ~

this little book is like a time machine ~

printed in the usa by conel books ~

saved the best for last, mr cary grant :) ~

remembering my mom..

bren

mysterious heart

it's no secret what a huge american mcgee's alice fan i am ~

just look down left in the sidebar for spotlight posts ~

& i've shared mysterious jewelry here at the lost & found before ~

i couldn't resist getting this latest limited edition set ~

which includes the jabberwock's heart necklace & earrings ~

as well as this cool leather wallet ~

it took a good while to get here from shanghai ~

but it was worth the wait ~

i also got this cool butterfly & heart pin for my jacket ~

so as a sometime patreon patron can't wait to play alice asylum someday ~

remembering my mom who i lost one year ago today ~

she loved medicine & anatomy..

bren