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 ~ portland rocks!

today's flashback friday favorite post is from 2017: this morning i was on a mission ~

ever since i found an awesome black cat 'vancouver rock' i've wanted to hide some of my own here around portland ~

i picked up this rock on one of our hikes because it seemed kinda heart shaped, with a few cracks, not unlike my own.. it seemed perfect for a little gumby ~

& i happened to be looking at monster high dolls at the store today, so... ~

i hope finding these will be as much fun for someone as it was for me hiding them :) ~

here are a few clues to where i hid mine ~
one is where i like to buy comic books..
one is in a park, shining in the summer sun in a knothole of a cool tree..
one is hiding where cool little girls buy dolls..
one is in the spooky section of the coolest bookstore there is..
& one is on the moon..

if you need more clues, these are all places in my photo albums ~

this was too much fun ~

thanks to cg for my black cat rock, it reminds me of my sweet lilah i'm keeping it forever ~

now updated with cool links! ;)

i wonder who found these? <3

bren

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wrapping up an all gumby weekend here at the lost & found with this old pop culture catalog ~

from unknown products ny ~

featuring gumby & moody rudy! ~

bendys, stickers & t shirts ~

& beany & cecil :D ~

trolls & dreebles ~

sea monkeys & ant farms etc ~

extras ~

vintage kidstuff ~

mr bill oh nooo! ~

look at the prices ~

buttons too ~

play doh ~

looney tunes ~

foam bendable gumby & pokey ~

with a special coupon ~

from mad mag's alfred e newman ~

click the links in this post for more ~

bren

ghost closet antifashion ~ ghost art

the ghost closet antifashion show continues ~

with a portion devoted to t-shirts & hoodies i designed myself using my own ghost art or other images ~

& yes i am obsessed with pants that have lots of pockets! :D ~

i'm a pmle vampire so i require long-sleeved hoodies ;) ~

bren