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

Related articles

halloween grabbag

little black sambo

pins & buttons ~ the beatles

twilight zone magazine

guitar picks

short post this cold morning ~

while boredshopping i discovered i could get my own custom guitar picks made so that once i start my band i'm all ready ;) ~

these little crying monsters all fit into a clip that attaches to my guitar case nicely ~

i'm calling my band 'blue soup' (so far it's only me) ~

bren

kidamnesia calendar

radiohead meets shutterfly ~

because i needed a kidamnesia desk calendar, right? ? ~

i posted all about kidamnesia here back in november ~

well i wanted to use some of my screenshots in a way where i could see them year round :) ~

crying monsters all year long ~

& i had to create a radiohead themed journal too ~

basic composition book with plenty of room for stickers ~

add decal & there you go :D ~

come on 2022, please be nice ~

bren

flashback friday favorite ~ wizard of oz

i only recently came across this book & i think it's a creative masterpiece ~

from 2008 by artist/writer graham rawle ~

i knew by the cover picture that this was right up my alley as a longtime fan of artists like art clokey, jan svankmajer, bros quay, & newer artists like christiane cegavske ~

(you'll understand why if you've seen my dollscapes ~ links down left..) ~

this is possibly my favorite version of the wizard of oz now ~

all your favorite l frank baum characters are here ~

dorothy & toto, the scarecrow, tinman & adorable vintage toy cowardly lion ~

poppies! now they'll sleep.. ~

i just love this book! ~

release the flying monkeys! ~

prints of graham rawle's work are available on his site ~

this picture makes me happy ~

for more wizard of oz just look in the category list on the left anytime & click ~

this has been a flashback friday favorite post from may of 2015 & wraps up wizard of oz week ~

bren

Related articles

comic books grabbag

once upon a storytime

What if... it was the Hipsters of Oz?

Cannes: 'Wicked Flying Monkeys' Rolls Out Sales