lost & found vintage toys: raggedys

raggedys

raggedy ann & andy

12/01/2014

i'm devoting the first half of december to raggedys ~

starting with these vintage mini plush raggedy ann & andy dolls ~

there are so many different raggedys from over the years ~

but i tend to like best the ones from toxic's own era ~

like these from knickerbocker ~

stick around for lots more or just click on raggedys in the categories list anytime ~

bren

Posted at 09:43 AM in dolls, plush, raggedys | Permalink | Comments (0)

11/19/2021

the ghost gallery

something different for this flashback friday ~

a long post while i sit here trying to keep warm on this cold morning ~

so i've posted about how i started my gumbyland website over 20 years ago now ~

well i also began putting up my artwork up at my website at the same time ~

at first i called it the secret gallery ~

but as my online persona became known as 'ghost' i changed it to the ghost gallery ~

it has grown & grown over all the years ~

to include drawings & paintings in all different mediums ~

in all different styles from realism to abstract & experimental ~

from studies & sketches ~

to installations ~

that i like to call 'dollscapes' ~

& my photography albums ~

from down in socal to up here in the pacific northwest wonderland ~

& so you are invited anytime to visit my gallery online ~

there are 3 connected hallways ~

& wherever you see an X you can click to see details, extras or entire albums ~

but be sure to use a laptop & not a phone ~

or you won't hear the music playing ~

which is essential i have to say ~

so why not visit me in my wonderland ~

& slip down the rabbithole ~

into my own ghostly wonderland? ~

i'll leave a bunch of links here in this post to check out ~

but be sure to visit the entire ghost gallery up at gumbyland anytime for much more ~

note: the last hallway i call the 'rows of never opened doors' ~

on this page almost every image links to an entire album in itself ~

it has been my art therapy for many years ~

a guided imagery of sorts ~

i don't know how i would have coped with my strange life without the ghost gallery ~

look for special links for all of our mini houses ~

as well as our nature trails ~

or just peruse the art ~

the cemeteria album for example is particularly large ~

as i've been photographing old cemeteries & trees for decades now ~

feel free to let me know what you think in the comments ~

toxic was always drawing, painting or creating things out of boxes ~

so much of my artwork, like the lost & found toy blog, is inner child themed ~

for my fellow vintage kid friends ;) ~

also look for my kitty & backyard birdies albums ~

we are nature lovers here ~

there is also a special page linking to all of my photography albums ~

which includes a few of my films at the very bottom ~

just click to download them ~

they may take a little while to do this ~

i've encorporated many vintage toys into my installations over the years ~

many that i have posted about here at the lost & found blog ~

i think toxic was highly influenced by watching gumby as a very small child ~

it's as if my inner child grew up in gumby's toyroom along with him ~

& so many of our friends are old toys ~

there are many hidden things in the rows of never opened doors ~

this mandala/kaleidoscope i titled 'inner child' ~

this is a little cutout book i made called 'innerworld' ~

another photography album called 'january trees' ~

i love trees ~

toys are often our best friends in childhood ~

i'm like a cat in that i've always loved boxes & made many kitty houses & playhouses out of them myself ~

this album called 'paintdrinker' is for my inner child who i nicknamed 'toxic' many years ago.. lol ~

bren & toxic

Posted at 01:43 PM in cats, ghosts, gumby, houses, lost & found, miniatures, music, novelty, raggedys | Permalink | Comments (4)

07/17/2021

lost & found toys

now that the lost & found toy blog is in its 10th year of daily posts ~

i thought a proper book was in order ~

toxic agreed ~

i've posted shutterfly books & items here before ~

welcome to my toyroom ~

my happy place ~

it all started with gumby ~

as a kid i didn't have a whole lot of toys ~

& no proper place to keep the ones i had ~

so i lost them all way back in the day ~

my bucket list was to bring them back ~

& then some ;) ~

my toyroom is like an extension of the gumbasia toy store where gumby grew up & had his early adventures ~

my earliest memory is of watching gumby ~

& i began collection gumby items & other toys & books back in the early 80s ~

now my inner kid thinks she died & went to heaven ~

being an eccentric toy collector has been a blast! ~

bren (ghost) & toxic

Posted at 09:46 AM in books, dolls, emily, ephemera, gumby, halloween, houses, lost & found, old school, plush, raggedys | Permalink | Comments (3)

06/27/2021

happy birthday lost & found!

Hi & Welcome to the Lost & Found Vintage Toy Blog!

i'm bren & this is the lost & found's 9th birthday post ~

i'm a collector of vintage toys, books & pop culture items, including holiday, retro or even contemporary toys that i particularly like. i host a website called gumbyland that i've maintained for 20 years, as my biggest collection is of the 50's character gumby! all the items i have up at gumbyland link back here to show off the collection in detail for my fellow gumby fans, but there's much more here to interest vintage kids & collectors.. i've posted a toy, children's book or collectible every day since i started this site ~

my bucket list is to try to find all the toys & books i lost in childhood, & whenever i mention the nickname 'toxic' i am referring to my own inner child (yeah i am a little bit dysfunctional.) i've also been known on the web for years as 'ghost' in part because i like to photograph old cemeteries.. & i also paint & write & create art installations, dollscapes, miniature houses & digital art so i have a ghost gallery of my art up at gumbyland for anyone who's interested.. there are links in the sidebar & footer to all my different sites & pages ~

if you're looking for a particular toy or item please try the search box & the categories list in the sidebar, although i've found it doesn't always work to find all of the items i've posted, so if that doesn't work you might want to peruse through the archives.. each archived month has a page with 3 posts & you can click at the bottom to continue through all that month's posts.. there's even an inventory album in the sidebar with thousands of item thumbnails.. & you can ask a question anywhere using the comments, i am usually able to answer by the following day.. i try to go back & update old posts where appropriate so check back ~

vintage kids & nostalgia buffs please feel free to comment on any of the posts new or old & share your memories here.. from here on i may or may not be posting every day, but don't worry i still have lots of cool stuff to share (lol i said that last year :D) including highlights of fun old posts from the archives that i want to bring back ~

my toy room has changed since i first started posting, so this is an updated look (click on pix for the larger size) ~

my toy room is my happy place.. have fun!! here's your own ghostgallery library card :)

ghostgallery library card	2021
ATT: this official card allows carrier full access to the ghostgallery, gumbyland website & all affiliated blogs, links, albums & archives, including toxic vintage library. do not lose.
gumbyland the lost & found toy blog ghost blog the ghost gallery rows of never opened doors photo albums ___________________________________ your name here		all artwork & photography by ghost are copyright protected 2021 all rights reserved brenda roudebush
Note: gumbyland & the ghost gallery require laptop or pc for essential music, phones & tablets will disable this feature.

bren (ghost) & toxic

p.s. Hey! we were featured :)

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— Brenda Roudebush (@GhostAtTheGate) July 24, 2018