lost & found vintage toys

misfit dolly for sue

one christmas past i posted my 50th anniversary misfit dolly for sue from the rankin/bass rudolph the red-nosed reindeer animated special ~

a rare version that's particularly hard to find, but if you'll read the comments there you'll see i found an even better home for her than my own toyroom.. the story went something like this, little girl with self-esteem issues gets the dolly she wanted most for xmas, that looks like her, takes it to kindergarden for show & tell & it gets stolen away, she longs to have it back & her mom searches for years to replace it.. anyway, a true lost & found story that melted my heart, as toxic was a misfit with self-esteem issues herself ~

& so to replace her i found this newer build-a-bear workshop version ~

& i do like that she actually looks a bit truer to the rankin/bass original character anyway ~

with yarn hair & red bows ~

so merry christmas julia!! & merry christmas everyone, especially to my fellow misfits ;) ~

some more rankin/bass figures ~

bren

xmas is coming

so we set up a different kind of tree in our diningroom this year ;) ~

that's right, it's a deluxe cat tree ~

& besides the missiletoad i posted the other day, we've added a couple of new ornaments to our unique assortment ~

including this version of edvard munch's 'the scream' ~

& of course this guy ~

have i mentioned that i married a sasquatch? ~

yeah, he's fully domesticated now ~

some other holiday items we've picked up ~

elf on the shelf holiday cereal ~

cozy nbx pjs ~

& slippers ~

because i find i'm in pjs more often than not this winter ;) ~

kinda wish i'd picked up these rankin bass figures too back when they were available ~

bren

holiday stickers

sticker time! ~

it's almost thanksgiving ~

which means christmas stuff is everywhere already ~

here's a bunch more stickers from my scrapbooking box ~

for all the holidays ~

uh oh i used up all my rudolph stickers :( ~

& most of these vintage xmas ones too ~

am i in danger of running low on stickers?! ~

i'll probably survive.. lol ~

stickety doo da ~

bren

gumby in christmas crisis

for throwback thursday a little gumby adventure i created years ago ;)

click images to see the larger size ~

bren (ghost)

rudolph goodies

rudolph the red-nosed reindeer is classic xmas ~

& every year i pick up a few of the new retro xmas items ~

like this imagine ink coloring activity book ~

winter chapsticks ~

& bandaids ~

made by bendon ~

one last activity book ~

rudolph standee ~

including scenes for over 100 stickers! ~

bren