Vintage Holly Hobbie Dolls

Just listed a batch of Holly Hobbie Dolls in the shop. 

   LOVE how they look together in a group- too cute! :-)

Holly Hobbie's Friend- Heather

Holly Hobbie's Friend- Carrie

Holly Hobbie

Holly Hobbie's Friend- Amy

Holly Hobbie

1st Edition 1990 Holly Hobbie Dolls

Pretty Girly

Pretty Girly Etst Favorites

Cute Rubber Squeaky Toys

Something silly turns on inside of me whenever I see brightly colored squeaky toys. I start to get all giddy and feel the sudden urge to repeatedly squeeze each and every one of them while repeating the ever so funny tongue twister "rubber baby buggy bumpers" over and over again in my head. Yes, they send me into serious cuteness overload and I have been driving the neighbors nuts this week, testing out the squeaker on each and every one of them. They must think that a whole pack of clowns has moved next door, with all of the silly squeaking they've been hearing. :-)

Happy Easter

Etsy Vintage Easter Favorites

New Batch Of Shortcakes In The Shop

A new batch of vintage Shortcake dolls has been added to the shop. (Loving those sweet, smiling little faces and happy spring colors!) We have all of the dolls in the photo (and a few extras that didn't make it to picture day).

We also have plenty of pets that go with the dolls. The purple dinosaur slipped into the pic...he isn't Shortcake. He's Spike from My Little Pony, but looks cute and like he belongs with the Shortcake pets.

Vintage Felt Christmas Pixies

Vintage 50s/60s Felt Christmas Pixies. Made in Japan.

Isn't this just the most wonderful box of pixie cuteness? 

Some for me and some for the Etsy shop. :-)

Here are some pixies from my collection, on my tree. They're sooo cute!

A Pretty Girly Christmas

A Pretty Girly Christmas, a photo by retrokitsch on Flickr.

Some of my favorite girly, pink Christmas decorations :-)

Here's the link to the Etsy Treasury

Wonderful Box Of Vintage Elves

 Last week, I found this wonderful box of vintage elves at the local auction house. I've been having lots of fun playing around with them, taking pics and putting them up in my Etsy shop.

 I've listed almost all of them, except for the Gilner pixies. I really love the pink ones and they'll be the hardest to part with...they're just sooooooooo cute. I love their faces- such darling, impish little grins!

The big polka dot elves are my second favorites. They've been featured in several really nice Etsy treasuries:

The Elves Are On Strike
 A Vintage White Christmas
 Nutmeg
 On My Shelf

Large 5" Vintage Japan Polka Dot Elf

Matching Large 5" Vintage Japan Polka Dot Elf

Cute Trio Of Vintage Japan Posing Elves

Another Cute Trio Of Vintage Japan Posing Elves

Vintage Gilner Elves

Rare Pink Gilner Elf

Coming Soon: Dream Pets & Elves

 Just wanted to let you know that these piles of vintage goodness are on their way to my Etsy shop :-)

Vintage Duro Decals

 I recently found a box of vintage 1950s decals, all in their original packaging. Aren't they wonderful? Look at those bright red graphics on the logo- so awesome! 

 It has been like Christmas around here, unpacking the box, sorting/organizing multiples, scanning and listing them in my Etsy shop. 

 There's already a batch that has sold and is headed off to a customer in Japan...she was buying them as fast as I could list them :-)

 There are lots of nursery themed ones in the box and even odd ones, like the dutch ones in the photo above. I don't even know why the Dutch are so often seen in vintage kitschy images, but I do like them and they always make me smile...maybe it's the bright colors or those cute little wood clogs.

 I am completely in love with this decal company's logo! Each set of decals comes in its original package- a glassine (waxy type see through paper) bag, with sheared edges and their red logo printed on the back. So cool! We just don't see graphics this well designed nowadays...

 If  I had to play favorites, I would choose the nursery themed ones. They are all 100% adorable!