I bought Tim this calendar towel to hang in our kitchen. ’58 is our year. Our house was built in 1958. Then we started noticing that more often than not when we buy something old off ebay or at the thrift store or whatever it’s from 1958. Evidently that was our year, even if we weren’t around to see it.… More
Category: Vintage
jello anyone?
My pic for this week’s A Doll a Week group. I have no idea if I’m playing by the rules — it might be just Blythe & the like — but what the heck. I’m going to play until they kick me out.… More
the friendly phoebe
Here’s a gift for Phoebe from the best gift-giver ever, my Mom.
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under the tree
I try to justify these ebay purchases saying their for Phoebe, but really she’s much more interested in legos and transformers. Seems if it’s not Oscar’s she not interested. Oh well, more for me to play with on Christmas Day. above: Holly Hobbie and below: Tammy dolls (wait til you see all their outfits!)
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Happy Thanksgiving
Illustration by Gyo Fujikawa from Everywoman’s Family Circle, December 1959
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who needs toys you can actually play with anyway
I’ve got a few new additions this Christmas to the collection of paper dolls I had as a kid that I’m gradually amassing for Phoebe.
Early America. (I showed these to Mom and she said, oh your
grandmother must have bought you those and I bet you hated them. She’s
probably right. Not roller disco enough.)
The Ginghams were my favorites. My sister had two sets and I had two, if I remember right. This is the first box I’ve … More
heidi
I found this Heidi in a purse doll at the all night flea market this Summer. Phoebe was interested in it for about 2 minutes and then on to something else so I put her up on a shelf to save for later. Thing is, now Phoebe can reach almost all our shelves including the saving them for later shelves. She unearthed Heidi yesterday and I just had to let her play with her because, check it out, they’re wearing … More
