Here’s a cheerful little Thursday post. One of my favorite Christmas presents this year, a wooden mobile of smiling faces from my Mom. It’s an ebay find, by a Finnish company, Aarikka.
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Category: Vintage
thriftcraft, we hardly knew ya
As some of you might have already seen, I’m bringing ThriftCraft back into the fold of Wee Wonderfuls for now. It’s just too overwhelming having 2 blogs. Well actually it’s not. I could just let it sit there unupdated for long periods of time. But I get all twitchy when things are hanging out there like that so for my sanity I made an ‘official’ decision. So now thrifty treats will be over here on the w.w. Here are some … More
Daddy’s Day
Happy Father’s Day! Hope all you dads out there are as happy as this one here, playing with his new garage sale find, an old 1950s Pachinko game.
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crazy doll lady
Yep that’s me. Or it is soon going to be. We went to this amazing crazy estate sale on Friday that was baby doll madness! I think this woman must have been the old Grandma in the neighborhood who has an open invitation for all the kids to come over to play with a stockpile of outdated toys. When we first walked into the backyard and saw the boxes and boxes and boxes of dolls I about had a heart … More
some excellent mail
When Ginny, a librarian in Seattle, emailed me out of the blue with the subject line “want books” I of course emailed back “yes please!” boy, I had no idea what amazingness I was in for. She’s got my number!
Lokomotywa, a Polish children’s book of poetry by Julian Tuwim, illustrated by Jan Marcin Szancer, 1938. Of course we’re huge into trains around here, and the colors and illustrations are so beautiful. I love this book. more photos from the … More
tie one on- dishtowel apron
Here’s my dishtowel apron for September’s Tie One On. Thanks for coming up with another great theme Amy. I didn’t have any twill tape on hand but I did have a big long piece of soft cotton embroidered lace that I tore off a thrifted sheet years ago. I think it turned out cute and once again proves that if you keep something around long enough it will find it’s destiny.
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Thanks Kim!
My flickr group co-admin Kim and I did a little vintage fabric swapping. I hope she’s as happy with her package as I am with mine. She sent me so much amazing stuff!
this beautiful vintage apron
pretty buttons and vintage fabric – what could be better!
I love these little prints so much. They’re so delicate and the slightly muted colors are beautiful. This is why I love vintage/antique fabric.
and Kim was so thoughtful to indulge my current … More
