orange you glad...?

most of the baubles pictured here are from the beadin' path. 

i absolutely *love* their vintage lucite bead selection.

happy birthday

to me! :)

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drawn on my ipad using sketchbook pro, 2012

bing crosby ice cream

serve with a bing cherry on top.

snow white & the headless dwarf

i had purchased these vintage cake toppers of snow white & the seven dwarfs from a brimfield dealer three years ago. i had completely forgotten about these figurines until my sister uncovered them the other day while searching for another item. unfortunately one of the dwarfs' heads became detached as i was arranging them for display on a bookshelf. so now the poor dwarf's head is sitting in a wheelbarrow, waiting for the day to be glued back onto his body with an epoxy adhesive.

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you'll notice that three of the seven dwarfs do not appear in this photo, as they had refused to have their picture taken for this blog post. one was too camera shy, one was too tired & could barely keep his eyes open, and the third muttered something about "damn paparazzi" before storming off.  and then there was snow white, with her bright red carol channing-like smiling mouth, perfectly poised for the camera and thinking to herself, 'i wish prince charming would come my way soon and take me away from these seven nutters.'

channeling my inner carmen miranda

 colorful, sweet, fruity fun!

this is one of my favorite bracelets

made from a variety of plastic fruit beads i've collected over the years. 

western union telegram

vintage telegram -
western union mother's day greeting:

"thoughts of you and home darling are in my heart tonight as i speed this message to you
jean and i are blessed many fold by your sweet nature and loving guidance
all the sweetness that life holds is deservedly yours 
may god bless you and keep you always devotedly george."

curly girl

vintage hair curlers