Over the last 5 days or so my car has been filling up with treasures I've 'rescued' from various places.
No problem, just unload them from the car and put them into the garage ;-)
First up, vintage Fisher Price!
I was driving to work last Friday and someone had these in their RECYCLING BIN. I literally said 'No!' out loud as I was driving and turned around to scoop them up.
Yes, they're been left out in the rain and need some sprucing up but I ♥ them. The house is just like the one I had as a kid (it's from 1969...).
I'd never seen the town set but the 1973 charm of it won me over. I mean, who wouldn't want to go see the 'Great Fire' at the Little People theater?? Oh, and I love that the staircase has a secret lair--just like the boys have under our stairs!
Apparently I am collecting vintage Fisher Price/Little People toys. Along with these 2 new finds I have a barn & silo and a school bus. I guess I'll be making room to display them in my new studio space ;-)...
Next, just a couple of my latest swap pile treasures.
I need one more side table for the basement family room. We have one but it's decent and I've been hesitating painting it for fear Bobby Law's head will explode.
When I saw this one at the dump today I knew there would be no problem with painting it. Now I just have to decide which color.
Oh, and the baseball trophy? I'm going to spray paint it and be on the lookout for more. Not sure why.
And one more thing, yesterday's was a historic trip to the swap pile.
Cuyler 'picked' his first item! He read the posted swap area rules and insisted that I supervise him at all times. He even held my hand for a minute. As soon as he saw the frog picture, he knew that he wanted it. I told him that as long as Will agreed, we could take it.
It's now hanging proudly on their bedroom wall :-)
The three of us (me, Cuyler & Will) had a great time there today.
I told them we could go back everyday this summer if we wanted {big grin}.
After all, where else can you get treasures like this
...for free!
