As my various quirky collections grow they often merge into one another.
Recently, my vintage toy truck collection welcomed a new friend in the form of a 1957 Tonka Farms stake truck found at an antique shop in Lodi, CA while on a weekend getaway with friends. Because I’ll never have enough of these fun display pieces to satisfy, I snagged it up for the bargain price of $25. As I have no studio to call home at the moment, I’ve been bumping into other collections awaiting display such as my amassing of unframed vintage paint-by-number paintings. I gathered a few of the nature paintings relevant to the current season to use as backdrops for a couple of my trucks. One painting fit perfectly tucked into a chippy wall shelf.
The rest served as scenery for the Tonka on the long road home, aka: our mantle. (Look out for deer crossing!)Do you have any quirky collections?
Are you familiar with SMASH* products? I think they are simply brilliant. I’ve been in love with them since I first saw this video a while back:
Both my teenage daughters have SMASH* Folios, and with their permission, I’m sharing a few shots of them.
This is one of Sarah’s pages, entitled Random, from her International SMASH* Folio (pictured above with added lace).It’s the perfect book to hold such sweet things as photo-booth photos of her and her BFF.A special flower from a special friend is tucked into Jamie’s Retro Blue SMASH* Folio,along with that special (flat) friend, and a few surfing mementos.Recently, the girls were sent the new SMASH* Time Capsule Kits!These are really cool storage boxes to keep nostalgia-worthy tokens and treasures safe for a very, very long time. The sturdy box is designed to fit one standard SMASH* Folio, (not included,) plus other odds and end. The metal clasp securely stores all keepsakes. I love the fun Past, Present & Future pad inside that prompt lists of ideas, thoughts and favorite things.The SMASH* Time Capsule Kit includes:
40 wonderful pages to journal a year’s worth of moments and musings from Opposite Day to Earth Day, and ever other holiday in between. And of course, the genius black pen and glue combo stick!
Be sure to check out all the other fabulous SMASH* collections online at K&Company– there’s loads and loads of fun Folios and accessories.
Wow, what a wonderful response to Magic Jelly’s new shop! Thanks everyone for all your kind words, Karena has read every comment and appreciates it all so much.There’s still plenty of time to enter the giveaway, and I’ll have another fun giveaway opportunity happening again this week, so be sure to check back!
I’ve no big project to share today as I’m working hard on finishing up the 2012 batch of Country Living Blue Ribbon Blogger awards. But I do have a fun little nugget to share- this ridiculously simple idea came to me when I wanted to share some chocolate covered raisins after lunch with my workshop students recently. I wanted something to hold them that was cute, inexpensive and quick (no time to craft something cool,) but a paper nut cup was boring and a cupcake liner was not quite rigid enough. And so, the inverted-cupcake-liner-nut-cup was born! These would be fun to use for all kinds of snacks for parties and more.
As I have no studio to call home at the moment, I’ve been bumping into other collections awaiting display such as my amassing of unframed vintage paint-by-number paintings. I gathered a few of the nature paintings relevant to the current season to use as backdrops for a couple of my trucks. One painting fit perfectly tucked into a chippy wall shelf.
Do you have any quirky collections?
