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 ... "Sprinkle that stuff everywhere!" ~ Unknown

 Gosh, March is already on its way out! Here's some things I found the past few weeks...

I found this cutie rubber doll in blue pajamas and hat sucking on her pacifier from a Japan shop site. I've seen this one back in early 2000s and she was sought after than. But I guess not as much today. She is already listed in my shop. And she's in excellent condition. The ones I've seen before were always in poor condition! Haha! Below, I was doing some searches on Daiso items and found this set of two doll plush pajamas. I am hoping to use them on my Babymilu!! Haha!

 Above, I won these vtg wooden cute retro animal cutouts on Yahoo Japan auctions. I love these wood toys mostly because they are so cute displayed with my decor. They are definitely cutouts from a retro Japan fabric and than someone sealed them onto wood cutouts. Love them so very much too! NFS.

 I also got this Lot of vintage seal stickers mostly for the anime girls haha! I have a few stickers seals that are from this era so I had too! At some point I hope to have a place to display them in. As I mentioned a few posts back, I have been loving scrapbooking and journals from Japan. I found this one that included a lot of retro anime girl or heroine stickers and cutouts. One of my faves.  

I've always seen these miniature books from the 60s that were prizes from Cracker Jack! As a kid I've always hoped I could find a book inside as a prize. But it was mostly a joke card, sticker or game. So I found these two for cheap and got them just to feed the kid inside me. LMAO! So cute!! I love the artwork on them as well. They remind me of Mary Blair!!

These little books are complete stories and even have illustrations in them! There's a whole set, but I only got the two. Below, I found this lovely mint in package toy instrument set! I love the bears on the tambourine and the flower whistle is just too cute! The set is also listed in my shop! 

Welp that's it for now. I hope you are able to thrift some awesome items for yourself or your shop too! Have a lovely weekend ahead my friends!

Thank you for reading! ~ ggsdolls 

Handmade Journal Fun!!

      Here's a handmade Rushton journal scrapbook I made!! Video and photos after my tiktok vid for you to see more details of the journal...

 

@ggsdolls_vtg I made this adorable Rushton journal to keep things I find or get that are Rushton Toy related… I’m truly proud of the way it turned out. 🥰 #vintagekitsch #maryrushton #journaling #scrapbooking #handmadebyme ♬ Bubbles - Sorairo Blue

 

 I recently became smitten by journals or scrapbooks handmade in Japan filled with vintage and modern ephemera items. So I decided to make a Rushton journal version!! Below is exactly what I made! I've been taking some time to create and fill the scrapbook journal along the way. Now, I felt it was decent enough to share!

 First, I started off with some fabric I already owned with lovely vintage Rushton plushies! I had some left from other projects I had been working on. Than, I added some pom pom trim and satin ribbon. I was able to also utilize a pink fabric that I had with the baby duck and added some polka dot ruffle trim as well. It was truly fun trying to create the journal using a clear file journal I found at my local Goody/Daiso. I had hand sewn the fabric and trim. Inside also has a pink floral fabric I got from the Goody store ages ago.  

I decided to put this lovely Mary Rushton ornament my dear friend Heather made for me on the inside of the front cover. I found some dividers and journal paper along with files that have pockets to fill my journal with and hold many of the ephemera I already had in my collection. I put this lovely vintage Santa wrapping paper as a start. The wrapping paper reminds me of the Rushton Santa and the same or similar style of that period 1950s.

Inside, I added some baggies with stickers of some adorable Rushton plushies, cards from other sellers who have gifted a card or photo of their collection. Even Valentine's stickers I got from another collector friend Alam in Mexico!

I also found a journal page that can hold my Fuji Instax polaroid photos!! These were photos I took some years back of my collection! I love that I can always have these memories of them! I even had a photo of a doll I no longer have! Haha!

This page, I put a vintage music note card of the song, "Man on the Moon" that was gifted to me from a seller! Seeing this card always made me think of Rushtons and just that dream time from long ago!

I also printed out some items to include, like Melanie's with her Rushton friends. My vintage Santa ad card that you can find very easily these days. Even some stickers and business cards by other collectors!

Last, a page I included with some cute animal stickers, my key charm necklace and caramel candy dice box. It's still a work in progress and I hope to add more as time goes on. One of the things I love about scrapbooks and journals, you can add to them!

I am truly happy with the way it turned out and all the adorable pieces I've kept over the years. Definitely one way for me to keep a memory of that time frame of my collection.

I hope you found this inspiring for your collection?!

Thank you for much for reading! ~ ggsdolls