Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!!

Love, ggsdolls

New Childrens Book For Pre Order!

Hello my fellow collectors! It's Christmas Eve here on Guam
and I just had to share...

 Pre-Order of my new children's book, hardcover!!

"Our Dearest Friends"

By

Cynthia Flores

Available through my Etsy shop, for $21.95 plus shipping

Limited Time Discount Price, regular price $39.99!

Click Here! 

 Here is a children's book I wrote, and photographed, using vintage dolls and toys from my collection! If you enjoyed reading those Froebel Kan, Shiba childrens board books as a kid, from the 1960's or 1970's by Akihiko Tsutsumi, then you will love this book! I created this book with a retro style, modeled after Mr. Tsutsumi's work! A great book for those who love vintage dolls and toys or as a gift to your favorite little person. This book has over 10 full colored photos, and is easy reading for your little one!

Available only through my Etsy shop, link above! This is a pre-order for the book, and when purchased includes shipping. This means when the books arrive to me in January. I will ship them ASAP to you. Thank you so much for your pre-order! This book was made with love of vintage dolls and toys by me, and I truly appreciate your business. Thank you for shopping with a small business and a small author. 

Love, Cynthia/Gigi

Copyright:  Cynthia Flores
Edition:  First Edition
Publisher:  Snapfish.com
Published:  November, 27 2018
Language:  English
Pages:  22
Binding:  Hardcover Photobook
Interior Ink:  Full color
Dimensions (inches): 8.5 wide x 11 tall

Thank you for the love of reading! ~ ggsdolls

Rare Finds for My Etsy Shop and More!

I found some rare cuties, that I will add to my Etsy shop in a few minutes. But, just had to share with you first!

 I found this lovely rare Bunny planter with heart. She has eyes, like those Norcrest white deers I used to have in my collection. She is in lovely condition, wearing a hat with flower, and black bow. I will add her to my etsy shop in just a few minutes. Then, I also found this huge ceramic sweater cat. At first, I was thinking about making his body furry, but his sweater is not too bad. I did replace his fluffy tail, with a nice white fluffy one. You can see how tall he is standing next to my furry cat! The cat too will be added to my shop soon!

 I will also be adding some ornaments, I got in a lot the other day from ebay. Some, I have fixed and put them into smaller group lots. Flocked vintage ornament houses, Santa, etc. The blue house, dog, and drum, I will keep. So, be looking out for some of these ornaments in my etsy shop as well.

 I also was able to get butterflies from Hobby Lobby with wires and added two of them into my Terrarium. I had forgotten I had some mushrooms, from another shop and found them in my craft drawer. So, I added two more mushrooms into the terrarium as well. The post where I added the bee, and lady bug is here.  I also received my 'family book' from Snapfish. I loved how the book turned out and got them during the 'Black Friday' deals they had. So this was a lot cheaper then they usually go for! Great for keepsakes of your family tree, etc.

 Today, I wasn't home most of the day, because of Sara's class Christmas Program. This year she is at a public school close to home, and it has been awesome. I don't have to drive far to get her if she is sick, and she really loves her teacher, and the kids are nicer, she says. I'm just glad she is thriving. The program was really nice and I'm so proud of her too. Her class danced to BTS's song, Mic Drop. It was a blast to watch. Okay, off to get these goodies listed for you!

Thanks for reading! ~ ggsdolls

Christmas Ornament Finds, ETC!

Christmas is just around the corner! So, I decided to add a few vintage ornaments to my collection and here's what came in...

 I bought this lot of vintage kitsch 1960s flocked ornaments from Etsy. In the lot, was 'Little Red Riding Hood', 'Little Miss Muffet', and a cute girl, perhaps Gretel from 'Hansel and Gretel'? Not sure. I've always wanted to get these cute flocked Japan made ornaments for some time. Since a few were up for sale. I figured, these I could afford to buy, without going beyond my budget. They arrived safely and fast too, sadly Miss Muffet is missing her spider. All of the girls were in good to great condition. I love Red most! If you noticed, I used an IG sticker to create the spider on Muffet below. Haha.

 These character ornaments are just adorable. I remember similar ornaments as a child. But, not on our Christmas tree, but my Aunt's tree. You see, my mother quite often drove over to her sister's house in Piti, about 40 minutes from our village, to visit with her and we spent a lot of time with her and her family. I recall us kids helping her put up her Christmas tree. A lot of her decorations were from Japan. Ahhh, the memories! The next set, I got were these two felt Putz type house light ornaments, made in Japan. I love the coloring and the simple look of the house, besides the fact that they cost way less than actual vintage Putz houses. LOL I have red and blue in my collection and hope to get yellow too.

 You are supposed to place Christmas lights through the holes at the back side to allow light inside the house, so they look nice all lit up! Just adorable and kitsch. Last, I found these lovely vintage ceramic Ado Mizumori hairspray cover and wine bottle cap, perhaps from an online website, that sells directly from Japan. While searching up to find more of my vintage ceramic Mizumori girl figurines, these showed up instead. I will be adding them to my shop soon!

 The hairspray cover is found often even through Etsy or Ebay. I'm not sure with the small wine cap? Both are in lovely condition and maybe you could recover the cardboard tube with a different color to design? I hope to list them later today...

 Have a wonderful week and Happy Holidays!

Thank you for looking! ~ ggsdolls