The cabinet

My cabinet, also known as my happy corner in the house, is filled with vintage treasures. Actually, they're treasures to me, some might only see them as old silly toys..

My bf calls it an organised mess :)

Guess you can say it's a bit of a mess in the cabinet and i really should re-organise everything and maybe leave some of the things out of it, but help!! I'm so bad at throwing things away.

I think i'll keep the organised mess for a bit longer!

 

 

Home of the wooden people

When my friend and i are going to the thriftstore or fleamarkets, we're always searching for wooden people. (Old ones ofcourse :) ) They've become hard to find around here, or maybe we bought them all by now?? It's quite a happy moment when we do spot one!

I've got this bright green Ikea-cabinet where i put my best old finds in and i like seeing all the funny wooden figures in there, they always make me happy! And most of them do have a smiling face, maybe that's why they bring happiness?

Do you guys have a special collection that makes you happy?

Here's a glimp of my wooden family...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From the thriftstore

My finds from a visit to the thriftstore last week .. it was quite a good catch! Some wooden dolls, 3 nice quartets, postcards, invitations, pencils and this beautiful vase with polkadots!
A perfect hunt at the thriftstore for me!

You can see me in the vase :-)

Thriftstore treasures..

3 new ladies arrived at my house saturday! I found them in the local thriftstore, all for a little price. I can't wait to find a perfect cabinet for my wooden dolls cause most of them are stocked in a box for now....

Tins

Did i tell you i like to collect things... here's something else i collect: vintage tins!!

All the ladies in the house

The wooden dolls crowd is getting bigger & bigger. But as much as i like them they're becoming a little nightmare when it comes to cleaning my cabinet! So now i'm searching for an old nice cabinet with glass to store them dust-free... and in the meanwhile all the ladies (oh and the few men too!) grin at me while i polish their heads!

Did you notice? Spring arrived!! Enjoy this sunny week :)

Welcome...

Some new ladies arrived at the building! Meet them proud dolls :)

Did i tell you?

I love old pencils!!

I think i've got hundreds of them by now... I love to storage them in old wooden boxes!

Dusty old cards

I'm crazy about them!! I love the cute drawings & the fun colors they're printed in.
Oh and ofcourse the dusty smell...
My own collection is growing slowly but here are some nice ones i found on Flickr!




1. "Happy Birthday from Both of Us!", 2. cute!, 3. 1970s Greeting Card - 9th Birthday, 4. Vintage postcard, love



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I could go on and on... so many beautiful vintage cards!! If you're loving them as much as i do, be sure to check the Cute Cards & Postcards from the 60's & 70's group on Flickr!

T is for Treasures!

Welcome dear, new members of the wooden dolls family...

T is for treasures!

Old treasures that is!
I've spent a lot of time lately on all sorts of flea markets, inside dusty fully packed shops or at the local thriftshops. Or even better... browsing secondhand sites while being lazy in my sofa!!

My friend in crime & myself decided we have to start collecting certain old things cause what a shame for all the beautiful stuff that ends up in the garbage!

So now we're collecting vintage mugs, matrouschka's, old pencils and basically everything we like..

I think bf might be going nuts soon..