Lil' Vintage Story Books #5

 Welcome again to Lil' Vintage Story Books, where we share our favorite vintage children's books!

 This week, dentists are on my mind, as I had my wisdom teeth taken out yesterday!!  So I thought I'd share this tooth-related book with you.  It's called "Davy's Wiggly Tooth", written by Marion Borden and illustrated by Florence Sarah Winship, copyright 1964.

 We haven't had any lost teeth amongst the kiddos in this house yet, but they love this book because it gets them excited about the prospect soon!

 Their favorite part is when Davy gets to choose a prize from the prize drawer, because isn't that the best part about going to the dentist?  (Of course, the only prizes I got yesterday were some gauze pads and a pain pill prescription!)

 Every time we go to the dentist, they look to see if there's a little blue treasure box in the prize bin, but sadly, there hasn't been one yet!

 Now isn't he a handsome, distinguished dentist!

Finally, a lost tooth!

 What proud parents they are!

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LVS- Disney Edition

 Living in Florida, we're within easy driving distance of Disneyworld.  I'm not a huge fan of Disney in general, but my father-in-law has worked for them in L.A. for 45 years, so this means we are able to go to the parks free of charge!  So, we go about once every year or two.

We realized recently that we haven't gone since Avery was born.  She loves Minnie Mouse from watching the Disney channel, so we decided to go for a short trip this weekend. 

 For her first trip, I wanted her to wear something somewhat Disney-appropriate.  She doesn't have anything with the Disney characters on it, so I was so happy to find this adorable outfit while thrifting last week!  It features a little applique teddy bear on the front, which matches the gingham shirt underneath- I'm SO in love! 

 This is her sitting on the "It's a Small World" ride- she loved it, even though her face may not appear that way!

 And, just for fun, I edited the photo with a 1960's mask on it- I think she looks like she could have come right out of an old photo album!

Overall, it was a fun trip, but it is just so overwhelming there- it's exhausting!  Even/especially for the kids.  I think it will probably be another year at least before we venture back again!

See more vintage cuties here and stylish kids here this week!

Latest Estate Sale Scores

I actually rarely go to estate sales.  The ones around here really don't seem to be that good, at least for someone who collects the things I collect.  But once in a while I'll see one online that has "my kind of stuff", so I'll make a point to go. 

This sale was obviously in the home of a woman who made dolls- there were hundreds of porcelain doll heads and molds, etc.  I wasn't interested in those, but I was able to find a few other gems amongst the piles!  Take a look at how adorable that little doll is, and I absolutely love the Ginny wardrobe!  My aunt made us tons of Ginny clothes when we were young, and I still have them all- now they'll have a place to go!

 And isn't this the absolute sweetest little baby doll?  I am in love with her sweet face!

I did some research online, and she's a Thumbelina doll from the 80's.  I hope Avery gets herself onto the doll-loving train soon, because it would just melt my heart to see her cuddle with this doll!

But here was my biggest score.  A pile of tin dollhouse pieces.  I asked the man how much they were, and he said, "$5?"  I had just seen Rachel's post about using a dollhouse roof as a magnet board, so I thought if worst comes to worst, I could do something similar with the wonderful graphics on the pieces.

Well, do you know that every single piece was there to make the whole dollhouse?  And it was 20% off day, which actually made it only $4!

These photos aren't the best- it's dang hard to take good photos of a tin dollhouse!

It's definitely a little worse for wear- there's a bit of rust and tape marks, and everything's a little yellowed.  And at some point, I may in fact take it back apart to use the pieces for something else (I almost like the graphics better on their own vs. in the house), but for $4, I certainly can't complain!

And look how PERFECTLY it fits in my shelf- I didn't have to move the shelf or anything- it was an absolute perfect fit!  I now have to find a place for the things that used to reside in that shelf, but that's a different story!

I really need to do an updated studio tour for you all.  I show bits and pieces all the time, but I should take some proper photos and show you how it looks lately...

Tomorrow, Avery's wearing a really cute outfit for Little Vintage Style- it's one of my favorites so far!

Lil' Vintage Story Books #4

Welcome again to Lil' Vintage Story Books, where we share our favorite vintage children's books!

 Today I'd like to share "Morning Noises", written and illustrated by Alain Gree, copyright 1962.  The story is sweet, all about the noises you hear while going about your morning, and I absolutely love the illustrations!  Such gorgeous colors and details!

Gotta love  boy who can wear lavendar-striped jammies!

 I just adore this drawing of the town!  Love all the scrollwork details!

 Wouldn't it be fun if these were really the colors of firetrucks and firemen's uniforms?

 I think this illustration of all the cars would make such a cute print in a boy's room!

This is the last page of the book.  I've always been tempted to take it out and frame it- it's so wonderful!

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Little Vintage Meets Little Modern

Last week I found a small bag of vintage baby clothes at the antique mall.  There were two or three really cute things in the bag (the rest was really ready for the trash), and it made the $5 price tag absolutely worth it!  My very favorite was this little yellow jumper with a duck.  I searched Avery's wardrobe for suitable pieces to work with it, and I just love the combination I was able to pull together!  It's the perfect mix of vintage and modern, I think!

I took the above photos of her in the hallway of Riley's school, but I wasn't really able to get a good photo showing the little duck.  So when we got home, I decided to try again outside.

Well, as you can see, she wasn't in the "posing for photos" mood- she was in the "playing in the swing" mode!  Oh well, I still got some really cute shots of her!

And finally, she obliged with just one, so that you can see that cute little ducky!

See all the other cuties here and here this week!

Extreme Home Makeover-Dollhouse Edition

You may remember this dollhouse from a few weeks ago.  I really, really need to get better at taking "before" photos, but when I got it, it was in sorry shape.  I cleaned it up a bit, and did some re-wallpapering (seen below). 

Since it's pretty sturdy, I decided to risk it and put it into the toy room to actually be played with (I know, gasp!  Actually let my children play with my vintage toys?  What kind of mother am I??  Tee hee!).   But it really needed some furniture in order to be play-worthy.  While I'd love to go out and get some cute vintage furnishings, I know that I wouldn't trust a two-year-old to play with them (my generosity only goes so far!), so I decided to improvise.  Here are the results!

I added some curtains and filled the house with furniture.  

I used a combination of wooden furniture from one of those wooden toddler dollhouses (which didn't ever get played with by the boys) and plastic furniture from a vintage Playskool Victorian dollhouse like the one here.   When I found the Playskool dollhouse at the thrift store, it had tons of extra furniture and dolls, so there's enough for both of the houses! 

(It resides in Avery's room- you can see it towards the end of this post.)

 The beautiful master bedroom, with Mom taking a nice nap...

 The bathroom, complete with training potty...

 The nursery with bunk beds and baby cradle...

 The kitchen with big sister watching the baby...

 And the living room- gotta have the TV in there to please the kids and Dad!

It think it turned out really cute, if I do say so myself!  It's completely kid-friendly, yet much cuter and eclectic than a modern kids' dollhouse.  And Avery has actually been playing with it!  It is just so much fun getting to play "girl" stuff with her! 

Hope you enjoyed the house tour!