Archive for the ‘fun’ Category
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Vintage Salt and Pepper Shakers
Saturday, October 9th, 2010
Vintage salt and pepper shakers can be found in any secondary venue, such as garage sales, second-hand stores, flea markets, estate sales, auctions and charity stores. They may not be there all the time, but they will show up at any of these venues from time to time. Probably the most reliable source will be [...]
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Christmas Figurines
Thursday, October 7th, 2010
Collecting Christmas figurines can be the pursuit of a lifetime. And fun too. Start your children on a collection for their own homes by making or adding an ornament or figure each year. You will have to plan ahead and not leave it to December to decide what you want to do in any year, [...]
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Musical Snow Globes
Tuesday, October 5th, 2010
Some of the greatest traditional Christmas decorations are the musical snow globes made in the last two hundred years. These ornaments are displayed year after year, and become family heirlooms because of the tradition they embody. A Christmas carol plays when the key is wound or the snow globe is picked up, the snow swirls [...]
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Betty Boop Figurines
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010
If you like cheese cake (of the female variety), you will like Betty Boop. Long legs, scanty costume, ruby red lips, sassy attitude. Its all here. And you can get here likeness on many kinds of articles: t-shirts and night shirts, slippers, bathrobes sheets and pillow covers shower curtains, towels and bath rugs cosmetics bathroom [...]
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Tea Lights
Saturday, September 18th, 2010
Tea lights are those little candles you find that look like little hockey pucks, except they have a metal cup around them. They are designed to burn just for a couple of hours and provide enough warmth to keep a brewed pot of tea warm until is drunk. These candles also show up under chaffing [...]
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Nerd Glasses
Friday, September 10th, 2010
What exactly are nerd glasses? To start with, the frames are large, plastic and black. You can add a piece of adhesive, duct or masking tape on the nose bridge or at the point where the ear piece joins the main part of the frame. Why would you want nerd glasses? Certainly only for costumes [...]
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Ladybug Party Supplies
Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
Ever seen a pink ladybug with purple spots? No? Well, given the right selection of party supplies and you can. Not only are there the usual red and black ladybug party supplies, but there is at least one pink and purple version. I imagine over time there will be other color combinations, because ladybugs are [...]
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Beanie Kids
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
After the great success of Beanie Babies, you would think that a line of human baby beanie-filled toys would be easy. But Ty, the creators of the Beanie Babies phenomenon, have not found it so. And I think I can tell them why. The Ty Beanie Kids are human babies, and are not so cute, [...]