New on Etsy

I just listed 5 of these little Happy Sun Santa Pins on ETSY ... I will only be doing 5 this year...

Thanks for taking a peek

Holiday Hugs

Jodi

Had to Add More!!

A few more pages to share...such COOOOOOL stuff!

Does anyone remember any of these toys...I sure do.

Something Fun for the Holidays

One of my favorite feelings of Christmas Time is remembering the past.. when we were all very small and innocent and 'truly Believed' ...all the magic of the world lived within our hearts ... With every twinkly light we saw...we made secret wishes...and believed they would come true...because someone Magical 'heard' our wishes...what a time it was. That is why this time of the year I can be found 95% of the time on 'Reminiscing Road' ...walking joyfully through the past with a Very Large Smile plastered on my face....such a warm good feeling... the only Christmas gift I want actually. Richard and I almost daily over coffee share our childhood memories ...we laugh, we cry ...we remember those who fed the magic in our souls and taught us to always keep believing ...

Believe it or not one of my favorite possessions is the above Toy catalog...it is an old tattered and torn small booklet filled cover to cover with the stuff dreams were made of when we were kids.

Does anyone remember these? I have had this one for about 30 years...and although not from the store where my Mom shopped when I was a kid.... it is very much like it. You would get one of these little jewels about 2-3 months before Christmas ...a Kids very own Toy Extravaganza Catalog... You would carefully digest each and every page day after day... until if ever quizzed on the spot...you could recite the exact content of any page when the number was called out. We could imagine ourselves playing with each and every toy... I can still feel myself slipping into the pages ...ahhhh kid day dreams!
After digesting and carefully choosing your favorites ...you would list them (in order of importance) on the provided list... next to be handed to Mom and Dad ... The 'Known' direct link to Santa....

Then you waited each day wondering if Santa got your list...as a back up measure you visited him in the Store that handed out the Catalog ..poor guy was probably bombarded with inquiries about page items and special requests... I am sure the D.S. Santa grew to hate that catalog towards the end of the season.

These little 'Kid Shopping Gems' were such a fun and treasured Memory...and I must admit, I STILL enjoy scouring each page.

Just wanted to share with those that remember ... and with those that still dream.

Holiday Hugs

Jodi

P.S. Make sure you click on the pages to make larger...so you can read and enjoy the great Toy Experience.

Happy Saturday

Hi-de-ho everyone.... It's a Cooooold day here in Lake Havasu, AZ burrrrrrr! We desert rats are use to Hot days and warm nights...so when it dips below 50 we shiver our timbers off... but last night it got down to a down right frigid 31 degrees... ZOWIE!! I feel we are in for a long chilly winter..

I really don't mind the cold...nice change actually... as I (we) are feeling much better and we at last feel this nasty cold bug has moved along... between the weather, feeling better it has put me in the mood of the Holidays...Making Homemade soups (split Pea tonight) , decorating the tree, stringing lights (my FAVORITE Part) I do love my lights... and also making a new 'for the season' Blog Template ...It is bright and colorful (good uplifter for the mood) and I had fun creating my annual 'Creager Family Holiday Image' ... always something I look forward to...

So with that done I am off to the studio for a little work today.... been ages and I am really looking forward to it.

Hope everyone is having a great Saturday...

Holiday Hugs to All

Jodi

Starting to upload to ETSY again...sloooowly!!

Feeling a bit of energy this A.M... so decided to upload some goodies to ETSY... Decided that because it was the beginning of the Holiday Season I would offer two of our Christmas Poster from Christmas Past...1992/93 - 1996/97 to be exact. This are long out of print and really fun if you like Santa and Elves. These were created for Contemporary Doll Magazine and turned out to be two of our favorite Christmas Doll Settings. We only have 10 of the Santa Fishing and 20 of the Santa presenting the 'Award'...then that's it! Gone

I am hoping to get some Holiday pins and possible shadow boxes listed as well as Elf dolls...

Thanks for taking a peek...

Hugs to All,

Jodi

In the Immortal Words of Cap'n Ahab "She Breeches"

I swear...I feel like I have been sick for 3 months...but alas it has only (and I say that word LOOSELY) been a week today! This thing has gut punched me with both feet while slapping my sinues till their senseless ! WOW...strange illness.... but...this morning I feel about 20% better , by weeks end I am hoping for 80%. Of course my dear Richard is still suffering (he is a day or so behind me in symptoms...they say misery loves company but right now with the way we feel I think we both need to stay far away from each other... we always know where the other is by the trail of dropped Kleenex balls and lozenge wrappers .... I have consumed so much hot tea and juice I am floating and if I see another bowl of soup ...I am takin someone 'out' ...

I must add that I have never been a great patient...I get ornery and cranky and stomp around a lot... and poor Richard is feeling so funky he can't move quick enough to get out of my way...

I just want to feel well again...and get back to my life...work is piling up and falling over... My focus is shot and December starts tomorrow...HEEEEEELP!!!

TV is our best friend as it is the only thing we have strength to do... pretty sad picture I can tell you... I did buy all seven Seasons of 'The West Wing' so we have been watching that non stop ...go ahead...ask me a question, any question...I am now a West Wing Geek!

Great Show....

So I just wanted to check in and say howdy and let everyone know that we are still alive (barely) and missin Bloglandia... I need to do some serious reading and catch up...

Hope everyone had a super Thanksgiving ... Thanks so much for your well wishes...say, could I get one of you out there in Bloglandia to sculpt me a New Head...this old one is Shot!!

Hugs to All

Jodi the ILL

A-CHOO!!!

OK..it has been ages...maybe even years since I last had a cold... and I'll be darned if the ugly little bug found it's way into my nose in the last few days.... UGH UGH UGH!!!! I really HATE this... the one thing I hate more than anything is laying or sitting around doing nothing...and with this wicked little bug that seems to be all I can manage to do. What makes me most sad is that we were having a Big Thanksgiving dinner at our house...which now must be canceled. Poor Richard is beginning to feel the symptoms as well ....so here we lay all scratchy throated, red nosed sneezers ...feeling 'blue' and bummed ....

Neither Richard or myself have ever ever been sick on Thanksgiving......so for our dinner...we think we will just sit in a dark closet and eat a worm and pout....

Stay well all and have a Super Bird Day...eat some mashed taters and gravy for me!!!

Hugs,

Jodi and Richard