From a Fledgling Toy Maker...

There's much about 'vintage' goods that appeal... 

the graphics, detailing, quality... 

 Plus - let's face it - for many of us they invoke memories or 

thoughts of precious loved ones from another era.

  But another aspect of 'vintage' that grabs our hearts

 is the mystery of their history.  (Did I just say that?)

  Who owned them?  How did they use them?  Who made them?  

When?  Are they still in business?...and on and on...

Recently I found this little child's toy dust pan.  Cute huh?  

It's by Wyandotte Toys - from Downriver, MI.

As cute as this toy is - the company had it's difficulties.  

At one point they made a certain gun toy that was

 considered inferior in quality by the general public.

But they sealed a deal on the toy anyway with a new company.  

Interestingly when the deal was finished - the new company 

picked up the equipment, etc. to make the toy and

 then dumped everything into the Detroit River!

   They made the deal just to end any possible competition

with no intentions of manufacturing a possibly inferior toy.  

Made me feel sad for Wyandotte.  They did go on to manufacture 

some very nice toys - but sadly ended in bankruptcy.

As for this sweet little tin pan - was the rose decal

 part of the original product  or added by the buyer?

It's hard to know.  None of my image sources show anything quite like it.

And that's all part of the allure...the 'mystery of history'.

This pan is available in my Etsy shop.

For sure - I'll be keeping my eyes open for more Wyandotte Toys.

Linking to Let's Talk Vintage

Organizing My Time...

For weeks, months, years I've been struggling to try to fit it all in.  

And yet SO much goes undone.  I'm not nearly as productive 

or healthy as I believe God desires me to be.   

Yet there are only so many hours in my week.

To add to my challenges - some tasks that I need to perform 

seem to need to be done at only certain hours of the day.  

There are only a limited number of those hours each day.

(i.e. - taking photos in certain light)

Tonight I am struck with the thought that perhaps

 some of the things I've been trying to do in my daylight hours

could wait till my evening hours... thus leaving more daylight hours.

  Who says I have to do laundry in the morning?

  Perhaps I could do it before I go to bed.  

I've been doing most of my computer time in the evenings -

but that tends to add to insomnia issues for me.

But maybe I can make meals the evening before too and

do computer time with the more freed up daylight hours.

It's all worth a try right?  We'll see how it goes and how God directs...

Do you have scheduling challenges? 

Do you follow a daily schedule?

I feel like I'm really old to be only looking at this now -

 but it is what it is!  And God is patient with us. ~Joyce

Saturday Sightings & Findings...

In my morning errands run - I went through a local town 

thinking most likely there would be some yard sales happening.  

Sure enough - this dear lady was having a sale.

Temps were in the upper 60's but she was cold - bless her heart.

 I love her hands. I didn't notice them until I edited the photo.

Some of my finds this week (though not all from her)...

It was a very 'cottage' morning.

When I went over to check out a pile of linens - the lady said - 

"You can have the whole pile for $1 if you can use them."

For real?  I felt guilty taking the whole pile - but she was serious.  

She & her friend had lots of stuff left and were making deals.

Turns out there were over 50 linens in that stack and

 almost all of them pressed and in great condition.

Visit my Etsy shop to see what may land there.

Yeah - it's been a good day.

Spring Trees - On The Table...

When I returned home from my walk last evening - 

it was getting too dark to take pictures of my own trees.  

So instead - I snipped a few branches...

 ...and brought them inside to enjoy with breakfast this morning.

Pink Dogwood in blue mason jar

I had a friend invited.  Combined with an aqua blue

mason pint jar - 

they were the perfect Spring centerpiece.

I love this time of year when there's usually something 

I can snip from my own yard to brighten my rooms.

Have you done any 'snipping' yet?  ~Joyce

Spring Trees - An Evening Walk...

I took my camera along on my walk around the neighborhood 

this evening.  The trees were beautiful!  

I'm thinking God likes pink...

...and white...

...and whatever color this is - but it sure is creative!

Most everyone had manicured lawns which made for lovely backgrounds...

There's even a church on my walk...

Neat huh?...

More pink (actually a red bud tree)...

And this little pretty was almost touching the ground!

What's not to love about Spring?

Thank you Jesus for eyes to see Your handiwork!