Little Things
Tuesday October 16th, 2007, 4 years, 7 months and 1 week ago
When I was a kid, I used to collect little treasures such as toys from cereal boxes, Christmas crackers & vending machines, & keep them in a tin toffee box which I called my ‘Little Things Box’. I’d spend hours looking through my prized collection… I remember in particular, a pink plastic poodle I loved, & a tiny deck of playing cards. I wish I had kept those relics of my childhood (remember Bretodeau’s boyhood stash in Amélie?) – I’d love to see them again!
I still collect plastic toys & keep them in vintage cigar boxes. Here’s a small sample from my collection. Some were bought from Covetable Curiosities’ & A. Bel Emporium’s Etsy shops. The rest I found foraging at secondhand markets. I love my collection of little things!
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Oh, I love it! It reminds me of the box of goodies we always got to choose something from at our dentist office at he end of a visit. It was always worth sitting through an appointment to get to look through the box and choose something from it!
All I got from my dentist was a nauseating mouthful of orange-flavoured fluoride!
Last year I bought my (then) one-year-old an irresistible French chocolate tin in Strasbourg, and I’ve been wondering ever since what we’ll use it for.
And now I know. Thanks!
(This reminds me of the jewellery box I had as a kid… hardly any jewellery, but *lots* of little treasures!)
Oooh, that tin sounds lovely!
Did you have one of those musical jewellery boxes with the twirling ballerina? I had one of those!
This makes me think of the movie Amelie… where she find this man’s treasure box from when he was a child. It gets me all choked up. What a fun thing to share with your sister.
wow, I love that box! I love and collect little toys too and love each and every one! you have the cutest blog :)
Awww — I love the memories of childhood. Sweet box.
My brother and I did that, too! We called them our Creature Boxes.
Chicalookate…me too, that part really moved me because I knew how amazing it would feel to find your lost treasure.
Thanks pillbox& fern! :)
Creature Boxes…that’s great!
I love it. I have giant pickle jars full of little plastic goodies all over my studio!
Wow they must look fantastic! I hope you take them out & play with them from time to time. :)