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The following is a list of all entries tagged with vinyl:
Cubbi
Filed in life, February 26, 2009, 10:32 amAfter spending so long working at Nation Toys + Tees I seem to have collected quite the assortment of brightly coloured vinyl toys. After seeing Cubbies in other homes, I decided these would be a great way to display everything. I felt handy, as hanging them required a nail, hammer, screwdriver, screws, level, pencil, eraser [...]
Moving!
Filed in life, January 9, 2009, 9:50 amThe big changes which come with being a grown up continue. Grown up job? Check! Grown up house? Check! Sarah and I have found a great house with a super cute backyard, convenient location, and lots of character. My excitement of yesterday has quickly been replaced by anxiety today, but I’m writing out a gazillion [...]
King of the Beats
Filed in discoveries, May 24, 2008, 4:55 pmThe advantage to working in a vinyl toy store, is that I get first dibs on everything we get in and on blind box toys that are traded. Through this I managed to get the Tilt Dunny from the French Dunny series a couple months ago, and just yesterday I bought the King of the [...]
Daruma
Filed in discoveries, May 7, 2008, 12:38 amJames and Christy just got back from a 2 week adventure in Japan. They brought me back an authentic Japanese Daruma Doll. Thank you! Nation has had DCTOs, a contemporary Vancouver version of the Daruma, in stock for the past few months. I enjoyed reading up on the history of this wish-making tradition. The idea [...]
Ledbetter Collection
Filed in discoveries, March 23, 2008, 9:35 pmI have made my first larger vinyl toy purchase. I just couldn’t resist the Joe Ledbetter Tiger Dunny which came out last week. I mean, how could you resist? It’s Ledbetter, who is one of my favourite artists. I enjoy his bright colours, emotive characters, and thick black lines. Plus I feel like we have [...]
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