Pac Man This

Looking for appliques for an article at Things Your Grandmother Knew (a new blog where I focus more on the vintage living & practical home ec tips & less on the kitsch and snark), I found this pattern for making Pac Man appliques.

Samurai Shodown II Arcade Marquee

Last seen at the thrift store. The eldest didn't want it -- at least not enough to spend her own money on it.

Why Mom Never Let Us Play Billiards

Via CardCow.

Not Playing With A Full Deck Myself...

In an old coffee can of toy parts I found these vintage slide puzzle pieces of cowboys & Indians.



I know pieces are missing; but I'll keep looking. One day, I might just find 'em.

Too Excited

I'm listing in the store, and as per the usual I get all excited over the junk inventory.

It doesn't matter what it is really, but I have to stop and enjoy it while listing it. I rationalize that buyers want to know all about it, but really it's just because I love stuff.

When playing What Shall I Be? The Exciting Game of Career Girls I coincidentally drew the heart-shaped personality card shown here. It reads:

You get too excited
Bad for: Surgeon, Lawyer and Astronaut

Yeah, well, I don't want to be any of those things anyway. I don't want to be anything which has a threshold of 'too excited.'

But the reason I'm telling all of you this is that the posts might just be coming all fast-and-furious like. Just one vintage magazine could keep me here for 24 hours -- and maybe you too, huh.