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Treasures Kept — Vintage Toys, Nostalgia & Keepsakes

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A collection of nine colorful marbles of varying sizes set on top of empty vintage clear bottles.
A collection of nine colorful marbles of varying sizes set on top of empty vintage clear bottles.

A visual study of treasures kept—small objects from childhood and things held onto along the way.

A few of ours…

Vintage toys arranged in a flatlay on an old slate chalkboard. There is a rubber squeeker hors, a wind up sock monkey jumping rope, a homemade toy rocket ship, car wars game cassette, hotdog magnet, toy cars and more.
typography poster - In my era. In dusty dark pink with blue accent phrases like AVcart. The list: In my era, rectangle pizza, sticker books, banana seats, leg warmers, streetlights, see-saw, shop class, music videos, bubbler, cassette tapes, lunch money, roller rink, pay phone, AV cart, push-up pops, jump rope, photo booth, cone cups, card catalog, chalk dust, metal bands 4-eva

I’d love to know what you remember.

Closeup of a large white dice that has a blue man outline pointing.
Closeup of a Da da da. skeleton toy held up by elastic and colapses when you push button at the bottom of the base.

Keepsake Cards

A small piece you can take with you—download the printable here.

Overhead shot of a que ball in dusty blue on a white cardstock with a smiling sun juice illustration in orange behind it. Next to the cards is a tin with a jack card and green dice, button below. This are free printable keepsake cards with four different illustrations.
Star divider used has two hand drawn lines with a star in the center, used as a content break and signals new or different content below. This doodle style illustration is in a medium charcoal gray.

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