stock up the shop: fantastic plastic

I told myself to take a break from shopping until I list the items listed that are sitting on my "to list" shelf. But, hubs twisted my arm and sent me on my way this morning... Mind you, this gives him an excuse to plop in front of the TV watching Euro soccer highlights while the kids play. And now as I research, photograph, and list...he's enjoying his Liverpool match. It's all very symbiotic around here. We are very lucky to have super self-entertaining children! (Cheers to Montessori.) Don't worry, we do engage with them from time to time.

I've mentioned this before in my posts, but I think it's funny how many of my treasure hunting runs end up with things that kind of "go" together. So, here are some of today's plasticky pick ups:

Soehnle of Switzerland scale.
Can take up to 11 pounds (5 kg) and does it with style.  Have to  do a bit of research to
determine age. If its 20+ years old, it'll go in the shop. If not, it'll stay right here with me!

I feel like I remember my Twitter friends a while back chatting about Ingrid plastics, but can't remember the specifics.  Definitely in the style of the popular plastic Heller pieces, but based in Chicago. This is a "picnic ball." A large set of 6 cups, 6 dinner plates, 6 medium plates/shallow bowls, 6 small bowls/plates, 6 tumblers, a serving platter, and two serving bowls. Put it all together in just the right way, and you have THIS:

Kind of brilliant, huh?
My 7 year old thinks this is just about the coolest thing he's ever seen and
would like it to come along with us on our summer camping trips... We'll see.

And speaking of Ingrid, at a completely different shop I found this little snack set of four plates and four short cups in its original mesh packaging.  The plates have little indentations for the cups to sit in. The plastic Heller pieces I have in the shop haven't been selling, but I thought I'd grab this and give it a try since the packaging is pretty eye catching!

Cute little pink paper sorter.
Not much to say about it except that I just had to pick it up because it was made by
"Rogers" (my dad's name) in Madison,WI ( my hometown, where my parents still live.)
So retro, huh?!

Interdesigns swivel storage/sorter.
I was happy to see this since I recently listed one that sold in just a few days.
The last one was white, but I'm loving this blue.

And last, but not least, yet another Kokeshi. I'm crazy!
This one is a bit older, in the "traditional" style. You can see my others in the background...
Suddenly I'm a collector. I just can't part with them! I have much to learn, and there's lots of information out there. Maybe a future blog post. For now, it's a magical little "rush" when I see one calmly standing there
waiting for me on a crowded shelf. See, I'm crazy.

Now on to the task of listing, listing, listing...have lots of other cute stuff (not all plastic) to get in the shop before the work week starts again. Enjoy!

~ Jenny