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VooDooBaby™ Tootoo (The Doggie)

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Tootoo is a good voodoo doggie who sniffs out secrets and truth. With Tootoo's help, you will always have a keen sense of office (or other) politics. Each Lumi measures 2-1/2 inches by about 1-1/2 inch.

Each VooDoo Baby is hand-writhed from a single string of cotton thread. Amazingly, there is no wire inside the doll to support the structure. The creation of each VooDooBaby takes not only excellent artisanship, but also a great deal of attention, patience and care. They are an expression of imagination, creativity and appreciation and are not for real and possess no curse effect whatsoever - but wouldn't it be nice if they could?

Tootoo comes in either light or dark brown. We will try to honor your choice as best we can, but we cannot promise that we'll have both colors on hand, so please let us choose one for you if we don't have your first choice. Two Tootoos are shown for illustration.

Imported

4April2010

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Vintage 1960s Moveable Lie Detector Charm with Spinner

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This sweet little charm hails from around the 1960s. It is old stock and made of copper plated metal. These are so rare, that we were happy to be able to offer some of them. There are plenty of reproductions around, but they have words spelled incorrectly on them.

Most of ours are quite shiny, although some show some aging wear as you might expect for such a vintage piece. Including the hanging loop, it measures 13/16 inch high.

It reads:

TRUE

LIE
DETECTOR

FALSE       FALSE

TRUE

The little arrow spins about to indicate truth or lies!

Note: Beware imposters! There are many of these charms floating around today that are not vintage, but still nice. There are others around that have the word LIE spelled LE.

Made in USA

07December2010

Vintage Item, Limited Availability

price: $5.75 Each

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Letterpress Note card - In Dreams Awake (Thoreau)

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We just love letterpress cards and letters. The elegance of vintage stationery is all but forgotten. We're simply delighted that some smaller companies are offering the same high-quality papers and designs with a modern touch - so we can offer them to you! The simple design represents the simple sentiment so well. And, of course, because it is letterpress, you can feel the letters with your fingers.

As children, we loved Thoreau, and this is why - his phrasing is simple and direct, just as was the life he tried to live:

Our truest life is when
we are in dreams awake.

-Henry David Thoreau

The 4-1/4 by 5-1/2 inch size is large enough for a love letter and small enough for a shy missive to your beloved. This fine notecard is accompanied by a matching envelope and is printed by hand on an antique letterpress with soy ink on 100% post-consumer recycled cardstock.

Printed in USA

31October2008

Price: $4.00 each

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50 Days to a Better Life - Old-time Punch Board

Rizzo's Fortune Telling Punch Game

Answers to Your Questions Punch Game

Hallowe'en Stunt Board

The 50 Days to a Better Life Punch Board is inspired by similar ones from the 1920s! The instructions are right on the front:

Push Out a Task and Complete it Before Pushing Out another

Using the pin from the slot on the reverse side,
punch out one scroll each day for 50 days.
Simply do what it says.

Each cardboard tile (about 1/2-inch thick) veils fifty tasks - each rolled individually. a push punch, which is hidden in a sealed slot on the back side, is used to "push out" each day's allotted task into the palm of your hand! You can even save your tasks to use in your next collage!

Two sample tasks:

replace a button on a
garment. use red
thread & make a wish.
 

carry a rock in your pocket
for a week as a reminder
of something you want to do.

This truly special board is perfect for a friend who is in search of reason or trying to center his or her life. Maybe that friend is you yourself!

Made in India

14June2008

Price $12.75 each

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be who You will Note Card

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Illustrator dug Nap is famous for his bold style evoking a contemporary burst of living out loud fun! Admittedly slightly twisted, dug creates cards with humorous sayings and renders them with a beautiful, painterly technique. His brushstrokes are worthy of his 16th century muse Lucas Cranach (for whom he named is cat), dug's work is artistically sophisticated and then just plain fun!

On the outside, he declares:

be
who
You
will

The inside is blank for your own message - perfect for a special friend, or someone on the brink of something new!

dug's cards are printed on coated recycled paper with soy-based inks and measure 5 by 7 inches. Of course, an envelope accompanies the card.

Printed in USA

16November2007

Price: $2.75 each

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