Top Off your Tree !

An Angel or a Fairy... ?

If you are looking for some idea for the top of your Christmas tree, look no further...

Here is a
Tilt-Top Magazine exclusive
on what 

Mrs Emma Peel
&
Mr John Steed,
none less... 

... chose to top their tree off with... in 1965 !
...

From scraps to riches...

Part II

(Read Part I here)

Collection Ysé

So the trio composed of Ruth Handler, Elliot Handler and Harold Matson found itself starting from scratch all over again...

Miss Twist's Halloween Dream (Episode 6)

Miss Twist rêve... pour Halloween
(See here for / voir ici pour Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 3, Episode 4 & Episode 5)

That very night, Miss Twist had a dream...
La nuit-même, Miss Twist fit un rêve...

Miss Twist and the Pumpkin in the Vegetable Patch (Episode 5)

Miss Twist trouve une Citrouille...
(See here for / voir ici pour Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 3 & Episode 4)

On the following day, Miss Twist decided to do some gardening and visited the vegetable patch...

Le jour suivant, Miss Twist, couverte d'une petite laine, alla faire un tour dans le jardin et dans le potager...

On arriving there, she was struck by how much the pumpkins had grown !
Sur place, elle trouva que les citrouilles avaient beaucoup poussé !

Miss Twist in the Forest of Heartache (Episode 4)

Miss Twist a des regrets...
(See here for / voir ici pour Episode 1, Episode 2 & Episode 3)

Miss Twist's infatuation with Marin Sailor came to nothing (see Episode 3)...
L'histoire avec Marin Sailor (voir Episode 3) n'aboutit malheureusement à rien...

It always starts in a shack...

Part I

First, let's talk about the two first enterprises created by Elliot and Ruth Handler before Mattel in 1945 : Elliot Handler Plastics (1939-1942) and Elzac (1941-1947)...

House & garden ! Maison & Jardin

After a long break this summer, it's time to re-start this blog... and I have a question for you...

Does anyone know the maker of this all plastic living-room set ?

Here it is as in a complete set...

Petra Plasty Plastic

I am very fond of girl toys in vintage plastic (principally from the late 40s to the late 60s). Most of the time these toys have surprisingly survived well considering...

I recently spotted this furniture :

Miss Twist sails to Love (Episode 3)

Les marins sont bien plus marrants...
(click on French title for song / cliquer sur le lien pour la chanson)
(See here for / voir ici pour Episode 1 & Episode 2)

Miss Twist has at last been enjoying the beach for a few hours. Her friends dropped her off there 

for the rest of the week-end and went on their way... She had a long awaited picnic lunch on the sand and is now lying down under the shade of a large parasol...

Miss Twist profite enfin de la plage depuis plusieurs heures... Ses amis l'y ont déposée pour le reste du week-end avant de poursuivre leur route. Après un léger pique-nique, la voilà allongée sur le sable à l'ombre d'un immense parasol...