Thriftin’ and dreamin’

Kokeshi dolls, Star Wars and kitschy statues…

Over the past years, I’ve developed an obsession for a list of strange things that don’t seem to be connected in any kind, except that they’re all liked by me.

Last week I’ve added two more vintage kokeshi dolls to my already bigger than average collection, the week before that I found (and bought!) this white Snowball the Cockatoo statuette at a thriftshop.

I often feel that the very kitsch part of those statues seem so decrease when combined with Peonies (or other flowers) and some contemporary home-accessoires. I love to play with objects from different era’s and see what result I get when combining them. Sometimes it doesn’t work out, often it results in arrangements like these. That’s the fun part of the time we live in now: we can collect the beautiful items that where made over the last century and combine them with each other. It feels to me like one big playground, with endless opportunities and where I get to decide what the rules are (always nice huh? making the rules (and bend ‘em if you don’t like them! ;-))

One is never too old to play around and have fun. What does your playground look like?