Sunday, May 3, 2009

I am in love



This little guy just had to be mine!! He was an ebay find and a priceless one at least to me. I have always been fascinated with wheels, gears, fun things in old metal, old metal toy parts , small old things that  move  , etc.. I call it the Orwell "Time Machine" look or "20k Leagues Under the Sea" look and then mix that with some vintage tarnished / decayed  New Orleans glitz and I am in love!!!..." But the name now for all of this is   "Steam Punk" and I thank Jane Wynn for explaining that to me. I love that name too.   And my new /old little guy is so Steam Punk  .Look to future blogs to see the items he just may dig up....
  

5 comments:

stregata said...

What a sweet find!!! So lovely.
Thank you for visiting my blog! Yes, those buttons are really something. They are from vintage dirndls, a traditional Bavarian dress.
Renate

lilylovekin said...

Fabulous, I love the color!

Becky Bunn said...

Great find. He was worth all those hours spent on ebay, holding your breath that no one out bid you

becca jo said...

reminds me of mike mulligan's steam shovel!!! i loved that book so much....

Silke Powers said...

I love it! The perfect name for it as well... :) Silke