tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34712851180670528282024-03-17T21:33:24.255-04:00Treasures By BrendaTreasures By Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18155526615692453789noreply@blogger.comBlogger263125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471285118067052828.post-819943163704584102024-02-20T17:12:00.006-05:002024-02-20T17:13:16.535-05:00Wentworth Wooden Jigsaw PuzzlesThe Wentworth Wooden Jigsaw Company was created in 1991. It produces interesting wooden puzzles in a factory that is located in England. Their puzzles can be found in specialty shops around the world and some are even custom made. Wentworth's website says that they use “state-of-the-art, computer-controlled lasers” to create their puzzles and that they follow “the Victorian puzzle-making Treasures By Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18155526615692453789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471285118067052828.post-54555919278667271132024-01-21T16:29:00.005-05:002024-01-21T16:32:29.897-05:00McDonald's McNugget Buddies 2023This post may contain affiliate links, which means we may receive a commission, at no cost to you, if you make a purchase from Amazon, eBay or Etsy through a link.
As an adult who has long ordered a McDonald’s Happy Meal for herself, I was intrigued to discover that McDonald’s, in conjunction with an American artist named Kerwin Frost, launched an adult Happy Meal in December of 2023. Those Treasures By Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18155526615692453789noreply@blogger.com0Ottawa, ON, Canada45.4215296 -75.69719309999999317.111295763821154 -110.85344309999999 73.731763436178852 -40.540943099999993tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471285118067052828.post-90706129602242500982023-11-17T17:11:00.007-05:002023-11-17T17:15:30.138-05:00Tim Hortons Etched Brown Mug 50th Anniversary Limited Edition Cup 2014Today, I am sharing with you a handsome brown mug that was designed in celebration of Tim Horton's 50th Birthday in 2014.
Fairly simple with a stylistic white number 50 etched out of the brown area, it is bilingual in English and French and also reads Since / Depuis 1964. The reverse side has Tim Hortons etched in a vertical, cursive print and the bottom denotes the status of this mug as a Treasures By Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18155526615692453789noreply@blogger.com0Ottawa, ON, Canada45.4215296 -75.69719309999999317.111295763821154 -110.85344309999999 73.731763436178852 -40.540943099999993tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471285118067052828.post-81593463973962687832023-09-13T14:43:00.010-04:002023-11-02T15:02:35.177-04:00Consider Using eBay to Sell Your Junk!I saw an interesting video today by Marsha Collier, the author of the eBay For Dummies series, called Bringing eBay To America. Ms. Collier was being interviewed on twenty television stations across the United States in just four hours on a satellite media tour. Therefore, she spoke with each station for a just a couple of minutes.She gave a quick overview of eBay as an excellent venue to sell Treasures By Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18155526615692453789noreply@blogger.com1Ottawa, ON, Canada45.4215296 -75.69719309999999317.111295763821154 -110.85344309999999 73.731763436178852 -40.540943099999993tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471285118067052828.post-1723875816430176612023-02-24T12:55:00.002-05:002023-02-24T12:57:58.357-05:0031 DAYS OF COFFEE MUGS: DAVIDsTEA Color-Changing Tiger MugNext up in my latest 31 DAYS OF COFFEE MUGS series is this fun, color-changing, tiger-themed coffee mug from DAVIDsTEA. I love many of the their mugs but they are not all created equal and this one has a particularly dramatic change when you pour hot water into it. See the photo below.Measuring 5 1/4 inches tall by 3 1/4 inches wide without the handle or 5 inches wide with the handle, it holds 16Treasures By Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18155526615692453789noreply@blogger.com0Ottawa, ON, Canada45.4215296 -75.69719309999999317.111295763821154 -110.85344309999999 73.731763436178852 -40.540943099999993tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471285118067052828.post-26931381964642746102023-02-23T15:39:00.011-05:002023-02-24T12:56:25.228-05:0031 DAYS OF COFFEE MUGS: Starbucks Anniversary Collection 2015 Golden Scales MugIt's been awhile since I have done a 31 Days of Coffee Mugs series. Since 2020, it turns out. Here's to a new series for 2023 starting off with this handsome Starbucks coffee mug. It is the anniversary collection mug from 2015 and features a raised detail of golden scales. A reference back to Starbucks' mermaid. You'll love how the dark coloration glistens both with the glossy finish and theTreasures By Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18155526615692453789noreply@blogger.com0Ottawa, ON, Canada45.4215296 -75.69719309999999317.111295763821154 -110.85344309999999 73.731763436178852 -40.540943099999993tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471285118067052828.post-84029046859328683832023-01-28T16:36:00.004-05:002023-09-08T17:22:18.728-04:00Antique Gebruder Bing Teddy BearsMeet my pretty little Gebruder Bing teddy bear. Alas, she was mine but for a short time. I am an eBay seller and cannot afford to keep many of the fabulous items that I find. Unfortunately, this sweet antique bear fell into that category. I loved her but could not keep her but nor could I sell her until I knew who she was. Here is what I discovered in my quest for knowledge.According to Treasures By Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18155526615692453789noreply@blogger.com1Ottawa, ON, Canada45.4215296 -75.69719309999999317.111295763821154 -110.85344309999999 73.731763436178852 -40.540943099999993tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471285118067052828.post-83994520436064443532023-01-15T15:42:00.017-05:002023-01-15T15:50:17.540-05:00Vintage Springbok Mickey Mouse's Head PuzzleHere is another fantastic but hard vintage Springbok jigsaw puzzle. This one features the iconic cartoon character, Mickey Mouse. Since it depicts Mickey's head in just four solid colors, it is difficult and in the end, I worked Mickey's head and my husband worked the mass of yellow around the outside. It took us awhile to finish but it felt great when Mickey's smiling face was finally Treasures By Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18155526615692453789noreply@blogger.com0Ottawa, ON, Canada45.4215296 -75.69719309999999317.111295763821154 -110.85344309999999 73.731763436178852 -40.540943099999993tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471285118067052828.post-14087967786799352892022-11-24T09:23:00.001-05:002022-11-24T09:27:47.465-05:00Lego Brick Calendar (853195)Lego's Brick Calendar, set number 853195, is perfect for this year and for next year and for the year after, too. It is a never-ending Lego-themed gift idea. It is a fun and practical desk accessory for the adult Lego builder in your life that it is also suitable for younger builders. It has 112 pieces and is recommended for individuals aged 6 and up.
I love the fact that this is an Treasures By Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18155526615692453789noreply@blogger.com0Ottawa, ON, Canada45.4215296 -75.69719309999999317.111295763821154 -110.85344309999999 73.731763436178852 -40.540943099999993tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471285118067052828.post-49352883614598044072022-11-21T16:41:00.006-05:002022-11-24T09:15:04.105-05:00Two Great Lego Books for Lego Fans
Within the pages of The Lego Book, a Lego fan will discover the story behind the history of the Lego brick. This is an updated version of the book and includes a timeline and information about the more recent Star Wars, Ninjago and Friends Lego sets. It even includes information about Lego’s movies and video games. This Lego Book is discontinued and therefore, the price of a new copy has gone Treasures By Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18155526615692453789noreply@blogger.com0Ottawa, ON, Canada45.4215296 -75.69719309999999317.111295763821154 -110.85344309999999 73.731763436178852 -40.540943099999993tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471285118067052828.post-34416001928334189552022-09-12T11:27:00.003-04:002024-02-01T15:28:14.302-05:00George Bush Dog Puzzles When President George Bush was to celebrate his 60th birthday in 2006, First Lady Laura Bush wanted to present him with a special present and she came up with a very special one indeed.
On this page, you will find more information about the gift that Laura Bush had made for the President, a jigsaw puzzle called Presidential Pets. A very fitting gift for a family that loved working Treasures By Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18155526615692453789noreply@blogger.com0Ottawa, ON, Canada45.4215296 -75.69719309999999317.111295763821154 -110.85344309999999 73.731763436178852 -40.540943099999993tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471285118067052828.post-7228422792485634372022-04-25T00:30:00.009-04:002022-04-27T17:54:31.711-04:00The Mountain Wild Cats of Africa T-Shirts
Disneynature's African Cats movie brought us all closer to the lions and the cheetahs of the African Savanna. On this page, find a couple of these amazing beasts on a t-shirt by The Mountain. Although you should know that The Mountain has a lot of lion shirts and fewer cheetah shirts. But the ones they do have, you will love.The Mountain shirts are both beautiful and well made. They are t-shirtsTreasures By Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18155526615692453789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471285118067052828.post-53226558834015107062022-02-13T12:19:00.011-05:002022-02-13T12:32:36.601-05:00The Story of the Thrift Store DetectiveI read an interesting story in yesterday morning's Ottawa Citizen about a woman named Chelsey Brown who is a 'Thrift Store Detective.' As an eBay seller, I often wonder who the people were that appear in the photographs that I find. How old were they when the photograph was taken? What was the occasion of the picture? Where did they live? What path did life take them down? Highlights ofTreasures By Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18155526615692453789noreply@blogger.com0Ottawa, ON, Canada45.4215296 -75.69719309999999317.111295763821154 -110.85344309999999 73.731763436178852 -40.540943099999993tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471285118067052828.post-48115573084122777592022-01-10T10:59:00.026-05:002022-01-10T11:07:50.020-05:00 A Simple, Affordable Easter Dress for Your Little GirlYOU CAN FIND PRETTY EASTER DRESSES FOR YOUR DAUGHTER ONLINE
Are you looking for affordable Easter dresses for your daughters this year? Or simply a pretty one for spring or summer? Maybe a sundress?
There are so many wonderful choices that are absolutely sweet. Most come in a wide variety of sizes and colors and many are pretty for Easter, but also practical and will take your daughter through Treasures By Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18155526615692453789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471285118067052828.post-5389519964374277082021-12-15T16:08:00.010-05:002021-12-15T16:10:56.441-05:00Vintage Patterson Candy Moonlight Mellos Advertising TinCanada’s Patterson Candy Company was opened on Yonge Street
in Toronto in 1888 by John Patterson and Robert Wilson but was originally called
the Boston Candy Company. In 1891, Wilson left the company and it became The
Patterson Candy Company eventually expanding to Queen Street West. The company was famous for Full
O’Cream and Wildfire bars and once had Canada’s largest soda fountain. I would Treasures By Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18155526615692453789noreply@blogger.com0Ottawa, ON, Canada45.4215296 -75.69719309999999317.111295763821154 -110.85344309999999 73.731763436178852 -40.540943099999993tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471285118067052828.post-81358405332542492992021-11-03T10:02:00.011-04:002024-02-03T15:07:11.223-05:00Canadian Artist Elizabeth Hoey Art Pottery TileELIZABETH WILKES HOEY (1915 – 2012) was a Canadian artist who graduated from the Ontario College of Art. She ran a textile printing facility and eventually was involved in the printing of fabric for various institutions like Thor Hanson, Westinghouse Canada, Bank of Nova Scotia, University College Women’s Residence in Toronto, Hart House and the Windsor Arms Hotel. She was a muralist Treasures By Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18155526615692453789noreply@blogger.com0Ottawa, ON, Canada45.4215296 -75.69719309999999317.111295763821154 -110.85344309999999 73.731763436178852 -40.540943099999993tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471285118067052828.post-78355113093607873332021-11-02T11:43:00.004-04:002023-06-16T09:09:37.548-04:00WHAT'S THE HISTORY OF THE FANNY PACK?For those who don’t know, a fanny pack is, quite simply, a bag that originally was worn fastened around your waist but which can also be draped across your upper body. The bag is, however, known by many other names including waist pouch, hip pack, belt bag and bum bag. If I recall correctly, I reluctantly called mine a fanny pack so that is what I will call them here on this page.
According to Treasures By Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18155526615692453789noreply@blogger.com0Ottawa, ON, Canada45.4215296 -75.69719309999999317.111295763821154 -110.85344309999999 73.731763436178852 -40.540943099999993tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471285118067052828.post-2147845963411471082021-09-17T16:45:00.003-04:002021-09-17T16:46:52.685-04:00Buy a Cruise Journal for Your Cruise
Many of my friends love to cruise, as do I. They use a cruise ship as their base to travel around the world and some of them keep a cruise journal. A journal helps them remember all of the details about each of their cruise ships and itineraries so that they can refer back to see what they did when they visited destinations like St. Petersburg, Amsterdam or the Bahamas.
The cruise ship journal Treasures By Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18155526615692453789noreply@blogger.com0Ottawa, ON, Canada45.4215296 -75.69719309999999317.111295763821154 -110.85344309999999 73.731763436178852 -40.540943099999993tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471285118067052828.post-37844347986557281562021-09-13T16:05:00.001-04:002021-09-13T16:06:25.838-04:00The Story of Walt Disney World Book ReviewWalt Disney World enthusiasts are always wanting to learn more about one of the world's most famous destinations. The Story of Walt Disney World is a big square paperback book with 50 pages of information, pictures and illustrations from the park and bears the date of October 25, 1971 on the first page. I expect that it was released as a souvenir to celebrate the opening of the park, which Treasures By Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18155526615692453789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471285118067052828.post-34545507533828703632021-09-12T11:01:00.001-04:002021-09-12T11:05:25.770-04:00Dazey LA for Anthropologie Coffee MugI love this retired coffee mug that Dazey LA designed exclusively for Anthropologie. I love the simple message, Love More, and the vintage-style or retro theme. The company Dazey LA is owned by a woman named Dani who aims, according to Anthropologie, to "empower today's woman by encouraging conversations on self-care, women's rights, and inclusivity through energetic art, apparel, and Treasures By Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18155526615692453789noreply@blogger.com0Ottawa, ON, Canada45.4215296 -75.69719309999999317.111295763821154 -110.85344309999999 73.731763436178852 -40.540943099999993tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471285118067052828.post-50944854813446883942021-08-24T15:38:00.022-04:002021-08-24T15:49:17.875-04:00Spider-Man's Doctor Strange Oh For 🦊 Sake Coffee MugI spotted the new Spider-Man: No Way Home trailer on Twitter today and I wasn't the only one, LOL. I loved it, how about you? If you haven't seen the trailer yet, here it is. Make sure to keep your eye open for Doctor Strange's mug:As someone who has written many posts about coffee mugs, I do eye coffee mugs whenever a character in a television program or a movie shows up with one, Treasures By Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18155526615692453789noreply@blogger.com0Ottawa, ON, Canada45.4215296 -75.69719309999999317.111295763821154 -110.85344309999999 73.731763436178852 -40.540943099999993tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471285118067052828.post-25266973582479490062021-06-28T14:58:00.009-04:002021-07-01T14:52:20.559-04:00LEGO Ideas Typewriter Set 21327Every now and then there is a new LEGO set or even two that makes me smile. As someone who learned keyboarding in the early 1980s, I well remember typewriters though in the 1980s we had electric typewriters and I never actually had to type a letter on a manual one. This typewriter, of course, is completely old school in style. It is even more vintage than the 1980s machines that ITreasures By Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18155526615692453789noreply@blogger.com0Ottawa, ON, Canada45.4215296 -75.69719309999999317.111293715197579 -110.85344578220901 73.731765484802423 -40.540940417790978tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471285118067052828.post-85796680146298566892021-03-21T16:51:00.016-04:002021-08-05T16:15:25.815-04:00The History of Strawberry Shortcake Doll and Character"Smile a sunny morning. Sunny is the style. Even if you're yawning, you can yawn a smile." - Strawberry Shortcake Strawberry Shortcake is a female cartoon character who originally appeared in 1977 on American Greetings cards drawn by artist Muriel Fahrion. The character went on to become a beloved doll in 1980 and in that year a whole line of Strawberry Shortcake items were made Treasures By Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18155526615692453789noreply@blogger.com0Ottawa, ON, Canada45.4215296 -75.69719309999999317.111293715197579 -110.85344578220901 73.731765484802423 -40.540940417790978tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471285118067052828.post-77044372748860033612021-02-19T12:38:00.007-05:002021-02-19T14:15:34.692-05:00Our Petrie Island Ottawa Breakfast in the ParkDuring 2020 when the world as we knew it had changed because of the pandemic, my husband and I started a new weekly tradition. That is, Breakfast in the Park. Every week we awoke early and headed out the door with breakfast, tea and coffee in hand.Chris is retired and I work from home selling on eBay. With the arrival of the virus and the resultant safety measures that meant it was no longer safeTreasures By Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18155526615692453789noreply@blogger.com0Petrie Islands, Ottawa, ON, Canada45.5018496 -75.496445817.191615763821154 -110.6526958 73.812083436178852 -40.340195800000004tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471285118067052828.post-78221406018316536502021-02-16T11:42:00.010-05:002021-03-23T16:08:40.411-04:00Easter Bunny in Training Jigsaw Puzzle (2021)Here I am again, having found another fun Easter-themed jigsaw puzzle. This year Sunsout's Easter image is called 'Easter Bunny in Training' and features an Easter basket and an adorable dog and sweet pair of kittens dressed for Easter, hence the reference to being in training.I loved the Chocolate Easter bunny 'True Love' and the 'Now That's Art' themed puzzles I featured in 2014 and 2020. Treasures By Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18155526615692453789noreply@blogger.com0Ottawa, ON, Canada45.4215296 -75.69719309999999317.111295763821154 -110.85344309999999 73.731763436178852 -40.540943099999993