BIA - Elephant sugar pot:  $5.56 @ Linen chest (RSP:  $6.95)

They were having a 20% off sale with free shipping, so I couldn't resist.  I loved the elephant teapot I got from them a while ago:

So I thought this would be a great complementary piece!  It is smaller, but I like how the pose is a bit different.  They also had a creamer, but I didn't think it looked that nice:

It was the same price.  Now I feel like I kind of want it, so we'll see if it's around the next time they have free shipping. 

Cow creamer:  $.74 @ Superstore (RSP:  $4)

I'm so happy I found this!  I've always wanted a cow creamer, but I haven't really seen them around...except used for unreasonable prices.

I looked online, and these are $10 at bed bath and beyond!  I'm pretty sure that's the average price anywhere.  I'm surprised superstore's regular price was so low...it's not the first time.  They shocked me with their $4 dog salt shakers a while back!  They're still selling them even now.

Lefton - Small shamrock covered piggy bank

Ceramic spinning musical rabbits (RSP:  $30)

$2.99 for all @ Value Village

It also came with this stuff, which I'll be redonating back:

 

I picked it up for the Lefton pig, since I like vintage ceramics.  This one isn't made in Japan though, it's actually made in Indonesia...so I'm not sure how vintage it is.  

I just thought it was so cute though.  And it had that neat musical rabbit, so that made it worth the three bucks to me.

I found them on rakuten for about $30 each plus shipping.  It is nice quality (porcelain and crepe fabric), but I didn't think it would be that expensive!  It plays a song I've never heard of, "Sakura sakura."

The rabbits have cute puckered mouths, but it doesn't show up in my photo.  This one's pretty washed out too, but it's a bit better:

It is pretty useless though...if only they made it into a box, or something!

Schmid - Musical porcelain sitting doll with rotating head:  $3.99 @ Value Village

I really grappled with buying this.  I spent so long just standing there and watching her!  I thought she was so adorable...everything from her face to her head movement.


It's just that I knew she wasn't that old, and she seemed mass produced and not great quality.  If she were vintage, then I wouldn't have hesitated.

She doesn't even have a real body!  It's cloth and styrofoam in the middle, plus those cloth feet look so dumb.  They really should have given her porcelain feet to match her hands.

I ended up coming back for her.  She was just so darling!  I've never seen anything like her before, and the price wasn't that bad (could have been way better though), so I bought her.

Turns out she was made the same year I was, and pretty much has no resale value.  People seem to try to sell them for $10 with no bids.  I did find one ended etsy listing, I wonder how much that one went for.

Well, I thought mine was the cutest anyway o:).