Old Handmade Make Do Wood and Metal Toy Car carving of standing woman with all of the nails

with all of the nails sturdily nailed in

and perhaps inspiration for some sort of party game

and who doesn't know someone who could use a little recognition of their merits

are stained four different shades to my count

This is a beautiful antique hardwood portable ink bottle

Old Handmade Make Do Wood and Metal Toy Car carving of standing woman with all of the nailsThis is just a little thing, but I love it so much, perhaps most of all the red star painted wheels. I am not completely sure what the metal pieces were salvaged from, but surely they had a life before becoming the sides of this little car or truck (?), nailed (with nice fat nails) to the sides of an old block of wood that forms the main body, and painted blue and red (much of which is clearly long gone.) Things like this make me very happy, just