a weekend in virginia...

over the weekend my mom and i made a visit to some family down in virginia. on saturday we went to a large antique/flea market show in the area and found a few gems...most of which were out of our price range, but very cool to look at...

i loved these antique metal candy molds, they had every shape & size imaginable, for a pretty penny of course...


we also came across this 19th century kokoshnik, a traditional russian head dress worn by women for special occasions. it was BEAUTIFUL, made entirely of pearls!...


we were also lucky enough to be shown this original glass harmonica, a variation of benjamin franklin's invention the glass armonica...


i was sort of shocked when i stumbled upon these japanese figurines...can you see what they're doing? i sort of wished i had bought them, hahaha! i tried to do a little quick research on them, but the best i could come up with is that they are omorashi collectibles, but i could be wrong...


and when we weren't antiquing i was spiking my 9-year-old cousins hair, because he let me (and because he thinks i'm cool)...


and trying to make my grandmother laugh (she has progressive alzheimer's disease)...