If you have read my blog for any length of time you know I have a love affair with spun cotton heads. I craft with them and collect them. I have seen a huge variety of heads in my day. Let me rattle some off...bunnies, girls, monkeys, pirates, Daniel Boone, drunks, angels, snowman, Abe Lincoln, George Washington, lions, Santa, skeletons, pumpkins, witches, cowboys, pilgrims, clowns and chicks. There is a huge assortment of what was manufactured. I got some the other day that I had never ever SEEN before.
They are good sized. I have no idea what they were intended for. The woman selling them thought perhaps they were turnips or flames.
I love their cheery faces and already have some crafting ideas for them.
I was really surprised to find some I had never seen....but so happy they made their way to me!
happy day.
Hmm... When I first saw them, I though of Easter eggs, but they do look sort of turnip-y.
Posted by: Diane | February 11, 2013 at 06:43 AM
cute! i like the idea of them as flames! on the top of some cute christmas candle creation
Posted by: rae | February 11, 2013 at 09:42 AM
I am amazed when you find something you haven't seen before!!! It must be rare if you don't already have one. :o)
I can't wait to see what you do with them.
Posted by: Melissa | February 11, 2013 at 10:26 AM
I think if you put a leafy green stem on the top it would look just like some kind of vegetable ... awfully cute!
Posted by: Barbara | February 11, 2013 at 11:22 AM
I have some Christmas spun heads....snowmen and Santas, one pumpkin head and the rest are like angels attached to a body. I have yet to find a spun head girl like what you have a zillion of! These turnips are darling! I was thinking if they were flames, they might have some yellow in them? Wouldn't that be fun if they had some vegetable ones out there? Those spun heads seem to gravitate towards you that's for sure!
Thanks for sharing :-)
Posted by: Doreen | February 11, 2013 at 11:23 AM
I think they might be radishes?? I know You will make into something "spunning"!
Posted by: Kathy | February 11, 2013 at 11:42 AM
Radishes! They would be adorable vegetable girls...I'll take one!
xox
Dot
Posted by: one gal's trash | February 11, 2013 at 01:10 PM
In a word .... MEGACUTE !!!I cannot think of what they were used for ( or part of. ) They look like radishes - is there a hole underneath ? Could they have gone on the end of a stick, as the topper for an indoor plant stake ? You know .... a plant from a florist ... in the 50's .... maybe. I am reaching here. Glad you found them anyway !!
Posted by: Lisa W. | February 11, 2013 at 05:05 PM
What fun to find something you haven't seen before for your collection! I can remember seeing some vegetable people (and kicking myself eternally for not buying them!) but I seem to recall them being green??? I agree, these seem to be of the radish turnip clan. :)
Can't wait to see how you use them!
Posted by: Sally | February 11, 2013 at 06:47 PM
Yes, some kind of little veggie people would be super cute! I see turnips when I look at them. Green bump chenielle arms would be so good with them! Uh Oh...I'm crafting in my head!
So glad that you found these!
Erica :)
Posted by: Erica, GoldenEggVintage | February 11, 2013 at 10:27 PM
Another super find for your creative genius to turn into something spectacular.
Sheryl
Posted by: Sheryl Remy | February 12, 2013 at 05:33 AM