Jananas

The Melissa is a store that opened up at Queen and Dovercourt (1080 Queen St W, open Wed thru Sun for typical Queen W hours, 416.399.5557). From their postcard they sell “eclectic stuff at recession prices” – vintage drapes and tablecloths, kitchenware, jewelery, toys, and board games. and other quirky finds. Basically they have a window that always catches my eye whenever I walk past it. Up until today though, that had always been when they were closed so I hadn’t had a time to check ‘em out.

Today they were open! Yay, schedules collided and I got to check out awesome. Seriously, they even had copies of Sorry! and Stock Ticker (one of my favorite games during summers at the cottage as a kid). They had some lovely pyrex mixing bowls and a fancy pants card catalogue that I was tempted to buy for my crafting storage needs. I resisted! I could not, however, resist this awesome fitted Rainbow Brite sheet or the two ridiculous pattern books. The one on the far right is a scary book of patterns for (barbie) dolls. For $1 I couldn’t resist. I also grabbed two teeny tiny antique crochet hooks – originally meant for lace, but darling for picking up dropped stitches.