Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Moon Marbles

War Cards and Tube of Marbles

Dragon and Unicorn Dice and Handmade Marble

"German" Kleenex, Alphabet D30(with wilds), and D30


Here are some treasures we picked up from Moon Marble Company this weekend. I really enjoyed this little shop in Bonner Springs, KS. Everything from Mr. Bacon's board game to yoyos.

And I have long had a fascination with marbles. I collected them as a kid. Then during the flood in CR a few years back I spent one sunny spring afternoon in the coffee shop with Bob going through a large bin one marble at a time picking out our favorites. I have absolutely no bad memories pertaining to marbles, and if I do I don't want to be reminded of them.

Marbles are so simply decadent in my mind. A small ball of gorgeous glass, sure maybe used for a game (which is decadent enough), but usually not used for anything but being a bit of glamor in a jar.

We even got to watch a guy named Ernie make a big marble and a tiny marble. I would like to get one of those works of art some day, for now $40 marbles seem a bit too decadent. However, we did get a small hand made one for only 33 cents. You can feel where it was attached to the rod!




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