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APPROXIMATE RELEASE DATE: 1998-2001
MISSING ITEMS: Wax paper, newspaper, 2 juice boxes with straws
IMPORTANT NOTES: This set was also known as Lunch for Two. The newspaper was omitted for later releases.
PERSONAL FUN FACT written by my sister: I remember when this first appeared in American Girl catalogs. Shelly does too. Actually, to say it was a memorable moment for the both of us would be true. We remember this page and how much we loved it--and the cooler was our favorite part! (It all goes back to doll food.) We used to make up stories about the items in the catalogs and this was a favorite plot point. Whole stories made up to incorporate this adorable cooler. I saw this in real life once circa 1998. A friend of mine got it for her birthday and I was JEALOUS. Like, who wouldn't be? It was perfection. At some point, Shelly and I did price this out online, but we weren't serious. However, for Christmas 2023, Shelly went on a secret mission (she could be in the CIA, her ability to keep a secret is astounding) and spent a month tracking down some of my favorite items American Girl produced--GOT items from the late 90s and, mostly, things for Rebecca Rubin! Because this was the first non-Rebecca item I unwrapped following a string of Rebecca items, this did stump me as I held the wrapped package and could feel that it was plastic, not a clothing item, and that it was square shaped. (Shelly had hoped to trick me by having it follow all the Rebecca items.) Once I saw the blue and yellow, I was stumped no more! Shelly wrote on her note that she got it without the juice boxes because she realized that they are cardboard, not plastic! So, why pay extra money for cardboard juice boxes. (I know that, if you've read Shelly's photos about her Mary-Kate and Ashley doll collection, and seen just how much she wanted certain cardboard punchouts, you'd think her feelings on the cardboard juice boxes were a juxtaposition. However, knowing that the juice boxes are cardboard, not plastic like we thought, and honestly not that exciting as far as cardboard dolly items goes makes me wholeheartedly agree with her that it was NOT worth paying a lot more money just for the paper boxes.) The only items Shelly didn't get with our set were cardboard/paper. That stuff doesn't last well after 20 years and has less play value (and you can't wash it). I think the sandwich is my favorite part! Well, I know it is, but the brownies are an easy second--I mean, how cute are they? With their little frosting swirls. So perfect and tiny and realistic. I put one next to Rebecca's hand and thought it was adorable. (Shelly said that, when the stuff arrived, she felt like it was smaller than she pictured.) Now, back to the more important topic--the sub! As you see, it is not actually two separate pieces, but four! Shelly laid it out so both sides of each component can be viewed. The lettuce and tomato are molded to the top half of the bun and the cheese and meat (ham? Hopefully not bologna) is molded to the bottom. Okay, so I'm being anal here--but that's totally upside down (ask Shelly about my sandwich arrangement ritual--I always put the lettuce on the bottom and the cheese on top). Which doesn't detract from it's cuteness or perfection! The detail on the bun itself is great. And the sandwich is meant to be "cut" in half. The oranges...Well, they are pretty great and I love them. But they are just oranges. (I guess even in dolly size, I prefer sandwiches and sweets over fruit and vegetables.) Super cute oranges though. The cooler itself is awesome! The lid slides open at the center. There are square indentations on the top that, if memory serves me right, are meant to hold the juice boxes. I think you are meant to put the food on top of the cooler like it's a table. It feels surreal having something that I fantasized about owning for SO long!!!
The Utah National Guard was activated to assist firefighting efforts on the Box Canyon Fire burning approximately 12 miles east of Oakley, Utah, Aug. 28. Utah’s 2nd Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment, 97th Aviation Troop Command, provided two Black Hawk helicopters, each with two pilots and a crew chief, to help suppress the fire with water from the air. (National Guard photo by Spc. Nathaniel Free, 128th Mobile Public Affiars Detachment)
Another dusk shot from Summerland, 2011. Mailboxes just up the road from Mum's house. I love the strong horizontal light and shadows at this time of day, and formal regularity of the boxes themselves.
Colortheraphy box by Lakbear.
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Used my ghetto light studio tent (pvc pipes making a box, put some white sheet over it and use worklights for lighting)
I made this box to hold my guitar accessories -- spare strings, re-stringing tools, polish, etc.
Lacewood, maple, wenge, redheart, pau ferro, bocote, jatoba, inlay strips.
Box.'s Kings and Queens collab!
as soon as I heard it I went and did one...
some simple photoshoping with an illustration of mines
another celebratory lunch box (actually, just for fun at work... =)
failed quail-egg's check... >_< it supposed to be looked like this...whooot!
red-sweetpotato powder, plus the white of an egg becomes blue (donno why, but its a well-known chemical effect) so it tastes sweet potato.
how to make a butterfly display box, for a detailed tutorial:
www.growingupcreative.com/2010/04/butterfly-family-collec...
My grandmother is quite the gardener, and one of my uncles who lives with them constructed this planting box in the center of their driveway.
NEW YORK, NY - (10:15 am) In line at the Jazz at Lincoln Center box office for NYFF tickets. [September 9, 2007] Read Blog Post.
The Karma Box contains stuff one might need out on the deep playa, such as chap stick, blinky lights, condoms, and cheap jewelry. I was just doing my part and adding some items.
See a review of this and my other bento boxes at pippasfoodblog.blogspot.com/2012/02/my-bento-boxes-and-wh...
An invaluable source for bento-related goodness!
I hope you have a wonderful day. ^_^
Based on rate changes, this stamp keeper box dates from sometime between 1963 and 1968. I think it was probably a promotional item based on the small "National Chemsearch" text on the front of the box. It was definitely designed for desktop storage. The lid hinges up to reveal four compartments for holding stamps and a rate guide on the inside of the lid.
Not made of ticky-tacky, cardboard.
I obviously didn't do very well with photography this week.
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