Most unusual BB item??

[Melissa Jones]

whats the most unusual item that you have with BB on it?

I dont think i really have anything unusual but as you can get just about anything - i thought some people might have something to share.

[10eke]

I don't have unusual things either. It's just the normal figurines, t-shirts and bags...

[Neckless]

IMO...
My wooden wall plaques are unusual. They are about 18 inches tall and about 12 to 14 inches across. They have great colors and have a high tech...dried clear coating. They are WOOD...not paper collections inside of a glass frame. These will last forever. THe good thing about these...is that I have a desk (book) calendar (BB) and it has a different feature of her dressed from baseball uniforms to high-classed-head-turning-outfits...for every month (for 16 months). Very unusual. As I turn the page for the dates in the month...there she is...all dolled up. I even have her on horseback...and working out in the gym...stepping out on the town in an elegant green gown with this HUGE white furry collar and hat.
All I do is make a color copy of the one I favor and give it to the artist and he makes a larger replica of the picture...out of wood. It's like ply board and he uses a skill saw and told me that he actually paints them hinmself. Now my wall is full of BB wooden plaques. Dressed for all ocasions.

[Neckless]

Someone gave me a BB (motorcycle) eye-glass case the other day and a bumper sticker. Have you Boopers seen the BB decal that you apply to your car window?? It's cute 2!

[boopcrazy]

wow neckless sounds cool.

well i don't have anything unusual but so far my best item i think is my talking betty bottle opener it's red and it's so cute, it was given to me by aome friends last yr on my birthday.

i still haven't opened it but sometimes i push the plastic tip that has the metal piece to make it talk and it just makes me smile so much.

i guess one of the unsual things i've seen is a parkin sign that someone had at my friends work it was about the same size as one of those handykapped signs thats on the shorter poles but it was betty and it said somethin like "betty boop parking only" or somethin to that efect it was so cute i told my friend that if it came up missin one day tell her i haven't seen it :D

[Neckless]

hehehe. IMO if it's Betty Boop...It's Unusual!! I'll bet that ALL of our BB items COLLECTIVELY...would be something to see!!
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[BBooper]

i don't really have anything unusual. i suppose i have one of a kind thing's, like my BBart work, created from old bb tee's and a window sticker! and i also have a BB ragdoll i made :D

BBooper
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[Neckless]

Aww. BBooper. That sounds really cool! What kind of art work did you create from old BB T-shirts? I bet that rag-doll is unique too!

[BBooper]

i cut the images off the BB t-shirts first (th t-shirts were old and didn't fit me anymore, so i thought i'd put them to good use ;)). then i got a window sticker my someone at my mum's work made for me at work to test out the new machine they got in the factory :P i first of all stuck the window sticker on the glass of the frame and then put the cut outs under the glass. and my rag doll i made when i was 10 years old. hehe!

BBooper
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[Melissa Jones]

great talent there BBooper. And some fab ideas mind if i pinch them??

my collection has nothing unusual really in it. But i'm working on it. I should say nothing unusual to other collectors my friends think they are all unusual and can't believe the stuff i have never mind the things i say you can get (& that i want)

N'less those wooden plaques sound gorgeous. How many do you have now.

I agree with the statement that our collective collections would certainly be a site WOW.

[BBooper]

i don't mind :D

BBooper
xxx

[Melissa Jones]

ta muchly my friend ;)

[Bikerbettyboop]

Mel...What does ta muchly mean? Is it short for thank you?

[Melissa Jones]

thanks very much

when teaching toddlers to talk and use manners we Aussies (maybe others?) have a very bad habit of teaching them slang - then finding we have to re-teach them the correct words later. Bu basically we teach them to say "ta" for thankyou & please to start with. so hence "ta muchly" thanks very much.

[leboop448]

In my daily travels, I often find little BETTY items. I just found gel writing pens(.99) ea. A cell phone strap with two Betty charms
(1.99) and even a 3 pack of Betty Boop tissue packs (1.49).

In my area we have a lot of 99 cent stores as well as little shops with stuff you cant find anywhere else.
If any of my fellow Boopers want any of these items I would be glad to send them. leboop448@yahoo.com

[Bikerbettyboop]

Mel I thought it might be slang... cool....

Leboop you've found some nice things that were rather inexpensive!! Good for you!

[Melissa Jones]

what a lovely offer leboop. very kind of you. its great to find BB items that are cheap. great collection fillers :0

You got it Biker, Just about everything we say is slang. ;)

[Neckless]

M'Lissa...I have 11 of them currently.

[Melissa Jones]

way to go - they sound great & unique. do you have any pics you would want to share with us?

[lilhommieb74]

i dont hav an unusual item but i hav seen 1...... it was 1 of those life size carbords of bb i saw for like $15!!

[Candlesnboop]

Promise to keep this here!!??

I have a pair of underware my mom gave me for my 9th birthday!! I still have them!!!:):)

[lilhommieb74]

hehehe.... well i dont blame u.... if i had 1 of bb i would keep it to!!!!

[Candlesnboop]

Now I am 24 n still fit!!! TEHEHE:)

[Melissa Jones]

way to go candles - i wish i still had my young figure to fit in undies from a few years ago let alone from when i was nine. However i do have BB undies that fit my mow womanly physique. ;)

[melisa73074]

I went to a thrift shop and i found the most wondrful item. it was a BB, bathroom mirrior. i got all excited, and everybody was staring,hahaha. the best part was that it was only .50 cents. That made my day.:D

[Bikerbettyboop]

Wow Lil 74 I can't believe you found a lifesize BB for $15.00! That's a good deal!!

Ha Candles that's funny about the undies.... and wow that's cool that they still fit!

Gee Mel you must've gotten the deal of the century with that mirror... is it a hand mirror? What a deal!

[Candlesnboop]

LOL Melis, Biker.....Think about this....they fit yet I am pregnant!!:)

Kool Mirror!! I wish I had one!! There is a lot I do not have... Right now I am poor and I can not buy anything at all. I have to wait to buy food...

I can't wait to get a job after the baby is 6 wks old... Then the money situation will be better!!

[Bikerbettyboop]

Hi Candles... I'm sorry to hear that you're feeling poor during this pregnancy ... we've really become a nation of working moms haven't we? I remember back in the 50's... hardly any moms worked.. they all stayed home and took care of the kids and house etc.... those were the days weren't they? And I remember having to get a job right after my son was born in 1970 so that we could pay bills... so guess things haven't changed since the 70's huh?

take care of yourselves first and worry about your Betty collection later on when you're more financially able. There will always be things you can add to your collection but you gotta eat!!

[Candlesnboop]

;) well not totally poor my hubby is working... He takes care of the house payment car payment and food an whatever else we need!!!.. I have a good man to take care of me an our one and a half kids!:)

[Bikerbettyboop]

Oh I know that you're not totally poor but I do remember how much it helped (and still helps today) to have a second income from the wife. I know that Russ is a great man and a good provider and a wonderful husband and father.

Have you thought about doing any handcraft projects or sewing projects and selling them on eBay to generate a few extra $$?

[Candlesnboop]

If I only had a sewing machine maybe....Besides I am not much of a cross sticher, excecpt for making pillow cases an hand towels for the kitchen.... But I see what ya do mean !!:) I might have something that I can get rid of some books or something or another!:)

[Neckless]

Sewing machines are really nice to have. I might buy one a little later.

[boopcrazy]

i would love to have one, livin with all males i need one i have comforters that have seems that need fixing, i have pands and shorts that need fixing right in the middle ;) and doin all that by hand takes alot of time that i just don't have and it would be so much faster and easier to be able to plug in the machine and fix everything all at once and be done with it.

[Neckless]

Heard that BoopC. Exactly my thought! I want to buy an entourage of BB T's and stuff and sew them myself.

[melisa73074]

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[Melissa Jones]

we could all having a sewing bee with our BB's ha ha ;)

[Bikerbettyboop]

ha good one Mel!! We could have a great quilting party too couldn't we? I love my sewing machine and embroidery machine too!

[melisa73074]

Its sad but i dont like sewing.If something rips i take it to go get fixed.:D

[Melissa Jones]

I'm a bit the same Mel - but i take mine to my mummy's.

[melisa73074]

HEHEHE ,lol, that is so funny, because i do to, but i was ashamed to say it. U go girl!!!!!!!!!

[Bikerbettyboop]

ha you two are so funny!!! Your comments made me laugh!!

[Melissa Jones]

glad we could make you smile.

Its a new goal of mine now to make at least one other person smile per day. Its amazing how contagious it is. :)

[Neckless]

Originally posted by melisa73074
HEHEHE ,lol, that is so funny, because i do to, but i was ashamed to say it. U go girl!!!!!!!!!

Toooo cute. Fess-up! Tell-it. Tell-it!

[BBooper]

lol, i don't mind abit of sweing, but thats what i want to do when i'm older, fashion & art and design. but thats my opinion. :D my mum's really good at sewing so if i can't fix it or mke it worse i take it to her too! lol!!

BBooper
xxx

[Melissa Jones]

aren't mums great? what we'd do without 'em? Good luck with your career bbooper.

[BBooper]

:D thank's Melissa :D i love my mum to bits! i'd be lost without her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BBooper
xxx

[bexi3]

I have a 4ft BB lamp which is pretty cool - and my favorite in my collection. Not necessarily the most unusual but I love it!

[Melissa Jones]

wow bexi3!!!!!! you lucky lady, that sounds fantastic. I'm pretty sure i't be my fav too if i had one.

[Pudgy05]

An electric toothbrush, it's SO cute! Not a very good toothbrush though...
PUDGY
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[JennyBoop]

Now I don't have anything really strange or different with Betty Boop on them but I have seen alot of strange items with her cute little face on them.:eek:

[Neckless]

Yeah...me too JB!

[Bikerbettyboop]

Hi Jenny! How're you doing? How are you feeling? Good I hope!!

I have a really cool Betty Boop metal lamp with her as an angel and white feathers all around it... it's pretty and unusual.

[bettyboopfan]

My most unusual BB item was something someone made for me.
It is an Emu egg and it is handcarved and painted and has BB doing the famous Marilyn pose. It is rather neat looking.

[Neckless]

I bet it is! Sounds unusual. I don't have anything "unusual".

I have those specially carved wooden BB plaques. Haven't seen them anywhere else. Maybe they really are "unusual" too! I have a wall full of them.

[bettyboopfan]

I haven't seen any carved wooden BB plaques! I bet those are really nice!

[Neckless]

Hey BBfan
One of my students at school told me that her father does the most beautiful work with a skilled hand saw and a piece of thin wood and paint.
Girl...I had her to bring him over to the school and he brought some of his work. Talk about beautiful. I had never seen anything like it. I asked if he could make Betty Boops pics and he told me all he needed was a picture of her that he could keep. So I have this book calendar that sits on my desk. It has loads of BB pictures in all sorts of cute attire. I just pick them out, he enlarges them and copies it onto a piece of wood (in the rough)...then he uses some type of high gloss paints and finishes it off.
They are my masterpieces. WHen people come to my house...they STOP right there and admire that wall.
I love it to bits!

[bettyboopfan]

They sound wonderful!!
I bet they are beautiful!
That is like the man who made my Emu egg. He can carve and paint Betty free handed and it looks just like her! He so good.
I wish I had a talent like that!

[Neckless]

A natural gift. Yep. That's what it is.

[bettyboopfan]

I can crochet, not really a talent, but it is something I learned at an early age. Although my husband makes fun of me when I do it!

[Neckless]

Nice talent BBfan. I used to make caps and scarfs from crocheting.
I like needle point too.

[bettyboopfan]

I haven't learned needle point.
My oldest daughter is always wanting a new blanket for her babies so I have to crochet her one.

[Neckless]

Awww. How sweet. Such a thoughtful child.

[bettyboopfan]

Poor girl, she stands there the whole time asking "is it done yet"?

[Neckless]

She'll make a great CEO!!

[bettyboopfan]

My daughter in the future:

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[Neckless]

Yep. That's it.
Ahhhh-hahaha!

[bettyboopfan]

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[Neckless]

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[bettyboopfan]

It doesn't hurt to dream

[Neckless]

No it doesn't...BBfan.

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[bettyboopfan]

Correct!!!!!

[Neckless]

yep...

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[Neckless]

Leaves are falling all over the US...huh?

[bettyboopfan]

I have been raking leaves out of my yard all week.

It is definitely begining to look like fall!!

[bettyboopfan]

B O T:

Anyone else have an unusual BB item they would like to tell us about??

[Neckless]

IMy brother (bless his heart!) found the most unusual foot pedal for my accelerator in my truck. I LOVE IT!!

It has Betty Boops full body on it!!
She is winking one eye!! It says "Born Rebel"

[Melissa Jones]

that is soooooooo cool n'less what a great brother to get it for you.

[bettyboop68]

:D I don't think I have anything unusual either but I am sure :eek: that there are some made that are not supposed to be.

[Pudgy05]

My most unusal item would probably be an electric toothbrush. It's red with her on. It's not actually a very good toothbrush but I keep it because she is on it! Some fellow English boopers might own it too. It was from boots! :)

Pudgy
xxx

[Bikerbettyboop]

My Betty Boop camera is probably my most unusual item. :P

[Melissa Jones]

wow a camera how very cool. Its so hard to find unusual stuff here. but every now and then my friends will find me a little gem to treasure. One of my mates works in a sunglass shop and they have BB sunglasses they are children size but i'm still going to get them for my collection :)

[Neckless]

Oh Yah!!

A BB camera does sound very cool