Our current focus is the 5th birthday party for Amanda's oldest. This will be a pirate themed event, so we are on the look-out for all things pirate. We found THIS: (at the Sutter Amador Hospital Auxiliary Thrift Shop)
and while it doesn't scream "pirate"... it was, at least, a ship. AND it is musical, which Justin also currently loves. So, for $2, we were thrilled, and even though the musical mechanics weren't working, we could see that it had potential. Amanda, resourceful as she is, posted a question on a facebook yard sale group asking if anyone knew where to go for music box repairs. We were referred to The Sutter Creek Music Box Company (link in our "places we love" list). We visited their beautiful store yesterday, thinking we'd have to leave the ship for repairs, assuming it could even BE repaired, and hope to get it back in time for the party. WELL, lucky for us, Mark was able to clean it & had it running within 30 minutes! As it plays, the ship moves up & down...Justin will LOVE this thing!
Even though it is not a THRIFT store, we want to make sure we give them some "word of mouth" advertising! We are sure to visit The Sutter Creek Music Box Company again!
No comments:
Post a Comment