Little Joys
August 17th, 2005

Two things that in spite of the ugly weather made my day…

Candy Wristband

#1 was something I always had to have as a kid and incidentally discovered again at our coffee shop of choice. These wristbands consist of beaded bright little candy rings, each color a slightly different flavor on a stretch string with a candy dial.

Besides collecting flavorsome erasers, those colorful, edible fake-watches were my favorites at early school years. I thought they had stopped producing them back in the 80ies, but it seems, they are back for a revival or have they been around all along? Oh what fun childhood memories – nostalgia, here I come (not that I’d wear these today…)

#2 could be introduced as My boyfriend went to Prague and all I got was this lousy… were two beautiful, handcrafted crockery bowls. When O. returns from traveling outside the country I’m always happy to see if a new cooking magazine has landed, too – but these bowls are much better. ‘Glad I made him join me on some of my shopping sprees, it sort of paid off, very sweet picks, right down my ally ;)

Crockery Bowls

Comments
hera

Aug 17th,
2005

coincidence! those candy rings were the only joy of my childhood during my stay in munich for the whole summertime, about...25 years ago.. so nice to see them again! i had always preferred the yellow ones first...

Chiara

Aug 17th,
2005

My youngest daughter loves this candy stuff! You can find some of the little candies broken everywhere she goes in the house.

augustusgloop

Aug 17th,
2005

I was about chime in about how much I used to love these too, until I realised we never got *watches*, just sappy *bracelets*! I thought they were cool but watches are, like, so much better!

Dreska

Aug 17th,
2005

Well, I must say, your boyfrriend will make lots of women-bloggers jealous of that beautiful crockery you have got from him. :)
I have looked at the web site and will definitely visit when in Prague again.

sam

Aug 17th,
2005

I used to love those when I was a kid.
the one that was a necklace and would leave sticky streaks all over your neck when you ate them in situ.
I think we have one from france in the drawer at home. They must be a Euro phenomena.

clare eats

Aug 18th,
2005

I used to get those watches too!

But those bowls are fabulous

Ruth

Aug 18th,
2005

I too had the necklace version. Not only would I get sticky, it would invariably choke me!!

Another favorite candy treat was colorful candy buttons stuck to paper. There would be rows of 4-5 across and you'd buy lengths of it. Storekeepers would cut it at the desired length and then you'd eat them off the paper - half the time you'd get to eat some paper too. I'm describing this poorly but honestly, they were fun - like ribbons of rainbow colored candy.

J

Aug 18th,
2005

that glaze, those shapes...your bowls are really beautiful, wonderfully organic in feel...can't wait to see what you'll put in them...cheers,j

McAuliflower

Aug 18th,
2005

*smile*

I just found a local source of candy lipstick today.

If I try I can smell the erasers as I sit here..

maria

Aug 18th,
2005

those bowls are so pretty... of course O has the best of taste. nice work! the candy jewelry really brings me back to my days of childhood as well. the one you show in your photo is so nice looking. i don't remember them being that nice!
hope the weather looks up! mav

gemma

Aug 18th,
2005

I remember being a kid and wearing candy necklaces. I would naturally insist on eating them while still attached to my neck and it would result in a sticky, pastel colored ring around my neck --much to my mother's dismay. What a lovely find for a day with ugly weather.

And those bowls are indeed gorgeous!

Nicky

Aug 19th,
2005

Good to see I'm not the only nostalgic person around — thanks for sharing all your candy-watch/bracelet/wristband memories ;))

Hi augustusgloop,
It certainly would have been a great match, the bracelets *and* the watch. Funny, we just had the watches...

Hi Dreska,
I'm absolutely positive it’s worth a visit when you're in Prague, O. said they the shop owner was really nice, making sure everything was wrapped up properly to endure the flight. 'Hope business takes him there again.... ;)

Hey Ruth,
I think I know what you're describing, back in the days the close by candy store I believe had those, too. I could have spent hours in it, where you'd be allowed to pick and choose whatever candy you fancied and just paid per weight.

McAuliflower,
Candy lipstick was another great one - for me usually ending up in a mess...