Wonder Bread Uses Props from Toronto Antiques on King

For cheery kitchen decor items that are as beautiful as they are functional, Toronto Antiques on King is the place to go. Even if you just want to dress up a commercial set, we have everything you need.

The lovely people at Wonder know this too, and that’s why they used some pieces from our collection for an upcoming commercial with the theme of Wonder Bread through the ages…to create little vignettes that depict the vintage feel of a 1950’s kitchen. And a 1930’s. So look out for it and see if you can find the pieces below on the shelves of the cozy Wonder Bread commercial set kitchen, then come in to Toronto Antiques on King to outfit your own kitchen with trendy retro pieces!

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Priscilla Drivers Russ and Rufus shop at Toronto Antiques on King

At Toronto Antiques on King, we have the happy privilege to meet all kinds of wonderful people on a daily basis. And with all of the theatre action happening in the area, we see our fair share of famous faces.

But behind the scenes are lots of hardworking folks, who help make these shows spectacular. Two such gentlemen visited us today, all the way from the states, and had a little chat.

Turns out, Rufus Moore and Russ Lazarenko are truckers contracted by the fabulous hit show Priscilla Queen of the Desert the Musical to haul all of the gear for the entire stage production around on the show’s tour.

So, how did two truckers find their way to our jewellery counter? Well, Rufus’s wife has a birthday coming up and so Russ suggested they drop in to check out our selection. Rufus has great taste and chose a marvelous opal ring which we’re sure will make him very popular when he returns home to Washington.

We got a look at the rigs Russ and Rufus drive and they are pretty impressive. Here’s some photos to help you get to know at least two of the people who help make the big shows happen!

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Mia Kirshner Visits Toronto Antiques on King: And a Story About January’s Birthstone

Mia Kirshner came into Toronto Antiques on King before Christmas (our hearts have not yet returned to a normal pulse). In addition to being a classic beauty, Kirshner is modest, understated and unassuming. She seemed full of wonderful paradoxes that only made us like her more—In spite of her endorsement from Maxim and many other main-stream publications as one of the sexiest women alive, Mia was too modest to let us take her picture (She thought she was having a bad hair day…If my bad hair days could only be so good…). She did, however, generously encourage us to blog about her visit.

Kirshner admired “modest” jewellery preferring workmanship to gems, quality to quantity. She didn’t like any piece of jewellery that she deemed “noisy” and instead preferred our collection of delicate Georgian and Victorian rings. She settled on a lovely Edwardian ring that featured white-gold filigree work. She also loved this Georgian garnet ring. Like Kirshner, this ring is paradoxically delicate and bold.

In addition to being an exquisite example of period jewellery (circa 1850), this ring is special because it features January’s birthstone, garnet (also Kirshner’s birthstone). Although garnet comes in all the colours, deep burgundy is most common. Mythically, the garnet is the stone of protection. Many courageous discoverers wore garnets because of their purported protection against disease and predators. Today, people believe that garnets ward against diseases ranging from arthritis to toenail trouble. Perhaps the most famous 20th century garnet was Jaqueline Kennedy-Onassis’ cabochon garnet flower brooch that sold at Sotheby’s for $145,000.

Soon the Cynthia Findlay Collection will have a sample of its garnet selection online. Check it out at www.cynthiafindlay.com

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Popular Fashion Blog Writes About Toronto Antiques on King

Do you take your vitamins? At Toronto Antiques on King we are very passionate about vitamins. We love those little capsules full of everything you need for a healthy day including fashion advice, fast wit, and gift ideas. Oh wait, you thought I was talking about health supplements? I’m talking about the blog “Vitamin Daily,” which just wrote a piece about Toronto Antiques on King. They loved our sapphire ring as well as this fabulous 1930’s plastic and diamond bracelet.

To see more one-of-a-kind inventory go to cynthiafindlay.com

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Last Minute Christmas Gifts

Don’t have your Christmas presents yes? There is still time to find a “wow!” gift at Toronto Antiques on King and the Cynthia Findlay Collection.

Say no to boring gifts. Say yes to one-of-a-kind showpieces.

Say no to Christmas lineups. Say yes to knowledgeable assistance.

Say yes to free Christmas wrapping

Say yes to design and quality

Say yes to a superior shopping experience!

For gift ideas visit www.cynthiafindlay.com

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The Good Witch IV rents props from Toronto Antiques on King

How can you tell the difference between a good witch and a bad witch? A good one drinks tea. A really good witch holds a tea party with silver tea pots and fine china cups and saucers from Toronto Antiques on King. Which is exactly what Good Witch Productions did—check out the photo to see what they rented from Toronto Antiques on King.

The fabulous children’s movie trilogy Good Witch is starting production on a highly awaited fourth instalment in the series. We are sure that the good witch’s love of tea will bring back the trend of tea parties for children (whatever happened to tea parties and teddy bear picnics anyway?) When this inevitable trend takes off amongst the youngsters Toronto Antiques on King will be ready with our china cups raised.

For more hosting ideas go to www.cynthiafindlay.com

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Kate Middleton, Princess Diana and You

A new generation of Royalty got hitched with an old generation engagement ring. However, Princess Diana’s ring is anything but ‘dated’ on Kate Middleton’s finger. That sapphire and diamond engagement ring has a timeless beauty fit for a princess and future queen. Since there is a little bit of queen in all of us, the Cynthia Findlay collection is showcasing our selection of sapphire and diamond “princess” rings www.cynthiafindlay.com/rings/sapphires/ Your man becomes a prince when he buys you one of these!

What do you think about Prince William gifting Lady Diana’s ring to Kate?

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