The Allee Willis Museum of Kitsch

Sequined Cat Purse

Once again we have my feet featured alongside this gorgeous sequined cat purse. I found this at the Joan of Arc Thrift shop for the price of...

September 17, 2010 by denny

I Go Pogo by Walt Kelly

Pogo was a cute little critter (an opossum) that was the subject of many books of cartoons by Walt Kelly in the 1950’s. I have 14 of h...

September 14, 2010 by Bob Ramsdell

Vintage Girl-with-Umbrella Bookend

This is one of my favorite home office chotchkes– a small metal girl-with-umbrella bookend. I found her at a garage sale, but have abs...

September 5, 2010 by Douglas Wood

Eggs Exotique cookbook

Nothing says fancy better than giving it a French title. Exotic Eggs? Nope… but “Eggs Exotique,” Wow! I’m impressed...

by kookykitsch

60’s Revisited….

More from the fun estate sale. Stacks and stacks of comics, coloring books and games…everywhere. If you grew up in the 60’s, man...

September 3, 2010 by MyFunCloset

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Denny’s Adventures in Allee Willis’ “Willis Wonderland” (Part 6 – August 2010)

This disco kitsch came from one of my favorite rooms at “Willis Wonderland”. I was determined when there to photograph every ite...

September 2, 2010 by denny

TV personality coloring books …

This was a fun estate sale filled with kids toys that filled the rec room. Nothing was cheap and photos seemed the way to capture these trea...

August 30, 2010 by MyFunCloset

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – 1950’s Good Housekeeping Appetizer Book

By the number of post-its that I’ve stuck in this book, 41 to be exact, it’s obvious that I’m as much a fan of the recipes...

August 29, 2010 by Allee Willis

Cornerstones of Freedom The Story of Watergate Children’s Book

Cornerstones of Freedom The Story of Watergate 1988 ed book...

August 20, 2010 by kookykitsch

RECIPE FOR KITSCH…

RE Found Up-North in Petoskey, Mi… I have never seen this great kitschy wood scrapbook…for “Recipes”… The cove...

August 19, 2010 by k2dtw

Dick Clark Annual Yearbook from the 50’s – beautiful!

I may have to do a second post as the insides of this year book are absolutely incredible. The color combos here are stunning and i love the...

by denny

Parody of Mao Tse Tung’s Little Red Book

LBJ’s comments on many subjects, war, the economy, the media. etc. My favorite is the last one: “I’m the only president yo...

August 14, 2010 by Bob Ramsdell

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Accidental Vacation Kitsch

I’m really not a shopper. But a place that I stumbled onto on vacation this year didn’t feel like a store. Everywhere I looked, ...

August 13, 2010 by Markydoodle

Fish Bookends

It was so ugly I had to have it....

August 7, 2010 by Michael M.

Yearbook Madness!

These are photos from actual high school yearbooks. Suddenly my own portrait with my blown-dry hair and wide tie (which, my lips to God̵...

August 6, 2010 by Douglas Wood

Picture Cook Book

This is my all-time favorite cookbook. It was published in 1958 and contains recipes along with photos that appeared in Life Magazine betwee...

July 27, 2010 by Michael Ely

Bozo The Clown & A Jungle Animal

A Bozo book I nabbed from the dump....

July 24, 2010 by denny

1970 Betty Crocker’s NEW Dinner for Two Cookbook

I love to cook so have a lot of cookbooks. I either picked this up at a rummage sale or from my mom. This is the 1970 edition of a recent Ki...

July 22, 2010 by Carrie

Denny’s Adventure’s In “Willis Wonderland” – part 21

The very first printing of Pigmy Will’s adventures, produced by Prudence Fenton and Allee Willis. We love you, Pigmy. There should be ...

July 20, 2010 by denny

The Original Stars at American Bandstand

In one of those “friend of a friend of a friend” situations, last night I was one of 700 or so people in Columbus, OH enjoying (...

by Carrie

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tea partiers in training….

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July 19, 2010 by herzco

Good Housekeeping’s Ten P.M. Cook Book

July 18, 2010 by Carrie

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Good Housekeeping’s Around The World Cook Book

I picked this up a few years ago at a flea market for, I think, 25¬¢. Subtitle is: “specialty recipes with a foreign flavor”. ...

July 17, 2010 by Carrie