The Allee Willis Museum of Kitsch

Poodles!! (part 2)

These are the poodles that started my collection, they are from my mom, who owned them originally! They still have their 98cents price tag o...

June 24, 2010 by Nessa

Poodles!!!! (Part 1)

I’ll tell you right now, I have a huge collection of spaghetti poodles, growing all the time. They come in all shapes, sizes, and colo...

June 20, 2010 by Nessa

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Wades from Red Rose Tea

Back in 1967, Canada’s Red Rose Tea began giving away tiny figurines in each box of tea. These little ceramic pieces were called whims...

June 19, 2010 by Michael Ely

Tiki bathroom

This is a tiki bathroom, a room filled with tiki mugs, vintage aquarium ornaments, model ships, tiki masks, ceramic mermaids, plastic fish w...

June 18, 2010 by Michael Ely

Paint By Number Dogs

I found these on ebay a couple of years ago. I used to LOVE paint by numbers (painting them and collecting them), but it became a sort of po...

June 17, 2010 by windupkitty

SHOP TILL YOU DROP

Just want to share with you a estate sale taking place in Michigan this weekend… http://www.estatesales.net/estate-sales/115476.aspx I...

June 16, 2010 by k2dtw

Kitschenette

This is a 1950’s Marx “Pretty Maid” tin litho toy kitchen. The kitchen is complete with appliances including a refrigerato...

June 15, 2010 by Michael Ely

Twin Planters

I photographed a bunch of my kitschy figural planters today, so stay tuned for a fair flood of them. :) These lovelies were purchased this v...

June 8, 2010 by Nessa

“What, me worry?”

“What, me worry?” Alfred E Newman, Mad magazine and books looked at the world a thousand different ways and still could not say ...

by MyFunCloset

Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Plastic Fruit & Vegetable People and The Most Talented Man You’ve Ever Seen Playing Music On Vegetables

. I used to actively collect figurative sculptures made out of plastic fruits and vegetables. Largely crafts projects, I loved them because ...

by Allee Willis

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Yardley Slicker Lipstick – THE Mod Swinging Londoners MUST HAVE!

Once upon a time my mother, a bleach blond divorcee with a half breed kid, was dating a millionaire from San Marino. She was a teacher and o...

June 6, 2010 by belindaesq

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Atomic Dishes

I found these while visiting Mom and Dad in PA. These were purchased at a Goodwill store. Dinner plates were 97 cents each, smaller saucers,...

by denny

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Planters Breed Like Rabbits

This is one of the first planters I ever bought. I really think it’s cute and I keep paint brushes and things in it. I also have anoth...

June 4, 2010 by Nessa

David Carroll LP Cover Collection

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June 3, 2010 by denny

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Swedish Polka Bands

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May 30, 2010 by sghusker

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Let’s Play Monopoly

This is a collection of Monopoly tokens ranging from the 1930’s to the near present. My partner and I built the display case out of a ...

by Michael Ely

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Yesterday’s lunch

Lunchboxes on parade....

May 27, 2010 by Michael Ely

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Velveeta Camera and “Food For Thought” Party Photos!

This is one of the few food related items that John Lloyd Young didn’t jewel at my place last Sunday when The Allee Willis Museum Of K...

May 26, 2010 by Allee Willis

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Dish me up, Partner

This wonderful and campy cowboy china was produced in the 1940’s and 1950’s by Wallace China, once one of the largest suppliers ...

May 24, 2010 by Michael Ely

Tis’ the Seasoning

Here we have a collection of salt and pepper shakers, mostly Western and mostly vintage. Notice how stereotypical and exaggerated many of th...

May 23, 2010 by Michael Ely

My how TV’s have changed…

On display at the Akron Toy Marble Museum were early telvisions, TV memorabilia, TV show games and TV personalities of the 50’s and 60...

by MyFunCloset

Piskie Garden Mevagissey Cornwall UK

My second visit to the Piskie Garden…I engaged he lady in conversation and she has been here for 25yrs having moved down to Cornwall t...

by shirlie williams