Here we are getting ready to start the process of making “The Allee Willis Chocolate Chip Cookie Supreme”. Since I am complete...
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Strange Costumes
As a total sucker of old photographs I was very excited to find an old dusty paperbox with pics in the house of my husbands grandpa. There w...
Del Rubio Sock Monkey
When I got the word that Allee and Hidden Los Angeles were collecting valentines for the beautiful Milly Del Rubio, I wanted to something sp...
Lamp made out of a vintage iron
On sale for $40.00 at an indoor co-op/flea market where I will be renting space soon. The rent is cheap and I never have a shortage of items...
More of the Kitsch you requested – More shoes!!
Hello again Allee, And thanks for such a cool site. As per your request, I’ve uploaded another photo of my custom modified Lucifer Laz...
Kitschy Crafts: Making Pigmy Will
After watching a few of those awesome videos I made promise to myself that I will have my own Pigmy Will…. So I popped on my fav...
Rice KrispyHENGE
I saw this and was immediately jealous that I didn’t conceive and build this myself. I think it is brilliant. I’m inspired t...
Cowboy Adventures To Color
I love vintage unused coloring books. This is a Gene Autry ” Cowboy Adventures To Color” coloring book published in 1941. The ...
Fashions of the Past, Part 2
Let’s start with some vintage maternity wear. That’s right, maternity! Lots of these old patterns have special stretch tummy...
Fashions Of The Past, Part 1
I have over 1000 vintage patterns, which I buy and sell and trade with my friends like baseball cards. I’ve got some … inter...
Carved tree outside of a local deli…
It’s very expensive to have trees removed so this business decided to make it a permanent piece of art. This deli is on route 6 here o...
Happy Presidents’ Day From Marx
Meet the presidents. These figures by Marx were sold in grocery stores and hobby shops.. and came in several versions, white, tan, and pre...
Blame it on the Pamphlet!
Why spend a lot of money on expensive dance lessons when you can learn to dance the Bossa Nova from a 1962 pamphlet for only 50 cents? Appar...
Tirau, the Corrugated Iron Capital of New Zealand
I’ll keep this one brief and let the photos speak for themselves. There is a town in New Zealand that is full of corrugated iron art. ...
Flock Of Flamingos Sighting
Looks like the first flock of flamingos has arrived in time for the Spanish Town Mardi Gras Ball and parade here in Baton Rouge. These were ...
Motivational saying on a pillow (about friends and bras)
I think I saw this pillow at the “Joan of Arc” thrift shop....
3D PORTRAIT OF NADINE
My friend April alerted me to this on ETSY. INSANE. I wonder if purchase would be permissable at $409.00???...
Knitted Booze Cozy
Says “Happiness is a bottle of booze”. This was part of my bar collection for a very long time. Now, I want to share it with the...
Ohayocon 2011
Nessa here, just back from Ohayocon 2011 in lovely Columbus, Ohio! I’m not on staff at Ohayocon but I love to go there because it...
Maddie Mod
Barbie doll has had many competitors, or “clones” over the years. The grooviest of these is surely Maddie Mod. Made by the Princ...
Framed bird sculpture made from spare jewelry parts! This is a good one!
I snatched this within seconds of walking into Joan of Arc thrift shop. It’s price tag was $3.00 and is spare jewelry parts on crushed...
Androgynous Fiddle Chick
The tag really says it for me… Wow! Easter Fantastic Condition $16.99 Firm Expertly carved out of Styrofoam, pipe cleaners and stick...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Kitschtastic East LA and My Saturday Ride with Charles Phoenix
As many of you know, one of my favorite things in the world to do is to take rides with my BFF, Charles Phoenix, and go to places in and aro...
Wonder Bread Raincoat
I saw this and thought it would be perfect for Allee’s site! http://www.boxvox.net/2011/01/wonder-bread-raincoat-etc.html...













