My mom found this dog pulling a circus cart with strange holes in the top. She said it must be a crayon holder. I’m not sure if that i...
Kitsch » Crafts
West German Pin
A small portion of my collection consists of pins marked Made In W Germany. Whoever in West Germany was manufacturing these, they made a wid...
Hippie Car at 1968 San Francisco Art Festival
The owner of this car had fastened all kinds of stuff to the whole car but I thought the hood and windshield summed up the variety of attach...
The Plane that Refreshes
I found this handmade Coca-Cola plane at an estate sale. It’s surprisingly sturdy and well-constructed– the wheels and propeller...
More Quillows
My Mom has been the inspiration for many of the items I’ve submitted to AWMOK. Here she is in the early 50’s with her brothers. ...
Concrete Cactus
Came across this giant black concrete cactus that someone felt compelled to build and place on their front lawn in Venice. Maybe it was to d...
Cardboard Doll House
I found this cardboard doll house at the dump. It contained bits of broken pieces inside and someone even made their own hand made area rugs...
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...
Coconut Shell Pirates
These were outside a shop in Cornwall..Ive never seen freaky Coconut Heads before…Until I came to AWMOK.....
Knitted Mini Men
This knitted Sailor from HMS Rock Bottom and his companion from the RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution )..(I love the detail of the s...
Cactus lamp
This water pump cactus lamp is one of several kinds of cactus lamps (including covered wagon lamps) produced here in Tucson, AZ during the 1...
Why did the chicken drive across the road?
I frequently pass this parked car on Saturday mornings when I hit the garage sales in Santa Monica and Venice and always regret I don’...
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 ...
Steampunk style lamp
Don’t know if this would be considered kitsch or not, but wanted to share this one-of-a-kind steampunk style lamp made from old machin...
The Bagel Family magnets
What do you do with a stale bagel? Make a refrigerator magnet! These homemade little darlings were an instant hit. I needed an idea for Moth...
Still Glowing decades later…
45 years later these snowflake decals still glow in the dark, though the adhering film is dried up. Anyone remember the stick-on stars we us...
Lawn Sprinkler Lamp
This is a one-of-a-kind lamp made from found art (created by a local Tucson artist named Lane Patterson). The base consists of two old vinta...
Nautical Inspired nightlite
My Father in-law made this when he was still able to be active. It’s used every evening in this house. Not my thing but he was quite a...
Goldfish Toilet Roll Cover
Sadly I do not own this, I found it while browsing..Its just so cute…...
Blow-Charlie-Blow Wire Brush Musician
This musician figure is made out of metal and sports a wire brush head. On the base is hand-painted, “Blow Charlie Blow,” a phra...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Toilet Paper Cozy
If one were to pick up doing crafts as a hobby one of the easiest things to make would surely be this happy little gal toilet paper cozy. A ...
Fidel Castro as a Coconut Head???
The Coconut Head has a hole by his mouth, I bought the Cigar… No it’s not Cuban. We’ve had it for years, we bought it in N...
Sock Reindeer Doll Men’s Tube Socks
Someone made quite an effort to put together this reindeer made out of men’s tube socks. Very festive...













