The Allee Willis Museum of Kitsch

The Best Gifts are from the Heart and Sometimes on the Head

One of the many things I love about the AWMOK is that it seems to draw people who are not only insanely creative and talented, but also very...

March 6, 2011 by windupkitty

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Pigmy Will In Space – 2010 (a painting by Denny)

Go Pigmy go!...

March 5, 2011 by denny

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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...

March 4, 2011 by Jaymes Mansfield

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This frog prince holds a surprise!

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March 1, 2011 by suzette

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Diamond Joe – 11 x 14 (a painting by Denny)

This is the first time I ever incorporated anything else other than the paint to achieve the image, I gave this little guy diamonds for eyes...

February 21, 2011 by denny

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Hula Candle Sticks

I have no idea of the year but I think they are repro’s. I still love them and have a certain amount of love for the “Hula Image...

February 20, 2011 by denny

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And then we played Twister…

We were getting late into the party when Baby Doe got a surprising phone call… Then Todd tried to figure out how to do Right Hand Red....

February 19, 2011 by Rusty

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Junk Food Supreme At A Kitsch Lover’s Party

Anyone reading my blog long enough knows I’m an unabashed lover of junk food. My conscience has upped through the years but in a perfe...

February 17, 2011 by Allee Willis

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Denny’s Adventures in Allee Willis’ “Willis Wonderland” (Part 103 – August 2010)

I have always been nuts over these plastic kitchen accessories, especially the ones in red. So it was funny to walk into “Willis Wonde...

February 16, 2011 by denny

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Slim Jim and Pokey Joe – 11 x 14 (a painting by Denny)

I was inspired to paint this by my love of the old street gangs from NY like the “dead rabbits” and “the 5 points gangR...

February 15, 2011 by denny

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Dinah-Mite and the Dyn-O-Miteness of Jenifer Lewis

I love things that are ‘off’ but born of popular trends and then spin off into their own orbit, making a firm landing on the ter...

February 9, 2011 by Allee Willis

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Red Hat Society “Wacky” Lamps

Welcome to my nightmare. If you are not familiar with the Red Hat Society, they are basically women over fifty who like to have fun and wear...

by Rusty

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“Happy Man” (a painting by me, inspired by Aldous Huxley’s novel “Brave New World”)

I painted this in the summer, right around the time of having to read “Brave New World” for a psyche class I was taking. Wasn...

by denny

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Detroit Zoo Hat and My Homegirl, Lily Tomlin

When I grew up in Detroit I went to the zoo on 10 Mile and Woodward at least a couple times a year. Although I got this particular chapeau ...

February 7, 2011 by Allee Willis

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Cheeseheads!

Allee and I were sorority sisters at the University of Wisconsin. I had no idea until her last visit to Madison (where I live) that she had ...

February 6, 2011 by Muffin

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Fez Topped Shriner With Magnetic Personality!

I don’t recall where I picked up this shriner with a magnet base but he’s one of my absolute favorite kitchen magnets- of which ...

by Mod Betty RetroRoadmap.com

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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...

by Nessa

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Suspicious and Coy Bulldog

I’m visiting my family in Metro-Detroit this week and my mom surprised me with an impromptu Craft & Antique Mall… and it was...

February 2, 2011 by Mooshe

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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Baking A Cherpumple With Charles Phoenix VIDEO!

This short film of my bff Charles and I baking his acclaimed Cherpumple, three pies stuffed inside of three cakes, is as much about a great...

February 1, 2011 by Allee Willis

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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...

by Mooshe

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My Hat Collection Part 10

Well, it’s turban time. I can not tell a lie. I’ve always loved turbans. They come in many forms and they always look so fabulou...

January 30, 2011 by windupkitty

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Pixie 11 x 14 (2010, a painting by Denny)

I’m obsessed with pixies and elves....

January 29, 2011 by denny

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My Hat Collection Part 9

This is from the late 50’s/early 60s….It’s one of those hats that I just LOVE to wear! I get a lot of compliments, but eve...

by windupkitty

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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...

by kawachi

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My Hat Collection Part 8

Some more hats from the fabulous 50s, but we’re edging closer to the sixties now! I LOVE this hat and actually think someone added som...

January 28, 2011 by windupkitty

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