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Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Happy Birthday To Me Special Effects Ultimate Volcano Cake!
Yes, my birthday’s today and were I’m not so lazy and overworked that would mean it’s time for me to make one of my signat...
Election Day Pumpkins
Here are the two pumpkins my wife and I carved for Halloween this year. Looking at them on Election Day (the day I’m posting this), th...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Happy Halloween Terrarium Candy Bowl
The only thing green this vintage 1970’s terrarium has ever been home to is if some candy happens to come in a green wrapper. It’...
Ben Cooper Halloween Costume
Here I am wearing a classic Ben Cooper Halloween costume from the late 1960’s. I used to love the ritual of choosing a boxed costume (...
Trick or Treat Jack o Lanturn
I used this Jack o Lanturn for Trick or Treating once upon a time.It is sitting on top of a table made by the company Glitterville. It remin...
Vintage Halloween Scarf
I bought this scarf from the Thrift Store where I work. I especially love the candy images....
Skull and Crossbones Decanter and Shotglasses
This decanter set was a gift from a dear friend over 20 years ago. I think it is older than that. The front of the decanter is written ̶...
The Sound of Halloween
These are the Halloween arm of my vintage noisemaker collection, along with a few other Halloween items (the face on the left has a little b...
Happy Halloween from The Astrid Pumpkin!
My Halloween pumpkin from 2007, styled after my friend Karin’s beautiful English Springer Spaniel, Astrid – also featuring Karin...
Spooky Skull and Hand Salt & Pepper
This is a vintage pair of salt and pepper shakers in the shapes of a skull (with horns, so is this a devil/skeleton?) and a hand with black ...
Saguaro Jack-o’-lantern
Just wanted to wish you, Allee, and everyone else a very happy Halloween from Tucson!...
Happy St. Urho’s Day Pin
This is a small ceramic grasshopper attached to a pin so one could wear this proudly when celebrating St. Urho Day. I found this insane litt...
Turkey Gravy Boat
I did not buy this. This is a gravy boat made in Italy....
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – The 21st Of September Jubilee!
Because the opening line of my very first hit song, “September” by Earth, Wind & Fire, is “Do you remember the 21st ni...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – 1960’s Lighted Kosher Sign and Breaking The Fast In Hollywood
One of the most festive nights of the Jewish year is the ‘breaking of the fast’ meal after Yom Kipper, a veritable smorgasbord o...
Santa Claus is coming to town
Song, from Little Golden Record, is performed by Anne Lloyd, The Sandpipers with Mitch Millers Orchestra...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ the Day – “Connie Francis Sings Jewish Favorites” LP and Rosh Hashanah Dinner at Street
. When I was young, “Connie Francis Sings Jewish Favorites” spun on the hi-fi every Jewish holiday. I loved Connie F., especiall...
Christmas in July…
At Saturday’s estate sale, a spot light was shining on this 5 foot high aluminum tree with detachable branches just waiting for a luck...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ Day – Swashbuckle Your Way to the Perfect Sausage!
For all of you wielding BBQ tools this Labor Day there is now a fashionable addition to your tool universe, the BBQ Sword! I love stuff like...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ the Day – Happy Almost Labor Day and a Capital Metals Company Metal Ashtray
As we in the states scrape down the barbecues and pack the picnic baskets getting ready for big Labor Day feasts tomorrow, it’s only f...
Handmade Creepy Pumpkin with Creepy Face
My dad remembers being really creeped out by this when he was growing up in the sixties. I found this in my grandmother’s house after ...
1951 Walt Disney “Golden Records”
These records were produced by Walt Disney. I thought it was unusual that the orchestra was conducted by Mitchell Miller rather than his lat...
Frosty the Snowman
From the Little Golden Series, Frosty the Snowman is performed by Mike Stewart, The Sandpipers with Mitch Miller’s Orchestra...













