The Allee Willis Museum of Kitsch

Mowing your lawn could really be a lot of fun with this!

If I owned this contraption, I would probably be mowing my lawn every day....

April 12, 2014 by denny

Lana Lobell – fashions for juniors, misses & half sizes!

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August 16, 2013 by denny

Hag or Harpie? It’s Your Call, Boys!

So you have a choice here. Don’t buy your wife a self cleaning oven and dishwasher and she will be too exhausted from all that floor s...

February 1, 2013 by windupkitty

Just Put Away Grandma’s Hummels…

Every year we would go to Grandma’s house after we’d open presents at Christmas, and some of them couldn’t go for safety r...

December 30, 2012 by Markydoodle

More Vintage Sweaters

Hey guys and gals… don’t you wish you had a hand-knitted sweater featuring your favorite hobby? SURE YOU DO. So, why not knit ...

December 8, 2012 by Nessa

More Magazine Advertisements

Get all the ladies in your cool knitted sweater! Check out this amazing Japanese (?) garden themed living room! I always go to bed in my mak...

December 4, 2012 by Nessa

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Vintage Craft Magazine Advertisements

Yard Sale and Flea Market season in my area is pretty much done, due to the weather, so the stream of kitsch coming into my life is on the l...

December 1, 2012 by Nessa

Kooky Kitsch Kollector Klear Out part 4

Thanks to the new choose-o-matic system, these guys got exactly what they were dreaming of….. This is knitting guide for different swe...

October 7, 2012 by windupkitty

Gay Teens (Part 1)

This amazing 1940s Knit & Crochet booklet is really one of the most amazing things in my collection. I literally rescued it from a pud...

July 30, 2012 by Nessa

Own a Mini-Ranch in Texas!

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June 5, 2012 by BeeJay

1940 San Francisco International Exposition Guide Book

In 1940, there was a World’s Fair in New York and in San Francisco, there was an International Exposition for asiatic countries. ...

May 15, 2012 by Bob Ramsdell

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Kitman for President Souvenir Program

I have a Volume 6 Number 2 issue of Monocle magazine (still published) that is entirely devoted to magazine writer Marvin Kitman’s run...

April 29, 2012 by Bob Ramsdell

Silly Doll Crafts

I found this page of doll crafts in an old 1960s “Pack-o-Fun” magazine, a periodical mostly dedicated to making things out of ju...

April 12, 2012 by Nessa

Vincents Shrunken Heads

I want this box, I don’t care if its empty, its just fabulous.....

April 5, 2012 by shirlie williams

My “make-it” experience ended after a vest…

The type font alone says 1971. Not sure today’s young women would all take the time to knit one up. You can be sure they are all wear...

April 3, 2012 by MyFunCloset

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Panamaniacs in Denmark

So, as it turns out, in Denmark, the word for “Speed” is “Fart.”...

March 30, 2012 by Markydoodle

An Alternative To Donuts

I just love this advert…a weight gain by cake would be more fun.....

March 26, 2012 by shirlie williams

1955 – a changing time for home design…

What a time that must have been. New architecture, new approach to construction, home furnishings…”old was out”. By the mi...

February 13, 2012 by MyFunCloset

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1955 was a great year for cars…lots of cars

Detroit was THE city of progress. My uncle was part of the steel business that made these beauties. A new car every year. Don’t y...

February 9, 2012 by MyFunCloset

Battle Of The Beatniks (magazine article from the beatnik scene in Venice, CA)

This is amazing. This is when I would have loved to be down in Venice. West Coast mecca for weirdos? I know this place. Used to go to a reco...

January 31, 2012 by denny

JET Nudie Calendar from the 70’s

I used to own a bunch of vintage JET mags but never a calendar!...

January 14, 2012 by denny