An older gentleman at a Flea Market I frequent gave me this for free. He said “I know you will like this” and insisted I take ...
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Parking Ticket
This Parking Violation was on a pad of fifty. It measures 2-3/4″ x 5’1/2″. I have used a few of them (anonymously) when so...
Quills with Bristles
Bristles were the only items this baby porcupine could relate to. It’s all about TEXTURES....
Road Trip 2: Forest Lawn’s Travel Trailer
Today I was driving up Fairfax here in Los Angeles and decided the Petersen Auto Museum was as good a place as any to use the facilities. ...
Lamb Swan in a Mushroom Garden with Elves
I made this fantastical “Lamb Swan in a Mushroom Garden with Elves” cake sculpture as a tiny fantasy world inhabited by exotic m...
Chuck Wagon Platter
This platter is another piece from my vintage restaurant cowboy dinnerware collection. The name of the pattern is “Chuck Wagon,”...
My new toy, a VINTAGE microphone!
I found this microphone at an estate sale here on the Cape. It has no manufacturer information on it. It’s sits on top of my vinta...
Awesome Owl Scale
Spotted at an antique shop.. a pristine MOD owl-print scale with original brochure. I would have bought it in a minute, but it was too pri...
Ceiling Butt Cat
HUH??!! It’s like he’s trying to do a head stand or something. He’s not catching a mouse or a bug. He’s performi...
HARPO Official Mulligan
This is the corner of dolls and kitsch I’ve photographed before at Angel View Thrift Store here in Palm Springs. I’d already...
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN STAMPS…
New Stamps…Famous Industrial Designs Honored on New Stamp Set !!!http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=13940203 If only they would iss...
Wigwam Village, Orlando
Soap and matchbooks from the Wigwam Village #4 in Orlando, Florida, which was built in 1948 and demolished in 1974.. a tragedy for kitsch fa...
Father’s day portrait
From FAther’s Day portrait contest in Little Tokyo, LA. The guy has a lot of DEEEEEEEET. Right Pigmy Will?...
Privy Builder – Chic Sales
This a small 1929 book about a lecture given by a man named Chic Sales who modestly describes himself as “The Champion Privy Builder o...
where’s Waldo & a cup o’ Joe?
This is 2 blocks from my house.The red cup on the roof, sloshin coffee, is a scream.And about the size of a VW bug! Coffee O -VA -HEA!...
Vintage ceramic kitteh-kitteh bookends – made in Japan
I picked these up for $5.00 at a local garage sale here on the Cape. I’m not sure of the holder behind the kitteh-kitteh’s is ...
Anne’s Barbie Dolls & Bait Shop
An honest business, by a woman, trying to make a go of it. Just always wonder if the “Barbies”smell like fishpoo!...
Giant Meringues
Believe me these were HUGE, my teeth ached just looking at them…dreams of a giant Pavlova…...
Doctor Schiwago Ice Cream Part II
Eating two mega pots of icecream in order of our dear Allee – that´s a tough mission, life can be really rough, man *BURP* Like prom...
Rainbow Liberty
I spotted this huge stack of “Rainbow Liberty” statues at Salvation Army in San Francisco (Valencia near 23rd) today. Timely fin...













