I love Japanese convenience products born out of blended east and west needs and Pop Culture, especially ones by way of Vietnam as this toil...
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Plastic Flower Paperweights
Crazy flowers grow in the jungles of kitschdom. The blue one came from my early days of kitsch-collecting. When I was a teenager, I bought a...
Western Jackalope (Lepus Tempermentalus)
A jackalope is a hybrid critter that is part jackrabbit and part antelope. They are found primarily in the West and parts of the Southwest. ...
Sneakers add personality to this lion …
Don’t you think the sneakers add some personality to this lion ? Another of many jungle animal oddities I found at a rummage sale just...
Glitzy Pakistani RV
You’re driving along minding your own business in Pakistan, when across the horizon there’s a bright flash. But this isn’t...
Miniature Wooden Blocks
I loved the colors and the size of these old little wooden blocks (1.25″ each). I keep them on my desk....
Miss Who
This is a handmade, modified version of the popular board game Guess Who. All of the mystery people on this game board come from a catalog o...
Mister Toilet
We all know cute stuffed teddy bears, kitties, dogs, birds, whales and every kind of animals seen on Earth or on any other planet. But have ...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Beethoven’s Fifth Popcorn
Other than the fact that it’s packaged in a 750ml bottle, the standard size vessel for champagne, the stretch to connect product with ...
Picture Cook Book
This is my all-time favorite cookbook. It was published in 1958 and contains recipes along with photos that appeared in Life Magazine betwee...
Make your own Jungle animals…
A pattern for 7 Bean Bag Jungle Animals… an alligator, monkey, hippo, peacock, giraffe, leopard and elephant. Measures about 6-8 inche...
Long-Neck Cat
Extremely large, very fragile, long-necked cat. Very lightweight china, probably hollow all the way through. Has a large crack running down ...
Hear No Evil five-oh.
A strange little window to a boutique in Kapa’a, Hawaii displays this as one ascends the stairs to a restaurant that serves banana-mac...
Orange Wall Vases
When too many chachkis monopolize your surface space, you can put these vases on your wall. I found these vintage wooden wall vases at one o...
Dave Nault “Music For People With Two Left Hands” (Dave Nault at the Baldwin Organ)
I can’t figure out if this is real or what? Can people really be born with two left hands?...
Pink and blue pin
I can’t quite figure out what the translucent pink material is on this pin and earrings set – I’m guessing some kind of pl...
Does this fur make me look fat?
I like all rabbits, but Lionheads and Angoras are my favorites. These Angoras are prize winners: I lerv their pissed lamb expressions: Just ...
Light it with Flowers!
Found this 70’s lamp at a garage sale and thought it was wonderful/hideous, then came home and plugged it in and was actually kind of ...
More pics of the RCA Victor Color Remote
I’m submitting these snaps as a followup to my post from a few days ago, featuring the RCA Victor Color Remote. Note the handsome gold...
Tiny Plastic Monkeys
These are the type of animals that used to top an ice cream creation called “The Zoo” served at an ice cream parlor in Sunnyvale...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Japanese Portable Banana Keeper
I’m not sure which kitsch factor I enjoy most about this made in Japan Portable Banana Keeper, the fact that it’s pierced with h...
Have Fun with Your Swing Stick!
Believe it or not, I can’t find any mention whatsoever of this vintage game or its manufacturer on eBay or Google. So maybe it was a t...
Loretta Lynn Pill Box
I bought this pill box while visiting the Lorretta Lynn Ranch in Tennessee. I have been twice, but haven’t stayed overnight. It is rum...
Perfect Pink Peacock
One of my favorite animals from the jungles of India is the peacock. He is the poster child of pheasants, and this one is particularly prett...













