My grandmother used to wear this baubly concoction without shame. She really got into the kitsch factor!...
Kitsch » March 2010
It’s Libby, the Supertramp waitress!
L.A. is chock-full of huge celebrities, but how cool is it to meet Libby the waitress on the 1979 Supertramp album, BREAKFAST IN AMERICA? Me...
No feet for fish socks…
A fisherman got these fish socks as a gift but just didn’t have the courage to wear them… then into the yard sale box it went ...
Jade and Sarsaparila 1976 “S/T” LP
I just found the actual Lp of this duo at the “Joan of Arc Thrift Shop”, it was 50 cents. I did a bit of snooping and found out ...
Electric Liberace Hot Nuts Dispenser
Yep, that’s really what this is. ‘Ya can’t make this shit up. Standing 10″ tall, this rhinestone encrusted ceramic d...
Art Van Damme Quintet “Martini Time”
I love everything about this cover and have used this as my wall paper on my lap top. I love the attitude in the way she holds the glass, as...
Cracker Jacks when it was 10c a box…
The prizes have evolved over the decades. These are from the late 50s or 60s I think. I remember them to be 10 cents a box. I’ve only ...
Miss America Presents A Collectors Album
Ladies and Gerntlmen……let me introduce Miss Nancy Anne Fleming (Miss America 1961). I about fell over when I found this on a rec...
“Daddy” Sea Shell /with Boat Ashtray
Another piece from my Grandmothers curio cabinet. My Mother made this for her Father back in the 40’s....
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – 1950’s Record Coasters
These little hard plastic record coasters were all the rage in the 1950’s and 60’s when 45’s and 33-1/3’s were blast...
Al Caiola’s Magic Guitars “Music For Space Squirrels” LP
Some of my favorite things…..cats and space suits. Has anyone ever heard this? On the ATCO Record Label....
Aging Slowly Book (The Prevention Total Health System) wellness book
This is another book I rescued from one of the “Dump Stores” here on Cape Cod. Book was printed in 1983, the year I graduated hi...
Fun Mechanic Patches
Years ago, I was at a podunk backwoods flea market that was so dark inside you practically had to wear a miner’s lamp on your head to ...
50’s monkey planter with a twist
Just love this little guy. Nice way to start out the morning and end the day....
Mah Jongg – THE game of the 50’s
Not only is the game Mah Jongg kitsch, but so is the ritual of my Mom and her friends meeting each week along with thousands of others women...
famzilla
The wedding could ruin any good love affair. Relatives never become distant then.. the piece is mounted on some sort of door insert, there i...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Busom Buddie Flask
In the 1950’s, people were very creative about how they packed their liquor to self medicate at ballgames, in cars or just to show off...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Circus Liquor Sign
Nothing like using a clown to sell inebriates to get a kid revved up for adulthood. This 26 foot high sign has been a landmark in North Holl...
Slap Bracelets
When I was a youngster, the one fad that miserable underlings and “popular” folks alike really could not be without was the Slap...
Bird Planter
I purchased this for $5.00 at Impact Thrift Shop in Norristown, PA. It’s almost 8 inches long and and 6 inches high....