The box is in terrible shape but I moved in for the kill! This $2.00 dart board is pretty sweet and will make the perfect wall hanging. Ti...
Kitsch » Families
Quills with Bristles
Bristles were the only items this baby porcupine could relate to. It’s all about TEXTURES....
Father’s day portrait
From FAther’s Day portrait contest in Little Tokyo, LA. The guy has a lot of DEEEEEEEET. Right Pigmy Will?...
Denny’s Mom, Allee & Denny – a picture!
Shopping with Mom in my handmade “Allee Willis” t-shirt. Taken in the Philly area....
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Happy Father’s Day ‘Papa’ Cup
I have a problem with lettering on cups when the word is short yet from no angle on the cup can you see the entire word. And I always think ...
Father’s Day Wishes
My Dad never quite understands my shenanigans. Here we are in 1984 with my sister Becky. At the last second I decided to put my head on ...
Matching Mother and Daughter
I have a vague memory of an AWMOK submission (or several!) featuring matching family outfits. My Mom did a lot of sewing when I was a kid (s...
The Christ Messengers original lp
I am fascinated by this hair and it’s the first time (on all these glorious covers) that I have seen a tree stump incorporated into a ...
Happy 85th, Mom!
Above: cardboard standup from 5 years ago at the same place. Below: standup scene recreated 5 years later: Photos by Joran Lawrence...
Chalkware Frog Bath-O-Meter
I found this Chalkware Frog Bath-O-Meter at a rummage sale. The baby frogs were 10 cents each, and way on the other side of the room, I fo...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Happy Mother’s Day!
Mother’s Day has always provided supreme opportunities for kitsch. Be it flower arrangements, stuffed animal displays in front of gas ...
Mrs. Willis (Allee’s Mom – a tribute…)
This is kitsch I am not in love with but this is a little mother’s day table in a local thrift shop. Since I am always scouting abou...
Chef and His Wife
I think I posted a picture of this chef before, I thought he was a cheese dispenser or something.. well, at the Antique Mall, I found him ag...
Who didn´t have them..
The stench after a few weeks drove my Mum up the wall....
Someone Knitted The Royal Wedding
Imagine my delight, out on Easter Friday ,all the shops are closed, then I came across the wool shop and the window display had the whole of...
The Royal Wedding, A Tribute, Part 2
Part 2 of the wonderful delights available to purchase for the upcoming nuptials of one Will & Kate. It has been declared a Bank Holiday...
My sister sitting on the Easter bunny’s lap – 1971
I think my sister looks like a demented Shirley Temple here but I still can’t figure out why this Eater bunny has one yellow finger na...
Easter at AWMOK.COM!? ceramic bunny bank made in Taiwan
I didn’t buy this bunny bank but I did spend $12.00 today on some cool items that will appear in another post. This bank probably me...
The Royal Wedding, a Tribute
I thought I would pop in something that reflects my own thoughts, as someone whose sector of work ,Libraries is being cut to the quick, bu...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Allee Willis Marches on Detroit! Part 3, The House
I know… I promised that Part 3 was going to be about finally getting into the house I grew up in on Sorrento Ave. in Detroit after try...
Yet another use for coal
During a Dar Williams concert in Minneapolis, Dar quipped how she was having coffee with a friend from North Dakota and her friend said that...