It’s a bit startling to be strolling through the idyllic grounds of the Motion Picture and Television Fund (the “Old Actors Home...
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Flashback to the early 1970’s
A visit to a local yard sale yesterday screamed “take my picture”. Six chairs circa early 70’s for only $12.00. No I didn&...
Saguaro Kitsch
First some facts about saguaros: The giant cactus tree often associated with the West grows only in the Sonoran Desert here in Arizona and M...
Denny’s Adventures in Prudence Fentons’ “The House of Prudence” (Part 4 – August 2010)
These incredibly framed creations were a gift to Prudence from her friend Paul. I believe these are 3-dimensional in design and are made of ...
Weird Japanese Toilet Bank
Inexplicable flea market find of the weekend, this overly cute bank that is made to look like a Japanese-style toilet. My mom called me over...
LED Door Hangers- Flowers & Frog
This was a display at the mark down store “Christmas Tree Shop”. They have a little switch and they light up and glow. These thi...
The White Family, “The End Of Time Is Near” – An inspirational LP
I had no idea the end of time is near so I better run out and hunt down this album and hope that the White Family has some good advice....
Cactus Cabin Lamp
This rustic little cactus cabin lamp was made here in Arizona (sometime during the 1950’s or 1960’s). The cabin itself is made f...
Happy Face Sunflowers
I was shopping at Ralphs grocery market and I saw these happy, sunny, faces smiling at me. They are real sunflowers with googley eyes and pi...
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...
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...
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 ...
Exceedingly Cheapo Plastic Deer
Oh, what could be kitschier than my exceedingly cheap-o plastic deer, with their air bubbles of frozen plastic suspended in their translucen...
Dreamy Tiger
Dream Pets were made by Dakin from the late 1950s until the early 1970s, with I think the most heavy production coming in the late 60s ̵...
Broken Funky Giraffe
This may have come out of a “free” box somewhere. His neck and legs seem to have been broken multiple times but somebody lovingl...
Bowling Man Tacky Planter
This guy kicked off my Tacky Planter collection. He was discovered on a site called “Kitschy Koo Vintage Collectibles” as I was ...
Wow – groovy grandma’s wallpaper
This is the wallpaper in my grandmother’s kitchen in New Rochelle, NY. She and my grandfather designed the home, with my mother’...
More Planters
I actually own the planter on the right, but it’s boxed up and I can’t find it right now, so here are two of them spotted at an ...
Fiber Optic Flower Lamp
This fiber optic beauty changes colors every few seconds. To make it even more kitschier, it has a music box that plays “Memories̶...
West German Pin
A small portion of my collection consists of pins marked Made In W Germany. Whoever in West Germany was manufacturing these, they made a wid...
Matching Cat Vase
This vase looked very much like my cat Milo. His sister Millie looks like it, too. I bought the vase at a local art show a few weeks ago. Ho...
Large Pink and Purple Pin
I’m not sure how anyone could wear this one it’s so heavy. Maybe on a heavy-duty winter coat! It is about 4″ across and we...
“Brush” Flower Pin
Another unusual pin – as you can see by the strays, the main flower part on this one is made from some sort of soft brush hairs. The r...
Orange Flower Pin
This is one of my favorite pins to wear, it’s so colorful and funky. The orange petals, green pointy bits and orange center are metal ...
Cat Pitcher
Cat-shaped pitcher from the flea markets. I think it’s one of those hand-painted jobs....