“OhiO” – What other state could sunglasses be designed using all its letters. Not even “IowA”. Love the concep...
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Denny’s Adventure’s in Prudence Fenton’s “The House of Prudence” (Part 9 – August 2010)
I’m a huge fan of tourism souvenirs and what’s not love about any vintage kitsch representing the state of Florida? Some of the ...
Story Book Forest Ashtray
Here’s another find from that guy, the one at the flea market who just throws his junk into boxes and doesn’t care if it gets br...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Souvenir Of Detroit Shoe and My Love Letter To Detroit in Time Magazine
When the post I wrote for Time Magazine‘s wonderful Detroit Blog was published yesterday, my love for Detroit escalated even higher th...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Original Holiday Inn Ashtray
When the first four Holiday Inns were built in 1953, this was the ashtray that was sitting in the rooms. Heavy glass with raised lettering a...
Supah Tacky Planter Collection
I’ve been collecting tacky planters for about 10 years. They’re really fun and inexpensive (most cost about $12.00). People don&...
Florida Postcards
Here are a few postcards from my collection as promised. The one of Esther Williams and Tony Martin is one of my favorites, on the back it s...
Gigantic Atlantic City Souvenir Mug
I saw this at Savers Thrift shop. It’s huge and I particularly love the showgirl featured on this piece....
Greetings From….
LOVE Greetings From/Big Letter postcards… This is my favorite from Detroit…...
Elvis Recipe Pot Holders
I bought these at the Graceland Gift Shop. One pot holder is Elvis and some BBQ Ribs, with the recipe for Special BBQ Sauce. The other one i...
Loretta Lynn Nail Clipper
This is another Loretta Lynn souvenir from the gift shop at the Lorretta Lynn Ranch....
Stardust Casino Hanger from Las Vegas, Nevada
I grabbed this one up at lightning speed! My routine is to “creep” around the dump store for about an hour and that routine usua...
House of Koshu “Rainbow Set”
Here are two lovely one ounce mini-bottles from the House of Koshu “Rainbow Set” of flavored Japanese liqueurs from the ’6...
Hello Mudda, Hello Fadduh
This is a Milton Bradley board game based on comedian Allan Sherman’s 1965 novelty song, “Hello, Mudda, Hello Fadduh,” whi...
Potty Pooches with a story
These little ceramic doggies were in my grandmothers belongings and they have a little story about where they were purchased. As you can see...
T- shirt screams “my souvenir from Florida”.
This seems like an obvious souvenir of Florida. If you lost your way just look at yourself in the mirror. Just remember everything is revers...
The wonderful 3-D world of View-Master
Whether hiking thru the Redwood Forest, or hula dancing in Hawaii, or swimming with sharks, or walking with dinosaurs, or flying on Aladdin&...
Blakely Gas Station desert-themed glasses
are Blakely Gas Stations (with their super cool rocket logo) were once popular here in Arizona, but they no longer exist today. Back in the ...
Bowling Tourist Souvenir Salt & Pepper Shaker Set From “Frontier City”
I think this is such an amazing piece and love the fact that each bowling bowl shaker has this little knob to make shaking more easy and con...
NO DRINKING BEFORE FIVE HAPPY HOUR U.S.A Calif Souvenir
What’s better than something that promotes drinking all day and night??? Here’s a way to remember that fabulous vacation at Cowe...
HIS HERS Souvenir Bank Yosemite 1960
Vintage Cedar Wood HIS HERS Souvenir Bank Yosemite. HIS to save his to hoard above and beyond so he can save something toward little things ...
Allee Willis’ Kitsch O’ The Day – Giant Penny
As you can tell from the photo, this “Lucky Penny” souvenir of Los Angeles is substantially larger than the real thing. It’...
Scottish Terrier Guatemalan Souvenir Box
Not sure why a Scottish Terrier is the mascot on this tacky wooden box from Guate-friggin’-mala, but logic and souvenirs don’t o...
A little bit of Nashville…
By getting to the rummage sale Saturday morning before they were ready to sell, I snapped this 10″ serving tray with a Hong Kong label...
The travel section of a rummage sale…
The same recent rummage sale. This was the travel section. I didn’t move a thing. I just snapped away… but I was tempted to buy ...