Kitschy Kurtains

I'm a bit giddy over my new-to-me kitschy kitchen kurtains.

Found 'em on ebay last week and they arrived in good order with the tag still attached.

Believe me...I didn't get as good a deal as W.T. Grant offered back in the day 'cuz true kitsch is priceless folks!

I'm debating whether to embrace their kitschiness with a row of pom poms like these or these or even these. 

 

Another upside to having closed the vintage shop is there was no guilt over keeping my all-time favs like these crying onions.

 

Our rental house is by no means 'pinterest perfect' but as Patrick tells me I just gotta embrace its fifty shades of brown so that's what I'm doing ;)

Lucky Dolls

Lizzie has been playing quite a bit with paper dolls recently. I pulled out my collection of paper dolls to show her the other day and thought I'd share some here while I was at it. These "Lucky Dolls" from Japan (circa 1950's-ish?) were her favorites. Their wonky offset perforations and vibrant coloring is totally endearing.

Pink Clown

Pink Clown (aka Pinky Pong), original mixed media assemblage

Lizzie pointed out the other day that I'd never made a pink clown (someone's favorite color of course!)....so I made one :) She's named him Pinky Pong. I'm thinking 'cuz his nose looks like a big, red ping-pong ball? Anyhow, he's a bright fellow and is cheering things up in the shop.

Blue For You

A windmill drive by, Kansas in June.


Just a nice blue window from the archives.

Cookie monster donuts at our favorite doughnut dive, Varsity Donuts.

Blue swings at a local park.

Some blue for you and Poppytalk's Summer Colors. Have a beautiful weekend :)

Fun & Games

Thrift score last week--a box full of old croquet paraphernalia. Perfect for clown assemblages I'm thinkin'!

Miss Lizzie has been helping lots 'round the shop. This week she's been putting together vintage puzzles for me to photograph. Notice we're patiently waiting for some front teeth!

Just a baggie full of game piece goodness--thought you'd like 'em too :)

Another bit of retro packaging from The Embossing Company.

See I told you Lizzie was keeping busy with puzzles! These will all be in the shop over the weekend. Most likely as an "instant collection". We shall see.

Dontcha hate it when you put together a puzzle and the last piece is MIA?

Wishing you a weekend full of fun and games (no missing pieces allowed!!).

Clown Assemblages

Things have been super busy in the studio recently. I've just finished up a handful of custom pieces including these silly fellows. Looks like I'll be assembling clowns for a while yet.

Grey Garden

Smock de Meule by Mother

When dreary weather calls for inspiration it's time to make a treasury! The fabulous Yokoo opened her new shop, Mother, earlier this week so I had to include my latest object of desire--the Smock de Meule. I don't think I've ever considered wearing a smock before but now I have this insatiable urge to wear this one. If I owned it I think I might wear it every day...it would become my uniform of sorts. Let's just say I love Mother! Oh...and be sure to take a look at my entire treasury, Grey Garden.

Thrifted Zippers

Thrifted zippers anyone? Thought you might enjoy some retro zipper eye candy this evening!

Pops Of Color

New pops of color in the vintage shop this week including some old school tin clickers (great for that New Year's Eve party!) and another set of color cubes.

Vintage Toy Love

Collection of Tin Toy Shovels

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Collection of Tin Toy Saucers

Tin Toy Drums

Color Cubes by The Embossing Company

Collection of Junior Elf Books

Tin Wedding Tray by The Ohio Art Company

Alphabet Blocks by Halsam

The Star Paint Box

You & Omega

Popping in to give a shout out to my awesome Team Omega over on Etsy! If you're looking to support independent artists this season, these folks have a lot of talent and some crazy cool gift ideas. Take a peek at my treasury YOU & Omega or browse our list of Omega members.

French Embroidery Rings

I used up a few more tidbits from this booklet of French embroidery patterns. Instead of brooches, this time I created a handful of over- sized rings. Aren't they festive? I think so.

Triangle Trees

Yes, I've blogged these old color cubes by The Embossing Company before. I'm always on the look out for more of these as they are such a unique design toy and they never sit around collecting dust in the shop. I did something different with this latest group and created several mini sets of 6 cubes. Now you can create your own little red 'n white triangle tree for the holidays.

Are You Blue?

With all the rain we've had in the last 24 hours I was feelin' a bit blue...so what to do? Make a treasury of course! Isn't this antique lace amazing? I don't think I could ever remove its tattered blue paper backing though. Hoping to wake up to sunshine tomorrow 'cuz I've got new goodies to photograph. If you've got a minute go peek at the entire "Are You Blue?" treasury.

Hand-sewn Lace on paper at Mushroom And Moss


Are You Blue? by Suzanna Scott

More Building Blocks

More architectural building blocks in the vintage shop this morning. These are definitely more on the neutral side of the color spectrum than this set I blogged a few months ago. Finding these treasures makes me happy. Enjoy!

Blanket Of Leaves

The wind has been blowin' here in Kansas since I took these pictures earlier in the week. Now we're enjoying this blanket of leaves outside our back door. I'm thinking a few brisk walks are in order over the weekend so we can crunch through all the pretty leaves 'round the neighborhood.

Build-A-Picture Puzzle

Not sure how to describe this fun, build-your-own-picture with miniature pixel-like blocks vintage puzzle toy, but I guess this longish description will work since there are no markings whatsoever on the packaging. It's such a neat set and is in pristine condition which is always a plus with vintage finds like these. So...if you're in need of a gift for a creative type person on your list this year you can be sure they would love this build-your-own-picture with miniature pixel-like blocks vintage puzzle toy!