Let’s Play, “Sick Or Sweet?”

I have very mixed reactions to this vintage figurine…

At this point, can we really view a figurine depicting a little girl with her skirt blown-up exposing her panties ala Marilyn Monroe as completely innocent?
Discuss.

Hiss & Spray, From My Books, Please Stay Away

I love these vintage cast iron cat bookends — their snarling faces and their wide-to-the-side ears are a warning to those who would handle my books without purr-mission or without great care.

The seller, wheelboy antiques, says these bookends are by Snead Co., and are marked with the date of 1925 — and apparently, some people [...]

The End Of The Piggy Bank

Even though I acknowledge that there are less and less actual piggy banks being made now, I’m not sure how I feel about the Discovery Deluxe Touch Screen ATM Machine:
Equipped with its own ATM card, simply insert it into the machine then touch the screen to enter your personally created secret pin. Viola – [...]

Cheap Thrills Thursday: Neat As A Pin?

Back In the 80’s — during that feminist backlash — career gals (such as my mother & her friends) and women pursuing education for careers (like myself) removed their now defunct ERA buttons and consoled themselves as well as one another with cute pin-back buttons which extolled the virtues of leaving housework behind in the [...]

Whatjamacallit Wednesday: Happy Sacks

If you literally have money you’d like to throw away…
How about some Happy Sacks for your garbage? Celebrate your need for excess with Christmas Pudding and Goldfish trash bags.

Remember, nothing says, “I’m wealthy, break into my house!” like interesting trash.
Found via Fubiz.net.

Romancing The Van: Ephemera Proves There’s Someone For Everyone

Two years ago, hubby and went to the junk yard to get replacement doors for our van, Ookla. I was utterly fascinated with the junk yard itself and was almost disappointed when we found the right doors — but the adventure wasn’t quite over yet…
I sat down inside the van, to get out of the [...]

Cheap Thrills Thursday: Vintage Wooden Napkin Holder

This vintage hand painted wooden napkin holder was a $1 find at the thrift store (I think; the sticker tags can be deceptive). I was drawn to her sweet simple face and those blonde curls beneath her red cap.

Not needing another napkin holder, I’ve turned her into a memo holder. Stuffing my writing and [...]

Is That A Space Age Atomic Rocket Ship In Your Pocket Or Are You Just Happy To See Me

If you’re looking for a way to hide your enthusiasm, get this spectacular 1950’s chrome lighter:

(It’s a little thin, but it is 7 inches long — and it gets too hot to handle.)

Cheap Thrills Thursday: Shabby Gnome Chic

OK, so we didn’t make a lot of money at our rummage sale this year — but we did empty our house of a lot of clutter. However, I did keep a few things that my mother had sent over for the sale. (Since she said we could keep the profits & dump [...]

Whatjamacallit Wednesday Is Nearly Cheap Thrills Thursday

Shopping in an antique mall, there are many charming things to distract one from one’s mission — if one had a mission. Which I usually don’t. I just let serendipity direct me in the real world (while online, libraries, etc., are for dedicated, obsessive, researching). So I walk along, taking as much as I [...]

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