June 2010
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Monday, June 28, 2010
A Cat in a Hat
This is Mr Daypuss, a charming fellow, if rather bumbling and unsure. He suffers rather badly from insomnia, and at 2am he puts on his hat and goes out for donuts and coffee.
Cat in a Hat Brooch, $15 @ TillyBloom.Etsy.com
It is Much Too Hot
It is indeed much too hot here in Brooklyn today, though I dare say there is yet much more summer to go.
This evening's Vintage find is a lovely, elegant - working! - GE fan.
"This electric fan works great and produces a powerful breeze. The motor is in wonderful condition-- it has been disassembled, cleaned, and reassembled. The frame has a new coat of black enamel paint and I love the cage! This fan has been rewired, and has an upgraded black fabric covered cord (to keep with the retro look of the fan."
$95 @ HighStreetMarket.Etsy.com
Vintage Find - 1920s Bank Safety Deposit Box
"Antique safety deposit boxes from a bank in Cleveland, Ohio circa 1920s. they have a handle on each side, and some have a latch for a lock. they're also accompanied by the charm of rust and scratches, which only adds to their character. use them to store stationary, art supplies, or even has a plant/herb holder for your garden or window sill!" $22 @ lacklusterco.Etsy.com
Wanderlust Earrings
Do you dream of traveling endlessly to wide and wonderful globe...?
Sweet little heart-shaped globe earrings, for lovers of earth and
adventure.
Wanderlust Earrings, $15 @ TillyBloom.Etsy.com
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Iris - Wonderland Flower Necklace
Inspired by the chapter in Through The Looking
Glass, 'The Garden of Live Flowers', a bright and lovely flower-girl,
ready to talk with any passing Alice. $25 @ TillyBloom.com
Friday, June 25, 2010
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
A Lovely War
Gin from the mouths of bearded men
Well, I never thought I'd feature an advertisement on my blog, but this Hendricks Gin one is most splendid. Show me a bartender who can serve a drink amusingly/grotesquely as that!
Monday, June 21, 2010
Friday, June 18, 2010
The Naughty Workman
The Disruptions of construction work by the bending of the id.
A little pewter man with bent pneumatic drill, tied in intricate and delicate gold wire to a mother-of-pearl button.
$34, TillyBloom.Etsy.com
Vintage Find - Sloan's Liniment
And the best thing about this bottle (aside from the wonderful label) the bottle is still 3/4 full!
$18.95 @ Bohemianangel.Etsy.com
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Whispers from the Bell Tree
A most delicate song of little leaves and silver bells.
Two light
and delicate leaves, with 3 little silver bells tied in gentle gold
wire.
$25 @ TillyBloom.Etsy.com
Bodyscape
The wonderful cover of a graphic wheel from 1948
Volvelles, or graphic wheels, are devices consisting of a series of movable discs that collate a large amount of information into a compact delivery device. The contents of Bodyscope—shown here in its fourth edition—are presented on four, pierced card sleeves, with a turning disc inside. Each of the four "pages" has three pierced sections containing five subjects on the rotating disc beneath. Each page focuses on a different physiological area and includes both descriptive and explanatory passages for each organ system.Volvelles like Bodyscope were popular from the 1930s to the 1960s
See more on this lovely website
High kick in black heels, with pearl balloons...
An antique bisque doll's leg, from '20s Germany, delicate gold-tone wire
and faux pearls.
Strange and lovely and surreal.
Unique and
slightly disconcerting. Like pure little balloons lifting our disjointed
limbs.
$39 @ TillyBloom.Etsy.com
Etsy Find - Nosferatu Pint Glass
Isn't this highly splendid?
$30 @ notengomiedo.Etsy.com
"I wrote my master's thesis over Nosferatu, the 1922 horror classic by Murnau. So obviously when I started putting images like ravens and monsters onto my pottery, I immediately thought of the Count himself. I was lucky enough to get ahold of this stamp awhile back, and now he has arisen!"
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
An Eye in the Summer Afternoon
A little eye sits quietly amount the grass-green moss. Silver plated
oval, with elegant border.
$23 @ TillyBloom.Etsy.com
Vintage Find - Porcelain Pocket Watch Tray
Post-war Japan Ash Tray, $9.95 @ VintageStarrBeads.Etsy.com
Monday, June 14, 2010
Eye-Popping Necklace
A pewter skull, with 2 pearl eyeballs tied in intricate and
delicate gold wire.
Delicate and strange.
$34 @ TillyBloom.Etsy.com
Vintage Find - Creepy Blinking Eyeballs!
Are not these wonderful? And that shade of orange!
Vintage movable doll eyes, $7.50 @ rakubuttons.etsy.com
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