Way-Out Wednesday: Salt And Pepa's Here, And We're In Effect

Welcome to Way-Out Wednesday!



I've been pretty MIA around here and I apologise for the skimpy posts lately. Hey, it's summer. It happens. (I'll probably be rockin' the skimpy posts for a while, just so's you know. At least, until I get sick of summer, which should be any day now.) I've got many projects up in the air right now-the "big one" includes a vintage sweater, me and a book--that's all I can say for now, without jinxing the whole damn thing. Sorry to be a tease, but-- mwuahahaha! So please bear with me over the next month or 2 of lameness, okay? Okay, dammit.


Do you remember how in last week's post I said how much I'm loving vintage things-that-hold-other-things? (AKA: The Daisy Pin of Doom -or- the Poison Pin?) Well I found me another thing-that-cleverly-disguises-another-thing...oh man, is it strange and great...

Not poison but...




...Salt and pepper! Because the lack of proper food flavoring is a growing concern in these hard times of ours. Look how fun-- they're lanterns!...that just happen to hold salt and pepper. (Why? Who the hell knows why they're shaped like lanterns? Because, that's why!)


Vintage Lantern-Shaped Salt & Pepper Lucite Earrings are currently available on Etsy from seller Studio Stebby Lee!

Prints Charming Sunday: Whoa, Daddy!

Welcome to a special Father's Day edition of Prints Charming Sunday!



What does every dad need? Yep. More ties. (Like he needs another hole in the head!) They're a Father's Day requirement! So here's a handful of some of my favorite vintage 40's & 50's ties with crazy cool prints that I found on Etsy from various sellers. Did you all remember Dad today? Did you call? Send a card? Mow the lawn? Just because Father's Day is pretty much over, doesn't mean you still can't surprise the man in your life with a kickass tie in the future. Better late than never! (That's years of Catholic guilt talking right there!)




Vintage 40's Horse Racing Handpainted Silk Tie, available from seller Goodlookin.





Vintage 40's Palm Tree Tie, available from seller Art Deco Dame.





Vintage 40's/50's Oil Wells Handpainted Tie, currently available from seller Rollout Cowboy.





Vintage 50's Spiderweb Tie, currently available from seller Fabs Gabs Vintage.







Wishing all you brothers, uncles, dads, grandfathers, teachers and any other menfolk who play a positive part in a kid's life a very rockin' Father's Day!