Aqua Blue Heaven Friday: Dot's Alright, Mama

Welcome to Aqua Blue Heaven Friday!



Days like today- you know: rainy/snowy/cloudy/grey/cold/crappy/still wintery- make me feel like spring will neeeever get here and we'll all be buried under mounds of dirty-ass snow for the rest of our lives until death do us part. (Cheerful, no?) But then you see a cute and happy lil' frock like this Vintage 60's Aqua Polka Dot Wiggle Dress and you think that even if we never see warm weather again, at least we can take solace in knowing that our carcasses can at least be buried in a cute frock like this and sometimes, just knowing that is enough to get you through days like these. (Wow. Cheerful, no?)

Behold, the happy cuteness! Polka dots- always great! Aqua- never bad! The price- pretty decent!




Now if someone can do something about the weather, that'd be great. Wake me in a month.

I'm Still Here!

Howdy, kids!
Just popping in to let you know I am not A.) sick... and probably not B.) dead (although I may be only mostly dead. (Shout-out to my fellow 80's movie nerdaholics who totally got that reference)... and while I'm not 100% on this, I don't think I'm C.) abducted and currently being probed by aliens. I will be returning tomorrow (for Aqua Blue Heaven Friday) to keep calm and carry on as usual!

Until then, lovelies!
xoxo

Prints Charming Sunday: Tiny Dancer

Thanks for dropping by another fine Prints Charming Sunday!




You know, I was all set to try and find a sweet and romantic (albeit generic) rose print for today's theme. I know, I know, roses are hardly news-worthy OR that much of a novelty, but being as though it's Valentine's Day coming up and all (in case you forgot) I thought I'd go the cliche route and write about them. But then I found a print that rocked my socks off (whatever that means) because not only is it roses (aww sweet, blech) but it's also a novelty print (huzzah!). And what a combo at that! I give you:





Roses and...Mexican dancers? With fans? And sombreros, even? Perfecto! Not too syrup-y, not too wacky, not too...Valentine's Day-y...just right! Plus, it's not tiny!...unlike the dancers on the it. (Thank you! I'll be here all night!)




Vintage 40's Rayon Novelty Print Tiered Peplum Dress is available on Etsy from seller Club Vintage.

Way-Out Wednesday, Holiday Horrors Valentine's Day Edition: Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Welcome to the last Way-Out Wednesday, Holiday Horrors Valentine's Day Edition: Crazy Little Thing Called Love. Emphasis on the crazy.




As promised, I've been spotlighting vintage Valentine's Day cards that are a little off-center. A little wacky. A little psychotic. So for today's finale, I'm showing off not just one, but five of my current favorites! Because all this crazy should be shared.



Vintage Valentine #1:



Alcoholism is super romantic.




Vintage Valentine #2:



I think this is what is called harassment. Oh wait! Sorry, it's called love.




Vintage Valentine #3:



Knowing why you're a loveless, friendless, dateless asshole is the first step.




Vintage Valentine #4:



Raggedy Andy was just asking for it.




Vintage Valentine #5:



Hey, at least he's being honest.

Atomic Tuesday: Chickens Roasting On An Open Fire...

...and Jack Frost is nipping at your nose, if you live just about anywhere in the US on this arctic-rific Atomic Tuesday!




Today's pick for Atomic Tuesday is so cool, so mid-century modern in it's wackiness, I thought maybe it was just a really, really good repro. But no. It's the real deal and spec-freaking-tacular. It's almost as if the creator of this said "Hey, it's the 1950's! I'm gonna design a print that is so totally 50's, it'll be crazy!" It's kind of like when someone you know recommends going to a diner that "you're just gonna LOVE" because it's "soooo 50's", and then you get there and the place is SCREAMING cliche, with it's checkerboard floors, repro tin signs of I Love Lucy, and a poster of Elvis, Marilyn and James Dean playing pool on the walls. Because that's exactly what real, "Mom and Pop" type diners in the 1950's looked like. And all the people in the diner were talking about how 50's it was of them to be sitting in a diner, drinking milkshakes and playing Buddy Holly on their tabletop jukeboxes. Riiiight. So today's pick is just like that. Only not.


The thing of which I speak:



Awesome, right? First of all, it's PINK, which rules...





...wacky animal wall hangers...Paris print, 'natch...





...hot damn, a fiberglass drum floor lamp (?!)...glasses of iced tea in the holder...magazine rack....





....shish kebabs hanging by the fireplace ...zig-zag wrought iron log stand...and a starburst clock?! Are you kidding me?!...


(OK, I want everything in each picture so far...and a house that looks this iconic, all the time...)





...And of COURSE, the standard rooster. Because it was apparently the poultry of choice in interior design from about 1950 to 1970, since they show up EVERYWHERE and on EVERYTHING. (Well, those and eagles. Just can't escape either one.)



This superb Vintage 50's Quintessential Mid-Century Modern "Interior Scenes" Tablecloth is available for $34 from seller Neato Keen.

Prints Charming Sunday: Love, Exciting And New

Welcome to Prints Charming Sunday!




Did today's title get "the Love Boat" theme song stuck in your head? Ha! That is my gift to you. I've been thinking alot about Valentine's Day themed titles for blog posts, and the stinking freaking Love Boat won't leave my brain. Bah! Damn you stupid 1970's awesomely crappy tv shows. Now, normally I'm all about wacky novelty prints from the 40's and 50's. I don't generally "do" novelty prints from the 1970's (it just ain't my bag, baby) but then in an interesting twist of ironic irony, I came across a 1970's novelty print that's so very fitting to go with today's Love Boat era/valentines-y theme that I couldn't not show it off. (Did you enjoy that double negative that I dropped on you just there, grammar nazis? I thought you might.)




Ta-da! So polyester-y. So butterfly collar-y. So...70's. What's that Julie? I'm wanted on the Lido deck for cocktail hour with Captain Stubing and celebrity guest stars Charo and Tom Jones? Be right there! I'm just pulling on my tight-fitting polyester shirt then we'll party hardy until we pass out or dock in Puerto Vallarta, whichever comes first!

(Who me, watch too many classic TV reruns? Never.)


Vintage 70's "Love and Kisses" Novelty Print Shirt is offered by seller Wunderbar Vintage.

Way-Out Wednesday, Valentine's Edition: Wild "Thing", You Make My Heart Sing

Welcome to our 2nd week of Way-Out Wednesday's Valentine's Day edition!





For all you fans of unnecessary quotation marks, you'll probably enjoy today's pick. Fans of anthropomorphism, you'll like the dumbass, cartoony face of today's pick. Fans of turning everyday objects into filthy "bedroom items" will surely appreciate today's pick. And finally, fans of suggestive double entendres, well I'm sure you pervs will have a field day with today's pick.

I give you this Vintage 60's "Thing" Valentine's Day Card", from Etsy seller Orbiting Debris:




Oh my sweet doily hat-wearing, toilet paper cardboard tube hair spray can vibrator, I've been waiting for the day you'd ask me to do a "thing" with you! One quick question though: you do, of course, mean we should file our taxes together, right? That's so sweet! You make everything groovy.