Hmmm, aliens and Santa Claus… who knew they’d go together quite so well? I think that one might be my favourite. I like the idea of Santa being a robot! That one freaks me out slightly – it’s the way it looks quite normal, then you notice that Santa’s got four arms… creepy. Alien babies…
Tag: vintage
Vintage Christmas Advert: Kia-Ora 1955
I’m not a fan of orange squash, but I do like these little reindeer.
Wishing You a (Vintage) Merry Christmas!
How I wish that it was December 1950! I’m attempting to recreate the Christmas feel of a time gone by with these gorgeous images from one of my Woman’s Own magazines. I imagine there will be many chocolates eaten over this festive period: mostly by me! I won’t be smoking though; despite my inclusion of…
Vintage Christmas Wrapping Paper
The last time we went to Germany, along with a thousand and one pots we bought a great big stack of retro wrapping paper. The idea was that with Christmas approaching, it’d be easy enough to flog it on for a small fortune. Small fortune has not appeared. I’m not sure why: I think the…
Meet Clara Belle: West German Woman
This is Clara Belle. Isn’t she a stunner? My parents gave this to us as an early Christmas present and we love her! She’s taken pride of place on the sideboard, next to the giant Carstens lamp. Believe it or not, she is actually marked as 701 W.Germany. Neither of us have ever seen anything…
1950s Christmas Tupperware
This was behind the door of our Sci-Fi Christmas Advent Calendar two days ago. What wife wouldn’t want a set of pastel coloured Tupperware?
Vintage Woman’s Own: Winter Wonders
Today was the first day that I really had that Christmassy feeling. This is particularly amazing for me as I often don’t get into the mood until a couple of days before; perhaps it’s all the frost and talk of snow around the North of England. Whatever the reason, it has inspired me to write…
Scheurich 414: Updating a Look
Regular readers will be aware of my obsession with the Scheurich 414 form. I currently have over twenty of them in different glazes perched atop a wooden blanket box in the bedroom. Some of you may not not know that many of the factories reused numbers and updated forms. Scheurich 414 is one of these…
Bernard Buffet: Mass Market Art?
We found this on our last trip: It’s a print by Bernard Buffet, a French painter. Once again, we appear to have found something that, despite not knowing anything about it, could actually be quite interesting. To me, this seemed to be an example of mass market art; standing quite well alongside the Tretchikoff and…
My First Ever Folksy Purchase!
If you’ve ever heard of Etsy but curse the fact that many sellers seem to be in USA (adding on postage charges for British buyers), then Folksy might be the one for you. I’ve just found it and had a good look, before finally deciding on buying these: I had been eyeing up some…
From Germany to Glossop…
..Deutschland to Derbyshire. We’re back. The house is full. Aidan has just pointed out that I don’t really have time for a blog but I just can’t resist: the sheer scale of what we have returned with from this trip is phenomenal. Observe: Note the glass head back right; at the moment, we think…
Retro Halloween Postcards
Since October the 1st, I’ve found a vintage Halloween postcard hiding somewhere around the house or on my person. My lovely, daft boyfriend knows how much I love all things vintage AND Halloween so has managed to obtain some old postcards. As they are so utterly fantastic – and I’m off work with the lurgy…
Little Owl Ski 