Kitsch but Beautiful Gypsy Wagons

The UK is talking gypsies, with the Channel 4 documentary show, "My Big, Fat, Gypsy Wedding" causing quite a stir on twitter.

Gypsy style is textbook kitsch. The jazzing up and glorification of little caravans with marble kitchens and ornate pillars is modern kitsch at it's finest.

The artwork I feature regularly often is of gypsies. Dallas Simpson daubs barefooted children, and J H Lynch paints buxom gypsy women.

Gypsy kitsch, both retro and current is rife, but during an eBay trawl I came across these GYPSY WAGONS for £30,000.

You can't deny these wagons are absolutely beautiful. The craftwork and design is amazing. Kitsch, maybe, but definitely not the gaudy neon image Channel 4's show is presenting us.

A new Addition to the Family

My husband and I were away this weekend for a short break in a haunted hotel on the Antrim Coast.

Despite having nowhere to put this cabinet, I really couldn't resist the charity shop bargain. So we returned home today with this beauty in the back of the car.
My third cocktail cabinet.

Hideous Huge 3D Birds of Paradise Painting

In a Belfast charity shop, absolutely disgusting.

Atomic Boomerang Handled Dresser

I really, really want this. Hint, hint husband.

Surprise Kitsch

I've been playing with the iPhone app PhotoSwap this week. You fire a snapshot out there and get a random user's pic back. There aren't really user names, but you can put a quick bio, where I say I like kitsch.

The app recently launched in Japan, and I've had some really cool photo swaps from the country. You never know what you'll end up seeing!

My friend Ron is getting 'Wabazzled' for Charity

Vajazzling isn't something I thought would ever feature on The World of Kitsch. Of course the practice of attaching stick on jewels to one's nether regions is definitely kitsch, but I mostly deal with tamer ornaments.

My old flatmate Aaron (@theronster) is daring to go where no man has gone before, and be 'Wabazzled' (thanks @rinkyrinky) to raise money for Aware Defeat Depression, a Northern Irish Charity.

You can donate here http://justgiving.com/Ron-vajazzle

And follow @theronster on twitter if you care to see the finished results. I don't think The World of Kitsch is ready to host such sexy images!

Scraper Foil Art Raccoon

Going to do this tonight while my husband is off playing a gig. Because I'm the cool spouse.

Kitsch Cute Bird

50p from charity shop