Beautiful Vintage Children's Book Illustrations
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Thanks to Andy the Treasure Hunter for emailing me his find.
1980s' Colouring Books- Wuzzles, Rainbow Brite, Shoe People- Charity Shop Haul
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Not technically a haul, as I didn't buy them. In one of the shops in Ards if anyone wants them.
Bubblegum Alley, San Luis California
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Bubblegum Alley was started in the 1950s as a result of High School rivalry in making gum walls. It's survived a full cleaning in the 1970s, and when a second clearing was requested in the 90s, permission wasn't given as it has become a somewhat unsanitary landmark.
Gum Wall, Seattle.
Cheapest Irregular Choice Shoes with Idealo.co.uk
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I love Irregular Choice heels. It's my go-to brand for kitsch & bizarre clobber. When purchasing online however, there's a wide variety of shopping sites to choose from. The price difference between an online catalogue site and a business seller on eBay can be up to £50 for an identical pair. How do I know? Because the lovely folks at www.Idealo.co.uk asked me to check out their shoe shopping price comparison category, my reward being these splendid Irregular Choice shoes.
Well, it would be rude to say no, wouldn't it? http://www.idealo.co.uk/cat/11593/ladies-shoes.html
Idealo compares more than just clothing & fashion, and the bonus is they integrate the online stores' shop discount vouchers automatically. Idealo.co.uk also compares home ware & beauty items, so before I do any shopping online I'm going to be checking in with them.
Well, it would be rude to say no, wouldn't it? http://www.idealo.co.uk/cat/11593/ladies-shoes.html
Idealo compares more than just clothing & fashion, and the bonus is they integrate the online stores' shop discount vouchers automatically. Idealo.co.uk also compares home ware & beauty items, so before I do any shopping online I'm going to be checking in with them.
Tee & Toast's Titanic Tweeness
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My home city Belfast has gone 'overboard' with the 100 year anniversary. Some of the products are mad, like Tayto's Titanic crisps, but I do love this branding from Tee & Toast. The yellow cranes are part of Belfast's Shipyard today. Maybe it's a bit of Titanic Celebration Stockholm Syndrome creeping in. Where's my novelty iceberg hat? www.TeeAndToast.com
The World of Kitsch Candy Penpal Exchange Programme
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My blog post last night asking for a penpal to swap sweets across the Atlantic sent Twitter crazy. It seems a lot of you would like a faraway friend with confectionery benefits. The plan is to pair up each of you, UK/Ireland readers with US/Canadian readers here on this blog post.
You can sort out your own 'rules' then, but the plan I've set up with my new penpal, Dan Lacey (I wonder will I get any pancakes?), is a once a month package sent with about £3.50/$5 of goodies. I've enabled comments on this post, so I'm hoping you lot can pair up from here. Leave a comment with your location and email or Twitter name, so someone from the other side of the ocean can get in touch. And spread the word! The more the merrier! Surprise sweetie packages for all!
You can sort out your own 'rules' then, but the plan I've set up with my new penpal, Dan Lacey (I wonder will I get any pancakes?), is a once a month package sent with about £3.50/$5 of goodies. I've enabled comments on this post, so I'm hoping you lot can pair up from here. Leave a comment with your location and email or Twitter name, so someone from the other side of the ocean can get in touch. And spread the word! The more the merrier! Surprise sweetie packages for all!
The World of Kitsch WANTED- One American Candy Swapping Penpal
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After my haul of American goodies earlier, I got to thinking, I'd love some Jolly Ranchers. But that shop didn't have them.
So I came across the idea of pen-palling up with one of you American World of Kitsch readers. About once a month we can post each other an envelope of around £3.50 / $5 of our native chocolate and sweets/candy. No cans of soda as the postage would be huge then. You get to try some UK flavours, and I get my fix of US sugary delights. Any of my US readers want to be my candy penpal? Get in touch kitschandink@me.com If more than one US person is interested, I'll see if I can 'set you up' with another local UK sweetie fiend from my Twitter pals.
So I came across the idea of pen-palling up with one of you American World of Kitsch readers. About once a month we can post each other an envelope of around £3.50 / $5 of our native chocolate and sweets/candy. No cans of soda as the postage would be huge then. You get to try some UK flavours, and I get my fix of US sugary delights. Any of my US readers want to be my candy penpal? Get in touch kitschandink@me.com If more than one US person is interested, I'll see if I can 'set you up' with another local UK sweetie fiend from my Twitter pals.
