Weekend finds ...both at home and the thrifts...

I found this black and  yellow "pagoda" shaped planter at the thrift store this Saturday. It is Californian, and the sticker says "CALI-CALI".

 This glass in pink and blue pastels is a great find for 49 cents. I think I've had some like this before. Who cares about a matched set? I love mixing all  my vintage glasses with pretty colors together!

Kind of a Christmas "throwback", but also a Fifties "staple", the gnome. I love putting them out at Christmas, but they really are cool and cute any old time!

 This "bon-bon" tray, or so it is named on the box...is awesome! it has two ying-yang teardrop type dishes made of white and turquoise plastic. I'll bet some lucky early sixties bride got this for a wedding gift! Could it be Don and Betty Draper?

A couple of posts  back I talked about shopping in our own basements, storage spaces, etc. LOOOOOK what I found! This glass front Sunbeam toaster! The glass is painted on the inside with green, turquoise and gold leaves. MOD! and...it still works! My Fiesta toaster quit a few weeks back. I got this at Boomerang in KCMO about 1994. One of the few things I bought from a Retro/Vintage shop, it was so unusual, I had to have it. Why I put it away, I'll never know!
Well, get used to me. I have a camera now, and I'm gonna use it! Have a great week and show me some of YOUR weekend finds! Zootsuitmama

Post Christmas look, finally!

A kind of dark view of the living room. OK, I hafta get used to this camera!

Mr. Ziggy in the guest room. I wash chenille bedspreads daily to accomodate this brood of hounddogs~

Not my family, but cool.

Angel's still hanging in there, despite her cough. I just enjoy her while I can.

This is a corner of the guest room. I love that gold metal shade!

Full view of the lamp in the corner.

This is the end table that my friend found me at the Ozarks! It matches the coffee table. Blonde, kinda Asian.

I have a "thing" for these kleenex boxes. I have them in several colors.

Not a good picture, but this lady head vase didn't even leave the person's hand at the Salvation Army before I said, "I want that!" Never seen one just like it. She's wearing a turban type hat. $3.00!

Here's the zootsuit computer...ancient!

This is my living room/swinging Opium Den, after the tree, etc. came down. It's nice to leave it kind of open..after the clutter of the holidays. Also, some pix of my dogs and the little guest room, which they think is theirs, of course!

Don't Touch that Dial!! Zoot is coming Back!

I've been piddling around and switching curtains. My bark

cloth collection just got a lot bigger! That is, I found some, and please forgive me...in the basement. I pray it will smell right after I put it in the dryer with some fabric softner sheets. How it ended up down there, I'm not sure.  and... Camera dilemma/ machine madness part 2. I finally resolved to go and get a cheapo camera at Walmart. Got it home, took pix...started to hook it up to download, and yes...you guessed it! NO USB cord. Now, I hafta trudge back out and return it. What are the odds? I tell ya, somebody cursed me! Anyway, now I do have HEAT and a new thermostat. Film at ...read all about it...NOW HEAR THIS!! Zoot will never give up! There WILL be new pictures!

Rage against the Machines!

I have had about enough of these machines! Have you ever had a day ( or a few days ? ) that everything you touch either A)Falls apart  B) quits working C) both??? That's been my day. First, I don't have heat. It's zero, and my landlord said, "Just touch the two wires together til I get another thermostat" Not working. Thank God I have my electric simulated roaring fireplace!~ I turned the oven and all the burners on the stove on, too. So, not too bad. Then I got into the kitchen drawer and IT fell apart. I spent an hour pounding and straightening nails only to have it not really hold together. My computer at work has also been acting up. There is a fan not working, and finally it was replaced today. Maybe I have bad vibes, or I'm giving off some EMP Electromagnetic Pulse, that brings all the mechanical things around me down? I've gone through three cameras this year. I decided to go get one from the thrift store, and got a good one for ten dollars. Guess what? No drivers. I have searched high and low, but to no avail.What'd I tell ya?
So here's some more rerun pix, just so you'll know I'm alive and kickin'!

ooops, I probably shouldn't show this, my 1946 Westinghouse fridge! It may be jinxed now and break down.

I forgot about my sixties stereo. I dropped the speaker and now it won't reattach.

Various lamps...still working. I'll keep my fingers crossed.

Love to all, Zootsuitmama

Getting Fresh!

No silly! not like that!, What I mean retro daddies and chicks is a FRESH NEW YEAR! Yes, all of these pix are of stuff I already have, but the New Year, holidays behind us, is a chance to remix, redo and refresh -it's almost like finding a huge flea market full of things you reaaaaalllly love! After all, you chose all these things, not by chance, but because they turned you on, baby! So, I'm going to post my final product with a remix of all my great vintage retro stuff, after I get it all together. And get a new camera. So, that will be fun! You show me  yours, and I'll show ya mine. Talk about getting fresh!!

 atomic lamps

barkcloth

mod fish art

PINK PINK PINK!!!!

leopard and zebra print PLUS atomic! Yowza!

panthers

More Pink...and atomic.

See ya soon@zootsuitmamas!

Oriental Candy dish

I found this at the thrift store Friday. I loved it for several reasons...the bright colored sections that come out and can be washed, and the fact that the whole thing turns like a lazy susan. The bottom is red plastic and the top is clear with little oriental people on it. I don't think it's that old, but it fits in! If I don't want it for a candy dish, I could use it for jewelry.. My first purchase for a while! I also got a great vintage table cloth, Christmas, for around 50 cents..everything Christmas was marked down.
Can't wait to see all the new year's finds, and can't wait to find my own! Zootsuitmama

Christmas goodbye

 Mr Elf sez: "Check me out in the kitchen window shot! I'm the star of the show"!! Once again, I looooove the boxes, especially when they are in this good of shape!

 Flossie was my Grandma's name. I bought this funnel cake mix just for the box.

 I'd never seen an elf apron, or any Christmas material - like this before.

 There's my hometown hero, Harry Truman! This pix was taken at the Square, in the 40's, when it was the heart of the shopping district. It's getting back to being a great place to visit!

 Crocheted red and green apron.

This apron is so pretty! It reminds me of my Grandma's kitchen curtains. Minus the glittery sparkle of course.

One last peek at the Christmas linens, aprons and "stuff" before it all is tucked snugly away til next year. I always get sad, but also excited to try something new after the holidays. I've been scouring magazines (I saved ALL my Mary Engelbriet and others) and yes, even all of your blogs -for ideas. Pix soon!!! Happy New Year...and hope all your days are Merry and Bright...even if Christmas is over. Love to all! Zootsuitmama