Panthers

I found this  I found this gray and maroon panther lamp in the basement  after about 10 years and while the metal where the lightbulb goes in is rusty, the rest is fine! I'm surprised that it didn't get broken.

black panther note holder

 

One of my black panther collection. I have several of the TV lamps, too!

My fav, a white panther TV lamp, mad by Kron.

I know the panther thing is pretty cliche' when it comes to fifties collectibles, but I still like them!

Do you have any? What about TV lamps in general?

Ramble on...some random thoughts

I was thinking about how cold it is (more snow falling, and getting down to zero wind chill tonight). and after having put all my Christmas away and digging out this reminder of Bar B ques, I felt like yes...there is a light at the end of the tunnel. It will be warm again.

When my daughter recently moved into her own place, I let them take this table. I have a gray one Im thinking about putting up tomorrow. I miss my Formica.

Katz drug store was so cool when I was younger, I just had to share this envelop from there, the pictures came in it when we would order them. The Cat face was on the sign on the building and it was huge!~Loved it. Why must things change?

Oh well -more tomorrow.

More diamonds..

I have this pattern on a bowl, too! Really like it!

Hard to see, but these glasses, which I passed on to my daughter when she and her boyfriend got their cute apartment, have black and gold diamonds.

In my china cabinet, you can see the bowl on the top shelf.

Two favs, florals and diamonds. I like the unusual shape and frame.

This bowling alley has been renovated, but the original has been a part of my life since I can remember. The new version is retro and awesome, if you ever get to my Independence Square, you MUST see this place!

The sign's awesome enough! Diamond bowl!

Diamonds

This little cheese server was so cute, with the matching knife, I just loved it! In the background are some diner cups with little diamonds.  The diamond motif is really appealing to me lately!

...like this metal diamond shaped shelf.

I'll feature even more tonight. Stay tuned! Challenge, show me your mod items with diamonds!

It's time...for Wednesday thrifting show and tell!

Two plates that say, "It's time"...just think of the possibilities?! I like the fact that the hands are on the 5 and the 8..Breakfast or cocktails...or coffee!

I had this set once,  instead of blue it was in pink, and it had a hand holding a cup too.

Two vintage postcards. I love the kind that fold out.

And, last but not least, two awesome "autumn" glasses. The colors are the prettiest part.

Now..show me your thrifting treasures.

And, OH YEAH- there's an awesome giveaway over at Dolly Cool Clare's blog! 

http://dollycoolclare.blogspot.com/2011/01/100-follower-giveaway.html

Barkcloth love

Pink and Green Plumes, windows , Carribean Coral on couch.

Unknown florals, pinks and turquoise and brown.

Leaf patterns.

Rose pattern

black background with peach and fuschia flowers

This is called "Happily Married".

Barkcloth love. I don't know any retrophile who isn't Mad about these patterned beauties. Gaudy? Somewhat. Cool? Always. I think it takes me back to Aunt Ida's living room wallpapers. Whatever the reason, retro and vintage style is meant to be mixed and matched colorwise, and barkcloth just emphasizes this fact!

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