MoonDoggie Goes Supersize

I settled down to watch 'The Supersizers Eat... The Fifties' last night but unfortunately due to Wimbledon, the show got sidelined. I thought I'd give UK readers a heads up that the show will be aired next Monday at 9pm.

Treasure Me This...

...a rainbow of colour.

Just a quick post to encourage everyone to go and check out my first ever treasury on Etsy.

It's bright and colourful and features the party snack wheel and bowls from my last post as well as some other pretty things. Also featured is this gorgeous elephant zip pouch from seabreezestudio.

Hope you like it!

Party Of Colour

I've been spending a lot of time over at Etsy lately and while doing my regular vintage trawl, I came across this fabulous 'cocktail party wheel':


Just the kind of thing I'd love to see at a party - oh, so festive! :)

Ebbo's Tiki Art Treasured

'Anger', Ebbo's new tiki painting has been featured in an Etsy Treasury!
I'd be angry too if I was on fire. :)


I meant to blog about it before now as I had shown you a teaser a few weeks ago.

The title of the treasury is "As I Sink into the Depths {of madness...}", and can be viewed here.

I am so pleased to be in another, so soon after our first treasury appearance (a couple of days ago). Thankyou very much to TheFamiLeeJewels for including us.

Ebbo Exposed!

Nearly forgot to mention, Ebbo has been featured in a treasury!

Artists of Etsy Exposed.

Check it out here.

Thankyou to VickiDianeDesigns for including us.

It's swell!

I want so badly to buy this tape!

I even had a couple rolls in my etsy cart but I realised that this needless spending of mine needs to cease (and I was worried about being stung with customs charges again). Maybe if I share my all my finds with you guys it will stop me from buying stuff. Here goes... buy some from the tapeswell etsy shop or website.


If anyone has found a uk stockist for tapeswell, please let me know - I'll regard it as destiny :)


Here are some more of my favourites:

Vintage Click - Happy Father's Day!

In honour of Father's Day, I submit two vintage photographs for your viewing pleasure.

Although it is not Father's Day where my dad lives in Australia, it IS here in England and I'm probably likely to forget about it in September. So for my first appearance in this blog, here is my father with ME!

I remember the day this was taken.
Somewhere behind where we are sitting in this photograph, was a large trampoline. I had queued for what seemed like an eternity to have a go (in reality, probably a minute or two), when I recall some bully girl tried to intimidate me into getting off. I think I stood (or bounced) my ground but it is also just as likely that I ran off crying.

The second photo is of Ebbo with his father. They look like they're having a very meaningful conversation but Dave can't remember anything about it. It looks adorable though.

Happy Father's Day to all dads out there!

Etsy Shop Feature - Atomic Lodge

I've just come across an etsy shop tonight with some wonderful mid century style art. Atomic Lodge is an etsy shop run by husband and wife team SuZanna Anna and Mykl Stanley. The shapes and colours are very pleasing to the eye.

They say their house is called 'Atomic Lodge' "because its a really funky mid century home which is modern but rustic at the same time". If their house is the one featured in these pictures, I am insanely jealous.

Check them out - you'll be pleased that you did. :)

Not So Swinging Carnaby

Desktop Decor

If you feel like sprucing your desktop up mid-century style, have a look at Pixel Decor. There are lots of wallpaper designs and patterns... and they're FREE!

Here are some of my favourites...


The designer has also applied her designs to other items available in her shop.

By the way, please note the password on the left sidebar - you will need this to download the designs.

Ghosts of Florida Past

One of my fellow twitterers, birdhousebooks tweeted about a website called 'Florida's Lost Tourist Attractions'. Some of the highlights for me include,


The Upside-Down House;

Top O' The Strip Observation Tower;

Tragedy in US History Museum;

and my personal favourite Tiki Gardens.

At one time "the complex would encompass several gift shops, the south seas themed gardens
complete with exotic birds and monkeys, and Trader Frank's Restaurant, on more than twelve acres".

Sadly, like so many tiki themed places, it was eventually torn down and turned into a parking lot.

But what really intrigued me was a reference in the Never Never Lands section to a place that was never built... Interama.

"It was a great billboard. Big and colorful, with artwork depicting the wonders to come, it stood watch over the vacant land near Biscayne Bay for years. An amazing new theme park, Interama, would shortly be built on this very site -- the sign said so".
It is this introduction that fascinated me. I have tried to find an image of this billboard but have been unsuccessful. If anyone has this image or a link for me, I would be very grateful (image on left found at dwntwnr).

The Historical Museum of Southern Florida held an exhibition about this theme park that never was. More information can be found on this exhibition here.

More images of what Interama could have been can be seen on miamiartzine.com.

100 Posts!

I noticed, with surprise, that I made my 100th post yesterday!

Thankyou to all my followers for hanging around and making me feel wanted. Hopefully you'll all stick around for a lot more posts yet.

I'm hoping to organise some kind of giveaway soon. When I figure out exactly what this will be, I'll let you know.

Watch this space...



image found via flickr

Ebay Finds V

I'm on the lookout for a new/vintage desk lamp. Here are a few I like from ebay but I am a bit hesitant to buy vintage electrical items.
At least it helps me narrow down what I want and don't want.