Tuesday, January 31, 2017

the Tuesday Song of the Week

LOVE LOVE LOVE this one...

'Count on Me' - Jefferson Starship

A hundred years ago, I took a couple of piano lessons, and bought the sheet music for this.  Couldn't play it because a) I could hardly play anything, and b) the whaddyacallem* was something like 8/11 time.

*like marching is 2/4 and waltzing is 3/4?  What's that called?

Monday, January 30, 2017

announcing 2017's first...

thrift run !!

Last week I was booked for a focus group near the City of Bothersome Love.  Fortunately, the group was supposed to start at 10:00 a.m. which would give me abundant thrift shopping time.

Even more fortunately, they overbooked, and let me -- and two other overbookees -- out, payment in hand.  

WHOO HOO !!!

First store: A small one in G'town.  I almost never leave that one empty handed, but this time I did.

Second store: A newish one in MelPar.  I was there once before, and they had bupkis.  I didn't really want to go back, but something told me to go in.

SOOO glad I heeded that direction.

Here'sa what I got:
Very handsome, very colorful
circa 1900 bisque cavalier, a little over 8" tall.  Most likely began life in Germany.
MINT CONDITION

nifty little art glass bud vase
Also MINT.

fantastically awesome art glass hippopotamus bowl/planter  SOLD


PERFECT gift for the hippo collector, hippopotamus collector, or glass animal collector.
Also MINT.

Speaking of glass animals,
this little guy is hails from Sweden.  Still has his Gullaskruf label.
He's either MINT or near mint.  It feels like there might be a flea bit on his mane.

Rembrandt is in the house !!
 A fantastic example of mantiques, Rembrandt began life on a mantle clock.

Not mint.  On the back, one of the legs on his stool was damaged.  

Is that noticeable?  No.  Does he wobble because of it?  No.  

Is he SUPER cool and a fantastic addition to the antiquey decor?  YES.


Lastly, we got Cambridge's Bashful Charlotte flower frog, in moonlight blue  SOLD
 Also MINT.
 Note that Charlotte is more likely an Imperial Glass redo, because her base is ribbed.  But she's still old -- anywhere from 30 to almost 60 years old -- and awesomely awesome.

Third and fourth stores: both in Lawncrest:

At the first I got a pair of frumpys (i.e. what I call sweat pants.  The hubbage refers to them as my 'Joe Palooka pants.')

AND I got the following example of epic adorableness, to wit:




MINT.  And also SOLD

Plus, have you ever seen anything cuter than this Peter Rabbit print drape??

Me, neither.

At the second store, I got:

 this crazy marriage between a circa 1920 half-doll and  circa 1960 bisque shoe.
 
Basically MINT.

I also got TWO 1930s nightgowns and a set of polka dotted demitasse cups/saucers.  

Tuesday, January 24, 2017

The Tuesday Song of the Week

I can't believe this is my first Tuesday Song of the Week from somebody I saw in concert three times, once driving 700 miles to see him*

'This Kind of Music' - Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers

If I ever decided to put out The Collected Stories of The Full-Service Bohemian, among them will be the story about the 700 mile concert.  Like all the other stories, that one actually got published in a real live magazine.

Monday, January 23, 2017

kitty kitty

Our store has LOTS of kitty kitties:


on bags


On mugs

On pillows

and apparel

and gift wrap aka wrapping paper
And lotsa lotsa MORE!!!  

To see all the awesomely awesome gifts for the cat lover, go here:

https://www.zazzle.com/the_olden_eye/cat

To see THOUSANDS of more must-haves, go here:

https://www.zazzle.com/the_olden_eye/products

wa wa

wallets !!

For carrying money and photos and that.

All made from vegan-friendly Tyvek !!

And ALL look wayyyy better in person.


Lions,



and horses,


and hair, oh my !!

We also got...
flowers that bloom in the spring, tra la
AND
cute 1920s kids with equally cute 1920s kittens.

AND
Miss Maybeitsmaybelline circa 1965

For even MORE wallets, go here:

https://www.zazzle.com/the_olden_eye/wallets?dp=252372956716992974

And for more everything, go here:

https://www.zazzle.com/the_olden_eye/products

Thursday, January 19, 2017

Valentine's Day gift suggestions

Are you aware that there are fewer than 26 days until Valentine's Day?

Well, you should be.

Have you figured out what you're going to give your honey, if any?

Well, you should have.

But if you haven't, we at Full Service Bohemian can help !!
                 (note that the watermarks on these items exist to protect you from flying monkeys. They do not appear on the actual items.)

Anyway, we got...

jewelry boxes AND gift boxes.

Here's one...


 You can get the box here:
 http://www.zazzle.com/1950s_hot_office_romance_jewelry_box-135425976233652581

Wanna write sonnets and poems to your love?

This notebook would be PERFECT for that.
Get the notebook here:

Wanna spend time with your squeeze?
Time, get it?
hahahahaha

 The clock can be had here:

Want her to carry around your love?
This would hold that and then some.
Get it here:

Wanna wrap him/her up in your love?
The above throw blanket is el perfecto for that !!
Get it here: 

To wrap up all this wonderful stuff, you'll need gift wrap:

Adorable, no?
Yes.

Get it here:

If you want to shop for even MORE stuff -- and you should.  You really should. -- go here:

Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Kitty Cucumber is BACK

YES, more from the Kitty Cucumber collection:









Tuesday, January 17, 2017

The Tuesday Song of the Week

Better late -- it's about 10:30 pm here in downashore -- than never.

From History's Greatest Rock Band:
'Four Little DIamonds' - ELO

go to bed

dog bed, I mean.

Tell your dog to go to bed.

On this bed...

Or howza 'bout this one:

Or perhaps this one:

Or maybe even this one:

And what about this one:

If you follow this blog -- and I'm sure you do -- you already know that my stuff is only watermarked to protect YOU from flying monkeys.  And you also know that these flying monkey-averting watermarks do not appear on the actual items.  

I'll soon be listing tons more dog beds, but you can see what I currently have here:

https://www.zazzle.com/the_olden_eye/dog+beds?dp=252154785177397830

You can find all my other dog-related merchadise here:

https://www.zazzle.com/the_olden_eye/dog

And for all the thousands -- yes, THOUSANDS -- of other items in my store, go here:

https://www.zazzle.com/the_olden_eye/products

Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Scottie dogs

Are they YOUR bag?

If not, they can be !!



Of course, the watermark - which is only here to protect my followers from flying monkeys -- does not appear on the actual bags.

Get 'em here, along with lots of other Scottie dog items:
 https://www.zazzle.com/the_olden_eye/Scottie

Get everything - and I'm talking more wonderful wonderfulness than you've ever ever dreamed -- here:

https://www.zazzle.com/the_olden_eye/products

Tuesday, January 10, 2017

The Tuesday Song of the Week

Fun stuff !!

'Half a Boy and Half a Man' - Nick Lowe

Mug of the Month

It's the dead of winter.

Dead.

Winter.

Whatcha gonna do, other than stare out the window and hope the snow/sleet/freezing rain/boredom go away.

Until then, you should busy yourself playing games.

YES!

Games are fun.

Games are not boring.

And sometimes, you can actually learn something.

Which brings us to The Mug of the Month:


While it's being awful outside, you could be playing chess, checkers, dominoes, or cards inside !!

It's win win win win !!

Buy or purchase here:
 http://www.zazzle.com/chess_checkers_dominoes_cards_darts_coffee_mug-168562324808414418

Get all kindsa mugs here:
https://www.zazzle.com/the_olden_eye/drinkware?dp=252178814251104427&ps=92

Get all kinds of EVERYTHING here:

https://www.zazzle.com/the_olden_eye/products