The Full-Service Bohemian

Friday, June 13, 2025

Mug of the Month

Suh'm fun if you're trapped in school,

or trapped in the office,

or you just wanna have a mug that incites comment.

Get it here: https://www.zazzle.com/bail_bond_coffee_mug-168020878409075937

Sunday, June 8, 2025

This past Thursday I stopped at Columbus Farmer's Market/Flea Market prior to shlepping up to Branchville, NJ where Ole Church Antiques is, and where I have a display case full of my MOST awesome stuff.

At Columbus, I saw this guy:

I gave him a $5 tip.

(I ALWAYS give money to street (and flea market) performers.)

Years ago, I used to see groups of people - maybe four or five - from either Mexico or points south of there, playing pan pipes. The music sounded great, but they were always playing American pop music. I really would have preferred to hear what they would play in their own country.

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Now and then I see a guy at Columbus in full American Indian garb. Not as elaborate as what the guy above is wearing, but it looks VERY cool. Someday I'll get a picture of him.

Friday, May 23, 2025

Lucky Dip

Today's Lucky Dip is made up of maaahvelous clocks.

Wanna see?

A neato clock for the man cave and/or military decor !!

Get it here: https://www.zazzle.com/1939_british_fairey_junior_medium_bomber_square_wall_clock-256608956614756154

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A VERY fun clock and a neato gift for the cat lover as well as the fan of vintage advertising.

Get it here: https://www.zazzle.com/little_wildcat_tomatoes_crate_label_square_wall_clock-256951858296504718

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A SUPER neato store clock !!!

Get it here: https://www.zazzle.com/old_matchbook_cover_i_want_2_c_u_b_a_customer_of_m_square_wall_clock-256454352117428665

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High fashion clock, and a great gift for the fashionista !!

Get it here: https://www.zazzle.com/1950s_fashion_portrait_square_wall_clock-256964933187046187

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A clock that watches YOU !!!

Get it here: https://www.zazzle.com/eyes_large_clock-256005246745882024

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The famous 'Tongue-Cut Sparrow' of Japanese lore in clock form !!!

Get it here: https://www.zazzle.com/japanese_fairytale_the_tongue_cut_sparrow_square_wall_clock-256721254030593365

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Thus ends today's Lucky Dip.

Come back next week for more !!!

Thursday, May 22, 2025

May 2025s first haul of antiques and untiques

There's not a whole lot in my shop, reason being a) I've been SUPER busy, b) my computer got hacked in an EPIC manner, and I'm still trying clean up the mess.

Anyway...

Have a heart.

Fun item for your wall. Equally fun as a pincushion.

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J. Chein tin litho church banks

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wooden black cat toy (not a 'cat toy' mind you)

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What we have here is a happy mixed marriage of salt and pepper shakers.

They got together sometime in either the 1940s or 1950s. Their first home was an old Kaukauna cheese crock (back when the crocks were actual crocks, i.e. ceramic rather than plastic). Alas, I had a customer who wanted the crock, but not Mr. and Mrs. Now they live with me, but they're itching to find a new home where they won't be sharing a dark box with a bunch more old merchandise.

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Now this is something WAAYYYY special.

Allow me to set up the clip: Through one of my customers, I met a lady in her late 90s whose father grew up in Johnstown, PA. He experienced the famous 'Johnstown Flood' at age 5. She told me that over the years, he would have recurring nightmares about the flood, one of which he made into the above wall plaque, some time in the early 1930s.

How cool is that???

Very, I'd say.
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Lastly, but zillions of miles from leastly, we have this maahvelous flow blue cabinet plate

A whole collection of American poets!

From around 1900 by Rowland and Marcellus.
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Until next time, see more, get more here:

AntiquesUntiques.etsy.com

The Star Made Me Buy It

Today's star is Joan Caulfield for La Cross manicure supplies.

This was from 1948, because the movie she's mentioned in at the top of the ad - Dear Wife - came out that year.

I remember as a kid my mom saying something about Joan Caulfield. How pretty she thought Joan was, I think.

If my mom had never said that, Miss Caulfield would have been one of those minor stars I never heard of.

Monday, May 19, 2025

Mug of the Month

May is 'National Military Appreciation Month.'

So what we got here are a World War II era soldier and sailor.

In mug form.

I have zero idea why this image looks so awful, because in person, the mug looks anything and everything BUT awful*. It in person it's maaahvelous.

Get it here: https://www.zazzle.com/world_war_ii_soldier_meets_sailor_coffee_mug-168867081825073128

*The awful-ness could be the fault of my computer, which is failing just as we speak. And just as I type.

A couple weeks ago, my computer was hacked in an EPIC fashion. All my usernames and pins evaporated into the ether. I bought a new laptop, but I still gotta get my computer guy to transfer programs and files and stuff to it.