History's Most...

beautiful leggings:

Get 'em here:

https://www.zazzle.com/renaissance_jewels_print_leggings-256273946959628005

Roy G. Biv - blue

Fifth AND sixths in our series of the colors of the rainbow.

I don't get the difference between blue and indigo, so we're combining those categories.

And here's what we got:

Indiana King tomato crate label in tote bag form

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And Moonbeam Citrus fruit crate label in throw pillow form

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and the butterfly girl of the cosmos in necktie form

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See more, get more here:

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

Roy G. Biv - green

Fourth in our series of the colors of the rainbow, 

here's some merchandise that's got some green in it:

a Kelly-Springfields tire ad in tapestry form.

Found in a 1920s Broadway playbill.   In each and every one of these playbills -- and I have a bunch of them -- there's a full color Kelly-Springfields ad.

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Not a lot of green, but what's here is awesome, and awesomely Victorian.

 Victorian fashion print throw pillow

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green as in green beans.  Or sugar peas.  

in tote bag form

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See more, get more here: 

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

The Tuesday Song of the Week

I heard this song first a hundred years ago, while on a KLM flight from Amsterdam to the US.

They had some kinda thingie on the seat where you could listen to music.  

Well, two songs.

On was 'It's Not Unusual'

The other was our Tuesday Song of the Week.  Heard both maybe 20 times each over the 8-hour flight.

'Israelites' - Desmond Dekker & the Aces

Roy G. Biv - yellow

Third in our series featuring all the colors of the rainbow, in order of their appearance in the spectrum.

Today we got yellow.

Dream a little dream of Dream World.  

It makes a VERY attractive tapestry.

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Why wear the same boring unexciting neckties everyone else wears when you could wear one with the print of an old Flav-R-Pac Cherries label???

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A clock to remind you that ignoring time can be... dangerous.  And scary.  Really scary.

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See more, get more here:

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

My kitty crossed the Rainbow Bridge today

Tippy was always quite the... calico.  As in she -- like all calicos in multi-cat households -- appointed herself Lead Cat.

We were together through thick and VERY thin: a year or so after I adopted her, I was this () far from living in my car.  If she and the rest of the furmily hadn't needed me, I don't know where I'd be right now.  But more than likely not here.  They kept me going.

Her little body had been failing her over the last couple of months, until I finally had to realize the time had come for her to leave her furry dwelling and return to her Maker.

I do not believe that she is 'dead.'  The body she lived in is dead, true.  But she - her spirit, her personality, her comical streak -- are alive and always will be.

Roy G. Biv - orange

The next from a series I started yesterday, featuring three more items with the second color of the spectrum,

to wit: orange

We have the carrot man on a clock

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and the tongue-cut sparrow of Japanese legend on a pinback button

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and a messenger bag graced with an ad for Gaby Tan, 'the lotion that does something.'

Note that the actual image is NOT blurry-ish.  

That's just the fault of my photo-editing program.

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See more, get more here:

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

Roy G. Biv - RED

Or

red

orange

yellow

green

blue

indigo

violet.

Get it?

Them's the color spectrum.

For the next week, amma list 3 items per day per color.  (Except for Sunday, my day of rest and not posting.)

So here's red:

We got the King of Hearts on a throw pillow

On the other side of which is the Queen of Hearts!

Note that the store has waaaayyyyy more stuff graced with these two, and will soon have similar featuring the King, Queens, and Jacks of Diamonds, Spades, and Clubs.

Note that these do not look at all blurry in person.  Any blurry-ness is 100% the fault of my photo editing dealie.
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Pegasus is in the house!

 Literally.  One this fantabulous tapestry.

Lots more Pegasus stuff in my store as well.
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biddyful red carnations

in jigsaw puzzle form.

Lots more red carnation items.

OODLES more jigsaw puzzles!!!

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See more, get more here:

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

The Star Made Me Buy It

Today's star is the beautiful... nay, GORGEOUS... 

Hedy Lamarr for Royal Crown Cola

The Tuesday Song of the Week

Sorry I missed last week, but I was doing my standardized patient dealie up in Philly all day, and by the time I got home, I was too enervated.

(For more info on my standardized patient dealie, see the October 11, 2011 post.)

Anyway, on to what you came for:

'Cast Your Fate to the Wind' - Sounds Orchestral

latest vintage ties, retro ties cool ties

The vintage, the retro AND the cool, all in one place!!

Here's what we got today:

From a 1922 issue of Photoplay

 I'm guessing the lady in the crazy get-up might be Mae Murray, but I'm not 100% certain.

Note that the original image is a muddy sepia.  I'm the one who rendered it in the above colors.  No need to thank me.
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 More from the 1920s, in the form of this Kelly-Springfields tire ad image,

from a 1926 or so Broadway playbill in my possession.

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Maybe the 1920s or maybe the 1930s, but definitely not later.

From my recent huhYOOGE haul of old fruit crate labels.  

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An print decades older than those above, from an 1880s book I have on animal husbandry.

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See more - over 500 more! -- get more here:

https://www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/ties

latest antiques and untiques

LOTSA stuff today,

and all as rare and awesome as you could possibly desire.

To wit:

lead Civil War soldiers and generals SOLD

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           History's Handsomest Walrus  SOLD

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ultra-rare LARGE 1920s beaded bag  SOLD

 How big?  11" long x 8.5" wide.  Plus the fringe makes it a little longer.

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Here's a mystery.

Obviously 1920s, but did it begin life on a garment, or is it something jewelry-related?

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                             DECO !!             SOLD

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            SUPER cute wallpocket  SOLD

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beaded miser's purse aka stocking purse aka string purse   SOLD

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Mr. Fu and Mr. Soo

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small round art nouveau jewelry box   SOLD

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silk lady

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chocolate slag glass  SOLD

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'nother small art nouveau jewelry box   SOLD

 This one a little over 3" wide

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'nother mesh bag, with a secret something under that hinged circle  SOLD

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See more, get more here:

www.etsy.com/shop/AntiquesUntiques

Mug of the Month

Hey, you.

You, the one who goes through half a pot of coffee per diem.  

Likely you've been drinking same out of boring mugs.

That's about to end

RIGHT 

NOW.

Because we've got the mug for you:

Get it here:

https://www.zazzle.com/big_coffee_drinker_coffee_mug-168002976462985362

We have HUNDREDS more non-boring mugs for your perusal and buying and that. To see them all, go here:

https://www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/mugs

Mothers Day buying guide

Get this stuff STAT,

so that Mom will have a GREAT Mothers Day gift, 

not some mass-produced in China piece of you know what.

Mom deserves better.

WAY better.  And made in USA.

Like these bags:

jewels, marvelous jewels... wristlet

note that this is a print;there are no actual marvelous jewels on the bag. 

and therefore no marvelous jewels that need to be insured, which is nice.

Get it here:

 https://www.zazzle.com/renaissance_jewels_print_wristlet-223116435474991859

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pretty birds! in tote bag form

So sweet, so appealing, so pretty birdy.

Get it here:

 https://www.zazzle.com/beautiful_birds_print_tote_bag-256499923057644045

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BIG 'n beautiful tulip print cross body tote bag

Get it here:

https://www.zazzle.com/tulips_print_crossbody_bag-256890766722979493

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an epic cute tote bag for the mom who loves cats 

Get it here:

https://www.zazzle.com/adorable_kitten_cat_in_a_kitten_cat_hat_tote_bag-256063795525820437
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In addition to tote bags, we have some high-style messenger bags:

Like this one:

 Get it here:

https://www.zazzle.com/bright_yellow_abstraction_small_messenger_bag-210660861349594413

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And also this one:

Get it here:

 https://www.zazzle.com/stylized_flowers_and_leaves_print_courier_bag-210833467719735251 

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These next couple of bags make super cute 'carrying around your stuff' bags AND super cute diaper bags.  GREAT GREAT gifts for the new mom.

adorable little lambs print

 Get it here:

https://www.zazzle.com/black_lamb_white_lamb_courier_bag-210308491180056778

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for the horse lover, a mare and foal print bag

 Get it here:

https://www.zazzle.com/big_horse_little_horse_print_courier_bag-210607609957846451
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for the Victoriana aficionado

Get it here: 

https://www.zazzle.com/victorian_baby_print_courier_bag-210626508637373573

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See all TWO THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED and SOME bags that are currently in my store here:

https://www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/bag
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Maybe your mom would prefer a neato mug!

Neato mugs are also good places for containing your jewelry gift for mom.  Ya know??

Something extra retro and EXTRA neato, for example

 Get it here:

https://www.zazzle.com/1960s_hairstyles_grid_coffee_mug-168988177062038607
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Let Mom know that even though you were History's Brattiest Brat as a kid,

you've changed your ways, and now you really and truly do Aim to Please.  

 Get it here:

https://www.zazzle.com/matchbook_cover_we_aim_to_please_coffee_mug-168758286053235693
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I never met a mom who didn't have at least some love for flowers

 Get it here:

https://www.zazzle.com/calla_lily_calla_lilies_coffee_mug-168569926924365553
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Maybe what Mom really loves is coffee

 Get it here:

https://www.zazzle.com/big_coffee_drinker_coffee_mug-168002976462985362
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Have a look-see at all the SIX HUNDRED PLUS mugs in my store!

Go here:

https://www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/mug
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Maybe Mom would prefer some attire, like these VERY pretty leggings.  Made not in the USA, but in Canada!  Just as good, I think.

As of today, there are not very many pairs of leggings in my store, but what's there is mega cool.  

See it all here:

https://www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/leggings

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Back to Made in USA items. to wit make-up mirrors.

Every lady likes to have a mirror handy, 

so we have some very cool, very attractive little mirrors

Just like the leggings, there are not oodles of mirrors in my store, but the few there are be totally awesome.

See them here:

https://www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/makeup%20mirror

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Thus ends my Mothers Day buying guide.  However, there are THOUSANDS -- like EIGHTEEN THOUSAND and SOME -- more items in my store for you, for Mom, for everybody.

To see it all, go here:

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