J is for...

Our latest collection in our A-Z series of fantastic gift ideas for Christmas/Hanukkah/Festivus:

J is for June...

in throw pillow form.

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/1908_june_sweet_june_sheet_music_cover_print_throw_pillow-189421754615843558

See other fantastic items with this print here: www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/products?qs=1908 June 

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J is for jazz...

in tray version.

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/hep_cat_trinket_tray-256285312863047733

See more jazzy hep cat items here: www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/products?qs=hep cat

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J is for jumping...

                                                                in print fabric form

Get it here:  www.zazzle.com/1930s_dressed_elephant_playing_jump_rope_fabric-256912603371372963

See more jumping elephant items here: www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/products?qs=dressed elephant

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J is for jester...

In hip flask form.

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/jester_from_the_1920s_hip_flask-256324345451757262

See more jester-printed items here: www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/products?ps=48&qs=jester

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J is for Jesus...

in notebook form.

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/byzantine_folk_art_jesus_notebook-130605839004598071

See more items with prints of Jesus here: www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/products?ps=96&qs=jesus

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J is for juggler...

in necktie form.

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/victorian_trade_card_juggler_darlington_runk_co_neck_tie-151239950251356385

See more items with juggler prints here: www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/products?ps=96&qs=juggler

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Thus ends today's collection.

L coming soon!

Until the, have a look-see at all the THOUSANDS of items in my Zazzle shop here: www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/products

The Star Made Me Buy It

Today's star had a very long career,

and was kinda pretty.

Loretta Young in a 1944 ad for RC Cola

In addition to letting us all know that RC is her favorite cola, she goes all patriotic at the bottom of the ad:

I've only see her in The Bishop's Wife, and bits and pieces of other movies.

Her daughter Judy Lewis's memoir is sorta a must-read.  Judy was the daughter of Loretta and Clark Gable, and she absolutely looked like both of them, so her Loretta's claim that she 'adopted her,' must have been thought of as total BS by the peeps in Hollywood.

The 'Me Too' crowd has alleged that Clark Gable raped her, which itself is total BS.  Everybody who worked on The Call of the Wild, remembered the pair being verrry friendly with one another.  If you know what I mean.

He was catnip for any and all red-blooded women, so probably all he needed to do was crook his little finger and they'd come running.  

I know I would have.

This is HILARIOUS: during rehearsals for a play I was in, one of the guys would enter stage left, and do that spin and flourish thing she would do at the beginning of her TV show.  He was straight, hairy to the max, and about 280 pounds.  Remembering that still makes me laugh. 

The Tuesday Song of the Week

 Suh'm gallic and fun...

'Route National 7' - Charles Trenet

I've had 'Y'a d'la joie' in my head the last few days, but that was a Tuesday Song some time ago. 

I is for...

 Our A-to-Z collection of marvelous gifts for Christmas/Hanukkah/Festivus has reached the letter I.

Here are the I items...

I is for ice cream...

in coaster set form*

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/generations_of_ice_cream_cones_beverage_coaster-163881626646449620

At first I thought 'Ice cream coasters??,' then I remembered how really sloppy my darling hubbage eats ice cream.  And even when he's eating it from a bowl, a lot of it ends up on the table.  Hence coasters.  

See more ice cream-printed items here: www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/products?qs="ice cream

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I is for Invitation to...

Invitation to Murder* paperback cover print mug

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/1950s_invitation_to_murder_cover_print_coffee_mug-168829329045358163

See more with this print here: www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/products?qs="invitation to murder"

*This was the first Nero Wolfe book I read, and it was quite a hoot.  I highly remember any and all Nero Wolfe books.  They're all super entertaining. 

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I is for imp...

In pin-back pin form.

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/devil_ish_little_imp_button-145943546118087878

See more imp-ossibly appealing items here: www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/products?qs=imp

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I is for Indian...

                                                             in jigsaw puzzle form

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/sitting_bull_jigsaw_puzzle-116141099009594448

See more items with Indian (both American and East Indian) prints here: www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/products?qs=indian

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I is for Indiana...

in t-shirt form

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/indiana_king_tomatoes_label_t_shirt-235692714826548914

See more Indiana King tomatoes-printed items here:  www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/products?qs=indiana

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Thus ends our I collection, the J collection will be here soon.

Until then, have a look-see on EVERYTHING in my Zazzle store here:  www.zazzle.com/store/the_olden_eye/products

November 2023's first haul of antiques and untiques

I say this all this time, but at the moment I TRULY have a ton of FANFREAKINGTASTIC stuff in my Almighty Garage of Awesomeness (AGoA).

FANFREAKINGTASTIC items that will soon appear here.

Here are our recent marvels...

early 1960s Margaret Smith bag

This actually spent YEARS in my AGoA before I decided to do something with it.  It was then I realized what it was, i.e. a Margaret Smith bag.  I love the print, which is sooo circa 1960.

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tulips print tablecloth

This spent a ton of time in there as well.  Bring Spring into your autumn and winter !!

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Next up, History's Most Unique Platform Shoes - size 8.5M

They're about 4-1/8 high, PLUS they're vegan !!

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Yet another mahhhvelous handbag, this one by Bobbie Jerome SOLD

This is a big 'un, measuring 16" from top to bottom (this measurement doesn't include the chain).  And it measures 12" wide at the top x 16" wide at the bottom.

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GOLD !!

Holley-Ross 22kt weeping gold tête-à-tête pot, sugar bowl and creamer.

Also great for espresso !!

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Lastly, but millions of miles from leastly, we have a VERY neato Damascene brooch...

wings and flowers.

Wings all by themselves.  Not attached to birds or angels or ANYTHING.

How cool is that???

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Thus ends today's collection.  Lots more SOON!

Until then, see more, get more here:

 AntiquesUntiques.etsy.com

Mug of the Month

William Blake is in the house!!

If you don't know who he was, which I kinda find hard to believe, he was the guy who wrote the famous poem 'The Tyger.'

'Tyger tyger burning bright ...'

And so on.  The whole poem is very googleable.  

Meet me some time, and listen to me rattle off four of five of his poems! 

On to what you came for:

The mug is printed with a painting Mr. Blake did in memory of a comet he witnessed in 1811.

A comet with a face!

OK, I know this looks terrible, but that's because I messed it up when I cut and pasted the image of the mug for this here post.  The mug is just as beautiful in person as it is in the full view.  

Get it here: www.zazzle.com/comet_painting_print_coffee_mug-256223383763284417

 You can learn lots more about my favorite poet here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Blake

The Tuesday Song of the Week

 Suh'm super cheerful from the depths of the Great Depression...

'Living In a Great Big Way' - Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson and Fats Waller