Is your head cold or naked?

 Perhaps you are in need of a hat? A vintage Pendleton plaid fedora, a jaunty 60s bronze gold wool fedora, or maybe a studded gray beret, a choice of darling vintage 50s floral hats for the Easter Parade?
Are you a classic beanie lover? We have some for you also.  And we don't stop there, At funkoamvintage we go way back. How about a WWII vintage USN Deck hat?
A 50s motorcycle skullcap helmet?
Let's start the Search for the Best vintage Hat.... now ------->

Pendleton fedora, a 60s wool bronze fedora, both are here in the funkomavintage etsy shop. click it.

 

if you want to be whisked away to magic hat land. click this:

 

Hey, how about a classic beret in smoke gray wool, trimmed with small silvertone studs?? mmmm.  also in the funkomavintage etsy shop.

Cheeze it . The Fuzz.  Vintage leopard fur hat is so charming for that vegan Dr. Zhivago look. Perfect for those days when you are up to your Earlobes in SNOW! 
also at the funkomavintage shop on etsy.

And now, for a change of pace. How about a vintage 50s dressy hat for Spring. It's coming up! Or the Easter Parade?
Sweet hats have great vintage flowers sprinkled all about.
This assortment, just a few of the many, is over in the that yountville girl shop, my other space on the interwebs.

More the classic guy, or classic lady. The dockworker type. Blue collar. No frills. Just keep my freezing head ... WARM?? OK, we hear ya.
Several classic Beanies, some with pom poms, some without, but all of them are very stylish, and not boring At All! 

clicky here to see them, and a few scarfs for your cold neck.

Are you the beach bum with a job (tm) kinda person. Here is a 70s vintage Levis jeans hat, handmade by a beach bum, back in the groovy days. click it, baby.  complete with authentic psychedelic lining too. to blow. your. mind.

Vintage brown felt hat has seen it all. Gaucho hat with a simple shape, this  cowboy hat has a wide flat brim and a shaped crown. Fantastic 70s  California hippie style, a hat that needs to adorn your head.  
click the link...

Finally, are you looking for something rare. different. very uncommon? How about a USN vintage 40s WWII Nxsx Deck Hat, that goes with the USN deck jacket? click.WWI deck hat is made of olive canvas and lined in olive wool. This military hat matches the N1 Deck Jacket. - -

 

 Or maybe a vintage 50s white leather motorcycle skullcap helmet? click. Surprisingly or maybe not, they are made almost the exact same way. Perhaps the G.I.'s coming back from the war, decided they might like a WWII Deck Hat, just like the one they won the War in.  

What do my seedlings look like

when they come up? Are they weeds or are they the seeds I planted? It all looks the same... lots of little green things poking up outta the dirt.
Always mark your pots or rows with any kind of marker.... from a popsicle stick to a recycled plastic plant marker, or a map you've drawn of the garden... anything to keep it straight, because even the best memory can fade after a few weeks....
An experienced eye can tell the difference, of course, but if you are new to gardening, or have not planted something for a long time, I'm putting together a series of garden posts that can be your visual guide, to see a few of the most popular and some strange plants, from the first cotyledon to the real leaves, and then the flowers.

From my many decades of gardening, from running a nursery, years of working as a garden designer and from the mistakes I've made, we can see the ups and downs. oh boy.

To go from seed packet, a pot of potting soil or well-prepared garden soil to this....
is an exciting roller coaster.......Anticipation. Thrills. Ups and Downs. Happiness and Disapointment. Just like life.

All these pictures are from my own gardens over the years.
In late winter and early spring these are a few of the sprouts you might see.

If you planted some garlic sections last fall, the little sprouts look a lot like grass. Burly burly grass. You can gently caress the sprouts and smell, and see if it smells like garlic. If it does, it's probably garlic. 

The planting instructions are on the back of the packet, and a search for trusted sources like Burpee or Rodale will teach you all the basics.

Spinach seedlings have their first leaves, the cotyledons, shaped like little spears, and the true leaves, like so many plants are different. The spinach leaves are rather heart-shaped, but longer.

Carrot seedlings look first like long skinny leaves, and not at all like a carrot leaf. The lovely carrot leaf is very lacy and fern-like. They are worth growing just for the leaves! Carrots come in a crazy variety of forms and colors. There is a lot more in the carrot world than just long and orange.

Pak Choi, or bok Choy, is that delicious Chinese Mustard in so many Chinese dishes. These are so easy to grow... so I encourage you to try it. The plants get quite large, so be sure to leave them room.
The seedlings resemble so many others in the mustard/kale/beet/turnip/broccoli family..... the first cotyledons are tiny little hearts.

Lettuce eat, let us!  so easy to grow, even in half shade/sun. They do like water and a fairly rich soil. But so easy, you just gotta try it.

The first leaves are little ovals, and if you plant colored lettuce, the first seedlings are colored too! Then the second leaves really do reveal themselves as the tiny versions of the variety they might be. Red curly, butter lettuce, romaine... and all the others.

Later, after all the frosts have ended, it will be time to plant sunflowers!
Easy. Easy. Easy. Perfect for kids to introduce them to gardening. The seeds are big, and are nearly foolproof. Just bait for slugs and snails.
The seedling pops out with a cap of the seed still attached, but after 2 or 3 days it jumps out and up so fast and the big meaty oblong leaves spread out. After that, the real leaves are large hearts, and the plant will jump up and reward the laziest and the beginner garden, and the old hands, too!

Once again, with broccoli, the first seedling leaves are tiny little hearts. Watch out for slugs and snails and bait accordingly. The secondary leaves are long and curvy, scalloped and ruffly, like oak leaves, and tend to be long and oval shaped.

The most rewarding, is quite possibly, radishes! yes! you can go from seed to radish in about 4 - 5 weeks...and they too come in many colors and shapes. The seedlings start as little hearts, and then the leaves resemble oak leaves, like broccoli too. But radish leaves have little bumps and are kinda hairy-looking. A bit strange.

That 70s California style

Bell bottoms, flares, faded denim, floppy hats... all so 70s. In California, we did it a little bit different. We are in the wild West so we added moccasins, cowboy hats, and lots of leather and fringe with turquoise and silver. We loved and still love..... cool boho clothes from India.


New in the funkomavintage web store ...clicky the links to take you there...  70s denim high waist Seafarer sailor bell bottoms that are completely awesome,
and a patina vintage cowboy hat, very gaucho, in rustic brown wool felt,
and an embroidered Mexican cotton top that is completely hand sewn.

vintage Seafarer denim high waist sailor bell bottoms....  clicky

The rustic vintage cowboy hat...clicky

Made in India pink Peacock boho festival dress....clicky
and a vintage leather and suede boho backpack...  clicky

Pink Peacocks, full and floaty boho dress, with little tinkle bells on the cord ties....

Lovely Panties for Love

Valentines Day is a lovely time for lovely panties, but really,  when is it not a good time to look at sweet panties.

Here's a collection of some of the sweetest vintage panties for your eyeballs.


click the link under each pair, and choose your favorites.

40s Silky black tap panties of the softest nylon with a sheer ruffles on the legs. Delightful!

60s Glorious full cut high waist panties of black nylon with a nylon gusset. The classic vintage Pin Up Girl panties. 

Vintage 60s bikini panties with a tan, brown and black Leopard print. These are all
silky nylon with a double nylon crotch gusset.

  50s vintage Vanity Fair coral silky nylon vintage panties. Sexy and sweet, Little Bo Peep, made of all nylon. 

 High waist sexy vintage 60s Vanity Fair panties with their famous tan, brown and black Leopard print. 



Girdles, All-in-One, Garters, Baby dolls and Corsets.  clicky here to see more vintage panties, ready for love!