Busy busy busy.....vintage clothes lovers are the coolest ever....

But you knew I'd say that.....
Here's the kind of summer stuff I love...

And the Tammy Wynette Memorial hairpiece....

Me...in the real pink dressing room.....


The Cowgirl Corner....art.....and cute stuff....

Gorgeous HOt Big Flowers on a 60s Hawaiian train party dress....

Here, There ....Everywhere.....

Got me some exposure....Matt Nagle wrote a darling and funny article about funkoma in Tacoma.....

Here's a few pix....imagine twinkly lights hanging in the windows.....they'll be going up today.....a shopgirl's work is never done!

Lookie what's on auction !

Topaz Rhinestone Drape Cocktail Chiffon Vintage Dress M





60s Cafe Horsehide Motorcycle Jacket

Vintage Clothes, Tiki, Bikes,Albums.....June 1st ...June 1st.....

Mmmm, Marimekko, Ralph Lauren, 30s and 40s and 50s vintage....



Chairs and stuff.....More vintage clothes...albums will go back here...



Part of the front.....Lots of stuff to come in and more work before opening day!

Old School Tacoma....Yes Vintage Tacoma....

How can you love Tacoma without being sad about her bad facelifts?
Yes She was already a lovely old girl with an unpretentious spunk......
Click the link to see the fantabulous efforts of
Tacoma Then and Now
if funkoma had extra hours in the day, we would do this also...
on a very consistent basis.....
and now, that she has been forced into capitalist servitude.......
WELL, you can lead a whore to culture, but you can't make her change....
funkoma vintage.....Keeping the faith.....eating at the dives...
singing bad karoke all over town....
and keeping the best places secret...and all to ourselves!

Born In The USA...Kids Clothes...

I crochet, design, create and sew....a lot...I design clothes and cute stuff for your home....darn near anything except formal wear.
(I have a short attention span)
That's me in the links on the right...eBetty DIY....


So...I loved the Mini-EyeCandy...for kids clothes...I have made thousands of kids things....since I have 3 kids and 4 grands!

Cookie Magazine has a fab article on kid's clothes Made In The USA !

More Art Walk and Tacoma.....

Ahh yes, The Elks Club...No. 164 dates from 1916...
Everyone loves it.....some want to decorate it...
some have even
proposed fixing the old girl up
and selling beer
I vote for nothing less than a full bar.......

Williams and Dame had a hand in Portland's Pearl District...





I've been there...strangely, I liked it .....a lot...
because it had what makes a downtown/urban area inviting....Human scale store fronts, neccesary services and lots of fun things to do...
mini-parks, water features, respect for familiar old buildings and a minimum of confusing modern architecture......













From the Broadway side, a righteous doorway, and along the side.....

Below is a pic of the building from the front side.....from the City of Tacoma's Filthy 15......Tacoma is soooo stupid....more on that later......









along the southeast side are The Spanish Steps,
both lovelies are on the
National Historic Register....
and built by Architect Edward Frere Champney
in the classic Second Revival design. The steps lead down to Commerce Street and Tacoma's Link train....why is that important to me?? (See me standing there in the dark like a college-educated hooker?)


Because.....you can take the FREE Link Train from The Elks Club/Spanish Steps to the other end of downtown Tacoma, just a block from the funkoma vintage shop...and back again...How cool is That???
just nod approvingly......


The real ones in Rome
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