Furry, Cold and Pink too....

Making special things for Winterfest....not seen in the shop...kinda special editions....that will see the light of day at the show on Dec 13 & 14.

I hope you folks with some spare time are helping out with Winterfest....because I have no time for anything now but work work work...like a Tacoma version of Santa's little middle-aged crafty elf!! And I hope they don't think I need some elf storage !!

The weather person said it was gonna get Cold...tonight...I just listed some fun furs and some vintage furs (Larchmont Furriers, Tacoma)
for holiday fun.....

We may do it....for love or money or for a costume...but here's a lovely 50s ballgown that was Mini 'd....I found it unloved in a box at an estate sale last summer. I was attracted by the silver lurex threads that glistened in the summer sunshine. So I hemmed it, and cleaned it and steamed it and took a few stitches here and there.....and it's ready to Party again !!

Amazing shelf bust treatment....no fooling around here.....this dress wants to party...and it's a sensible size..a 28" waist !!

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Because buying vintage is good, very very good.....


for you .....for the planet.....saves resources......

Vegan fur......and vintage fur.....

cause baby...it's cold outside.....

Funkoma Vintage....712 Broadway

daily -- 10 to 6(ish)
253*588*1003

What's at the shop?
Oh a lot....
….and more more more……I just set out Party party Party dresses and more coats.....and men's tux jackets and velvet jackets...

tons of new furniture and lamps and fun and special and groovy stuff in the shop also.......
Yes, I'll be at Tacoma Winterfest......

NEW auctions on ebay!!!

here's a sample

click skelli to take you to ebay

faux snow leopard or lynx fur

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50s princess shelf bust party dress S M

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Vintage Blonde Mink stole S M

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faux 50s champagne fun fur M L

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And that ain't all !!

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Wanna go to my etsy shop...click me

You know you want Cashmere...

Where's Glen today?? Well, he's volunteering at Festival of Trees......helping with set-up and design.

We've donated fun stuff .......Here's a blurb from the trib ....

Candy Cane Classic putt-putt golf tournament

When: 6:30 p.m. Thursday

Where: Greater Tacoma Convention & Trade Center, 1500 Broadway, Tacoma

Fee: $125 per person minimum; golfers comp compete for prizes, and teams can raise more donations

Information: www.marybridge.org/fot or 253-403-1368

Festival of Trees

When: 5-9 p.m. Thursday; 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday; 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday

Where: Greater Tacoma Convention & Trade Center, 1500 Broadway, Tacoma

Tickets: $6; students age 13-18, $2; children 12 and under are admitted free

Information: www.marybridge.org/fot or 253-403-1368

Jingle Bell Jam auction, dinner dance

When: 6:30 p.m.-midnight Saturday

Where: Greater Tacoma Convention & Trade Center, 1500 Broadway, Tacoma

Dress: black tie optional

Tickets: $125 each

Information: www.marybridge.org/fot or 253-403-1368

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Funkoma Vintage....712 Broadway

daily -- 10 to 6(ish)
588*1003

What's at the shop?
Oh a lot....
….and more more more……..

On the man racks....Cashmere coats, groovy shirts and jackets...motorcycle boots....lots of converse and converse-like shoes....Tux jacket...Velvet jacket....tux shirts...

and that's just the Man racks !!

Auctions on ebay!!! most are ending sooooon......fab selection of men's vintage jackets.......

here's a sample

click skelli to take you to ebay

30s 40s Ruby silk velvet XL

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50s bullet bra

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Sapphire silk velvet L

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Cashmere dress

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Sharky

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Skinny plaid

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Wanna go to my etsy shop...click me

Tacoma Winterfest .....What a Feeling !

Working furiously to craft the specialness that is funkoma.....plans are that my daughter Annie will come man the funkoma vintage booth with me December 13.....yippie....Annie and I used to do shows together when she was a baby/toddler/young'en. And she was an integral part of our Organic Farm and when we used to sell at the Gig Harbor Farmers Market in the early 90s.
She took this picture...I love it.....


Here's a very small sample of the kinds of things that will be with us at the show.......
Handmade T shirt dresses and tops.....










Winter coats....




Men's Vintage


For the home


Random Jewelry




Kid's vintage


Party !


For the home and for Fun!






And here's the official Tacoma Winterfest space....wow is it pretty....



angela asks for this.....Help Out !

Thank You !

It's early....the house is quiet...I'm baking yams and making a peach cobbler. the funkoma's are spending the day with friends and family....about 20 of us. I think about history,progress, the lovely earth, and meeting and eating on this day. I live just few blocks from the site of the first sawmill in Washington.
On April Fool's Day 1852, Nick Delin was preparing the ground for industry. After he smoothed out the ground around what is now Twenty-fifth and Dock streets in Tacoma, Delin hired Sam McCaw, a young Irishman who lived near Steilacoom and had a team of oxen, to drag the foundation timbers into place.1979, Murray Morgan

Situated on scenic bluffs that were home to the Puyallup Tribe and other native peoples for millennia, the city possesses a natural harbor admired by the sound’s earliest Euro-American explorers.

The Puyallup River flows from the slopes of Mount Rainier and enters Puget Sound in a broad delta at the head of a bay. The Puyallup tribe had several settlements on the delta and they called the area that would be Tacoma Squa-szucks. The natives fished, hunted, and trapped and never had to go far to earn their livings.
www.historylink.org/

This is Broadway, where the shop is. Not much has changed.

Luxury .......Vintage Style with Silk Velvet....

Textile historians don't really know the date when silk velvets were first made and traded but they were carried along the fabled Chinese Silk Road that ran to and from Italy in the 12th century.

Romans likely first encountered silk in an expansion campaign against the Parthians in 53 B.C. The Romans kept exploring into what we know today as China. Trade was brisk between Asia and Persia and also with Egypt and around the shores of the Mediterranean Sea.

Chinese silk fabrics were traded in Venice as early as the 9th century, and the velvet manufacturing center of the world eventually became Florence, Venice and Genoa. These city-states dominated velvet manufacturing, as did Siena and Lucca until the 19th century.

In Persian textile history during the 11th and 13th centuries, silk brocades and velvets were used for clothing and home decoration elements.

We likely all know that blue "jeans" takes its name from Genoa, which made the wonderful indigo dyed cotton fabric. Velvet is an Italian word made from "vello", meaning fleece, and "velluto", meaning velvety or fleecy.

The way velvet catches the light, and seems to change color with every movement, it captivates royals and servants alike. When we think of festive fabrics and clothes, velvet always comes to mind. Silk is a traditional fabric of luxury and silk velvet is an especially alluring combination of shine and softness exuding drama and splendor.

Before WWII silk was quite common in American fashions because of our trade with China and Japan. Silk fabrics were produced in New Jersey during the 1800's. The US industry then had to look for silk substitutes, leading to the invention of nylon, as well as the increased use of older "synthetic silks", both rayon and acetate.

Silk velvet is a rather sheer and luxurious fabric and a joy to see, to feel, and to wear. Featuring design elements of the late 30s and early 40s, these 2 silk velvet dresses are in wonderful large sizes!


30s 40s Ruby silk velvet party M L dress

30s 40s Blue sapphire silk velvet XL gown