To Bring Some Joy To Your Life...

trust me, you can use it.......

we all could use a heaping helping of this...



"Best Narrative Short" winner of the Cleveland Int'l Film Festival and many others.

well it was a swell time...

but the doors will close here in Tacoma...right after Boxing Day.

It's tough anytime to have a small business in Tacoma if you don't sell booze.
Or coffee. Or cupcakes. Or crack.

I sell, or try to sell something different than what Tacoma is used to seeing...vintage with a twist......
so I'm done for here!
I'll be online at etsy, which has done well for me...and at shows....and that is a big hint....
I know that it's a good idea to sell used stuff and vintage stuff since 5 more stores (at least) have opened in Tacoma since I opened my vintage store in 2007...

Thanks a lot Tacoma!

Set that Holiday Table!

and eat....vintage style....Wacky Christmas Candy dish....
Bayberry Pyrex vintage serving dish....
Green vintage candy dish...Just a few things here in the shop....






vintage Huge Holiday Candles and Berry Tablecloth...vintage Green Grapes Tablecloth (an unconventional choice, but green!)...
Come to Brunch vintage invitations....neato graphics...

Jesus Loves You !!wherein I have a little fun at the expense of vintage Nativity set people and animals....

We 3 Kings of Orient are...
trying to smoke a rubber cigar.....





What the hell is this place? This is Jerusalem? The trees appear to be made of a substance that only grows in Florida. This is turning out to be a very very Jew-mas Holiday.




Look!
Is he the new King of the Jews! He must be the new ruler....because we are horribly under-scale!



Stop fidgeting! I just combed your wool!





Happy Holidaze ! Funkoma Vintage now has NEW hours and days...
Saturday and Sunday....10 - 6ish.
closed monday through friday.
I'll be teasing you with what "new" things will be available...check the blog/facebook/twitter from time to time...
but you can always shop on etsy....

The Vintage Forest of Holiday Trees

...or what to do with scraps of fabric....
I admit it...I like fabric!
and when a piece of fabric is cute, or feels good, or is otherwise just damn fine, I want it!


I also have, as you can imagine...lots of sewing notions...
So, I'm thinking of something new to make from small (or large pieces of fabric)...
something for the home...
And it just pops into my head.......
Trees!
I like trees. Birds sit in them. They make apples and stuff.
What's not to like?


So, I made a pattern for a simple tree to sew together...
But what about the trunk? How do I make it stand up?
I don't know where the idea to glue a wooden spool to the bottom came from...
but it sure does work out fine.
It's the shape of a tree trunk, made of tree trunk stuff, and it has enough weight to make the tree stand....tho a gust of wind will knock it down....just like in real life.

I can't toss out barkcloth....even tiny scraps...
I collect fabrics with words printed on them...
I love words and recombining them to make random sayings or small thoughts...
Words can be so powerful...



The first set I made is of some of my all-time favorite barkcloth...
and I have a lot of buttons...
it makes no difference if the fabric is perfect, but it must be washed and pulled on to figure out where the weak spots are and to get rid of the sun rot...



The second set is so sunfaded Florida...which I would love to be in right now if I could Jeannie-Blink myself there..

Who says the holiday decor must be red and green?





The latest set is some green wool I reclaimed from a half-made dress...
Gorgeous color...and since I've been reading a lot lately about equality, and the good ol' constitution of the the United States, I remembered a bit of fabric I have that has a few paragraphs of the Declaration of Independence....





I cut random bits, but I was especially drawn to Equal....All...These...Men Are...Truths...Articles...Tution....and other bits and pieces...






All are available on etsy now....
and I'll continue to make them...as the seasons change...and as a chunk of fabric says....
Make Me!
I think that I shall never see...
a chunk of fabric that could not be made in to a tree.......

OK Here's the plan....

A few of my favorite things.....




My log on its pedestal....

The Albino Santa with boa.....



Cow Baby with kitten doily...



The Mirror tells the truth......



The old garden invites......

So, after this weekend, December 5 & 6, funkoma vintage will close its doors.


Well, except for the New Year's Eve party...which shall be epic......
This is because....I make things...and my time will be spent ...
Making things....
And gathering things from the Northwest and offering them on etsy.

Cruising around.......

December 19, Folksingers In Hell, and Tacomen, and a Fire Juggler! details to come!
We also have bands lined up for First Night....we aren't on any official schedule. We are outlaws.

So, a couple of things new in the shop....... men, ladies and kids.........
very vintage 30s 40s childs metal rocker with a canvas cover that zips off for a spin in the laundry. $45.00



A nice bentwood handwoven cane rocker from the 60s....$70.00
60s MCM Pantone-style chartreuse pillow....$25.00

Sweet vintage Nativity scene cuties..... a few wise men, a few animals, and of course, The Baby Jesus! most are priced from $5.00 to about $20.00

a golden Nativity set from Japan in the 50s/60s....$35.00


70s orange $22.00, or yellow $29.00...footstools. modern Hanna Anderson leopard clogs $38.00, size 6.5 or 7.





Guess black leather boots,size 7.5 - 8....$55.00





Sweeeeet pair of top quality gold metallic sandals from Chie Mihara, size 39, US 9, $35.00






and, since I am closing the Tacoma shop soon, and going online and doing alterna-shows in the future....
I shall begin placing ads on my favorite blogs...that have something to do with style,vintage and design....
Design Is Mine is one of my fave blogs...it comes from Portland. Yeah.

so go there and look for my little ad....awwww, aint it cute??