Aliens wear vintage fashions......and sew.....

It goes.......
here's the next pattern I'm using .......
I bought it from etsy seller....... rotarydial


I fell in love because of the little arm bands on the blue dress.....
I think this will highlight my tats....
Ha!
But when I got the pattern it really really creeped me out.....
Not the scribbling on it ....someone was having a Designer moment, clearly...

and it wasn't the Big Big Big Pockets which of course makes me think of erin at DressADay....
tho she's on to shirtdresses!!

No, it's the 3 Alien Sisters......
kinda like the Andrews sisters,,,,,,,,,,but these girls are curiously devoid of all but iris ........
just Big Blue Blobs where their eyes should be......
kinda like this......song....

Good lordy, if I make the blue arm band version .....
would I also have to wear a cord around my neck with an apple glued to it ???

City Arts Love Me Best......

So the Volcrapo won't deliver to me......But I was first to get the NEW City Arts mag in all of Tacoma.
So eat me.
And because I'm a nice person , I saved all the old issues from months back for them.
.......................oh yeah, me and my neighbors are in it.......................
Now I do know that giving away freebies and deeeeep discounts is nice. This is how my day started:
First I read this......Retro fashion guide makes navigating Web easier
in the News Tribune.....(who loves me..since I've been in the paper a few times, as well as my kids and my husband...)
and I know for a fact.....golly Life is Weird ! that at least one of the online ebay sellers she profiles in the article is a crook and a half.......
see, I 've been selling on feebay for a long time and I know vintage clothes and Most Important ! I don't lie.......I have no ability to bullshit you. I'm a very bad actress.
So Can you say IRONY ???
I emailed the writer of the article......and directed her to the link....of the ensuing discussion on the topic of crooky online vintage clothing sellers........I got a lovely reply......Which is more than I can say for the Volcrapo.

And on and on and on it goes.........
So.......
on to new business........
been to Woody's yet? me neither.
But I was out with Gio and pals the other night......
and he said "lets go to the HUB!".......but we didn't we made plans to go, but not yet.and now the chef and stuff have left...so what the Hey !!!!

Today the effervescent AMY, the lovely JESS and amy's daughter, the adorable x 10 Isabella came to funkoma today.........
Amy & Jess work at Woody's .......
Gio and pals the other day said "Let's go to Woody's!"
and 2 pretty young and sassy Woody's girls came to funkoma today.....
Golly, Life Is Weird!!!!!

Candy ? eVS Blog Tag !

I Want Candy !!

This week on the eVintage Society Blog tag - be sure to check out Kitsch-y-Cool for her candy picks...

1)The colors of CANDY! What’s your favorite candy colored vintage piece in your collection?

I love this 60s Paisley Peekaboo Mini !

Chocolate with hot orange and candy pink !

2)What’s the sweetest accessory you’re offering right now, or if you don’t have one for sale, tell us about one of your own!

Rich purple leather springolators....

3) Sweet tooth? What’s your favorite candy?

Fair Trade Chocolate.....

4)Ice cream…..chocolate or strawberry, and why?

I like Rocky Road or Jamoca Almond Fudge, each with nuts...because if you're gonna eat ice cream, nuts are very nutritious and denies all guilt ....

5) “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”, classic film or Johnny Depp re-make….and why?

I love them both.....The original because of the wild effects from back in the old days....painting small people Orange ! And I love the new one because, it's even more sinister and subversive than the book......

6)Is your personal style sweet or salty? Explain!

I'm Salty......If I can't get you to stare at me....I haven't done my job.

Sugar Rush over to Vintage Bulletin . Mmmm, see ya next Wednesday on eVintage blog go-round!

Wild TO Mild .....

Kinda like my life.....but the 19th Annual Carnival of Old Steel and Oil
the Mild To Wild Car Show....comes to Tacoma....at the newly-birthdayed Dome....April 25 - 26 - 27. Friday at 1, Sat & Sun at 10 am.
The website says :Visitors are treated to a premier collection of hot rods, muscle cars and customs in the Tacoma Dome and custom motorcycles in the exhibition hall. In addition to the very high level of quality cars and motorcycles on display, there is live music, over 50 quality vendor booths, and an area of the event dedicated to over 50 of the west coast’s elite pinstripe and airbrush artists displaying their skills and talking with enthusiasts about their craft.
Tickets are $ 15. Kids under 10 are free.




New in the shop this weekend...
Vintage Overalls...Gingham Betsey Johnson Halter Dress...
Hawaiian Shirts...Sundresses...
Fun Kids clothes....
Big Crinolines...Motorcycle Jackets & Vintage T shirts...

Tattoo T shirt dress...



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Basketball T shirt dress....

It's Earth Day...again

So........For Earth Day I re-read Ecotopia

...Did you know Nixon signed the Clean Water Act, The Clean Air Act, The Endangered Species Act, and started the EPA ?? That was way back in the 70s when Republicans thought that a clean environment was good for everyone, and a conservative value ! The party left me, I didn't leave it...so, I'm not a fan of neo-con Republicans who think of nothing but war and money for themselves. Shame shame shame.

On May 4, 1970, OHIO NATIONAL GUARDSMEN opened fire on American citizens--anti-war protesters at Kent State University, killing four students and wounding nine others. On that day, my baby girl was 3 months-old, and we had just marched a few weeks earlier on the first Earth Day.
Which is what I say on my ME page on ebay .....
your new god, Kunstler says: Go plant a garden. And learn some handicrafts.
mmmm like sewing, or knitting, or at the very least,
Stay the Hell outta the Mall........and stop buying new useless crap.....from china.from where ever. You went to college. Use that brain !!! challenge the dominant paradigm ! my college grad class motto......Be The Change You Wish To See.....

Kunstler says a lot of things that us Old Hippies (well I'm a flower child...big difference) have been saying for Decades.
What if the energy programs.......we started in the 70s were still in practice today ?? 25 years of energy conservation....wind energy...solar energy....trains....buses......fewer children....less materialism.......what would your world look like today....and our heroes were folks like the Nearings.....no, it wasn't a paradise.....but it was a good start......Look what was accomplished with a Republican president.....

Also, Mark and I reread........the writings of William Morris......you know the Wallpaper guy........our favorite.......

Useful Work v. Useless Toil

Read this, and you will understand the way of the future....back to the future.......
And I have a few links for greeny living......it's kinda hard to change...but bit by bit......
oh yeah, buy a used copy of Take Back Your Time Day.... Handbook........

IN the shop....Motorcycle...T shirts...Fun stuff...

Thanks for the publicity

When Alan Gorsuch was sued for fraud and misrepresentation in 1999 in the Titanic boat ticket auction, one of the reasons why he was found guilty of fraud and misrepresentation was that it was seen that he misrepresented the possible value of the ticket.
The man who originally sold the ticket to Alan had no clue what the possible value might be. Alan allowed the man to "name his price". He did. Alan auctioned the ticket.
Made bank. Big Big Bank.
How to judge if something was a case of fraud is that a buyer of the widget has to prove they did the best they could to give the seller of the widget a fair price. The court found Alan didn't do that.

When I was taking law classes, in my Litigation class, we studied the Gorsuch case as one that is so Crystal clear about what constitutes legal fraud.

I think about this all the time. I buy stuff. But unlike Gorsuch, I have little expertise in anything but crackpots, liars and vintage clothes.
Oh, I also know a lot about children, gardening, and marriage.
I know a lot about loyalty.
I know a lot about Good Faith.


If you want to read the trial documents and make up your own mind, click the link!
Court of Appeals Division II State of Washington
Opinion Information Sheet

Docket Number: 26013-1-II
Vern Westby, Respondent
v.
Alan and Cheryl Gorsuch etal, Appellants

Pierce County Superior Court Civil Case 99-2-08134-5

Case Title:	VERN WESTBY VS ALAN GORSUCH ET AL
Case Type:	Commercial
Access:	Public
Track Assignment:	Standard
Jury Size:	6
Estimated Trial Length:	4.0 days
Dept Judge:	09 SERGIO ARMIJO
Resolution:	12/14/2000 Jury Verdict after Trial
Completion:	03/09/2001 Judgment/Order/Decree Filed