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The Craftster Guide to Nifty, Thrifty, and Kitschy Crafts: Fifty Fabulous Projects from the Fifties and Sixties
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Museum of Kitschy Stitches: A Gallery of Notorious Knits
Hideous hats, ridiculous wraps, embarrassing neckties, and more they're all on display at The Museum of Kitschy Stitches, a photographic gallery of knitting and crocheting horrors. Want to see sci-fi inspired headgear from the 1940s? Gender-bending sweater sets from the '50s and '60s? Groovy outerwear from the '70s? Museum curator Stitchy McYarnpants has sifted through decades of vintage catalogs, patterns, and advertisements to assemble this astonishingly awful collection. Along the way, she provides sidesplitting commentary about the models and their very unfortunate fashion choices. It's essential reading for knitters and nostalgia buffs!.
Price: $2.94
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Warmans Kitschy Kitchen Collectibles Field Guide (Warman's Field Guides)
Fans of the fabulous '50s will find this handy and affordable guide to 1950s kitchen gadgets a "swell" deal indeed! Collectors with a passion for kitchen innovations will enjoy the 550+ color photos and illustrations of kitchen goodies that point to an era that lives on in reruns of "Leave It To Beaver." This unparalleled reference covers postwar kitchen collectibles in a format that collectors and dealers can take with them everywhere. More than 1,000 graters, shredders and cutters, and gadgets for preparing corn, eggs and more are covered in extensive detail, along with updated prices. Readers also get quick tips from this go-to guide for getting started in this popular field of collecting. -Coverage of more than 1,000 gadgets creates a diverse resource -550+ brilliant full-color photos and illustrations provide for easy identification -Current pricing gives collectors the latest on their collectibles.
Price: $1.29
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Kitschy Crafts: A Celebration of Overlooked 20th-Century Crafts
It's fun, it's retro—and it's back in style. Take a fond look back at the kitschy crafts of the 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s, from crocheted doilies to shell-art nightlights. All these nostalgic creations appear in appropriately fashioned period settings that will captivate browsers, and come with instructions for those who just can’t resist creating their own string-art pictures, pink flamingo items, far-out tie dyes, kooky candles, macramé plant hangers, and the one-time must-have on every coffee table: a resin-cast grape cluster. And, of course, who can live without the hottest toy of all? The Sock Monkey Doll. Everyone will have a blast poring over these—even those who have never made a craft in their lives. .
Price: $4.24
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Doris Day and Kitschy Melodies (Questa Press Poetry Series)
Doris Day and Kitschy Melodies is a book of prose poems that captures the reader as a novel would. The book is full of the quirky details of life and memory. The book covers the author's life from World War II until the 1990's..
Price: $9.50
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Kitschy Canapes: Finger Foods for the Swinger Set (Box Set includes Book, 6 Kitschy Food Skewers, Napkins)
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Kitschy Cocktails: Luscious Libations for the Swinger Set
KITSCHY COCKTAILS: LUSCIOUS LIBATIONS FOR THE SWINGER SET is a bar guide filled with inspired recipes for retro beverages like the Harvey Wallbanger and the Singapore Sling. The text serves up tips on choosing barware, as well as fun facts about different kinds of alcoholic beverages. Best of all, the package includes paper umbrellas and swizzle sticks, accessories required for the ultimate kitschy cocktail. A member of Les Dames d'Escoffier, a women's culinary society, Babs Harrison lives in San Francisco where she works as the editorial director for an international public relations firm. A former food writer for The Dallas Morning News, she is also the author of two other books, including Exploring New Mexico Wine Country. .
Price: $9.98
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