Bruce Jensen has a great little set of creatures called Alien Menagerie.
I find these specimens rather sweet in their strangeness…
See more (and other types of work) here.
Pretty in Ink
Posted in craft, day of the dead, jewelry, wish list with tags craft, day of the dead, jewelry, wish list on May 29, 2012 by shewalkssoftlyPretty in Ink has some wonderful Day of the Dead inspired jewelry.
These original hand drawn designs are on cut plastic…
See more here.
Movie Monster Aprons
Posted in clothing, craft, monsters, wish list with tags clothing, craft, monsters, wish list on May 28, 2012 by shewalkssoftlyIf anyone knows where I can purchase one of these for a reasonable price…do tell (or I shall have to make one, because at first glance I uttered “Get in my kitchen!”
They appear to be sold out on Etsy and most other sites do not source the sellers. But I’d sure love a monster apron…
St. Dennistoun Mortuary Coin-Operated Automaton
Posted in antiques, automata with tags antiques, automata on May 27, 2012 by shewalkssoftlyOh my goodness…this incredible automaton is up for auction.
When a coin is inserted: doors open and the room is lighted revealing four morticians and four poor souls on embalming tables, the morticians move as if busily at work on their grisly task and mourners standing outside bob their heads as if sobbing in grief.
Absolutely incredible…
From the item description:
Lot 207
“St. Dennistoun Mortuary” Coin-Operated Automaton, attributed to Leonard Lee, c. 1900, the mahogany cabinet and glazed viewing area displays a Greek Revival mortuary building with double doors and grieving mourners out front, when a coin is inserted, doors open and the room is lighted revealing four morticians and four poor souls on embalming tables, the morticians move as if busily at work on their grisly task and mourners standing outside bob their heads as if sobbing in grief, ht. 30 1/2, wd. 24, dp. 17 1/4 in.
Estimate $4,000-6,000
Mysterious Book Sculptures
Posted in Books, craft, sculpture with tags Books, craft, sculpture on May 26, 2012 by shewalkssoftlyAn anonymous artist has been leaving incredible book sculptures in stores and libraries around Edinburgh…
Can you even imagine discovering such a thing amidst your perusals of books? Perhaps not everyone would go weak in the knees like I would…but it would make my day (maybe my year) to discover one.
I wish I had one of these in my library.
See more information at the source.
And check out a big Flickr set with more images.
Desktop Goodies 5/25
Posted in toys, vintage, sculpture, humor, Books, comics, craft, absurd, retro, meat, monsters with tags absurd, art, Books, comics, craft, humor, meat, retro, sculpture, toys, vintage print on May 25, 2012 by shewalkssoftlyI’d love a copy of this.
This was the ONLY way to play with Weebles back in the day!
“Hey…would you cut me a slice of that potato salad?” I’m not sure why the mid-20th Century as a whole felt that all food was better served molded and congealed.
Maybe Snuggles can cook up something better.
Now THIS is a great piece of food!
My kinda cookbook…
Clearly the world’s most amazing self-help book:
And a book I want very badly!
A book that the occasional SheWalksSoftly reader might have actually had:
Why it pays to be nice…
“Hang on…I have to put my face on.”
An accessory for the man about town:
And quite the dress design…
I’m intrigued…
I never expected a Mighty Dark-Winged Avenging Lord of Chaos to be named “Bryan.”
Pleasant dreams, kiddies…
It seems I had a bunch of images lined up to post, so expect another Desktop Goodies installment soon…
Uncle Fester’s Mystery Light Bulb
Posted in monsters, toys, TV, vintage with tags monsters, toys, TV, vintage on May 24, 2012 by shewalkssoftlyToday I give you Uncle Fester’s Mystery Light Bulb, released in 1967.
This plastic light bulb was powered by one AA size battery. The actual flashlight bulb is a 1.5 volt elongated, frosted bulb. The instructions say to replace the lamp with a standard 1.5 volt flashlight bulb once the original burns out. The flashlight bulb is contained within a non-breakable plastic full-sized light bulb. You can tell it’s authentic if the top of the bulb is stamped “ML” and surrounding these letters are the words “Mystery Light Bulb.”
The trick in lighting the bulb was to make an electrical connection between the bottom of the metal lamp base and the side of the lamp base. You could do this by wearing the special ring included in the box, by using aluminum foil concealed in your hand, or in your mouth if you want to practice the conventional Uncle Fester method.
One of the great dangers of this toy is that the bulb base was not reverse threaded. This allowed the 1.5 volt battery operated bulb to be easily screwed into any 110-115 Volt lamp socket! Knowing this toy might cause a possible fire or electrocution would most certainly evoke a sly smile on the faces of the entire Addams clan.
Did anyone have one of these? Or any other old spooky products you might like to share?
