Kinda getting into the spirit....

So, I must be just narcissistic enough to be enjoying this whole blog thing. I was never any good at diaries - so I will be depending on you (as soon as there is a "you") to interact with me in some way.

Otherwise, I am like a goldfish, and will quickly get distracted by something shiny.

Mmmmmmm......vintage jewelry!!!!

Ooooh - pretty vintage shinys. Like brooches, or Bakelite buttons, or sewing machine decals, or vintage stand mixers....

(sound of record player abruptly stopping) wait, did I say vintage stand mixers??  Yes, yes I did, friends. It is definitely one of my more.....erm...."quirky" collections.

But... isn't that why you love me??? Because I'm fun, outspoken, creative, and quirky???

(crickets chirping)

Well.... okay, okay - we just met. Maybe love IS a strong word - don't get weird on me like every boy in high school did just because I have low boundaries, daddy issues, and a constant need for attention.

Wait...what were we talking about? Oh, right - stand mixers.

It all started when I bought my house. I live in a cute arts n crafts house built around the turn of the last century.  The previous homeowners had updated at some point in the mid-1960's - blonde wood cabinetry, plastic wall tiles, funky cabinet hardware...and terrible wall-to-wall carpeting over hardwood floors (???????)  My ex (I've been married twice before - I call this one "The Sequel") and I were broke - we had just bought a house, after all, and couldn't afford to remodel. Instead we decided to embrace the funkyness of our new house (sans carpeting), and go with mid-century modern decor.

This brings me to the kitchen - with lovely turquoisey-green plastic wall tiles for a backsplash, blonde wood cabinetry, and a gold sparkle countertop I knew not just any mixer would do.  It would have to be vintage, and it would have to be cool.  My first purchase was a Sunbeam Mixmaster model 12 in white......and then I found out it came in colors...

Like this turquoise one that now lives in my kitchen.....

...and then I learned to fix them.....

and the collection grew.....

...and grew...

....and grew....

Are you getting the idea?

next thing you know....

You are the proud owner of 36 (or so) mixers.

 Just so you know I'm not COMPLETELY off my rocker, I do give them away from time-to-time, and occasionally I do sell one or two.  My friend Ian says my booth at the antique mall is an "exit strategy" so I don't become a full-fledged hoarder.

(Shows what he knows - he hasn't seen my basement)


This is the one collection I get asked the most about. The pictures here are by far not the entirety of the collection - heck, most of the really cool ones aren't even represented. If you're interested, say so in the comments! I'll be happy to show off more of my mixers.

If you think I'm absolutely daft, let me distract you with a picture of a very cute (but evil) kitty:

Zephyr (also known as Kitten, Fatty Arbuckle, and Pure Evil)