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The Upside Down House

Luxury retro collectibles, cards & gifts - from back when everything was fabulous

About Me

Coaster set: 'His'n'Hers'Come on in!So, how've you been?I've been embarking on a foolhardy venture. Some might say it's because I just hit thirty; others may counter that Hallmark has stopped showing *quite* so many Law & Order reruns... But I've kind of started a business. All this MySpace isn't just about that though, it's kind of nice to say hello to friends on here - and I'm almost more into showing the cool images (God, it took forever to retouch so I'm showing them for all they're worth) than flogging my wares. My blog won't be entirely coastercentric either; there're musings, recipes and, I don't know, household hints? visit the Upside Down House's website here theupsidedownhouse.comCome on in!So, how've you been?I've been embarking on a foolhardy venture. Some might say it's because I'm going to hit thirty in just a wee while; others may counter that Hallmark has stopped showing *quite* so many Law & Order reruns... But I've kind of started a business. All this MySpace isn't just about that though, it's kind of nice to say hello to friends on here - and I'm almost more into showing the cool images (God, it took forever to retouch so I'm showing them for all they're worth) than flogging my wares. My blog won't be entirely coastercentric either; there'll be musings, recipes and, I don't know, household hints?if you click *here* you can go to the .. shopNew Valentine's Day card: 'Pipe' out this week!The cards themselves are amazing; they're bloody hefty at 6 inches square and they're printed on lovely 300gsm card using a water-free process that looks fantastic. No corners cut here, no siree... And the coasters are made on eucalyptus boards with cork backing and a glossy finish. But really I just think the pictures are cool...

My Interests

Cats, Riding Horses, Feeding Ducks, Being Foulmouthed, Cowbells, Rosé, The Antics Of Lottery Lout Mikey Carroll, Bears, Pointing To The Screen And Shouting 'Tom Savini!' At My Husband Every Time I see Tom Savini, Cookin', Cocktails

I'd like to meet:

anyone that would like to meet me. but not those happy ladies with the *bad* pictures. if I want to see a 'live show', it'll be with kittens... Ooh, and some people say 'why do you want to be my friend? Are you just going to flog cards to me?'. I say to you all, if this page was for a band I wouldn't be constantly making you buy my music; I'd just put it out there so if you did like it you can come to me... So yeah, think of me as a band - for your eyes. Wooooo!

Music:

Dusty Springfield, David Bowie, Led Zeppelin, Aimee Mann, The Flame, Supertramp, Badfinger, The Wondermints, Roxy Music, Steely Dan, The White Stripes, John & Beverly Martyn, The Small Faces, Lynrd Skynrd, Ian Hunter, ABBA, Girls Against Boys, Sandy Denny, Hall and Oates, Matt Deighton, Gerry Rafferty, Wings, The Delays, ZZ Top, The Beach Boys, Andrew Gold, Gram Parsons, Joni Mitchell, PP Arnold, Stephen Stills, Vangelis, Delaney and Bonnie, Cat Stevens, The Feeling, The Eagles, Elton John, The Rolling Stones, the strange voice that sings in my head when I'm tired

Movies:

The Phantom of the Paradise, Head, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, Spinal Tap, How's Your News?, Harold & Maude, Kill Bill, The Sweet Smell of Success, Lost In Translation, Total Recall, The Godfather (s), Anchorman (Dorothy Mantooth is a Saint!!), Dazed & Confused, Steel Magnolias, Hellboy, Dawn of the Dead, Together, Marnie, Napoleon Dynamite, Jaws, Ghostbusters, The Rutles, Magnolia, The 40 Year Old Virgin, Happiness, Groundhog Day, Dig!, Manhunter, A Mighty Wind, One Day In September, Fear of a Black Hat, Sexy Beast, Old School, Barry Lyndon, The Apartment

Television:

CSI, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Freaks & Geeks, Undeclared, Law & Order, Arrested Development, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Grey's Anatomy, America's Next Top Model, Boston Legal, ER, The Office: an American Workplace, Bones, Without a Trace, The Daily Show, Cold Case... do I live in the wrong country? I guess I could move to the source but then I couldn't watch The Mighty Boosh

Books:

Thumbsucker, Pale Fire, The Ripper and the Royals, Awopbopaloobopawopbamboom, Bottersnikes and Gumbles, The Assassination of Robert Maxwell, Shopgirl, David Sedaris, Death on the Nile, They Call Him Mr Gacy, Wild in the Streets, the Narnias, Nigella Bites, Middlemarch, The Alienist, Ian Hunter: Diary of a Rock'n'Roll Star, From Hell

My Blog

helping the horses!

I've just got a new job, yay!, at the International League for the Protection of Horses. Why not see what they do? click *here*They're very necessary in a country where anyone can buy a horse just as...
Posted by The Upside Down House on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 04:27:00 PST

Customise *this*, assholes

I have officially had enough of customisation. Twenty years ago people just owned things and thought nothing more of it, unless (gasp!) they changed the wheel cover with the rhino logo on their rubbis...
Posted by The Upside Down House on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:48:00 PST

first Valentines, now Mothers' Day

Well, now then dust cloud has settled over February's lovefest it's time to prepare for Mother's Day. It's kind of nice being able to predict when things will get busy. Once I'd hit the thirteenth of ...
Posted by The Upside Down House on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 06:52:00 PST

And you wonder why The Eagerness of Drug Dogs makes me cry...

click to see Polly"At a modest retirement ceremony at HM Customs dog handling centre in Dover, Polly, now seven-and-half-years old, was presented with a golden marzipan bone and a cake..."...
Posted by The Upside Down House on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 11:03:00 PST

Woo-HOO! New stockist for the cards

So, I've been approved to join and my card range is now stocked on Not On The High Street, an amazing new website that's kind of like a high-end online craft fair / boutique.It's handy for purchasing ...
Posted by The Upside Down House on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 03:21:00 PST

The House Of Tiny Tearaways

"I've always struggled against this misconception," he says. "I'm not this cuddly, jumper-wearing, good-guy. I'm not David Cassidy. I'm more Johnny Rotten. I'm more Donny Tourette."What happened to Le...
Posted by The Upside Down House on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 03:54:00 PST

The best olives ever

The best thing to put all this in is a Kilner jar, or a similar big glass fella with a screw lid. You need to fill it with either green olives - drained - or a mixture of green and black. All black ge...
Posted by The Upside Down House on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:10:00 PST

What the hell is 'The Notebook' ?

So, internet free, I was just mooching around one day with very little to be getting on with (or, more to the point, that I felt like getting on with). Fiddling around with the remote like i usually d...
Posted by The Upside Down House on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 03:53:00 PST

What a palaver

I wouldn't recommend changing ISPs during Christmas season when you have decided to earn a living from, er, making Christmas cards. My enemy was the shadowy evil known as the Data Fix, and it prevente...
Posted by The Upside Down House on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 04:58:00 PST

I can just pack up now

I sold a huge order of cards overnight, and when I checked the payment details I was delighted to find that the purchaser was the CREATOR of BUTTON MOON!! That's it for me. I'm done. I put extra cards...
Posted by The Upside Down House on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 09:22:00 PST