The Eighth Day of Kitschmas
/The felt duck is a handmade item by eBay seller kaela5251
Flamingoes are kitsch, taxidermy is twee, but to get the two together, well I've only seen one on eBay once, and it cost a bomb.
Summer 2010, UK High Street store Monsoon used these full-size, fake taxidermy flamingoes in their window displays.
Monsoon have a policy of releasing large decorative items for sale after they are removed from display, so I was in the second I saw them asking to out my name down for one.
For the many readers I've gained in the past six months, I've decided to revisit twelve of my favourite kitsch items I actually own. So over Christmas, please enjoy my own kitsch collection.
Starting today with one of my Christmas presents from my husband last year, this original, plastic, deer's head barometer.
As heard on BBC Radio 6's Lauren Laverne Show.