Barbara Cartland
Born almost 100 years ago (1901), the original chick-lit author and Queen of Romance in her trademark pink outfits! Barbara Cartland passed away in 2000. |
| Vinyl Wallet - Recycled Romance by Bookity |
Mervyn Peake
Best known as the author of the Gormenghast books and as illustrator of Alice in Wonderland, my Dad had a book of the drawings of Mervyn Peake when I was little and it disturbed me so much that I had nightmares!  |
| Alice in Wonderland Art Doll by Natasha Morgan |
David Hockney
Well known for his photo montages, Pop Artist David Hockney is 73 today. |
| Polaroid Camera by Print Missprint |
O.J. Simpson
We still don't know if he's a murderer but the ex-American football player is currently in prison for armed robbery and kidnapping. 63 today, do you get birthday cake in jail? |
| Bandit Chicken Doorstop by Swirlyarts |
Marc Almond
The Soft Cell and solo artist is 53 today. |
| Milk, Almond and Oatmeal Facemask by Bits N Bobs |
Tom Hanks
A very useful man if you're playing '6 degrees of Kevin Bacon' my favourite Tom Hanks movie will always be Splash! |
| Vintage Mermaid by mochalulu |
Kelly McGillis
Top Gun and Witness star Kelly is 53 today.  |
| Top Gun Aeroplane Necklace by Foundlings Jewellery |
Courtney Love
It was very very hard to find something on Folksy to represent everyone's favourite slapper (well, some people's favourite slapper!). She's 46 today.  |
| Cyndi Sparkle Wings Funky Fairy by Arts Desire |
Jack White
The White Stripes and Raconteurs guitarist is 35 today.  |
| Blondie-esque Black and White Skirt by Tea at Aunties |
Fred Savage
Ah, The Wonder Years and Princess Bride star is 33 today (and still pretty cute!)  |
| The Wonder Years 8x8 print by Natacha's Maria Konnie Kapow's 'And you thought you were special' birthday cards are available from our folksy shop.  |
Hahahahahahahaha!! What a great blog post :) Thanks for featuring Bandit Chicken - he is thrilled!
ReplyDeleteGreat post, really fun and inventive - loves it! :))
ReplyDeleteThis is such fun, thank you for including my mermaid. Add me to the list of celebs as it is also my birthday today, yay!!!!
ReplyDeleteI never knew David Hockney was so old! Great pick for him too really like that print : )
ReplyDeleteI love your choices - especially the OJ Chicken - that made me giggle!
ReplyDeleteGreat post, chuckle city! Love your choices, love the black and white skirt, not sure I should do stripes though, they tend to get wiggly rather then staying nice and straight.
ReplyDeleteNatalie x
Great choices for each of the famous people. Very imaginative. Love the art doll and wallet
ReplyDeleteGemxxx
love your choices and the birthdays, you made me chuckle with courtney love :-)
ReplyDeleteI'm impressed - you did do well to find a Courtney Love reference! Great blog. x
ReplyDeleteas always Connie this is genius...love Tom Hanks but my favourite fil is 'The Money Pit'
ReplyDeletehave a lovely weekend xx
I'm liking what you did for this weeks post..very clever, i'm strangely drawn to the alice doll and i could do with the oatmeal mask - what a bargain! ;0)
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