August 2008


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No jokes about Lambrokens here. No siree. But it might be nice for once to work on a Lambretta without having to drop the whole engine. ((snicker, stifled snort))

Lambretta Puzzle

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Thanks to Emily R. for this find. And also to Kick-Draw McGraw Becky M. who pointed out there were two other colors available than I didn’t know about.
Reprodepot.com has some fantastic fabrics (kitties hiding in boxes and bags anyone?) and now they have one in two color schemes for us scooterists. Wait! What was that? Off in the distance . . . Oh wow. I can already hear the sewing machines of scooterists taking off. Especially those of us who may want to decorate a little girl’s room in pink AND scooters. SuperBuzzy is (what else with a name like SuperBuzzy?) an adorable site with Japanese inspired fabrics and notions.
At RetroDepot the magenta and black scooter fabric sells in half-yards (18″) for $9.95. At Superbuzzy, all four colors sell in yards for $19.95.

Magenta Echino Scooters

Black Echino Scooters

All Four Colors at superbuzzy.com

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A great catalog to get by the way, with or without scooters on the cover:

Daedalus Books

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Thanks to Kate at Kukaru for the tip: new mug sold at Starbucks. “My journey begins today” – cool.

Note from Tracy – I went to a couple of Starbucks today here in Portland but didn’t find the mug. But according to who I asked, it is carried in some of the more merch-heavy stores. Good luck!

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Very nice glass Lambretta ornament. Start collecting decorations now for your xmas tree. Thanks to Julie and RV for the tip. $24 (!) at Sur La Table:
www.surlatable.com

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Hand-blown glass Santa ornament. Nice details on the scoot!

($50.99 though! Geez. – Tracy)

misternostalgia.zoovy.com

They also have that scooter witch salt & pepper set Tracy posted a while ago.

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UPDATE!!! The links have changed!!! (The new links are below)

I’m not really ready for Christmas yet – it was over 90 here in Portland yesterday – extremely hot for us – but I know there are some of you out there who work Christmas all year round.

We posted about this figurine last year:

scooterswag.com

but it’s available again for pre-order.

From David at Tabletop Christmas:
The interest in the Scooter Santa figure by Jennifer Garant was overwhelming last year. Our stock ran out after just a few days. We special ordered Scooter Santa for the 2008 season; he is scheduled to arrive on August 15.

Scooter Santa will appear on both:

tabletopchristmas.com

libertyhelmets.com