Update: Comments/Entries now closed. Congratulations to winner Cheryl in TX, whose number was chosen by Random Number Generator. Blondes won! Thanks, everyone for playing!
What self-respecting Retro Renovator could be without a set of chalkware sea creatures in their pastel-colored bathroom? The folks at Cats Like Us — serious purveyors of rockabilly wear and kitschy collectibles — are providing this week’s giveaway: A set of reproduction chalkware mermaids. Thanks, Cats! I show the pink, but if you win, you can choose from six different styles. And, no Made in China here! These are all hand-made by Barbie K, who lives near Cats Like Us in Tonawanda, New York:
Chalkware—both kitschy & cool—is Barbie K’s passion. When the price of vintage chalkware sky rocketed and it was no longer affordable, she decided to take matters into her own hands—literally! Barbie K has created her own line of “retro-reinterpreted” chalkware including mermaids, hula girls and pin-up girls. She uses a Freeman McFarlan reproduction vintage mold for each piece and decorates them with pearls. The hand poured, hand painted mermaids with the pouty red lips are her best seller.
Pretty cool! How to win:
Win a set of Cats Like Us / Barbie K
Chalkware Mermaids
The rules:
- Winner gets to choose their mermaid — check them out, there are 6 different sets, 3 haircolors. So to enter the contest, Comment and answer the Important Mermaid Question: Blonde? Brunette? Redhead?
- I’ll choose the winner by Random Number Generator Tues. morning-ish, Nov. 1.
- You must reply to my email within 7 days or else I move on to the next in line. I’m not chasing you. Make sure your email is correct.
- You may choose from Cats Like Us’ in-stock collection (no special orders).
- Ships USPS 3-day — U.S. only.
I’d love the blue blonde mermaid! I ordered a great t-shirt from Cats Like Us – love it! Thanks for the opportunity…
Red Head! Just beacuase I am, hehe
Blonde. Definitely, blonde.
(Crossing my fingers! Thanks!)
I would love a brunette set for my newly wallpapered bathroom! Seriously, I was checking Cats Like Us mermaids online a few weeks ago, and scouring ebay for chalkware ones. I “watched’ a seahorse go for $62. Wow! Here’s hoping I have a little Scorpio luck this time around.
I would love a blond with a blue tail for my pink and grey bathroom! Thank you Cats like us!
Oh my, the gold redhead is so cuuuuute. Maybe I’m biased since I’m a redhead but redheads forever!!
I love the red and black combo!
Blonde, definitely blonde! I have admired these for awhile!
(Crossing my fingers. Thanks Cats!)
Oh wow- I live in Tonawanda, NY, too! I love the turquoise brunette mermaids, of course. cool giveaway, thanks!
Ohhh. Of course I’ll choose Brunette! Exciting!
I would love to have the blonde. My 6-year old son and 2-year old daughter claim to be merpeople, so hanging these in their bathroom would make them feel right at home!
Blond – like me!
I’m a redhead but I think the blond with blue tails would look the best in my bathroom. I have one Miller fish, so it would be nice for him to have some friends. Super cute!
I love mermaids! It all started when I went to Disneyland at age 3 and saw them on the submarine ride, back then they had “real” mermaids sitting around on the rocks. Blonde with baby blue, that would be my choice. Thanks!
I’d have to go with the blonde and pink, because I have a great pink bathroom. : )
Blondie!
Will I be disqualified if I say that I already have so many mermaids and fish that my girls are going to kill me if I hang them all in their bathroom, which will have a mermaid theme? But I have long coveted these particular aqua brunettes–brown hair like me and my daughters, aqua like the original wall-hung toilet and double sinks. Also have some cool vintage tattoo fabric with mermaid pinups that I’m going to make into a shower curtain. Oh, yeah, I need to win this!
Brunette…..like the lady of the house
I have soooo wanted chalkware fish or mermaids for my bathroom. It would be really, really cool to win them. I’m torn between the pink, aqua or black. My bath is pink, but I’m giving it aqua accents, but the red-haired black mermaid really rocks! Decisions kill me!
oooh, redheads!
Red!! And if I don’t win, I may just have to buy these!!
I’m letting my daughter pick – she says “Blonde Cherry Mermaids”!! (I kind of like the brunettes – actually, they’re ALL cute.)
Brunette, of course! Actually, I love them all, but since I once was a brunette, and since I love turquoise, brunette it is!
Not putting my name in for the contest-I too have enough mermaids and my much beloved seashell diorama made by Mom’s friend at Cape Canaveral waiting for the moon launch. No more room!
If I did-I’d be alllll over these cuties!
But I have been mermaid mad since I was a tot. Sounds like I am not the only one.
I have to share a vintage mermaid movie that I only found out in recent years. Check out Mermaids of Tiburon:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056233/
Ignore the cheesy graphics and sexed up looking publicity. There are topless mermaid girls, but it’s not at all sleasy. I love watching this with my nieces, then playing mermaids in the pool. It’s pure mermaid fantasy.
Hope those mermaids go to a loving home!
Blonde and blue or Blonde and metallic aqua for my yellow and black tiled bath!
I love these!
Brunette (although they are all really cute!)
REDHEAD…just like ME!
I’d go for brunette. And I’ll have to check out the website. I haven’t heard of it before. Sounds like fun stuff.
Blonde-with the aqua tail for my inner mergirl.
Blond, Blond Blond!
I love the brunettes! Just like me!
Redhead, definately! So cute!
I like the Brunette and Redhead, but would probably choose the Brunette. Also I love Cats Like Us!!!!
I love the one with the black hair….
Metallic aqua blonde, of course! And even if I don’t win, bookmarking this for my SILs Christmas present.
I love the redhead. I”m partial to the Zombie one I already own. :0)
Brunette PLEASE! Those are awesome! Thanks so much.
Brunette all the way for me and my daughter!!
Oooh! I have an original set – the gals are brunettes with yellow and black tails! I’d love one of these and they can be friends!
the redhead, definitely. not sure about the tail though. they’re all so cute!
Nothing could possibly express how much I want these.
Wow! I’ve been watching these online for my vintage ‘under the sea’ bathroom here in Mexico. I’d love the brunette set!
Thanks for the fun prize!
I’m a redhead, but if I won a set of these I’d get ‘em in brunette – I have a dear friend who is all sorts of wonderful, and she loves loves LOVES mermaids. She’s a brunette, so I’d have to get brunettes… and of course they’ll end up living in her bathroom.
The redhead with the black tail is my favorite
My little girl has vivid red hair and would go nuts for a matching mermaid! These are so cute. I just scored some chalkware Asian Dancers on a diamond-shaped background and just love the look.
Ooohhh, redhead with gold… SO Ann-Margret!
So cute! I like the Red and Gold, matches my bathroom perfectly!
I just love the redhead with the black!
I Love “Cats Like Us” they have awesome goods and service!!!
Mermaid Question Answer…Redhead
Oh lord! I gotta have the brunette! Gorgeous!
Love the redhead with black tail!! So classy!
oh, a sassy ginger mermaid is a must!!!
love these!!
I already have a blond, so I think I’ll say brunette!!
Blonde with red (of course)!!!
Love the redhead with the gold tail!
Redhead!!!!
brunette
Brunette and Sea Foam Green! Does it get any better?!
ohh, either red and black or blonde and aqua. tough choice!
brunette, of course. we rock the world (and the sea)!
Love these!! I want the Blonde set. It would be perfect in my house!
OMG, I want to win! Although I’m a blonde myself, I think I want a redhead for my wall!
So Cute!
i pick the blond gals with the pink tails!
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Blonde of course!
It’s Julie Ann from Cats Like Us here, I just heard that Barbie K is going to try to get more mermaids to us by Tues! I think there will be more color choices! WOOOOO!
The redhead! Fabulous
brunette
The redhead with the gold tail!!
The redhead with black would look FAB in my bathroom, but the aqua blonde is pretty rad. Decisions, decisions!
Red heads please! But I like the Brunettes too. I have some Chalkware Fish – I believe they are authentic. Given to me by my grandma, I think the mermaids would go nicely with them!
Blonde!!!!
Blonde Cherry for me!
Redheads with gold of course!
oooooh! love the turquoise brunettes!
They are soo cute! I would choose the redhead with gold, but the blonde with aqua is a very close second place.
Love the redhead with the black tail. She’d look great in the bathroom or in the cubicle.
I’d have to go with the blonde, since that includes those awesome seahorses!!!
The redhead is great, but the blonde with the aqua tail rules supreme. She needs to live in my bathroom!
Pick me! Pick me!
Brunette, baby! <3
I’m a redhead so I’d have to go for the redhead with the gold tail. So cute!
i FLIPPED when i saw these! my mom made these for our bathroom in the 60′s. she painted hers turquoise with blonde hair. i would DIE for the blonde turquoise set. what a find!!! love your FB links
Absolutely adorable!
Those beautiful brunettes! I’m glad that she is remaking these in vintage fashion. The prices on them are completely out of this world ridiculous in most places.
Ahh so hard to pick!!! I think red head with the black tail would look awesome in our bathroom but they are all so great!
A mermaid would look so great with my pair of chalk ware fish my aunt painted in the 60s! Brunettes for life
I think that I will never sees(seas), mermaids loverly as these ….
I would LOVE the redhead set, PLEASE! XO
Redhead with gold! Will totally match my other vintage chalkware in the bathroom!
<3 Cats Like Us! <3 my hometown!!
Redhead, like me!
The blonde ones are awesome!!!
Brunette! We just bought our first house and she would look so good in my new (retro yellow) bathroom!
OH MY GOSH!! We had those mermaids on our bathroom wall when I was little, I totally forgot about them. I may even have a picture of them lying around here somewhere (my mom didn’t usually take pictures of her bathroom, my sister and I were pretend shaving). Our set had blond mermaids with dark green tails and had 2 little girls mermaids along with the adult one.
“We wants th’ redhead!” – Disney’s Pirates of the Carribean (the theme park attraction, mind you)
I grew up with these, but they all got tossed out when I was young. Tragedy! LOVE that golden redhead set.
I choose the cherry blondes!
Blonde with blue! I have been looking for a set of these on EBAY for the last month. We just bought a 50′s ranch and are wanting to decorate it in the period. There is a half bath off the kitchen that I want these for. I have a group on FB for anyone that has ideas /picures that would help me: Atomic Retro and Modern Collectibles. Thanks, Pam and Barbie, these items are gorgeous.
Brunette, all the way!!
The Blonde with Aqua takes me back in time!
They are all so lovely that it is hard to pick. I do love the brunettes though.
I have to admit, I would give these to my aunt and uncle if I won! Their home has a tiki bar like none other!
That being said, I vote brunette because that is the only hair color in our family.
the brunettes would go swimmingly in my pink bathroom! lovelovelove!
Red, definitely red!!! Love them
BLONDE, naturally! (even if I’m not *as* blonde naturally….)
Hey, I’m a natural blonde. It says so right there on the box!
The redhead w/the gold tail is the best
I agree, Red and Gold are the best!
Brunette! with aqua so cute
I like the brunette mermaids – they are so cute!
Brunette, definitely!
The redhead!
Definitely blonde! Love the blondes with the turquoise tails. Reminds me of me and my daughter!
The blonde in cherry for sure.
So many choices! But since I’m a ginger, I’ve gotta cast my vote for red too!
BLONDIE!
Brunette. LOVE, love love!
The blonde with the cherry red would look right at home in my blue/white bathroom
Hmmmm — if this was Gilligan’s Island, the redhead would be Ginger, the brunette would be Mary Ann and the blonde would be Mrs. Howell. So, it’s back to the age-old question: Ginger or Mary Ann? Sorry, Mrs. Howell.
The blue blonde – because my bathrooms are decorated in blue and yellow.
I love the redheads, but my daughters would vote for the blonde with metallic aqua blue, so I’ll have to go with that
These are wonderful!
Love love the red heads!!
All so cool!
brunette!
I must have the BLONDE with the red!
I would love a set of these mermaids. Hair color: Blonde, of course! TY
Red head with black tail! Reminds me of Pinky Tuscadero’s sister, Leather lol.
The blonde with the blue tail!! Or maybe any set with aqua tails. So retro!
Oh Brunette all the way!
Blonde and blue–yes please!
Another great contest…..have to go with BLONDE here!
Red – sexy black body redhead.
Red. No if, ands, or buts about it. xo
I love the red! Hot!
I love the Blonde Mermaids with the Pink Tails
redhead!! love these so much and just renovated our 60s bathroom – these would look perfect!
Love the brunette’s aqua tail…
Red! My ladyfriend has red hair…. so I would be in a lot of trouble if I didn’t pick red. Also – Buffalo is one of my fave places, and I saw roller derby in Tonawanda a couple years ago.
Red – reminds me of my mothers beautiful red hair.
Love the blonde with the pink!
Love the blonde with the cherry pink tail. So cute!
I loooooove the redheads! Please, please…..
I want a brunette with a pink tail. What to do??
Two new brunettes just went up on the Cats like Us website! Good Luck everyone.
these are swell, any hair color with an Aqua pearl tail would make a great addition to my decor..cooool!!
Redhead!!!!
Aqua with any hair color! Red would be my favorite, though.
AND I used to live in Tonawanda!
I would want a blonde set, and I would give it to my blonde daughter, to put in the bathroom of her 60s era efficiency apartment.
Gingers of the world, unite! Gotta go with the redhead.
Brunettes have more fun!
Their wonderful!!!! Brunette…
Oooh! Redhead/black for me, but I also wanted to say that my grandmother totally HAD THESE, the originals. Hers were blonde! Their tails were a darker green than the aqua here but definitely metallic, and the bubbles were coated with a silvery finish that tarnished and chipped off over the years, sort of a mercury-glass effect.
Oh, Pam, thanks for pointing these out–what a memory! I don’t know what happened to them (unless various west-coast earthquakes eventually did them all in…?)
Brunette ….yep, she’s the best. Im just moving into a 1959 house and have 2 mermaids so far for my bathroom. It’s nice to know where to get new ones. Thanks!
I’ve got my eye on the brunette- I’m a brunette and my retro bathroom is turquoise so I’d say she’s a perfect fit! (She’d look great with the chalk fish adorning the wall.)
I’d have to go with the blonde as it would match my bathroom perfectly (blue tile, yellow walls).
However, I’d have to take down my original chalkware blue fish & bubbles that are already up on the wall. Maybe they could share
(I love chalk ware…have fruits in the kitchen, too.) but she said they were too expensive? I’ve never paid more than $15 for a set.
Viva la redhead!
Well, I used to be a brunette, now I am a redhead, but for the bathroom walls, you HAVE to go blonde!
I think all are great but I would pick the brunette not based on hair color but based on tail color!
Be bold! Be Daring! Be RED! These are adorable!
oh oh! pick me pick me! and I’ll go Redhead. The wife is a Ginger sometimes, well when her hair is her natural color.
Brunette with the yellow tail would look great in my bath!
Oh, I need the blond one, well maybe the redhead, or maybe the brunette! I need them all! Kudos to her making these again. I had no idea someone was doing that, must be fun.
OhMyGosh they’d be perfect in my pool bath! Blonde-o-rama of course!
I think its a fact of nature-not a choice-its gotta be blonde! I love em all!
Definitely, the blonde would be perfect for my wall! What a fun business! Thanks so much.
Been searching for the perfect accent to my never-been-changed 1951 bathroom and here she is. (Straight out of my childhood, too.) I say blonde with the blue tail that matches my blue tile!
LOVE THESE!!! I’ve been looking for something like this, and DID notice them on Ebay. I would love one of the blonde sets, though i’m a brunette myself. Thanks for this contest, and GREAT WORK on re-creating these!
I would have to go with Brunette. My late Mother was a Brunette, even though I’m a natural Blonde, lol!
these are so cute!!!
brunette please!
Redhead!!
Blonde all the way:):):)
Definitely a blue-eyed blonde just like my daughter since they’d be for her retro green bathroom! So cute, I was looking for some mermaids just like this!
Definitely the Brunette!
Love them ALL though!!!
real mermaids are brunettes. brunette for authenticity.
Blondes have more fun!
I am a wanna be blonde, but Alas! I can never be with my dark brown curly frizzy hair. I would like the blonde mermaid with the metallic blue tail! My bathroom theme is by the sea!
Blondes! Love these! Would be perfect in my aqua ’57 bathroom with seahorses in the trim tile.
I’d go with the redhead!! She looks like me!!
BRUNETTE!
i would love for my bathroom chalk ware collection to grow!
Happy BLONDIEween!
Brunette… would love to have chalkware in my new store that is in the works!
Red hair!
Redhead…. They are just so sexy! That and the black tail!!! RAWR!!! Theyre all gorgeous! Good luck to all!
The brunette mermaids with peachy colored tails are hot, hot, HOT! (and they would match my bathroom
Definitely Red Head!
brunette w/aqua booty but the redhead w/black booty is super bitchin’
Redheads have more fun!
The brunette is so fifties…love her!
Decisions, decisions…would have to go with the redhead/black tail for my pink & black upstairs bathroom, but the blonde & aqua tail would look fabulous for our downstairs bathroom. I can dream…
Check out Sandy Shores also. She does reproduction mermaid sets. Beautiful!
http://www.sandyshores.net/
Brunette! Gorgeous and classic with the aqua tails! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!!!!!
Love the brunette! I have wanted these since I 1st saw them a year ago on the Cats Like Us website! Oh, I wish to win in the worst way…
Brunette please!
Redhead!! Of course!:)
Redhead, of course! Their black tails will go with many different bathroom decors – including pink!
Brunettes have the prettiest tails and are the choice for my blue bathroom with black linoleum floors!
Redheads Rule!
redhead!
Brunette, all the way! The lime set would go great in my guest bath.
Peachy Brunette For Sure!
Redhead with black tail!!!!
A set of blondies would be so fine in my mermaid-themed pink bathroom! Does this post constitute my official entry? HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Blondes have more fun and the red would look great contrasted with my pink tile! I already have one mermaid in my bathroom. These would be a great addition!
Brunette!! Or Black hair,
I love mermaids and chalkware.
I love the BLONDE with aqua blue! Good luck everyone!
BLONDE!!!
I LOVE the seafoam tail on the brunette! It would be the perfect kick of to un-remodel my half bath.
My vote must be for the raven haired beauty!!
That sea foam is so bathroomy, I’d go with the brunette.
I would love to add these to my expanding bathroom mermaid collection.
Brunette with the yellow tail! So glad she is making these! All are adorable!! Thanks for the chance to win.
Go red or go home! hee hee
I like the seafoam tails best, too!
Blonde cherry! Love!
Brunettes have more fun.
Lime Blonde would look perfect in my bathroom!
brunette, naturally.
blond with aqua tail
My daughter is dressing up as a brunette mermaid for Halloween. Definitely the cutest!
Ooh, adore these as a lover of vintage and mermaids!
As a proud brunette, I gotta say brunette!
Love the yellow tails! The redheads with black tails are pretty sassy, too!
Brunette, of course! Nothing like sultry chalkware!
Redhead with aqua tail! I shall call her “Gilda”. original, I know.
Lime Blonde! I love all of them, it is hard to choose!
The lime blonde is the perfect one for my bathroom as I am redoing it in lime and cherry red. It is going to be so retro. My mom had these same mermaids in the bathroom as I was growing up. Everytime she changed the color of the bath she would repaint the mermaids. Thank you for such a great nestalgic memory.
How do we enter?
Red
Leah
I’ll choose BLONDE in pink!! These will fit my Ooh La La bathroom just fine! Thank you!
Blonde Cherry!
The Gold Redhead Deluxe, the aqua fins would be great with the red.
Blonde is always the best! these are so cute!