The Blog

Atomic Redhead is a blog all about mid-century artifacts ranging from the classy furniture of Heywood Wakefield to the low-brow girlie magazines of the ’50s.  Here, I plan to share information on my finds, projects, and may even ask a few questions when I’m at a loss.  Additionally, it will be supplemented by personal entries.  Updates will be posted via Twitter.  So, if you’re interested in being continually notified when I update, please feel free to “follow” me on Twitter.

To contact me, please fill out the form on my “contact” page.  If you’re interested in previous posts, check out the “archives” page.  And if you are looking for links to other retro sites, take a gander at the “links” page, which will be updated regularly. If you’re interested in looking at my modeling work or my photography portfolio, please click the “gallery” page.

The website was designed by myself on paper, but brought to life from the ground up by my tech savvy fiance, Patrick Arlt.  It has been built pretty much from the ground up, so if you run into a glitch, please let me know, and we will work them out as soon as possible!

Your Atomic Redhead

Name: Janey Ellis
Age: 21
E-mail: ellis.janey at gmail.com
Occupation: Pin-Up Model.  College Student.  Clothing Retailer.
Location: Eugene, Oregon

I was born in Eugene to two baby-boomers who loved antiques.  After my parents’ divorce, my mother and I moved to Lincoln City, where we stayed for four years, after, we moved back to Eugene for only a year, and then moved to the Portland area.  After graduating high school in 2006, I moved back to Eugene for college, where I am currently a history major wrapping up my final year.  It has been in the last six years that I have found my niche in the antique world, falling in love with Heywood Wakefield and Franciscan Starburst.  After being a pin-up fan and emulating their style in my everyday dress, I started dabbling in pin-up photography about four years ago, and have loved every minute of it.

My career goal is to use my passion, talent and knowledge of mid-20th century America to help theatre productions and films be more historically accurate in every possible way.