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Junque Factory's New Home....and Opening This Weekend... Gotta Check It Out... Looking Good!

2012-01-28T11:21:00.000-06:00

The time is here! Junque Factory has opened it's new location in Papillion, Nebraska. Let me tell you it is well worth the trip. Sara has been working sooooo hard on this place and it looks fab! Below you will find all the upcoming dates that she will be open, put them on your calendar, you won't want to miss a single one.

There is everything imaginable, and oh so vintage and cool!

Just check out all the pics, cause as soon as you get done looking, you will making a dash to the car to get there and bring some vintage finds home to your put in your collections!

Heywood Wakefield chairs, so fab......

This scale is great, can you see it with a big wooden bowl or pewter platter nested on it?

Cool lighting!

The two happy people who may have not been able to get alot of shut eye lately, but look how good the look, pure adrenaline!

My all-time favorite item in the factory, I have been thinking about it alot since I seen it....

Now that you've had your sneak peek, I'll see ya at the newest location of the Junque Factory. She is open Saturday and Sunday this weekend from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Tell her Cammie sent ya!

Cammie (:

Holiday Open House!

2011-12-13T03:42:00.000-06:00

The Open House was a success! The event was in an unheated barn so we had the heaters going to warm us and the shoppers. Check out the pics!

Thank you to all who attended, it was nice to see and visit with everyone. The Spring issue of Flea Market Style will be out in February, so don't forget to get your orders in now for delivery! Merry Christmas to you all!

Cammie(:

Daffadowndilly's Vintage Warehouse Holiday Open House

2011-12-08T13:24:00.001-06:00

Daffadowndilly's Vintage Warehouse

Holiday Open House

December 10, 2011

9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Located at the eastend of main street in Coleridge, at Schroeder’s barn.

Holiday decoratingideas, gifts giving ideas, a collection of repurposed merchandise for theholidays.

Questions call Cammie

402-278-0865

Holiday House #2 for Bachman's Ideas House!!!!

2011-11-28T19:55:00.001-06:00

We made the journey to see the Bachman's Holiday Ideas House, and it was well worth the trip! This is the first part of the house, as there are too many pics to put them all in one post.

I think the holiday house is my favorite all year! Gets me in the mood for decorating,,,

Slices of wood made into house numbers....

The urns were decorated as you entered the enclosed porch....

Loved this piece, but it was already sold!

The porch.....

cute pillows on the bench.....

Bed springs made into a tree with sherbet cups in each spring with some great green floral in each one....

Wine bottle trees.....

Some great lanterns with candles in them....

This bench was recovered with clothesline and sweaters......

A pair of teapots attached to the front door wreath....

A huge wall wreath made from silver platters, LOVE!!

This is one of the contributions we made to the house, it's a foot board and a headboard attached together to make a wall unit

This was one of my favorite things in the house......

The dining table......

The buffet.....

That was the front of the house, the porch and the dining room. Stay tuned for the rest of the house!

Cammie(:

Where in the World is Carmen San Diego ( opps, I mean Cammie Metheny)?????

2011-11-16T17:03:00.001-06:00

I know that I have been missing in action for a while, but I assure you it has all been for the good of the junking world! Just so you know I really have been roaming amongst the junk, here are some photos of some of the places I have been since my last post......

So see...... I really have been working, gathering, hunting, and creating! I spent a week in Des Moines, Iowa working on the spring issue of Flea Market Style magazine with Ki, Stacey, the art director, and Adam, the photographer. What a great team! You are gonna love the new issue packed with so many cool ideas.

We had to move things up to the fourth floor in the elevator, so Ki, Adam, myself, and a piece of furniture had to fit in the elevator, it was tight quarters but we did it.

As you can see I have also spent some time on the road looking for the best junk, are you drooling yet?

Cammie(:

Shopkeeper and Friends Sale

2011-10-13T08:13:00.002-05:00

Just a few pics from the Shopkeeper and Friends sale in Elkhorn at the Whistle Stop.

This was our booth....

Decorated for fall colors....

Fall textiles....

There are those rolls of springs picked up from the Junk Jaunt.... LOVE...

Metal picnic baskets....

A happy day outing kit.....

Wouldn't be complete with out the fall issue of Flea Market Style magazine...

Transferware and great yellow flowered glasses....

One of the two mannequins we took, the other one was already sold.....

sickle mower guards as photo holders

fall stuff....

The jewels.....

Gauges.....

Just a few dice....

little glass bottles....

church windows.....

This guy was waiting..... patiently..... for his wife who was having a very good time shopping the sale. He did find a shady place in the breeze to wait for her.

We had a very nice day, thank you to all the regulars who came and it was nice meeting the newcomers.

Cammie(:

Some of The Goods.... Up Close...!!!!

2011-09-29T22:58:00.000-05:00

Here are the pics of some of the goods from the Junk Jaunt 2011, up close and personal. enjoy the view!!

This is just part of the take, we are still cleaning and sorting but this gives you an idea of what kind of cool things we found. Totally worth the trip!

Cammie(:

A Sneak Peek of the Goods....

2011-09-25T22:17:00.001-05:00

I love this old black wood sign board, wait till you see it next time, you will want it!

Back seat on the right side.....

Back of the truck....

Back seat on the left.....

some in the middle of the back seat.....

Behind the left side of the back seat.....

Back of the truck.....

LOVE these, don't you just love the design!!! Very exciting!!!

Wait till you see what's underneath all of this stuff!!

Cammie(:

Two Pickup Trucks Full Later.... Junk Jaunt Sucess!!!

2011-09-25T11:20:00.000-05:00

Here it is the first stop on out Junk Jaunt journey, this is the one we hit first every year and has not disappointed us yet in three years, as you can see he anything from A to Z!

First purchase, a wire display rack, gotta love that!

Some new old stock children's watch bands, wire brushes, a perfume bottle and some crowns!

A turq bike, check out the snazzy bike seat.....

Boat motors.....

More old brushes, books, and very cool roll of small cable for projects....

Stop number two, this is just the back of the building....

1963 Mercury, make an offer.....

Scoreboard....

some very cool old school chairs.....

Now this guy knows how to pack, wonder if he gives lessons?

This was a stop in St. Paul, looking a abandon, but inside they had the stuff....

Flat beds on every corner.....

A birdcage that I have seen popping up on someones blog already as the find of the day.....

Make a pile, pay a price.....

Meet Stacy and Lynnette from Netter's Treasures, they have a building full of goodies at the fairgrounds in St. Paul. They were so happy to see us stop in, they are avid followers of the blog and lovers of the Flea Market Style magazine. So nice meeting you guys!

Two of my favorite purchases, airplane propellers!!!! Propeller love@@

My all time favorite scoreboard, but was already sold, darn!

An Indian print wool blanket....

These were such lovely ice cream chairs, and six of them!

An ugly lamp, with tulip globes....

This is a button quilt, this is a work of art! scraps of material and 100's of buttons. Some one painstakingly sewed each one of these on and even in a design! Wow, this was spectacular in person!

A Cadillac limo, the back seat was as big as two seating areas.....

Souvenir scarves.....

One of my other fav buys, this old gate....

One of my favorite items, but just not in the budget. Love the penny saver words,oh well, hopefully it found a new home.

So over all we had a VERY successful two days! Will be posting pic of some of our finds and a few more stories about the journey.

Cammie(:

Bachman's Fall Ideas House ~~ Beautiful!!

2011-09-22T07:36:00.002-05:00

Amongst the Junk Bonanza we did manage to get to the Ideas House, but not until Sunday. It was worth the wait, the house looks fab as usual, the Ideas House team did another fantastic job, it never disappoints, kuddos to the team!

A yard spreader gone plant holder.....

This ghost was so cool......

Gummey worms on a stick in mason jars filled with candies....

The fall party in the garage....

Mason candle jars hanging from an old bed spring in the porch...

Garden gate looking all pretty.....

Chair bench with storage, love those big old hinges....

Shoe form art.....

Old snap hooks made into shower curtain hangers.....

Chair back shelves.....

Cool old cubby box for storage behind the sink....

Widow's peak curtain rod......

Trunk lid gone frame collage.....

Grain scoop candle holders......

love this... an old mess screen with plinths and old rusty, curly hooks.....

Numbers... love anything with numbers....

Clever idea for books your kids don't use any more.....

pop crates with flash card backing....

license plate magnets...like....

Industrial table and chairs....

Another great use of flash cards and the blocks.....

Scooters shelves....

Another great wheel arrangement....

Beehive desk....

Fanning mill bar, love this, just bought three of these at an auction before the Bonanza...

Trunk lid table....

Very cool book shelves, love this....

Coffee table made from window frames and filled with printer blocks...

Ruler ledges mad into curtain rods....

Buffet mirror flipped and made into a shelf with insulator knobs added...

Insulator picture holders....

Ceiling tin panels framed up for a magnet board...

Hoe head shelf on a board....

And last but not least, my favorite wall in the house everytime, a grouping of botanical prints arranged on old wood planks with a color painted on the wall for background. Love, love, love this!!!

So there you have it in a nut shell, but make sure and hop over and see the house on your own, it is definitely much better in person, not to mention I couldn't photograph every idea, so there will be a few more surprises for you to discover yet.

And as I said, kuddos to the team of designers!

Cammie(:

Junk Bonanza 2011~

2011-09-19T18:36:00.001-05:00

Here are a few photos from the Junk Bonanza this weekend, we are still trying to re coop from a whirlwind weekend.

This year has by far out done any year before this, more customers, more vendors, more great junk and a collection of some of the most creative people from around the country!

Just want to thank all of you who visited us at our booth at the Bonanza, I love you all! You are what makes all the hard work and planning worth it! For now, get a cup of coffee and enjoy the pics... cause I'm still dizzy%(&@#)&

Cammie(:

Auction Number 133.....

2011-09-10T06:43:00.000-05:00

It was another sucessful day at the auction yesterday!

A few odds and ends, notice the cool amps meter.....

Headlight, balls and a old metal tray.....

These very cool old church windows.....

Old seed screens.....

Two mini milk cans, too cute....

This one is for you Ki, my fully charged fire extinguisher for the Bonanza....

Filing cabinet...

Grinding stone and a cool wheel....

And the auctioneers hard at work....

so today I'm off to a small flea market to see what else I can find...

Cammie(:

On the Search for The Goods.....

2011-09-03T13:47:00.001-05:00

We have been on the search day and night for goods for the Bonanza, which is by the way only 10 days away for us! Thought we would share some of things we have been seeing on our travels!

Would I love to go inside this old house and see what others left behind that I know I would love!

Some of the goods we found and rescued...

So.......we'll keep looking and cleaning, and loading, and planning. You just start packing your bags!!

Cammie(:

The Bonanza Giveaway Winner Is........

2011-08-28T08:34:00.000-05:00

We have a winner for the Bonanza VIP ticket giveaway!!

Whimsy Antiques !!

Congratulations, we look forward to meeting you at the Bonanza!

Cammie(:

Throw Your Hat in the Ring!!!

2011-08-23T06:06:00.001-05:00

This is our 6th year at the Junk Bonanza, we are looking so forward to seeing all of you again. We have been searching high and low for all the great junk so we can fill the trailer, or should I say trailers, with our great finds to bring to the cities so we can share them with you!!

So to celebrate the occasion we are having a giveaway!

You will get a pile of great stuff:

* 2 VIP tickets, which allow for admission all three days of the event, including the Early Bird on opening day, two hours before the show opens to the general public.

* A Junk Bonanza tote

* A Junk hat from the Junk Revolution store

* A copy of the latest Flea Market Style magazine, rolling off the press around the end of August!

All you need to do is answer this question......

What is it that you love most about junking?

Just comment on this post by Thursday August 26 at 9:00 p.m. Central Time. Be sure to leave your contact information so we can contact you if you are the lucky winner!

Learn more about the indoor, rain-or-shine Bonanza at www.junkbonanza.com, or on the blog at junkbonanza.blogspot.com, where profiles of individual vendors are running almost daily.
The annual Junk Bonanza brings together more than 130 juried vendors of select vintage treasures, junk and antiques! This year's event, Sept. 15-17, returns to Canterbury Park in Shakopee, Minn.

Good Luck!!

Cammie(:

Oronoco 2011...... Good Friends, Good Junk, and Good Times

2011-08-22T08:42:00.000-05:00

The fall issue of the Flea Market Style magazine made it to Oronoco's Gold Rush Days just in time for the festivities! So did the editor of the magazine, Ki Nassauer, who had a flight canceled and was on stand by, but finally got on a flight to meet up with the crew from Junk Bonanza!

And boy was the junk good.....

Pam, myself, Ki, and Emily.......

Our Junk Hunk working the crowd.....

Pam, our of so wonderful card passer outer, Junk Bonanza promoter extraordinaire.....

Ki signing magazines, by the way we brought 200 magazines, and we ran out, Whew!!!

Mike dressed in part of his attire for the occasion, he's from Trash to Treasures...... You may recognize him from the spring issue of Flea Market Style.....

More good junk.....

Pam doing a fabulous job.....

Pam , and of course Dawn, another one of our great vendors from Store House who helped provide merchandise for the Junk Bonanza booth......

And of course Eddie, she is the jack of all trades and always comes to help us, we couldn't do it without her....... Thanks Eddie!!!

Here is the setup crew, Kim, myself, Jane, Dawn, Eddie, Pam, and Sarah. Thank to all of you for making it a complete success, it's a great group that works together and we get the job done.

So there you have it, fun was had by all, junk was found by all, now off to get ready for the Junk Bonanza, which is just three weeks away for us. Start packing and planning, we are all looking forward to seeing all of you!! See ya there!!

Cammie(:

Giveaway #5 Over at FMS Blog!

2011-08-16T20:10:00.000-05:00

There is under one hour left to get your name entered for the giveaway over at the Flea Market Style magazine blog. So get moving and get entered, there's some pretty good loot over there!

Cammie (:

Treasures Around Every Building and Field!!

2011-08-11T22:05:00.000-05:00

Again, we are out rescuing junk from a fate that none of us want to think about, the scrap iron pile, or a burn pile. Check out the pile of great drawer fronts with little cast iron pulls on them. Does anyone have any great ideas for these jewels?

This is the house that is on this property. After visiting with the owner of this old beauty, he informed me that the house use to be an old drug store in a nearby town in the beginning of its life, it was then moved to this farm where it has been every since. But as all old things, it is slated to be burned down, so we are trying to salvage anything we can find before its fateful day.

Interesting huh? These are the steps to the basement of the house, it's a wide staircase for fast exits in case of unexpected residents.....

The inside has boxes of stuff and all kinds of things to discover.....

So, as we find things I will post photos of them so you can share my rescue experience with me. Have you rescued anything lately that was meeting an uncertain fate? Stay posted for pics of our finds!

Cammie(:

Cover Reveal For the New Fall Issue of Flea Market Style Magazine is Here!!!!

2011-08-09T21:43:00.001-05:00

Here it is, the cover reveal of the new fall issue of Flea Market Style magazine, if you like this you will love what is inside, just a little bit longer and you will have it in your hands!

Cammie(:

Trip To Denver....Urban Home + Design.... and ..... Prince Street Dried Goods

2011-07-31T19:39:00.000-05:00

Last week we took a load of merchandise out to Urban Home + Design and Prince Street Dried Goods in Denver. The area that these shops are in is beautiful.

This is Sandy and Sandi, they both work at Prince Street and Urban Design.

Some great metal boxes with hand painted numbers.....

Loved the chairs on this table, they were metal and white colored, all matching.....

Love old trophy s...

Some Great Architectural pieces....

If you get a chance stop in and say "hi" to Holly, she is the store owner, make it a stop, well worth the trip. She is located in the South Glenn Shopping area in Centennial, Colorado. Check out her website at Old Glory Antiques.

She also has a blog and is on facebook, where she has posted some of the great things we delivered to her. So hop on over and check it out, your gonna drool!

Cammie(:

Road Trip with the Fam...

2011-07-20T22:30:00.000-05:00

This past weekend I took off to go visit my sister, so we headed to Omaha to check out some places in the Old Market area. One of the places we stopped was the Vintage Flying Worm, super store with great vintage clothing from the 70's.

They had great pieces made from some popular fabrics from that era...

The girls had a great time trying on some of the fashions

and the eye glasses!

We also had to go and get some the world famous Skeet's barbecue ribs. My dad use to sell firewood to Skeet's when we were kids so we had to go seek it out and see if it was still there.

They still taste the same as they did all those years ago, now if they just had t-shirts! Darn! Are there any places you have revisited lately from your childhood?

Cammie(:

Judy's Barn Sale This Weekend......................July 1 -4...!!!!!!

2011-06-30T23:52:00.000-05:00

Judy is having her big barn sale this weekend near Milford, Nebraska. We took a few things down for the sale, stop by this weekend and check it out if you are in the area!
Take a number!

Meet Joann, she has been doing the sale for several years!

Old lawn chair seat, now a magnetic board for above a desk!

Ski table, great for a lake house, cabin or cottage!

Suitcase coffee table....

Chalkboard chair, another thing for above a desk or a kitchen wall!

So get your wheels turning and head on out to Judy's, she hanging around for all you Independence Day shoppers!

She is located south of Seward, Nebraska, just go to the Interstate 80 and Highway 15 intersection and go 8 miles straight south and that's where you will find this happy group of people working hard to bring you this fun sale!

Happy 4th of July!!

Cammie(:

Great Shops, Great Friends, and Great Junk.....

2011-06-24T19:33:00.000-05:00

Last month we made a trip into the cities and it happened to be the sale weekend of all the coolest shops in Carver, MN.... Meet Sarah on the left and Jane on on the right. Sarah owns Seasons in Carver and Jane owns Mustard Moon.

This is a shop called The Garage , loved all of his stuff!

Adorable little table and chairs!

Teachers aids.... way cool!

One of Jane's creations over at Mustard Moon......

Ms. Mac's Too... she just opened their second location, very festive for the season!

If you make it to Carver it is well work the trip, there are at least 5 shops we visited, so check it out when you make your way north, well that is, north from where I am...

Cammie(:

The Good Old Red, White, and Blue....

2011-06-15T23:28:00.000-05:00

We took off and headed to South Dakota over Memorial Day weekend, here are a few flags we saw....

Chamberlain, South Dakota...

Now that is what I call a very patriotic dog!

Just some tourists, but had to get a photo of their shirts...

It's nice to see the patriotism in the country!

Cammie(:

Whistle Stop's Shopkeeper and Artisian Show

2011-06-05T21:14:00.000-05:00

This Saturday was the Whistle Stop's outdoor market, so at the last minute we decided to go for it. So Friday afternoon we packed the trailer and took off at 5 a.m. on Saturday, I got up at 3 a.m., that is even too early for me!

Maddy with a smile even after getting up at 4 a.m., she is a trooper, my hubby and son helped too, I couldn't have done it without them.

Stopped and got some fresh flowers before we arrived to spruce up the place....

Wheels, you know I love those....

Meet Linda and Sara, they are just starting a new business called the Junque Factory, which will be in an old chicken coop on 192nd and Dodge in Omaha. Their sale will be June 17, 18, and 19. Looks like she has some super ideas so we are putting it on our calender to attend.

More flowers and oil carriers with fruit jars in them.....

Love the old books, such great covers and colors....

A few Rodeo pop bottles......

Check out our new creation, its a old coke cooler gone island/party pop cooler. It was quite a hit, lots of lookers but we still have it, which is ok cause I think the husband is kinda liking this one.

A little red, white and blue.....

A great work bench that did sell and is going to a home where it will be loved and used everyday!

Mr. Whistle Stop... he was making California tacos, roasted corn on the cob, and beans for everyone and boy were they good!!! He happens to be quite a cook!

One of the vendors was from Junktion 42, these two ladies had 3 spaces and all I seen them do was carry furniture out of their booth all day long. This is another very creative pair!

I'm very glad I met these two, I know we will be crossing paths again.... soon....Overall, we had a fabulous day, good food, good friends, new friends, great customers and of course the best hostess you could ever ask for, Laurie, Whistle Stop's one and only. Thanks for asking us to come down Laurie, we had a great time!

Cammie(:

Gathering of Friends

2011-06-02T21:20:00.001-05:00

I know the "Gathering of Friends" was in April but i am a little behind in posting but for those of you who were not able to attend I thought you would enjoy the great stuff they had to offer....

I loved this little chair, just as i took this photo it disappeared before my camera..... SOLD!

A new use for springs......

Great colors everywhere.....

Great textures.......

More great colors.....

Signs.......

Architecture........

Love this whole stack of suitcases.......

And this is Dan, he works for Bachman's, he found a few things he couldn't go home without, that jacket fit him like a glove!

Frames.....

Clocks......

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE.....

An finally, some of my friends, Jane, who heads this whole "Gathering of Friends", they are all lucky to have her, then Pam, Sarah, and myself. There is some high energy when this group is together! Soo... next time you see something about the "Gathering of Friends" get on over and check it out, well worth the trip, and we came all the way from Nebraska!

Cammie(:

It's City Wide Cleanup ....... Yeah for Me!!!!

2011-05-06T06:37:00.000-05:00

Maddy and I went to Ponca for my grandson's spring concert, afterwards we went to find somewhere to get a bite to eat, out of the corner of my eye I spotted this......

They were the old smaller shopping carts and some of them had the child nester seats attached to them!!

Soooooo.... in my nice clothes I started pulling them out of the pile, I was informed that the dump truck was coming at 8 a.m. so I called the hubby and told him to bring the truck, we saved them from the sure fate of being lost forever in a scrap iron pile. Now for the cleaning, but well worth the effort!

Cammie(:

A New Life For Sam's Bed......

2011-04-11T19:06:00.000-05:00

This is my friend Sam, I met her at a flea market near Fremont a few years back. I was drawn to her booth by the cool things she was selling, we got to talking and she said her house had recently burned down, she had lost all the things that were special to her, all her prized possessions. She was just trying to get back in the swing of things and do some flea markets and start over again after her huge loss. Several years went by, I would visit her booth at Finders Keepers to buy from it occasionally. Last August she contacted, said she was kind of getting out of the business and had some things she wanted to get rid of, I went down to her house to see what she had.

This was the partial trailer full we bought from her, we were not done loading yet in this photo. Remember the cool pinball machine I had at the Bonanza last year? I got that from Sam. One of the other things we bought was this old iron bed. As you can see from the photo above, it had been through the fire and was all black. It was hard for her to part with but she said she would let met have it, it was time to move on and let go of it.

We took it and had it sandblasted so it looked like this.......

Then we took it to a place that does powder coating, it then took on it's second life!

This is it's new home now! It's at the Bachman's Spring Ideas House in Minneapolis, now it's a staple in the little girls ballerina room. This ones for you Sam, one of your prized possessions is now alive and living, heading to someone else's home for it's new life, it's second life.

Cammie(:

ROYAL Find- Literally !!!!!

2011-04-05T21:17:00.000-05:00

I was so excited when I saw these yesterday!! They made my heart skip a beat when I spotted them sitting there!!

My friend Lucky Larry called me this weekend to tell me he had found some letters for me. We headed over to check it out last night...

These are letters from an old theatre called the "ROYAL"

They even have the old light bulbs in them... STILL....

I think they are fabulous......

What is fabulous find have you ran across lately? For now I will just sit and enjoy the eye candy, well, just for a short time, gotta keep focused on the hunt! Junk Bonanza is only 5 1/2 months away, it will be here before we know it! Make your plans early!!

Cammie(:

Saving The Past... Again... Look What We Found!!

2011-03-16T22:10:00.001-05:00

It's an age old story these days.... this place is about to see it's last days on this earth.... it is scheduled to be bull dozed in.... so my son called another junking emergency today. My husband and I made our way over to the place to see what could be salvaged....

This is the original house to the farmstead, there is another newer two story square house on this acreage also, it too will be getting torn down. The house in the background is a two room house, no bathroom or running water.....

The lone birdbath in the yard, which will be coming home with me......

Here I am peeking into the door of the old house....

Here is what I saw... lots of stuff everywhere....

some cool old table legs....

There was a little loft so I volunteered my husbands services to see what was up there, no varmints, just some old fruit crates....

This is the back of the house, it is in a little bit of disrepair but we did find some treasures there...

Next building, a cute shaped old chicken coop. You always find some great things in these....

Galvanized chicken nester, check out the tiny little wooden chicken feeder, wouldn't that be cute with some flowers growing in it....

Chicken waterer lids, gotta have those!

Nice old oval washtub, which I found in the little wash house shed.....

We decided to take a walk in the grove, looked like there were a few things scattered over the years throughout the trees, and we were right! Look at these nice old cream cans. They are shorter and fatter, cute size......

Windmill blades, always LOVE, LOVE those!!

Next was the the old grease house shed, I sent the husband in here first too. Found some things we wanted .....

And some we didn't.... we left this one alone.....

Probably sat on that shelf for 60 years, earlier we found a calender hanging in the old house, it was dated 1957......

We found Harry Baker's wood tote, made many moons ago, saved and will end up in someones house as a cool little wood tote......

The old wells were covered with these old cast iron lids, love those, but darn are they heavy!

A water pump..........by the well.....

This one brought tears to my eyes, this was the cupola off the old barn, he was a little bit damaged beyond saving......

Found this in the grove on the ground......

Next building..... the BIG old red chicken house!!

Peek! Another nice old galvanized chicken nester and.......

a calf bucket, love these, they have a hook so you can hang them on a fence, gotta get that.....

A Warner chicken nester.... in the same building~

Now this was a little harder to get to but when I spotted the super duper coolest crinkely wire, I had to have it.....

This is an old chicken cage but as you can see it has a BIG old tree laying on the top of it... not to worry......

When you have connections with a handy little skid loader to move that tree for you......

and wala, it's been removed from my project!!!! We did have to spend another hour disassembling it to get to the cool wire panels, but we got them!

A bunch of old oil cans, look at the great old graphics.......

Now here are few photos of our load, one of the loads......

Another view, check out those cool old wire screens and the seed sorting screens......

A double wash tub and several wagons, trikes and bikes, all good for something, wheels, metal seats, and more....

Here is the BIG load, all going to the scrap iron.

We went to the mini mart when we got loaded for something to eat, time had went by so fast that it was already 3 p.m., which also happens to be coffee time for the area men, as we were listening to them gossip one of the guys asked his friend, "Hey, Jerry is that your truck full of garbage.", he said no my truck is around the corner, that isn't my garbage." The hubby and I just looked at each other and started to laugh. What are they talking about, this is some of the greatest junk ever, oh well, better they don't know how good of junk it really is, more for me!~~~

Cammie(:

Flea Market Style Is At Master's Hand Candle Co. and Serendipity Candy Factory

2011-02-22T10:47:00.001-06:00

I went out yesterday to start distributing the new Flea Market Style magazine to some of the shop owners awaiting the arrival.....

One of my stops was at Master's Hand Candle Co. and Serendipity Candy Factory. There is a real success story behind this....

Meet Nicole and Susie, they are a mother/daughter team that has built Master's Hand Candle Co. from the kitchen up, literally speaking, Susie was a stay at home mom who started making candles out of her kitchen, then the basement, until finally they grew out of their space and purchased the building they now reside in for the past 2 1/2 years.

They use to make 70 candles a day out of their home, now they make around 30,000 candles a year!! Most of the business they do is through schools and churches that sell the candles as a fund raiser, so if you are looking for a fund raiser, here it is folks.....

Susie and Nicole were quite happy to be getting some of the Flea Market Style magazines for their rapidly growing business......

They also carry some fun bling.......

Purses of all shapes, sizes, and colors......

Some great home decor........

And their new addition of Serendipity Candy Factory... look at the beautiful candies and we even got some samples..... delicious!!!

The bridge ladies were in the shop, now this is a serious group of bridge players, nothing distracts them from their game!!

They are located just south of Tekamah just off of Hwy 75, their hours are M-F 9 - 5:30, Sat 9 - 12, phone number is 402-374-2003. So if you are traveling through Tekamah, Nebraska make sure and stop to see Susie and Nicole, tell'em Cammie sent you. You will feel right at home with warm smiles, fabulous sweets, a killer cup of hot cocoa or cappuccino, and don't forget to pick up a copy of the great new Flea Market Style magazine chocked full of great decorating ideas!

Cammie(:

The Time Has Arrived!!!

2011-02-10T08:11:00.000-06:00

Yesterday the UPS truck pulled up in front of the shop, I thought to myself I wonder what he could be bringing, I'm not expecting anything. So in he came with two packages in hand, and as he handed them to me I felt how heavy they were and a feeling of instant excitement came over me!~ It must be the magazine! I had one of those boxes open before he even for out of the door~

There is was the thing we have all been waiting for months t0 see, and it was sitting right in front of me~

I flipped through some of the pages just for a glance, I didn't want to see too much, I wanted to sit down and savor every page of the long awaited magazine.

Oh, something turq~

Something else I got yesterday, had to share these with you too, I bought this whole box of door knobs with these great silver door plates attached, all 39 of them. You should have seen them before, they had been in a fire and were filthy and black, even my husband said he wasn't sure of my purchase. I told him to trust me~

Look how pretty they are, they have these great doorplates and silver embossed medallions in the middle of each enamel door knob, they are fabulous. In all my junking I have never seen any doorknobs like these. These will be harder to part with than I thought~

Sooooooo, back to the magazine, I sat down last night with my magazine and went through it page by page, you will love the magazine!!! Ki has out done herself again, as we can always expect~ Kudos to you Ki and all the Flea Market Style team, job well done! I have extra copies so if anyone would like a copy just email me and we will work out the details.

Have a great week, and may things as special as these come to you soon~

Cammie(:

Excitement Is In The Air......Can You Feel It?

2011-02-07T23:35:00.000-06:00

Here it is the big reveal of the cover of the new Flea Market Style magazine that is about to hit the stands! I'm gettting goose bumps from the anticipation of what lies behind this beautiful cover!

I have ordered spare copies of this issue for those of you who would like one of the new magazines. So, as we wait with visions of junk dancing in our heads, just sit back and imagine what lies ahead for every Flea Market Style fan!

Cammie(:

Iowa.......

2011-01-24T21:02:00.000-06:00

Friday we took off in hopes of an adventure, big junk finds, and good weather to do it in. We came up with all three....

I have a special place in my heart for old movie theatres, they are becoming an extinct species...

Showtime 7:30, well we won't be catching that show, the junk is calling.....

Bingo!! I found a barrel of stuff, and lots of them......

Some furniture, matter a fact a whole warehouse full.....

Just a few wooden shoe lasts...... approximately 200 of them!!!!!

Several old mantels, this jewel was just $975, quarter sawn oak, massive, and beautiful......

Bingo again, thread spools from an old factory, the man says there is 12,000 of them, you think he is right? Threw some of those in the trailer.......

The husband checking out the old side shed....... and what does he find?

A pile of widow's peak, only 80 some of these......

Overall, the day was a success, we came home with piles of junk and a few extras, the weather held out, and we did have quite an adventure, 250 miles of junking joy, even found a few new places that I have to discover yet. But that will be later, stay posted!!

Cammie(:

Prized Possessions

2011-01-10T10:55:00.000-06:00

I picked up these photos at a flea market yesterday, these are some of my favorites photos, I adore the ones of children at play, bicycles, animals, horses, pets and flags.

These were their prized possessions, a reminder of simpler times...... something we should all reflect upon.

Cammie(:

It Makes A Great Photo.....

2011-01-09T21:29:00.000-06:00

We went to Lincoln for the Nebraska game last night but when we woke this morning we had a coating of the white stuff covering the ground as well as falling from the sky.

As we travel towards home I always make my husband drive through small towns to check out the main street just in case there is a place I need to investigate for junk. This sign is what I found so had to snap a photo of it, the white stuff made it perfect.

The roads were the opposite, not so perfect. We made it home safely, got a fire in the fireplace, and are hunkered down for a snowy few days. If you are in the path of the snow, break out the hot chocolate and your favorite blanket.

Cammie(:

Holiday Project Number 2 ---- Spindle Tree -- Oh So Cute!!!

2010-12-15T21:59:00.000-06:00

I picked up these adorable wheels with the greatest turq patina, then later found these spindles in yet another place. I have been saving them for this project for quite sometime now.

I got the inspiration for this project from Ki's blog over at Junk Camp about a year ago right before the holidays. She had posted a tree that a friend of hers had made, I loved it and have been thinking about it ever since........

This is what I started with, I "married" these wheels to the spindles to create one piece....

Made some curly, twisty wire branches with a small loop on the end, drilled some tiny holes for the wire to fit in.......

Placed some of those favorite old mercury ornaments to the ends of the branches.....

And soon my vision was coming to life.....

Little by little I was getting more and more excited......

Don't forget the star for the top, the last finishing touch....

And tahdah!!! Here it is.... the spindle tree I have been dreaming about for a year!

Until next time.... Cammie(:

It's a Snow Storm~ So Project Time ~ Spring Tree~~

2010-12-11T18:31:00.000-06:00

I'm sure you have all heard that we in Nebraska are in a major snow storm, so we are snowed in for Day Number 1 for the year 2010. I have done baking for the fam, so for you I am posting this project, a Christmas tree made out of springs.

Here is the finished product, this was before the snow started....

These are the springs in the back of my truck....

Step one: You will need a bed spring with an hour glass shaped spring, cut the curly wire between the rows of springs.

You will end up with rows of springs like this....

Step 2: You will need to count out 11 springs from the end, then"Unscrew" the curly wire between spring 11 and 12.

Step 3: Count out 7 springs, "Unscrew" the curly wire between spring 7 and 8...

Step 4: Count out 3 springs, "Unscrew" the curly wire between spring 3 and 4....

These are the pieces you have removed from the row of springs. Keep these, you will use them later to reassemble the ring of springs....

Step 5: Take the row of 11 springs and shape it into a circle, use one of curly wires to reattach the two ends of the springs so it becomes a circle.

This is how your circle should look when it is reattached....

Step 6: Repeat Step 5 with the row of 7 springs, and reattach the ends of the row of springs...

Step 7: Place the ring of 7 springs on top of the ring of 11 springs, make sure it is centered. Cut a piece of wire about 6" long and wire the two pieces together in 3-4 different places.

This is how it should look now.....

Step 8: You will need the row of 3 springs, you will have to remove one from the row and reattach with the extra curly pieces. You will then place the third spring in between the two springs and reattach.

The set of three springs should look like this....

For the top of your tree you will need a tapered spring instead of a hour glass spring, to make your tree look more like it has a point.

Step 9: Wire the row of three springs on top of the row of 7 springs, making sure it is centered. Repeat with the single spring as the top of the tree.

Now decorate, I used old mercury glass ornaments but there are many possibilities of how to decorate your tree.

The end result is a spring tree with many possibilities of decorating.

Good luck and Happy Holidays!

Cammie(:

Bachman's Holiday Ideas House ~One Word Sums It UpSPECTACULAR

2010-12-09T23:21:00.000-06:00

Today we made the trip to Minneapolis to see the Bachman's Holiday Ideas House. The weather was perfect to really get me into the holiday spirit of things, COLD and snowing, with little snowflakes that stuck to everything they landed on.

I included several photos of the projects in the house that really said "Festive Christmas", many of these items are available in the Bachman's store right next door to the Ideas House.

This mantle box was made of an old chippy shutter and filled with beautiful poinsettias and birch sticks...

Half of a screen door that had a mirror that replaced the screen.....

This use to be an old tabletop game board, maybe the soccer version, now it becomes a great place to store and use rolls of ribbon......

Plinths with a metal bracket that holds an insulator and filled with greens and berries...

Cleaver use of an old canteen....

Old single light fixture globes made into luminaries.....

One of my favorites, old mercury glass ornaments, can never have too many of those for the tree...

These are old cast iron tree stands with antlers and greens, a grouping that was in the hallway on the way up the stairs.....

The tiniest poinsettias I have ever seen, they fit into old diner dish cups, very sweet.....

The downstairs bathroom had this wonderful old gate as a back drop for the ice skates.....

The wall above the stove in the kitchen was transformed into a cathedral type setting with old stained glass windows that had been lit from behind......

The centerpiece for the dining table was made of an old floor lamp.....

The porch was very inviting to all who entered.....

Skis and poles made into a coat rack as you enter.......

There's more than one use for a snow toboggan, they make great tables too.....

Insulators lined the window sill with tiny lights underneath each one......

Tea balls gone ornaments.......

A view of the porch as you enter the house, very cozy and inviting. The staff at Bachman's has out done themselves again, but I would expect nothing less. The house will remain open thru December 12 if you would like to get out to see it, it will be worth the trip, this morning there were people lined up to get in at 9:00 a.m.

Enjoy and Happy Holidays~~

Cammie(:

100th Post Giveaway Over at Shabby Vintage Junk!

2010-12-02T20:36:00.000-06:00

Tamara over at Shabby Vintage Junk is having a giveaway for her 100th post. Check it out and enter to see if you can win something from Down Under...

These wonderful mercury glass icicles are one of the several items she is giving away.

Good Luck!

Cammie(:

It's Here...

2010-12-01T08:59:00.000-06:00

Old man winter has arrived at our house...

Which happens to be 4 weeks later than last year, so I feel lucky already!

We have a thin blanket of snow covering everything, the air is crisp and cold, and your cheeks turn red after spending a few moments in the outdoor air.....

I think I will get my hot chocolate, a warm fuzzy blanket, and a good movie..... oh, I forgot, that will have to be later, santa's elves need some help getting ready for the holiday. Hope all of you have elves to help you too!

Cammie(:

Check Out These Finds....

2010-11-23T23:20:00.001-06:00

Been out looking for great things again and this is some of the things I found lately....

Love this fabric, love the contrast of the the black, pink and white, and there are yards of it....

My husband actually found these at a auction he was recently at......

They are old tailor's sample books, from 1910 - 1929, love the covers and size! They are about 30" x 18".

All the samples are gone but they are absolutely filled with old paper pictures from magazines and etc from the same time period.

Got an great ideas for a use for this old sign used to display the schedules of service for the church? It too is pretty big, measuring 5 ft x 3 ft.

Happy hunting to all of you, what have you found this week?

Cammie(:

Junk Jaunt 2010 ~!~!~!~!

2010-11-12T20:53:00.000-06:00

I am finally getting around to posting about our 2010 Junk Jaunt trip, we had alot of fun, met many new people, and filled the trailer up pretty easily.

It was looking pretty gloom and doom at the beginning of our journey....

and muddy too....

then the fun began as we saw our first sign .... SALE HERE!!!!......

At one of the stops we always make every year they had the feed sacks hanging on the clothes line which made it easy to see them......

Everyone has their signs out directing you in which way you should go......

Ppeople are constantly putting more stuff out through out the weekend....

Some of my favorite finds were these great old Kodak cameras.......

As you can see the skies were are blue as could be later in the day.....

A great old green shelf that had to come home with me....

Found a couple cases of old Rodeo pop bottles, look like they may have been stored somewhere for quite some time....

Loved these old Burlington and Am Trak hats, I think we look pretty good huh?

Cactus Jack's was where we had lunch and boy was that a hit! He made this out of an old pull type camper trailer. Very creative and great food.....

There were displays everywhere you look.....

A close up of the driver of the above truck, may need to see a dentist soon......

Pumpkins......

Hedge apples.....

A great little camper that was for sale and in great shape....

Alba, Nebraska, a great little town with great vendors.....

We met these folks who had traveled all the way from Canada for their aniversary just to come to the the Junk Jaunt. They were having a great time filling up their mobile home with treasures they were finding......

A fabulous old canoe, husband said --- no......

See ya all next year, it is definitely worth the trip, the food, the junk, and the people you meet along the way made Junk Jaunt 2010 a complete success.

Cammie):

Signs, Signs Everywhere a Sign....

2010-10-14T06:53:00.001-05:00

In my recent travels I have been taking a few photos of signs I run across, thought I would share some of them with you....

This sign is at the entrance of one of my favorite junking locations out in the country...

Always love those bowling signs....

What do you suppose this was on, a railway car?

Speed Zone ends, ends where?

The sign we all love to see....

WE can't have this sign near the spaces where I store my junk, no limits there....

Dog and Subs, Rockford, Illinois, we recently visited it, my husband use to go there as a kid and buy a gallon of root beer and carry it home.....

Love the color, and the mighty small town....

I"m out on a buying trip at the moment but am taking lots of photos so I can share my adventures with you, stay posted for all the great things I found and seen.

Cammie(:

What Can We Do With These?

2010-10-08T21:02:00.001-05:00

I saw these on the Junk Jaunt in September, I absolutely love the patina, the color and the spectacular designs that are on these old cast iron radiators. These came out of the Holy Trinity rectory in Hartington, Nebraska. They are just beauties......

I'm challenging all of you to come up with great ways to use them. Now put on your thinking caps and let me know what you come up with. I'll be waiting.....

Cammie(:

Happiness and Heartbreak All In One Day

2010-10-01T20:50:00.000-05:00

Here is my happiness for today.... these great old photo studio cases I snagged from an auction today...

And a few other things to add to my happiness.... Notice the record player, been looking for one so we can play old records at the shop and bingo, I scored one today!

This is part of my heartbreak cause I didn't get this one but it did go to a good home, the lady who use to work for the studio for 15 years, isn't it amazing.....

These are the kind of machines that cause me heartache....

Especially when they are parked next to an cool old building like this.....

Check out the wonderful architecture on the top of this old beauty....

I am guessing it is going to be the next casualty of a demolition....

They have it all fenced off and the equipment setting there waiting for morning to come, I am going to make a few phone calls in the am to see if I can talk someone into salvaging some of that great old tin architecture from being destroyed, wish me luck!

Cammie(:

An Auction Any Junker Would Love..... Especially Me!

2010-09-30T23:47:00.000-05:00

The Sunday before the Junk Bonanza was the annual Miller, Creamer, Heimes and Janssen vintage consignment auction at the fairgrounds in Hartington, Nebraska. Wowzer! what a BONANZA of great stuff. We went to look the day before and knew we had to be there even though I should have been packing the trailers and getting ready to head north.... Feast your eyes upon the junk!!

A great old ringer washer head....

Metal Mason's Root Beer sign.....

My sister Judy was helping me look around, she was amazed by all the great junk.....

Sinclair gas pump glass.....

Meet Alton, he is the Heimes in the auction company and he loves Snickers candy bars, got keep your energy up when dealing with this much junk.....

Here is the Miller and Janssen part of the auction company, they are just trying to keep up with Alton with some burgers and fries....

These were windows that were salvaged from the convent in Hartington some almost 20 years ago and put in storage...... I snagged one of these!

I purchased these old printing stones used to print invoices, checks and statements from around 1910.... don't know the history but these puppies are heavy......

Some cool old theatre seats with stars on the seats.......

Old enamel letters that once adorned an old gas station......

Vintage license plates from Germany.....

Galvanized roof embellishments......

There were several rows with pallets with things stacked on them, a junkers bonanza.....

I loved this old box and the history that it held, this is really a diamond in the ruff, this chest was first build 1839, the lid is full dimension lumber which means it is one piece cut from a single tree, not pieced together, this is simply amazing to me that this has survived this long......

One of the greatest old galvanized ribbed barrels I have ever found....

Wagon wheels.....

Love, love, love this table....

Windmill blade.....

This cupboard sold for $1.00......

Great design......

In Nebraska a sale wouldn't be complete without some fruit jars......

Another great cupboard.....

Banisters.......

Hubcaps......

And last but not least, a little something to haul the goods home in.....

We filled the trailer up so we were glad we stayed all day at the auction, totally worth staying up until midnight loading the trailer so we could head out to the north country. If I was rating auctions I would have to give this one a 10!

You can all wipe the tears from your cheeks now while I roll around in my junk! Keep your eyes peeled, you may see it show up in a place where junk is known to appear.....

Cammie):

A Fun Time Was Had By All ~ Junk Bonanza 2010

2010-09-27T07:32:00.001-05:00

Here is is BEFORE the doors open, as we try and fit all we brought into our booth at the Junk Bonanza, boy does that space seem alot smaller when you get there....

We brought over 100 letters for the Bonanza, of course we had to try and spell something!

Ki, Karleen, and her sister who were so excited to get to spell things with giant letters....

Roof ridge, it used to be on the top of an old farm building, they just don't make em like they use to.....

A few accordian players who stopped by our booth, they were not sure what it was at first but soon discovered how it worked.....

Old buggy wheels turned photo/note holders...

The favorite vintage item in our booth was the pinball machine, as you can see, it was a little distacting for my husband, Kelly is waiting on customers and David is playing pinball, humm.....

Some cool old chrome diner stools....

Great old bowling pins...

A view from the corner of our booth.....

Jill trying to carry maps and play the accordian, she really is a jack of all trades!

Widow's walk, this was a popular item also, it use to embellish the rails of the widow's walk porch on old victorian homes....

Pop bottle cap belts made of old new stock pop caps.....

The crew from Daffadowndilly's this year, Grandel and Kelly, both are my neighbors, myself and a friend of mine, Eddy, who owns her own shop over in Hudson.

I would like to thank everyone who helped with our booth this year, and there were many of you, and of course our customers who made our weekend a success, without all of you we wouldn't have a Junk Bonanza. We all owe Ki a huge thank you for the spectacular event she has created, a thank you to my great Bonanza neighbors, and last but not least my husband who tolerates all this for me.

We will see ya all next year, I'm already excited!!

Cammie):

Part One ~ The Porch and Yard ~Bachman's Summer Idea House

2010-06-13T09:09:00.000-05:00

We made our voyage to Minneapolis to see the new Summer Ideas House at Bachman's, it was well worth the trip, we spent three hours taking in all the great ideas and boy were there a ton of ideas, there are so many ideas that I will be having a few PARTS to this post about the Ideas House, so on we go with Part One!

These are old hayloft forks used to lift the bails into the loft of a barn now used to display your hanging baskets of flowers along the sidewalk.......

Old mailboxes greet you as you enter the porch of the house filled with geraniums and umbrellas, it was raining while we were there......

This old ice box is now a plant stand box on top and shoe storage cubby on the bottom, look at the great patina on this old vintage piece.....

The ferns hung above the mailboxes and were placed in these old cream separator sieves and hung with wire, what a great idea!

The porch was full of artist's brushes, old oil paintings, and supplies for an artist to get inspired using the porch area as a mini studio.....

Check out the old hose reel turned table for signing the guest book, the old hose is even still on it, too cute!

Ki's signature wire fence chandelier with small insulators attached to add small bunches of flowers for that added touch of color...

Now some of the outside stuff that was in the backyard that included an ice cream social, family reunion, potting shed, and the outdoor living space in the garage. These are old barn cupolas with a stand so they can be displayed in your garden area....

An old galvanized roof topper turned mirror for the outside wall of the potting shed....

Minnow buckets for containing potted plants and decorating the tables in the yard.....

Old gears and machinery parts made into yard stakes to accent your flower beds......

This fabulous vintage metal glider, this is a one in a million find......

The flowers at the Ideas House are a stand alone feature in itself, everything is just fabulous when it comes to the floral, which you can of course just walk across the parking lot to find all the combinations of garden plants you could ever dream of....

Check back for the next post about the living room space in the house, there are some great things in store for you to see!

Cammie(:

JUNKING ~ 911

2010-06-08T10:30:00.000-05:00

After finding Clint's place, I confirmed that this was a junking emergency! Sooooo, I called in some of the experts, Ki, Larry, Jane and Sara, some of my junking friends from the twin cities. There was far too much stuff here to just leave behind, so I called in the reserve junkers to come and help me salvage some MORE junk that I was unable to haul home to my stash.

Ki, the junk expert, anaylzing a found object that could certainly be turned into some fabulous new idea$(*!^@(*&^

Humm, what could we do with these?

Larry found something he thought could make a good hallway coat rack...

Another shot of ONE corner of Clint's.....

Here is Jane with one of her favorite finds, a giant megaphone in this wonderful red color, it definitely went home with her to her stash......

Sara with one of her finds just as it went into the truck.....

Jane, Clint and Sara, three of the most loveable junkers you could find in the Midwest!

There were many items that were bought at Clint's that will become projects for either Bachman's stores or the Idea House in Minneapolis, so keep you eyes open, see if you can find them as you visit both of these places. Let me know if you find any!

Cammie(:

Road Trip .... A True Junker's Paradise....

2010-05-08T16:38:00.000-05:00

We took a little trip to the Black Hills to look at a pickup but we did have to get a little junking in between. Imagine how I felt when I pulled up to this place!!! My husband is a truck driver and he told me about this place but even he didn't have the ability to describe how great it really was!!

It was all I could do to keep from jumping out of the car window before it stopped!

Clint owns Antiques and Junk, he is a very creative guy, look at the way he arranges his junk even on the outside of the building, look closely, there are patterns everywhere you look.

Need some chain, well here is where you look for it, all nice and hung up waiting to go home with me....

Gas stove burners, aren't those just to cute....

Need a few glass globe light fixtures?

Now this is the room of parts and pieces of wood, imagine every part and piece of anything you could imagine and here it is all in one big long room...oh, do I wish Clint lived across the street from me....

Need a new set of legs, this is where you find them.....

This is a room with windows with pieces of broken stained glass where the light can shine through and show off all those old keepsakes of glass....

268 spindles all in one place, where else can you find that many of one thing in one place?

These are small pieces of glass that were used above the window in old general store to let light in before we had electricity, they allow more light to get in during the day yet looked more decorative.

Piano guts.... see Jenny had to write her name on her keys.....

Brooms handles of every color......

This a combination of horseshoes, stars things from spurs, and chrome display things for hanging cloths on, there are combinations of different things through out the entire place, how cool is that?

Looking south......

Wheels, wheels and more wheels......

Another creation, can you tell what some of the parts are?

More cool wheels.......

A few spare parts made into...... the bone pile, just don't take one from the bottom of the pile!

A few rusty springs.....

Do-dads, what can we do with these?

Jackson found his treasure, the biggest nut and bolt in the place...

More things I know could be something....

A thing but has some great potential for an idea....

Need some rusty metal shavings?

Drill bits....

Love these, had to take them home with me... old insulators used on the outside of houses....

Parts and pieces.......

Oar locks, maybe some kind of hooks for hanging things?

Pokey things.......

Cool metal rings......

Bottles....

Pieces of glass in different colors....

Know what these are.... old inserts for fireplace inserts....

Little galvanized corners.....

Old porcelain light fixtures....

More old house insulators.....

Rubber coated wire baskets....

The sorting and dealing table, you fill your bucket or the table them sort and negotiate prices...

Spur parts.....

It was a good day of junking and we really enjoyed meeting Clint, stay tuned to hear the rest of the story, more to come... I was gone for 4 days, wait till you see what else we found.

Cammie(:

Happy May Day!

2010-05-01T08:06:00.001-05:00

Just wanted to wish you all a Happy May Day!

These are not my tulips, but happen to be my neighbor's. They were so beautiful, thought I would share them with you. Have a wonderful spring day!

Cammie(:

Now This Is American Picking!!!

2010-04-19T11:15:00.000-05:00

My son is in the logging business and the scrap iron business, the other day he called and said you better get over here, this place is loaded with things you will love. Soooo, I headed to South Dakota with the truck.

The crew, Justin (my son), myself, and Ron (Justin's hired help).....

Ron looking through the broken glass on the skid loader, a branch broke it out....

The load on the truck that went home with me, garden gates, steel wheels, wire racks and more.....

Here is some more, galvanized buckets, cream cans, swirly roof toppers......

Funnels, planters plates, chicken feeders, and more....

One of the buildings that we went in to rescue some great things....

Another building that was full of doo dad's, mail boxes, hooks and misc.....

A cool piece off of an old piece of machinery....

Justin tying down his load....

A poor old windmill head.....

the crew taking a look at the load.....

Now that is a load!! That is American picking if I ever saw it! We had a fun day of picking through the junk, I got some great things, now off to the cleaning department!

Cammie(:

Bachman's Spring Ideas House...... Wowzer!!

2010-04-12T22:33:00.000-05:00

Last Wednesday two friends of mine and myself took off for Minneapolis to get a look at Bachman's Spring Ideas House at the Lyndale Avenue location.

Meet Paula and Cheri, both of whom love junking, but probably not as die hard a junker as myself, but they hung in there for two days of junking, shopping, and a few stops up and back.

The first thing you see when you enter the porch was this great bench made out of three old chairs, they even stenciled the word "SIT" on the back of each of the chairs....

The centerpiece of the dining room table was a mix of old milk glass vases, industrial light covers, and a mix of fresh flowers with a few taper candles in some of the vases.....

The master bedroom was a very natural look with many items being natural wood tones....

The dresser was painted a metallic dark bronze finish, it was spectacular!

Cast iron stove pipes grates made into mirrors.....

Wanda the mannequin and an old tobacco drying basket on the wall....

The master bed with old shutters for the headboard and milk can side tables with glass on top...

The sweetest bench made out of an old Jenny Linn bed in the girls bedroom....

A toy box made out of an old galvanized window well, who would a thought....

A garden gate made into a place to display your pictures and notes....

And then the headboard, made out of Vera Bradley bulletin boards, one little girl was in the room when I was in there and all she could say was, " Can I take it home with me?"

This old screen door gets a new life as a bulletin board, there are even grooves where the spring that would pull the door shut use to rub on it.

These were ladders made into shelves for the craft room, they once held up people now they hold up craft room supplies.

This is one of my favorites, this is an old oil cloth rack now used as a wrapping paper and ribbon station along with a porch pole with the old funnels for containing all those other items.

The boys baseball room was simply amazing, I felt like I need to break out singing "Take me out to the ball game." the headboard was made of old wooden bats.....

The wire mesh grate made you feel as if you were standing in the dugout.....

The beverage crate night stand was a great touch...

Locker baskets for containing gloves and balls...

A grouping of 9 shadow boxes was one of the most striking displays in the house....

They each had a African violet in each box which was planted in a vintage tea cup, but that wasn't all, check out the table beneath the boxes made out of old bed springs, now that is innovation.....

An old postal sorting table gone to wine storage and serving area in the living room....

The focal point of the living room....

This was the most beautiful birdbath I have ever seen in my life, it stands alone, but did not need anything else sharing the spotlight...

The Ideas House was more than anyone could have expected, it is well worth the trip so if you can, go see it in person, it's even better in person than in these photos, and besides there many more ideas that even I didn't get on my blog.

Here are a list of other blogs you can go to and see more photos of the Ideas House:

Itsy Bits and Pieces - Part One

Itsy Bits and Pieces - Part Two

Itsy Bits and Pieces - Part Three

Itsy Bits and Pieces - Part Four

Itsy Bits and Pieces - Part Five

Itsy Bits and Pieces - Part Six

Junk Camp

It will be open April 14 - 18 and May 12, after that the house gets a whole new look and the Summer Ideas Hosue opens June 3rd - June 13. You can buy your tickets in the Bachman's store at Lyndale. I have no doubt you will throughly enjoy it! Have fun!

Cammie(:

It Was A Good Day For Junking!!

2010-03-23T07:00:00.000-05:00

We made a trip to Lincoln, Nebraska to go to the Girls State Basketball Tournament in the beginning of March so we had to check out some junking places, Tiede's was one the places we revisited, it was well worth the trip!

This is the entry way as you enter the store, wowzer!~

It is one the most organized shops of junk I have possibily ever been in......

Everything is not only organized but it is also sorted by color, I loved it~

All the green glass, all in one place....

David and Jackson entertained themselves in the books, which happens to be half of the store, Beulah has a annual book sale every April.....

Set of dishes all in one place......

Beulah and I going through things for pricing....

Loved this old hanging scale, probably from an old grocery store.....

A shot of some of my purchases, the new mannaquin has beed named Wanda, after a fellow junking friend.

Meet Carl and Beulah, they own Tiede's Secondhand and Antiques. They are only open on Saturdays, they collect all week long and open for business every Saturday.

The final job, loading all the treasures, it was well worth the trip, we will definitely go back to shop again!

Cammie(:

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