Part Two - Road Trip to Yankton

This was my third stop, Collectiques. Just one block down from the last spot. On a nice you could walk in between and stop back and pick up your purchases.

I'm tyring to think spring, this floral chandiler seems springy with the yellow flowers.

Here is a great gumball machine and it even works, ready for you to fill with your favorite kind of gumballs.

Polka Dots ..... always love polka dots.

Frostie? Spring? Sure, cold frostie root beer on a hot day.

Gotta love this vintage Frosty Rootbeer chalkboard.

Last stop Roadshow Antiques - 10,000 sq ft of stuff. Al and Bertha are the owners, who are always ready to deal.

I have an attraction to those funky whip stitched lamp shades and this one even has the cool turq color.

All kinds of tins of every shape and size. The Fobots lady would go crazy here!

A set of seven stools. All were mismatched but that was what made them more fun.

That's the end of my junk fix story until another one comes along. Stay tuned.

Cammie(:

Road Trip To Yankton

On Friday I decided to take off for a day of junking. It had been a long week and I needed a junk fix. I only had a few hours so decided to try Yankton, South Dakota. Yankton as several shops within 3 -4 blocks of each other. That way I was able to get as much junking done as quickly as possible.




Here is my first stop. Yankton Antique Mall. There is two floors full of treasures.




Oohhh! The kitchen table is pristine and has two matching stools. The price was good too.

Handles for all those projects that need that extra little something.





Always love those old metal pedal cars. This one was in good shape.





I think I was stuck in the red mode. Have you noticed all the red stuff I keep looking at?


This was a really nice old RC cola tempature sign. It was marked $45. The vendor happened to be in restocking his booth, so being the negotiating junker that I am, I asked him what his best price would be. I reminded him there were some more things I would be intersted in, so think quanity. Good prices = more purchases = more room for new stuff. He scratched his head and said how about $22 if you buy at least two more things from my booth. I gladly agreed since I had my eye on the red wooden wheel, and that box of handles.

Thought this would be helpful, especially when you have to tie things to the top of your car because there isn't any room left inside the car.

Next stop, Lily Crest Cottage. She also has two floors of stuff. The main floor is home decor, some antiques, candles, and her framing business. But second floor is all antiques, jammmed full of goodies.

How do you like that really cool chippy mantle? Oh la la love chippy.



These old sovenior ash trays are fun!



This is an radiator cover from the old Fantles department store that use to be in the downtown area. Wouldn't that be great in an entry way? or maybe Coming to a Junk Bonanza near you.

The back room at Lily Crest Cottage is what I call the man room or the metal room. It's where you find those one of a kind items and usually metal stuff.

This was a set of six matching brown milk bottles with the original wood crate they came in.



I feel in love with these. They are metal iron rests. There has to be another purpose for these. $2.00 each - gotta get them and figure it out later.




More old things from the Fantles department store. These were big posters that measured 60" x 48" from the 1950's. How cool!

Check back for the second half of the Junk fix - coming to this blog near you.

Cammie(:

Where have I been?

I know I told you I was going be posting junk info but, as you remember I told you I have 4 kids, who have kept me a little busy this week. Monday - basketball practice, Tuesday - 1st subdistrict basketball game 2 hours west of us(we won!), Wednesday - Jack broke his arm at school, Thursday - 2nd subdistrict game 2 hours west of us (we won!), Friday - basketball practice and babysit 2 grandkids - soooooo now you know where I have been.

Miles with his family supporters. Check out the pretty blue cast on Jack's arm.

The team in the huddle.

Maddy and her friend Miranda supporting the team and her brother.

This fan couldn't find poster board so she used her arm.

The final score! Victory!!!

But ------ I did manage to steal away for a junk fix today for 4 hours. Wait till you see what I found. I will be working on it this weekend so check back in a few days to see the pics of my Junk Emergency finds!

Cammie(:

What I Found On My Way Home

How many times have you discovered something by surprise?

I was on my way home from picking up some goodies from a fellow junker, I was going to go straight home BUT, needed to return some things to Sioux City, so I took a different route home. While passing through Merrill, Iowa, in which the highway does not go down main street, I caught a glimpse of a red, white, and blue flag with the word "antiques" on it. My heart immediately started racing, and I quickly made a right turn off the highway and around the block to see what I thought I saw. As I came around the corner, there were FOUR, read that, FOUR, shops in one block. Where was I going to start, and could I get through them all before closing?

Check out these great chairs! I love these. There are four of them. Don't know if I will be able to part with these.


Look at all the great stuff, 2 shops together and the back room. They cut a door way in the wall so you can go between to two shops. One clerk, two shops!

Check out his great desk I got! We had to move lots of things before we could actually get it out!

And the back room? This is just part of it! Check out those pink floral kitchen chairs.


Store #2 - Treasures - Where do you start?........ At the front and work your way back.


This store owner had a whole collection of head vases. They can cost anywhere from $50 - $500.


Cool old retro lamps.



Glasses of every shape, size and design.



Store # 4 - New To You -- Very nice shop with those one of kind items.

Another place packed full of junk!

I love this silver suitcases, excellent condition, great for storage.



This is a totally cool Kampcooler with a great color, see the splattery black paint, that is original!


Love, love, love game wheels!!! This one was to expensive for me but I had to have a picture.

All this has been under my nose for years. When I asked how long they had been open, they said 10 years, and this was the first time I had been here? Just goes to show you, check out every town you drive through, you never know what could be waiting for you!

Hope you enjoyed your trip in my junking world.

What secret is waiting for you to discover?

Cammie(:

Here We Go - Let's Junk !

I started this blog so I can share with all of you my junking trips, experiences, friends, and junking spots. As a child I use to go to auctions with my parents every weekend. They would bring home truck loads of antiques for pennies. At the time I hated it, but it must have had some sort of influence on me because it's what I do everyday of my life now. I can't imagine doing anything else than loving junk for a living.

My mother and I had a antique shop 20 years ago, I had my own shop 10 years ago, and now I have a building full of junk that is open by appointment only. This is where I stash all my really good junk.

I do have a family too, 1 husband, 1 daughter, 3 sons, and 2 grandsons that keep me very busy. So if I'm not junking I'm at dance, basketball, babysitting or who knows what. Of course, I have trained all the kids to love junk and now have started training my 3 year old granson. He went on our first junking trip with me just last week. He loved it.

With that said, let's get going!

Cammie(: