Scored Some Junk at Secondhand Finds!!!

Secondhand Finds is my favorite junk store in Sioux City, Iowa. I try to go here at least once every two weeks, it is 35 miles from home, if I lived closer I would go a couple times a week, things move fast here. Libbi is the chief junk manager at Secondhand Finds, she is always smiling and happy to see me. The store is very well organized and clean. This is where Mirabella came from, the mermaid that was at the Bonanza last September.

The front porch is always filled with things to lure you in from the street.

Meet Libbi and Anita, Libbi is the owner and manager, Anita works at Secondhand Finds a couple days a week as well as Old Towne Antiques in downtown Sioux City.

Score!!!! Love this aluminum suitcase, I have a graduation coming up on May 9th, think I'm going to use it for my guests to put the cards in. This one is a smaller size, maybe 12 x 18, should work pretty good for that!

A nice old wicker lounge chair, has a little wear but overall is in really good condition for the age of it.

Love, love, love the bus sign. The picture doesn't really let you get the feel of the coolness of it. The frame is wood but the sign part is actually on canvas, haven't seen any like this before.

This was my all time favorite, the Frigidaire Hydrator drawer, isn't this just adorable. Love those old enamel frig drawers, great for storage and display use.

I kind of have a wierd attraction for old clocks, even if they don't work, I checked them out , the white one works but not the old tattered one, still love it anyway, had to get those to add to the collection.

Stay tuned for the other two stops I made while in Sioux City at Old Towne Antiques, and Peter's Park. I scored a few things from there too!! There is a flea market in the area tomorrow, it's suppose to rain, I will have to get out the umbrella and boots, you never know what good deals you can get on wet day. Have a great weekend and happy junking!

Cammie(:

Have You Checked Out The New "100 ideas Flea Market Style" magazine?

I went to HyVee with my husband last Friday, we call him Chef Emeril, he loves to cook, which is perfect for me, that gives me more time for junking. I had heard of the new magazines people are talking about on the Junk Revolution message boards, so I had to check it out.

Does anyone recognize these pictures? If you have been a follower of Ki since the beginning you would have noticed that there are a tons of pictures that came out of Ki's magazine published in 2006. Pages 34 -39 are totally from the magazine that she had published.

If you were fortunate to have gotten your hands on the 2006 magazine I'm sure you still have it and refer to it often, if you didn't get it you are missing out. Wouldn't it be great to have Ki publish another magazine? I do have to say that the choices out there right now are very slim picking.

Idea number 29-37, 60, 65, 78, 79, and 99 are all projects of Ki's. I like the magazine, especially since it has cool stuff created by the junking queen. Get a copy of your own and check it out soon.

Cammie(:

Here's What We Did After Dinner on Sunday....

After dinner on Sunday we decided to go out and try out the new camera we purchased. We live by an old minimum maintenance road, for those of you who don't live in the boonies, we have many roads that are just old dirt roads and the trees grow on both sides of the road, its more natural. They don't maintain these roads because no one lives on them. There also happens to be an old farmstead on that road, its a great place to get some cool photos, so we went there to see what we could create.

These are my nieces and my two kids on this great old road. It has an incline so you can get some great photos with the sky in the background.

Here they are being a little goofy--------

Dancing!?!?!
As you can see we sometimes get a little crazy..

The cousins.....

As you can see it is very wooded on the sides of the road, another great place for photos.

This is the old farmstead, the front porch has this great patina of old chippy paint. No one has lived here long before we moved into the area, which was nearly 20 years ago. My son had his senior pictures taken here too. It's like an outdoor studio for photographers.

The old front door of the house is missing the glass and the vanish but looks great for a photo. I do know the history of the house, I walk on this road and last fall there were some people on the road taking pictures of the house so I stopped to talk to them. The man used to live there and he brought out his kids to see where their grandma and grandpa lived. I love old farms places, many farmers are destroying these old places to create more farm land. Imagine the stories that this old place could tell if it could talk. Keep in mind this house does not have a bathroom!

Happy faces......

We also found an old windmill. The girls climbed it, only 3-4 steps, not to the top.

An old model-T car body, we had to take a ride in that!

An old tractor tire, had to check that big old tire out, WOW!

Then we had to end the day with a few jumps on the jumpoline as my grandson calls it.

That was part of our day, of course we hide 350 Easter eggs, we had the little kid Easter egg hunt, with candy in them. We also had the big kid Easter egg hunt, which had money in them. Lots of good food, family, and memories made.... Hope you all had a great time with your family and friends too.

Cammie(:

Happy Easter, Happy Spring!!!

Check out this really cute Easter egg tree. Even the lights are little Easter eggs! I went to pick up my daughter from her friends house, this was the tree her mom had put up for the grandkids. Looks festive!
Have a great weekend, enjoy the spring weather!

Cammie(:

Snow, Snow Go Away

Here is the scene I woke up to this morning. I see all of you talking about spring, pictures of your flowers popping up, things starting to bloom, and here is what we are still looking at... global warming???? how about ice age....

The chicks and ducks are in but it still to cold to take them home.

Here is my photos of flowers popping up, these are tulips!

The bushes .......

the barn......

Here is the main street of Tekamah, Nebraska. This is where my sister lives, we went home for the weekend for a family birthday party.

Jack cleaning off the cars......

The light pole outside the house, I really love this picture with the snow showing up in the photo.

Birds, you better give it a few more weeks before coming to this house.

The snow blew from the north, people living in the country will be without power at least two - three days. It was very heavy, wet snow.

If you are where it is green and turning into spring, ENJOY!~ Until our snow melts we will just wait for spring to spring here.

Cammie(:

Holy Trinity Rummage Sale

It's time for the rummage sales to start in Nebraska! Holy Trinity has their bi-annual rummage sale every spring and fall in Hartington, Nebraska. I forgot all about until I drove by and saw the sign and of course I had to make an immediate right turn!! People were already lined up and ready to go, so all I could do was head towards the door.

This is the old Skylon Ballroom that was moved into town from about 10 miles away from town, now it is the site of many kinds of gatherings from weddings, dances, auction, roller skating, and rummage sales.

Check out the shape of the building, it's kind of unusual.

This was the first thing I saw when I entered the building, a cool old dress form, I headed start towards it, but it was already sold. Darn, missed that one.

Meet Judy and Denelda, they are some of the driving forces behind the rummage sale. If you have questions about antique items, Judy is the go to gal.

A pile of chalkboards.

This is made entirely from old cans, wow, that looks like lots of work, but it's kind of pretty?

These old tray's were only 50 cents each, there were 8 of them and they are in excellent shape. Gotta have those!

This is made of old magazine pages, I have been seeing lots of things popping up made out of old cards, magazine, and discarded paper items. Oh, just 25 cents.

I looked at these, this is old strapping for the old style of lawn chairs, what could these be used for? Colors are kind of fun ...... maybe straps on a garden tote?

Negotiations? Bargaining ? Looks serious....

These are old meat grinders, kind of an unusual group of three, the one is in mint condition, maybe a centerpiece for flowers? Got these, $1...
Maybe a project for later....

Tons and tons of smalls......

Corner on the market for milk glass vases, got any ideas for these?

These are one of my most favorite purchases. Won't these be great for clipping pictures? 49 of them in the box!

Linens linens, and more linens. Picked up a few if these.

More stuff and shoppers.........

Here's the grinder, let me know if you think of any great repurpose ideas!

Bookends made of stone with a cactus and man in sombrero, maybe headed to the Bonanza for the Junk Corral?

Oh, and guess who I ran into at the rummage sale, Dorothy and Jo, from Randolph, Nebraska. They are some of Ki's followers at Junk Revolution. They wanted to know if the Bonanza was happening again this year, and of course it is. They said they would be there and tell Ki hello! So .... Ki... Hello from Jo and Dorothy!

It was a good day of rummage sale shopping, got lots more things, they may be showing up on the "Garage Sale Sunday" sale. Check it out on Sunday! Have a good weekend.

Cammie(: