100th Post Giveaway Over at Shabby Vintage Junk!

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...

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....

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 ~!~!~!~!

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....

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?

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

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(: