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Junking in 2013: Dreaming of Junking Calendars

2013's Dreaming of Junking calendar is off to the printer and it's time to map out your Get Your Junk On 2013 tour. As with previous years, it's chock-full of listings of all the major antique and flea market shows you need to hit while planning your 2013 travel.

Featuring photos from high priestesses of junk Anne Lorys and Cat Geiger (as well as my own photos), it'll have you jonesing for junk before Jan. 1. Start hoarding your vacation days! All I know is I need a LOT more days off to hit all the sales I'm anticipating....

Calendars are $20 with free shipping in the US. They're currently listed in my etsy shop on pre-order. Shipping will commence on Dec. 11th—plenty of time for the holidays. 

Medic! Junker Down!

What with the big-grrrl job demands this fall, and now a 10-day sickness holding me down, junking has been on the back burner. It's killing me! I did hit an estate sale this past weekend, but the pickings were paltry. I'm losing my mojo, and although I will sheepishly admit that I have plenty of junk cluttering my home, I want MORE.

 

This past weekend, I finally made it back out to the shop to restock in anticipation of the holidays. It'd been 2 weeks, since I went to NYC for a conference the weekend before.

 

It's a known fact among local junkers that I hate decorating my booth for the holidays—any holidays. I ignore them all, except here is my token nod to our wintry holidays: 2 sleds, a Sno-Wing (not pictured), and some Jenni Bowlin holiday bingo cards. What? Doesn't every decorate for the holidays with globes?!? If I can motivate this weekend, I just might write something festive on that chalkboard, too. Maybe.

 

I also finally brought in the green metal cubby, after enjoying it at home for far too long. For the few hours I was there, it garnered a lot of interest. Not so much interest in the pricetag, however. The metal letters continue to be rocking sure-fire sellers, so I don't expect them to last.

If I can finally shake the last vestiges of this accursed cold, I just might make a surprise mini-roadtrip this weekend ISO junk! If not, it's back to wading through the clutter—and listing on etsy. Which is a more sensible plan, anyways. But who ever accused me of being sensible?

Big Flea, Big Election, Big Purchase

Just popping in, taking a break from my 24/7 obsession with MSNBC. I didn't mean to scare you. If I DID want to scare you, I'd show you the non-existent top of this doll's head. (Hint: lobotomy.) I've been super-busy at work, and—in my down time—hyper-focused on the impending election.

 

I did take time from my screaming-at-the-tv schedule to hit up the Big Flea yesterday. Snissy had alerted me to a massive lot of gigantic laundry pins she'd seen Saturday and regretted not buying. We decided to go in on it together, so I'm now the proud owner of (temporarily) 147 of these bad boys. Yes, 147. Apparently, my "what if I buy them all" propensity has been ratcheted up a tad. Coming soon to an etsy shop near you....

 

I also couldn't resist 29 heavy metal red letters, allegedly from a school athletic department. Letters generally fly out of my booth, so I was super-stoked that these were super-inexpensive.

I didn't buy as much as I'd expected or hoped—the last show of the year skews a bit more "holiday gift-y" than I prefer, but I sure had fun hanging with my dealer peeps. Most fun, this time, was my boy Justin. He has awesome junky junk, and is especially drawn to the same metal salvage/farm implement stuff that I love. He also self-identifies as "very cheap."

He regaled me with a hilarious story about a recent farm auction where he kept getting outbid by the same dude. After each purchase, the dude would whip out a can of spray paint and mark the piece with a big X. Justin couldn't figure out WTH was going on, so finally asked. Turns out he was only buying for salvage metal. Incredulous, I commented, "You know you're too cheap when you're outbid by a salvage guy!" But, meh. We all have our quirks.

Dreaming of Junking ... 2013 Calendars

Today, I unexpectedly got an etsy conversation from a customer hoping I'd be creating my Dreaming of Junking calendars this year! YES! I needed that kick in the panties. I'm preparing them now, and have some slots available for YOUR photos.

The theme this year will be displays—let's see your inspirational junky displays. If you'd like your photo included, please email me your raw or hi-res photo in either jpg or tiff format. They must be large enough to run at least 10"x8" at 300 DPI. If your photo is selected, you will of course be credited, and will receive 2 free calendars as a token of my appreciation.

Calendars will be available in my etsy shop right around Thanksgiving, just in time for the holidays! And, if you know of some big flea markets/antique shows/events that should be included, please let me know. I'm always looking for more to include.

Remember my motto: Even a bad year has 52 weekends (to junk)!