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Now entering Mn! Greetings all! I have finally returned from a delightful trip with friends to the Junk Bonanza. This AMAZING event takes place in Shakopee Minnesota ( home of our own Barbara from Ionesattic.etsy.com)
After a trip from Chicago… This girl was really looking forward to the event.
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Amazing collections! |
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Allie, Annie, kathi, Margo and I ( clockwise from left) |
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Martha, Margo and Cathy |
Friends Mary Ellen, Val and Cathy ventured north with me and we were not disappointed. My goal was to take in the vignettes, have a chance to talk to the Etsy admin and represent our team and get some ideas for what is hot in Vintage NOW! I was able to fit this all in and more!
Upon our arrival, a blonde gal, just my height… walked up to us while checking in for our 2 night stay and said… ” are any of you Martha”, I quickly turned and knew it was Margo of
RoboLady.etsy.com. She has been instrumental in urging me along to get the
Flea Market Style ad on their Blog. After a hug hello and tossing our belongings aside, we spent some time talking ” bonanza” with our new found friend Margo!
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crowds gather for the early bird entrance! |
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Mary ellen, Val, Ki, Martha and Cathy |
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the donut guy… a tradition at the junk market! |
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crowds! 8:00 am |
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Chairs piled high |
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this seller had sold out by 2 and was replenishing… had to call her husband from nea rby to begin pulling things out of her garage! |
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so many things, so little time! |
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one of my fav’s hunt and gather… they have a retail shop in the area! |
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hunt and gather again…if they had an M or S…it would have been mine! those letters were about 3 feet tall |
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this seller had all things metal and galvanized. a great look and across from the bar where they sold the best looking blody mary’s |
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Michelle, Elizabeth and Nickey Etsy Admin manning the Junk Bonanza Vintage booth they were just as nice as could be! |
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Val finding some great repurposed purses and bags. |
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this clever seller had created so many wonderful things… note the handmade, huge typewriter letter! |
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Same booth but look at what she did to make those huge cameras on the table! |
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Tons of vintage maps…everywhere you looked! |
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Black and white, this seller had lots of fine silver and crystal too. |
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note the cameras and that fishtank…full of cameras! |
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Moose and a camera on steroids |
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something for everyong, great use of an old cage. |
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from our own vestiesteam members 3 wren street |
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3 wren street was made up of Mother and daughter sellers Allie, Annie and mom Kathi |
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the crowds as the 10:00 group arrived! |
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some of my finds for the day…keeping in mind that I bought a vintage typewriter table for only 18.00 ( great industrial style with a wooden top) |
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new Etsy Vintage items available in the etsy store. |
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my fav again, Hunt and gather! |
The girls I was traveling with and I, have friends who were displaying at the Bonanza. It was fun to visit with them for a moment and to wish them well for their 3 days of sales that would culminate on Saturday. Amazing displays were staged. A wall of trunks, a 12 foot ladder with clocks strung on the rungs. These sellers didn’t skip a beat! The displays that were staged were amazing, The Vendors used every square inch to show their industrial, chippy, shabby, warehouse, country, colorful and creative styles
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note what she did on the chair… |
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loved this repurposed doll. great use of creativity here. also note the old bicycle seats repurposed as necklace holders. |
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If I had a cabin… this entire vignette would have been mine! |
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this says it all! |
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red and white |
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another fun booth |
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our Vestiesteam girls and Etsy admin! |
What a wonderful space our own 3 Wren Street girls put together, Mom Kathi of allthingswhite.etsy.com and daughters Annie of Thedancingwren.etsy.com and Allie from ElizabethWrenVintage.etsy.com along with one of the Support admin from Etsy. They had a delightful selection of things. I bought a vintage pennant from them and love it! I hope to repurpose it sometime soon!
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Old Crow Farm sellers! |
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don’t you just love this… bats and balls as a flag, golf clubs as a coat rack skates as brackets for the shelves! |
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friend Judi in her booth |
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friend Cathy with her finds! |
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Cathy and margo share their finds while Val looks on! |
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Margo and I at the atm…replenishing only after 5 hours on day one! OH NO!
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There will be more to come… We headed to a shop called Hunt and Gather and then on to dinner , the next day to meet some other team members for a dinner and chat about our team and the goings on!
A great time was had by all!
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Martha it just sounds wonderful! I hope maybe some of us can get together next year and have a booth together or side by side. Maybe a BIG vestiesteam booth! Thank you for all of your lovely pictures and descriptions!! Peace and blessings dear one!
This looks so awesome!! Thanks for sharing!
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Would have loved to have been there, so much to see and oodle over, thanks for sharing!
I adore Hunt and Gather. I could spend hours there when I'm in MN. This looks like an amazing sale and definitely something I'd like to plan for next year.
junk bonanza was so much fun- i'm so glad you and your friends were able to make the trip. it was wonderful meeting you and going to dinner. i had so much fun! 😀
What a blast, great photo of my backside at the ATM 🙂 You took pics of things I don't even remember. How could i have missed that moose. Funny how we zone in on certain things.
Can't wait to see more of your fabulous pics.
Margo
Margo… I was laughing, knowing we were hitting the atm only after a few hours at the bonanza… with 48 hours left!
we were two peas in a pod!
thanks for being my chauffeur!
wonderful to meet you all!
2012 Bonanza is beckoning…
Cookie aka Barbara of ionesAttic
Thanks for bringing us along! I friend of mine went to this event and said it was wonderful — but now I SEE what it was all about!
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Looks like you all had such a great time! The vignettes are wonderful!