Today's the Day!

Online applications to vend at JunkFest are now available!  You can apply by clicking HERE!

PLEASE NOTE: In the event that the coronavirus pandemic has not been resolved by our September 12th show date, all vendor fees will be refunded in full.

Here are the details for applying!

JunkFest is a juried show. Applications are no longer first come/first served. We are currently accepting applications for authentic vintage/antique goods, and hand-made artisan vendors. This includes repurposed/up-cycled items, shabby chic, architectural salvage, rustic, primitive, farm finds, boutique, produce/farmer's market, baked goods and hand-crafted jewelry, accessories and goods. 

Regarding State Tax Permits: At the present time you are NOT required to have a ND state tax permit to vend with us; however, we are required by the state to submit a list of our vendors, with their contact information and perspective tax permit #'s. If you have any questions regarding this, please the ND State Tax Commission. 

When can I apply?
Online vendor forms will be made available starting today, April 1st at 8:00am. You can access the online form HERE. We suggest printing the map to get familiar with it prior to filling out your application, then have the map handy so you can refer to it while choosing your preferred areas for booth spaces. Again, these are NOT first come/first served!

In order to be considered for our show we are requiring photos of your previous booth displays and merchandise, or quality staged photos depicting your merchandise and style. While we market our show as a "flea market" we are not your typical flea market. We are looking for UNIQUE and CREATIVE booth displays with merchandise/goods that entice shoppers to visit your space. 

JunkFest 2020 is going to be amazing! Won't you join us?!

Mark Your Calendar!

And pack your bags!  JunkFest is scheduled for Saturday, September 7th at the Foster County Fairgrounds in Carrington, ND!  ND's biggest junk festival offering food, fun, and all things chippy, rusty, primitive, vintage, repurposed, up-cycled and hand-crafted.  Follow us on Facebook and stay tuned for all the details!

Welcome Countryside Designs & Signs!

Have you noticed how popular typography has become? Especially when it comes to vintage decor? Along with that, vinyl decals and wall words are certainly holding their own. Karen Brandt of Countryside Signs & Designs has made an art form out of combining the two...vinyl & vintage!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Along with her home decor signs and decorated windows, Karen will also be bringing her own unique repurposed furniture, as well as vinyl clad tiles to JunkFest. Karen also has a FB page, Countryside Signs & Designs.  Stop out to JunkFest on Saturday, September 7 to help us welcome Karen!

Crooked Goods at JunkFest 2013

New to JunkFest this year is Crooked Halo Designs from Moorhead, MN. KC and husband JR started Crooked Halo last June and business has been booming ever since!

I can certainly see why!!

 

 

 

The Clarks upcycle old barn wood, repurpose old windows, screens & doors...and whatever other "junk" they can find into wall hangings, signs, stars, and furniture.

 

 

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A-door-able!

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For more eye candy from Crooked Halo, check out their FB page here.

 

Ok.  I've just made an executive decision....I am no longer a co-host of JunkFest....I'm going shopping instead!  See you at JunkFest?!

 

Oh! I'm also playing over at Jenny's today! Stop over and see how!

Today's Double Feature!

 

Okay, people....have you figured out yet just how incredible JunkFest is going to be this year?!?

Aside from the magic that is JunkFest, our flea market vendors will leave you giddy with their wonderful wares, if not inspired to whip up something fabulous of your own! We've got it all..from fancy rehabbed to stuff in the rough! Remember our tag line: Bring your friends and bring a trailer, cuz this ain't your grandma's garage sale?  Well this is the year to track down that trailer because there's no trunk big enough for the junk you'll find!

 

Today's vendor feature is a two-fer....you know....2 for the price of one!! First up Fiddlestix, from Watertown, SD.  That's right, our neighbors to the south know how to impress with their repurposed furniture, hand crafted items, vintage, and one-of-a-kind finds!

Fiddlestix is a retail store, owned by Shelly Moon Palmer, and has been open for a little over 2 years.

 

 

Chalkboards in every color!

School never looked so fun!

 

 

 

 

Gorgeous details...

 

 

 

Great kid's room decor!

This is just a small sampling of what Fiddlestix has to offer.  To see more, check out their FB page
here.  Can't wait to see what Shelly brings to JunkFest! 

The paparazzi will be at JunkFest!  Paparazzi Accessories by Carrie Beth brings their affordable fashion accessories to JunkFest for just 6 short hours on Saturday, September 7th!

 

And when they say "affordable" they mean $5 affordable!  With a children's line for $1-$2.

 

 

Carrie says "After attending JunkFest last year, and the great day that I had, I am excited to return!"

 

 

Well, Carrie, we're so glad you're coming back! Hard workin' junkers like their fashion accessories too!

 

Hope you've cleared your calendar for Saturday, September 7th!  JunkFest is the place to be!

 

Vendor feature #2: MORE special guests!!

Time for vendor spotlight #2 folks!  If you read the previous post, then you know that Wildflower's, Inc. of LaMoure is joining the JunkFest team this year...what could be cooler?  So glad you asked!  How about adding in the Barn Chics?

Barn Chics Diane & Linda

The Barn Chics will be brainstorming with JunkFest, and Wildflowers, Inc. to bring you the coolest rehabbed furniture, garden art, home decor and rusty treasures around!

 No shortage on style....

creativity....

 color....

 repurosed fun...

 vintage...

 accessories....

 and furniture!

The Barn Chics host occasional sales in Bemidji, MN.  To see more of their creative talents, check out their FB page here. 

Can you even handle it?  All this in one place?! And we haven't even started on the Flea Market vendor features yet!! Stay tuned!

JunkFest-Vintage Washstand Repurpose

Being a Junker has its perks. This vintage washstand is glorious all on it's own. Add a few flowers and put it on a (my) porch....perfect.


At first my Junk Sisters and I didn't know for sure what it actually was. We tossed between a washstand of some sort or some kind of grain cleaner.


It wasn't until I pulled it from my barn to wash it up recently that I noticed the paper label still attached to the inner wall. Fabulous!


Can you imagine washing all your laundry with this "manual" machine? I'm sure it was a Cadillac in it's day! I can sorta relate because I spent a short while using a ringer washer when I was first married. Yuck. Busy kids, sports, and jobs...thank goodness for the conveniences we have these days!!


See how when the handle is moved, the wash basin "rocks" causing an abrasive action against the clothing?



I didn't want to destroy this fine piece but loved the thought of making a planter out of it. so I found a plastic tub that fit inside...added a few drain holes in the bottom. The washstand conveniently has a drain hole in the back too! Then, I added some burlap to the tub, and started with some drain material in the bottom. I had styrofoam sitting around so crumbled a bit of that.


Then before adding dirt I put in my experimental-repurposed-secret-ingredient. Can you guess what it is?


The lids from spray paint cans! I put them open side up so they would be an extra reservoir for holding moisture until the plants needed it. (you see, I'm not the best at keeping my flowers watered and ALIVE) So far so good.

Do You Remember this Cool Junky Lamp?

This is a post my dear Junk Sista Cassie did a while back. It is such a jaw dropping recycle/repurpose/ trash to treasure...I just HAD to bring it back and show it off!

Just wanted to share with you a lamp I constructed for my 10 year old daughter's room. I was at an auction sale a while back, where an acquaintance won the bid for a box of interesting items, one of which I had my eye on. When I asked if he could part with this particular piece, he generously gave it to me. (Thanks Justin...if you're reading this!) I knew immediately what I wanted to use it for. I'm guessing it was part of some farm machinery, perhaps an auger cover of some sort.


Because I cannot remember to take "before" pics, you'll just have to envision it a slightly rusted silver color. I spray painted it black. I also found a (new) curvy metal plant hanger that got a fresh coat of black paint as well.

I had previously purchased a hanging lamp kit from Lowe's, so I just had to notch out about an inch of metal on one end of the auger where the light kit clipped perfectly into. (gotta love those dremels!) I found velum paper at a craft store, as well as some star shaped crystals....love the pattern in the paper! I used fishing line to tie the crystals to the bottom end of the auger. With Gorilla super glue, I glued the velum to the inside of the auger, securing it with clothespins until dry.

I still need to make a cord cover with some black fabric or something that coordinates in her nuclear green room, but I love how it turned out...and so does she!

Have you placed your votes over at SYTYCD yet? Time is running out...this weeks polls close Friday evening! Results will be posted Saturday, and then on Sunday week 3 will begin again with a new theme. Don't miss it...this contest is FULL of inspiration!

Linked to:
Beyond the Picket Fence-Under $100 Party
The Virginia House-We can Do it Cheaper
Somewhat Simple-Strut Your Stuff
Tales From Bloggeritaville-Thrifty Thursday
ASPTL-DIY Day

Belly up to the Piano Bar...

Have you ever been to a piano bar? Not like this one I bet. There's personality and charm in those old upright piano's, and a whole lot of repurpose possibility. Now, mind you, reinventing a piano is not for the weak. This piano, for instance, came from a basement with 1 single dim light bulb to work by. It weighed about three tons (maybe not quite), and thank goodness I had 100% support from Sweet Man-o-Mine and Middle Child(will work for food). Okay, I might be stretching the 100% part, but they were real troopers. We hooked up the trailer, and loaded every tool we thought we could possibly need. Screwdrivers, pliers, wire cutter, sledge hammer, and eventually had to break out the saws-all. (Did you know even a partial piano doesn't fit up basement stairs in an old house?) Once we got the 7,329 screws and bolts out, all the keys off, the harp out, hammered apart what we could and cut the rest....we started hauling the pieces out to the trailer, because we had to take it all, like it or not. It was a hot summer night and there were 8,642,238 mosquitos waiting outside the door so we worked as fast as we could. Anyway, gosh, I'm sweating just reliving the whole process... In the end I ended up totally dismantling all the pieces and then rebuilding what I like to refer to as the Piano Bar. By the way, it sold at our 2007 JunkFest and ironically, my niece and nephew bought it for my brother and sister-in-law...so once in a while we stop by to have a "belly-up-to-the-bar" visit.

I have another piano dismantled and awaiting inspiration to become my fireplace mantel. I ordered stack stone for the surround today and hope to come up with something fabulous with that wonderful old wood for the top. (that piano has a story all it's own too...oof!) I'm pretty sure I will have to do some pretty heavy bribing to convince my boys to unbuild another piano for me.

There was a piano bar project on HGTV a few months ago (sorry I don't have the link) that was awesome too, and it would be great for that case where the piano just can't be removed. They opened up the music rest panel added in a shelf and some lighting and walaa...instant bar.

Speaking of bar...does it sound like us junk girls have some issues? No, just priorities!! haha Here's a dresser I got last summer on a road trip to Oronoco Gold Rush Days. This dresser was actually found at a yard sale we stopped at both coming and going (didn't catch your names, but some of you were vendors at Sweet Salvage). The dresser is a nice antique piece but came with a nasty old, musty smell. Removed the drawers and dividers and problem solved. Added some shelves, made wine bottle sections out of ...PIANO KEYS! This one made it straight into my house and looks great in the "dead animal" room with a few bottles of wine, a grate, and some of my hubby's Grandmother's dishes. (would look nice with some of those silver trophies but I don't have any, hint, hint)

check out the linky...

Funky Junk Interiors