Hello Midwest Junk Peeps…
Guess what? The Midwest Junk “triplets” are in Des Moines, Iowa together! Laura and I made the trek from Fargo and Dan came from Milwaukee with his beautiful wife Chelsey.
Sarah, Dan and Laura!
We’ve been checking out a fabulous event called Junk Jubliee, which is in its second year. We’ve chatted with many of the more than 80 vendors and we’ve even had some time to pick out some fabulous junk finds of our own.
We fell in love with the creations at Histories, a furniture and home accessories company out of Prairie du Sac, Wisc. Tracie and Lee Anderson are fabulous to visit with and just look at the beautiful items they create! See that table? It has a reclaimed bowling lane for the top, storage on each end and would make a fantastic kitchen island.
Want to know what’s BIG? Letters. We saw letters of every shape, size, color and material around the show this year and we just LOVE them. Use them to spell out a word or just pick a meaningful letter and display it in your home or office.
Another fun trend we’re spotting are keys! Keys are everywhere for decorating and used in jewelry mixed with bling and other accessories.
Another trend we found at Junk Jubliee was the sale of vintage feed bags, flour and sugar sacks. Many could be purchased on their own for around $8 and you could use them for projects or home decor if they said something significant. But if you didn’t want to do the work, you could pick up some awesome pillows that are ready to pick up and take home.
Want to see more inspirational photos from Junk Jubliee? Head on over to our Facebook page and flip through our album!
Sarah McCurdy catches her breath when it comes to rusty, vintage items that need a little love. She spends her time imagining ways to repurpose and reclaim fab junk finds through Midwest Junk, in addition to running a writing business,
it was great meeting you two girls. It was a super show, wasn’t it? Glad you made it down. Looked and looked at your new publication and it is awesome.
Best Wishes to you in your venture.
Beth with Burlap & Roses, Indianola, Iowa.
Thanks Beth! It was great to be there and to meet you too! Thank you for your kind words about the Junker’s Guide to MN & ND. We’re pretty excited about the feedback we received at Junk Jubilee!
How cool that our pillows made the blog! It was great meeting you and we look forward to future Midwest Junk!