Think Pink! Meet Hope Chest MN!
Meet Hope Chest MN, our nonprofit partner for Junk Bonanza Minneapolis! This amazing organization has as its goal to provide the quickest access to help with the most urgent emergency needs of local, financially challenged breast cancer patients. It lists as its priorities: Keeping families intact in their current living situation…in their home, with that home warm […]
The Bonanza’s Giveaway with MyTalk 107.1’s Alexis Thompson!
We wish our posts came with audio, to help you recognize the sylvan voice of Alexis Thompson! The co-host of MyTalk 107.1’s morning drive show, Alexis is promoting the Bonanza as part of our ad campaign through the radio station, which started this week! Listen to her show Sept. 14-17, when we’re giving away four four-packs of […]
Portland Vendor: Calamity Janes!
Junk Bonanza welcomes the amazing Calamity Janes! Name: Joyce Janes Business name: Calamity Janes Live in/Business located: Work and sell at Monticello Antique Marketplace, Portland, OR Your style in three words: Victorian rustic elegance On your junking bucket list: Paris fleas, Alameda Flea, cross-country junkie’ roadtrip You knew you were a junker when… …I couldn’t pass up […]
Portland Vendor: Lamps by Shirley!
The Junk Bonanza welcomes PDX vendor Lamps by Shirley! Business Name: Lamps by Shirley Live in/Business Located: Tualatin, OR/Vendor at Grand Marketplace in Portland, OR Your style in three words: Re-purposed urban and industrial On your junking bucket list: Junking on the East Coast You knew you were a junker when: Road trips are planned around […]
Check out Mystic Lake Casino Hotel!
@mysticlake @mysticlakecasino is our preferred lodging provider for the Sept. 24-26 Bonanza! If you’ve shopped until you’ve almost dropped, you’ll find an on-site spa at Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, our Silver partner! The hotel also has an indoor pool, whirlpool and sauna, and 10 bars and restaurants on the grounds. There are other amenities, too: the 2300,000-square-foot […]
Check Out Chalk Paint ® Classes at JB Portland!
Meet Phyllis de Vries, proprietess of The Purple Pear and your lead instructor of hands-on Chalk Paint® classes during Junk Bonanza Portland Oct. 9-11! She will be joined by other Portland-area stockists — Amanda Bachelder of Girl in Pink at Camas Antiques in Camas, WA, and Wendy Kosloski of Teague’s Interiors in Longview, WA — in teaching six free, hands-on classes during the Bonanza! We gave Phyllis a few […]
Portland Vendor: Parker & West!
Junk Bonanza welcomes Parker & West! Name: Sarah Hardy Marcia Hardy (goes by Mrs. Parker) Business name: Parker & West Live in/Business located: Portland, OR Your style in three words: quirky vintage Americana On your junking bucket list: Mrs. Parker & Sarah: An entire summer to drive around the country junking. And perhaps the chance […]
Portland Vendor: Olive + Annee!
We look forward to meeting Billie of Olive + Annee, junk with a French twist! Name: Billie Van Guilder Business name: Olive + Annee, formerly Cottage Vintage Home Live in/Business located: Vancouver Your style in three words: French, funky, fabulous On your junking bucket list: any idea that makes my heart beat faster You knew […]
Brent and Darwin of Stars Antiques Love JB!
@JunkBonanza can’t wait for its first show in the Pacific Northwest, which is full of amazing vendors and vintage lovers who rock their craft! And we’ve got fans there, too! A tip of the hat to Brent Heeb and Darwin Otto of Stars Antiques Malls, Portland’s go-to malls for superlative vintage and antiques staged beautifully […]
Meet Silver Plus Partner E-State Auctions!
Meet E-State Auctions, the Bonanza’s Silver Plus partner for the Minneapolis show, Sept. 24-26! The Plymouth-based business is an online provider for buying and selling personal belongings “quickly, easily and equitably for all parties” according to the company’s Sue Dubbs! “We actually see ourselves as the 21st century alternative to estate sales and consignment stores…but we know that […]
