Staff Profile: Karla Cunningham!

Meet today’s featured Junk Bonanza staffer — Jane of All Trades, Karla Cunningham! Cool competence and incredible work ethic make her an MVP!  Place you call home: Cape Coral, FL Bonanza job: I’ve worked in the Ki Nassauer Shop for most of the Bonanzas. This past year I worked all four JBs (two in MN, Portland and San Diego), filling […]

New MPLS Fall Vendor: Long Rifle Soap Company!

@junkbonanza #minneapolis welcomes Long Rifle Soap Company! Name: Amanda Brooker Business name: Long Rifle Soap Company Live in/Business located: Green Bay, WI (please don’t hold it against me Vikings fans!) Your style in three words: rugged, rustic, eclectic On your junking bucket list: 1700s powderhorn with carvings made by its original owner and an authentic […]

Euro Vintage Market on Tap Saturday!

@junkbonanza #portland vendor Attic Antics is producing the Euro Vintage Market on Saturday in Portland! Alex Wijnen has curated a small group of vendors in a 2,ooo-square-foot space for the ultimate cozy, vintage-Euro shopping experience! (You’ll also be able to enter a drawing for a pair of JB Early Bird tickets for the Portland show OCT. […]

Ki’s Other Gig: Flea Market Style Mag Returns!

  BIG NEWS! Flea Market Style magazine return to newstands this November with Ki and fellow junker Celeste Shaw at the helm! Mark your calendars! Our Junk Bonanza founder is excited to return to create new content for the magazine, which is now operating with a new publisher! Celeste, previously featured in FMS, is a fixture in Spokane, WA, […]

New MPLS Fall Vendor: Primitique by Design!

@junkbonanza #minneapolis welcomes Primitique by Design! Name: Michele Grant-Shell Business name: Primitique by Design Live in/Business located: York, NE Your style in three words: HeckYa! That Works! On your junking bucket list: to have my own, real-life treasure hunt like the movie “The Goonies” or “Monument Men” You knew you were a junker when… …as a young […]

NTM Monday: Never Too Many…Vintage Airline Bags!

It’s NTM Monday! Never Too Many…vintage airline bags! Portland Junk Bonanza vendors John and Bob of JOHNBobCoolJunk both work for Alaska Airlines. John has 16 vintage travel bags collected over many years. “He doesn’t shop eBay or other sites looking specifically for them,” Bob said. “They just appear ” from flea markets and thrift stores. “I helped him display […]

Last Day to Enter Early Bird Instagram Giveaway!

Today is the last day to enter our Early Bird ticket giveaway on Instagram @junkbonanza! Go to our post with the pictured information and: Follow @junkbonanza Like the post and, Tag three friends. Then you’ll be entered to win one of six pair of EB tickets to use at your choice of our Fall shows […]

New JB Portland Vendor: Magpie Ethel!

@junkbonanza #portland welcomes Magpie Ethel! Name: Laurie Romanaggi Business name: Magpie Ethel Live in/Business located: Portland, OR Name: Laurie Romanaggi Business name: Magpie Ethel Live in/Business located: Portland, OR Your style in three words: colorful, fun, quirky On your junking bucket list: to hit Brimfield with my friend Amy You knew you were a junker […]

NTM Monday: Never Too Much…Hammered Aluminum!

It’s NTM Monday! Never Too Much…hammered aluminum! Reader Milena Buck of Woodstock, IL, shared this slice of her collection! “I have always loved hammered aluminum pieces and at one time I had over 300 pieces,” she said. “I have scaled back to about 150.” Among her favorites are those pictured, including a table by Wendell […]

Fillies Race for Hope Set for AUG. 14!

@junkbonanza #minneapolis is proud to support the amazing work of its nonprofit parter, Hope Chest for Breast Cancer MN. This rocking organization does the work of angels, helping to provide immediate financial assistance to men and women undergoing treatment for breast cancer and their families. They are beginning their second year as our nonprofit partner and they […]