Portland Vendor: Polly Jane’s Recycle!

  The Bonanza welcomes San Diego vendor, Polly Jane’s Recycle, to Portland! Name: Jane Fitzgerald Business name: Polly Jane’s Recycle Live in/Business located: Arroyo Grande, CA Your style in three words: repurposed, funky, groovy On your junking bucket list: Paris Flea Market You knew you were a junker when… …when I’d rather have something from a […]

Celeste Shaw of Lucky Vintage & Pretty Things Loves JB!

@JunkBonanza is closing in on its first Pacific Northwest vintage show, Oct. 9-11! The Portland, OR, area is populated with fab vendors and vintage lovers, and the creme de la creme will be at our show!  Our Pacific Northwest fans are the best, too! Meet Celeste Shaw, one of our biggest backers! Vintage maven Celeste is known to many […]

Our Vendor + Author = The Jewelry Recipe Book!

We’re excited that Junk Bonanza Minneapolis will include book signings of “The Jewelry Recipe Book: Transforming Ordinary Materials into Sytlish and Distinctive Earrings, Bracelets, Necklaces and Pins” (Artisan, April 2015) by talented author and creative maven Nancy Soriano! Soriano, who attended her first Junk Bonanza six years ago, when in town for The Creative Connection, a […]

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 […]

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 […]