Fab MPLS Booths: Part 2!

Enjoy the second installment of the Beautiful Booths of Junk Bonanza! More photos to come! Keep watching! Kim

Fab MPLS Booths: Part 1!

Junk Bonanza Spring 2015 rocked the house! Fab junk was everywhere, courtesy of our amazing vendors, who truly outdid themselves! Here are a few shots we took the night before the Bonanza opened, highlighting just a few of the amazing booths that awaited customers! We’ll be sharing more of these. Meanwhile, enjoy part 1! Vintage […]

Day 1 at Junk Bonanza MPLS!

Junk Bonanza opening day finally arrived, and it was early! FOX9-TV’s Brad Burgess was at Canterbury Park’s Shire Square by 5:30 a.m. to get the satellite tower going! FOX’s M.A. Rosko and Chip Elmquist began their live shots at 6:40 a.m. Here’s Bonanza operations manager Krista Belle Mickelson sharing the JB scoop for TV viewers! The […]

JB Vendors in the House for Early Setup!

  The early setup Bonanza vendors started loading in Tuesday, with lots of amazing junk in tow! Here’s a peek! Even the piles of stuff look artful! Lots of industrial… …bright textiles… …cool upholstered! …stuff we want! …stuff to hug… …stuff to stack… …and stack even higher!   Lots of chippy goodness! Just in time […]

New MPLS Vendor: Gardener’s Wisconsin Cheese and Sausage!

  Junk Bonanza welcomes our favorite cheeseheads, Gardner’s Wisconsin Cheese & Sausage! Name: Tye Gardner Business name: Gardner’s Wisconsin Cheese & Sausage Live in/Business located: Loyal, WI Your style in three words: Unique, flavorful, and tasty!  Best all-time find: We found a forgotten block of aged cheddar in the back of our cooler that ended up […]

Getting Ready in Minneapolis!

The Junk Bonanza team is in situ at Canterbury Park! Check out our nice “office” this year — it has walls instead of pipe and drape! Ki and Alexis are at the command center! Karla and Kristen are shaping up the Ki Nassauer shop! Canterbury Park’s awesome event manager, Mary Pat Monson, hashes out details […]

New MPLS Vendor: The Farmer’s Daughter!

 Junk Bonanza welcomes new Minneapolis vendor, The Farmer’s Daughter! Name: Jeannie Guymon Business name: The Farmer’s Daughter Live in/Business located: New Ulm, MN Your style in three words: Vintage, rustic, simplicity On your junking bucket list: World’s Longest Garage Sale and Visiting the American Pickers in Iowa You knew you were a junker when… At […]

New MPLS Vendor: Smokestack Vintage!

A big Junk Bonanza welcome to new vendor, Smokestack Vintage! Name: Kurt Fedie Business name: Smokestack Vintage Live in/Business located: Eden Prairie, MN Your style in three words: Leather, wood and iron On your junking bucket list: Pick Europe You knew you were a junker when… …I couldn’t park in the garage anymore. Best all-time […]

New MPLS Vendor: Piece of Home!

Welcome to the Bonanza’s newest Minneapolis vendor, Piece of Home! Name: Diana Hafemeyer Business name: Piece of Home Live in/Business located: Lonsdale, MN Your style in three words: Vintage, repurposed, handcrafted  On your junking bucket list: An old, rusty Ford truck to repurpose You knew you were a junker when… …my hobby became my passion. […]

New MPLS Vendor: Rusty Roof Barn!

Welcome to the Junk Bonanza, Rusty Roof Barn! Name: Erin Siegmund Business name: Rusty Roof Barn Live in/Business located: Ripon, WI Your style in three words: Rusty, vintage, funk On your junking bucket list: any small old junkyard You knew you were a junker when… My grandparents had a camper and the lot backed up […]