Friday's Junk Club

As Robyn one of our junkies said "We came, We junked, We had a great time". It was a beautiful spring evening, perfect for the junk project I had planned. We refunked some old safety deposit boxes into vibrant summer planters. When the girls first arrived we painted the metal boxes bright greens, blues, yellow, and red. Then dipped our little old white painted fence picket into chalkboard paint for a garden chic plant marker. We had to get right to business as our paint needed to dry for our 2nd phase of the project. While the paint was drying it was time to shop & eat! A couple of my favorite things to do!

 Are you ready? Ok, here was the menu for the evening: Chicken Salad, Classic Deviled Eggs, Fresh Tomato Mozzarella Salad, Cucumber Bites with a fresh herb cream spread, and then the desserts: Fresh Rhubarb Bars & Shortbread cookies. All homemade I was very busy in the kitchen! 

Once we had eaten it was time to fill our planters with flowers and add old skeleton keys to our plant markers. We had a great bunch of junkies come to the farm. There was lots of laughs, smiles, and good times. And yes we're doing it all again on June 19th. The theme Junk IT In Stone. 

Club Fee $35 

To reserve your spot email me at rescuedjunk@me.com

The rest of our holiday weekend has been relaxing. We are working on our garden and have a fun family party planned for today. I'm already going through junking withdraws and am sooo ready to get back to it this week!!! Thanks again to our awesome junk club junkies I had such a good time with all of you! jojo

Making A Difference Day

I had no idea that today in the Des Moines area was Making A Difference Day.  My girls and I were paying for groceries today and my total was $50 less than it was supposed to be!! The manager explained to me that a woman had purchased 4 $50 gift certificates and she wanted to help pay for 4 peoples groceries today. Specifically, mothers with children. I was so deeply touched. I seriously had tears in my eyes when the manager told me. It was such a simple act of kindness pure and sweet. After we loaded groceries in our truck  it was lunch time, so we headed to McDonalds, as we always do when we are out running errands. It was my turn to make a difference. I purchased a gift card at the golden arches and told them to pay for as peoples lunches as it could. It felt so incredibly awesome! There is nothing more meaningful than the gift of kindness. I hope this inspires you and puts a huge smile on your face. Pay it forward!! xoxo jojo

Spring Fling!

Finally, I present to you our Spring Fling!! We were running around crazy for a week. Friday is always our setup day and unfortunately it was very wet, but we managed. We had our best sale ever and an awesome turn out.

We want to give a huge Thank You to all of our wonderful customers & fans. We love what we do and you make it possible! So many of you came up to us with such sweet comments. You all will never know how much it means to us. This is our passion & we love to see everyone having so much fun!!

We are gearing up for our 2nd junk club this Friday nite & then we're off on our next junk adventure to find more goodies for the next OC sale!! xoxo jojo

PS. thank you to all of our wonderful family who helped us in so many ways to make this Spring Fling Fly!!

Are you Ready!!

The countdown begins. The clock is ticking. We are less than 10 days away from Spring Fling. Are you ready?! We can't wait. Still much to do. It's so neat to see the transformations from a junk pile to  junk beauties. Lots of finishing touches to be placed. We'll be running around like crazy for the next week. Can't wait to see all of you its been a while! Happy Junking. jojo

Finally Flea Market Finds

Finally! What you've been waiting for...

My mom & I got to What Cheer at 7 ish on Friday morning. Brrr it was cold, wet, and windy, but we managed :) I had to go see my junk guy first and I had no problem making a pile. I think I made some good choices as people were trying to shop out of my pile of junk. I got some cool metal feeders, great table top, 3 big windows that will make a great room divider, and a metal cupboard. After we left the junk guy we made our way through the wonderland of junk. I was on the hunt for metal totes and totes I did find. My most exciting piece is a sweet old railroad cart which should transform into a rockin coffee table! Lots of fun we had & loads of junk we found! Thanks for an awesome day mama! Happy junking to all! jojo

Fresh Flowers

Thank you girls so much for all of your sweet birthday wishes!

I love flowers and my junk hunk and Ella Rose surprised me with this simple arrangement(minus few tulips the cat ate!)

Its back to business today. Lot to do I need to stain and stamp our price tags. The house will smell yummy with the aroma of coffee,vanilla, & cinnamon when I am done. Then I need to print & cut more sale flyers. Many little to-do's.

Exciting news just in time for Mother's Day the OC has gift certificates! If you are interested just send me an email rescuedjunk@me.com. Redeemable at both our Etsy shop & occasional sales. 

So I will work hard today & play hard tomorrow.  My mom & I have a girls day planned(no babies) just me and her. I can't wait!!! It seriously has probably been since before Ella was born that we have done something just the 2 of us and thats been 3yrs. What do we have planned you ask? Of course Junking!! We are headed to the Whatcheer flea market. It never disappoints, even if it is wet & muddy. I will take lots of pics, if I remember my camera that is. I'm terrible at forgetting it! Anyways, have a beautiful day, happy junking! jojo

On The Eve of My Big 3 0

I know this has nothing to do with junk, but this is one of the big things happening in my little world. Tomorrow, I turn the big 30 and I'm dreading it, but am embracing a fresh start too! Many have said it's just a number and really I know it is, but its kinda sad to say good by to my young and crazy 20's. Looking a head it's so nice to know I am happy & settled. I have a wonderful husband, 2 fun & spunky little girls, and I get to do what I love Junk. What a way to start the next chapter!  I would love to hear any words of wisdom or just some funny talk to celebrate my BIG 30. Thank you to all my devoted readers. I love reading about your lives and hearing about all your junk! xoxo jojo

Enough about me! Happy 1st B-day to my sweet little lulu!!!!!