To My #1 Picker

Everyone it is Friday, this week has totally gotten away with me sorry for the crickets, its been a recovery from the Vintage Bazaar, it was almost like a vacation of sorts.  I will be back to regularly scheduled programming next weekend, cross my heart.   I am about to get personal on here, so please feel free to click over to something else, but it is sort of about vintage.

This weekend is Father’s Day and to be honest Father’s Day was a day that for a while my dad and I just let quietly pass by as we did not have the greatest of relationships for a while.  Now I will be honest, the thought of not telling my dad thank you for all he has helped me with the past couple years is something I just won’t do.   As of recently my dad is my #1 cheerleader of chasing this dream called Junk in daTrunk Girls, he tells me every chance he gets that he is behind me, that’s he’s proud of how far I’ve come and can’t wait to see how much more is to come, he supports me taking chances, and above all else he will camp out at an estate sale to get a good number and text me all his finds.  He’s seriously my #1 picker, he scours craigslist for hours and sends me countless links every day of the cool stuff he’s found and asks if he wants me to make a phone call or drive over and check it out.   So thanks dad for all you’ve done for me all you continue to do and above all thanks for loving me through the brat years.  Keep picking dad, you and step-mom find the coolest stuff!  Love you!

Also, to the other dad in my life, thank you so much for being a rock, so many things would not be possible without your love and support!

Ok enough of the sap fest! Enjoy your weekend everyone!

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Life Lately According to my Phone

Hi Everyone!

Posts have been short this week because I've been getting ready for the Vintage Bazaar on Sunday!
 92 degrees + 100 vintage vendors = game on!  If you are local come out and say Hello.   Instead of anything constructive I'm giving you the past couple weeks according to my phone pictures.


Left To Right

Row 1
Paul Bunyan's Cook Shanty 
A walk around one of my favorite places in Chicago
Sleepy Girl

Row 2
Baby Swan capture for wing clipping
Burgers by the water wall
Some last minute suitcase picks coming to the Vintage Bazaar

Row 3
Mader's Garage
One of my favorite vintage glasses
My Happy Place


Hope you all have a great weekend and I'll be back next week with a Bazaar wrap up!

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Honey Craft Wrap Up

As some of you know I wear many hats, I not only run a vintage shop but also run a handmade business.  I’ll be honest handmade does so much better when the temperatures start to cool down, but the girls at the Honey Craft are some of my favs and their June Market fit into my schedule so off I went.

Honey Craft is held the first Saturday of every month in Woodstock, Woodstock in itself is super stinking cute with the town square and all.  Watch the movie Groundhog Day it was filmed in Woodstock and you’ll see what I mean.

I debuted a new upcycled creation while there the tea cup bird feeder, and people thought it was the coolest thing.  I also debuted a new design of handbag I’m currently working on that sold before the sale even started, so I didn’t get a good picture of it.  Maybe my customer will read this and send a pic over, hint hint hint. 

  I also met some great new women,  I met Katie from Elefawn Design, 

  made a purchase from Debbie at Porchlight Collages cause they were too cool to pass up,

 talked Katie from Stiched for Ewe into starting an Etsy shop, watched Jennie from Jennie Anne Dreams have her first sale and had lots of fun in general.

I also of course thrifted my way back home, who knew Northern Illinois thrift stores were so jam packed, I may have rode home with a box of treasure on my lap as I found so many goodies!

If you are in the Woodstock area around the first Saturday of the month I encourage you to stop by and say Hello to all of the talented artists.

I won’t be doing any more Handmade shows til Fall so I can get my new purse design perfected.

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Happy Birthday Norma Jean

If Marilyn Monroe was still alive today she would be 86 years old!  I kept thinking this as I was planning some stuff for her birthday at the day job, (The oldies will be watching Some Like it Hot by the way) what would she look like today.  Would she have surcoomb to the plastic surgery phenomena, would she have gotten lipo,  or would our view of what is beautiful be different because the curvaceous one was still alive? Who knows, the truth is I admire Marilyn Monroe, she came off as a ditzy blonde but I think really she had her shit together.  She was wise beyond her years, she lived a pretty shitty life in the beginning and put on a smile and developed a personality to cover all of her sadness up.  All she wanted was to be loved for who she was, not the sexy pin up arm candy girl, but loved for her beautiful broken soul.  Rest in Peace Marilyn, you are an inspiration to so many.  Now here are some of my favorite pictures of her and some of her amazing quotes.

Do you have any favorite Marilyn quotes, I'd love to read them!

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All Images via Google Images