I Heart Vintage Ceiling Tile Artwork

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I thought I'd insert some junk photos here on this lil' ol' junking site! :) We did get to see a fair bit of it while shopping before and after Junkologie Blog Party 2010. (That's an understatement, to be sure!) These photos are from Billy Joe's booth at Oronoco Gold Rush Days. Billy Joe is a southern boy with a witty drawl and a story for every occasion.

Here's my girl, Lanette, chatting it up with Billy Joe.

Billy Joe uses antique ceiling tiles to create his wares. Such patina!

Here are single tiles attached to wood pieces...perfect for hanging anywhere.
Can you imagine a group of these on a wall? Gorgeous!!

He is also now doing letters, numbers, and...

...hearts, too! Lanette is saying "I heart this cabinet!" with one of Billy Joe's heart designs.
And I heart Lanette and Gretchen. 

Billy Joe will be selling his great ceiling tile pieces at Junk Bonanza this September. Stop by his booth for a story or two!!

Junk Potluck Winners Announced!

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Drumroll, please!

The votes are in and counted. 

Without further ado, the winners of the

2nd Annual Virtual Junk Potluck Competition are...

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FIRST PLACE:

SHIPPING CART TURNED

INDUSTRIAL ROLLING ISLAND

by Home Anthropologie

1st PLACE PRIZE:

Magnifying Work Light & Interchangeable Head from Rockler ($70 value)

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SECOND PLACE:

VINTAGE GARAGE FINDS

TURNED SALAD DRESSING LAZY SUSAN

by Chipping with Charm

2ND PLACE PRIZE:

1 Box of Gorilla Glue products ($50 value).

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THIRD PLACE:

CREAM SEPARATOR

TURNED LEMONADE SERVER

by bluebucket

THIRD PLACE PRIZE:

Autographed copy of  Junk Beautiful: Outdoor Edition by Sue Whitney ($20 value)

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Congratulations, winners!

Man! Don't you just want to throw a party so that you can serve salad and lemonade on a rolling industrial table? I do, too!

Thank you to our fabulous sponsors and to everyone who submitted a project! Your creativity is astounding!! To see all entries submitted, CLICK HERE.

**Winners, please email your shipping information to alvn.mail@gmail.com so your prizes can get sent out!

Check Out the Virtual Junk Potluck Submissions!

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Thank you to all the bloggers who linked up the Trash to Treasure Junk Potluck projects for the Virtual Junk Potluck Competition!

The judges are checking out each project, and I am tallying up the votes! Winners will be announced on Monday, August 30.

In the meantime, take a few minutes to see all the great projects that were submitted!...

vintage ceiling tile clock

Shutters + Found Legs = Table

Trash to Table Footed Silver Bowl

COLLAGE

Chicken feeders

Older. . . . Sweater to Scarf

Covered cake or cloche-

Judy @ In His Grip

A Table for All Occasions

Trash to Treasure Tray

Fleur de lis meets the Beverly Hillbillies

Hoping to score some points with my taco salad

Cream separator turned lemonade beverage center

Worm Sifter turned Spice Rack or Assorted Tea Bag Holder

Baby Shower Trash to Treasure

Tea Time in Texas

All Dressed Up. . .

Last Day to Link Up to Virtual Junk Potluck!

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Virtual Junk Potluck Contest: last day to enter

Today is officially the last day to link up your Trash to Treasure potluck project in the Virtual Junk Potluck Contest! You have until 11:59 pm tonight...Friday, August 27.  CLICK HERE to link up and read more about it. What can you win? One of these great prizes...

Rockler has donated a Magnifying Work Light & Interchangeable Head ($70 value)

Gorilla Glue has donated a box of Gorilla Glue products ($50 value).

Sue Whitney of JUNKMARKET Style has donated a signed copy of  Junk Beautiful: Outdoor Edition ($20 value)

 CLICK HERE to link up!

Vitual Potluck winners announced Monday, August 30.

ONLINE WINNERS, PLEASE EMAIL ME...

If you are one of these lucky online winners, you need to contact me by August 31 to redeem your prize. 

1. Autographed Copy of Flea Market Style Magazine: Happy Cottage Quilter
2. four corners design Notecards & Ephemera: Recycled Rita
3. Tomboy Tools $25 Gift Certificate: Melissa
4. 2 Sets of DiscHangers: Bernadette Merikle

**Winners, please email me your mailing addresses by August 31, at alvn.mail@gmail.com, so your prizes can get sent out. New winners will be drawn if the prizes are not claimed by 11:59 pm on August 31.

Prizes, Laughs, and a TV Crew: More Happenings at Junkologie Blog Party 2010

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THE PRIZES

Junkologie Blog Party 2010 had the best sponsors! Look at all these happy drawing winners!!

People made their name tags and registered for prizes here! The Pfarkel Sisters whipped up this table out of some rusty chairs and a hog feeder cover that we had found the day before. Clever! I made the registration forms to fit a vintage Globe-Wernicke clipboard. And the name tags? Vintage Mallo Cup cards. More Pfarkel ingenuity!

THE LAUGHS

We had lots of fun socializing...

Ann, Debbie, & Carol mugging for the camera.

Janell, Ki, Dianne, & Sharon laughing it up.

Dianne, Marge, Sharon, and Janell socializing on the vintage 1940s barber shop furniture I had found the day before.

THE TV CREW

And we might even be on TV this fall! A crew from the History Channel was in Oronoco all weekend filming for a new show called, "Life on the Road." I will definitely keep you posted on this!

Here's the creative and good-looking California film crew. They looked like they had fun working together! Wish we had had a golf cart to cruise around on!

Virtual Junk Potluck Contest: 2 days left to enter

The countdown to $140 in prizes is on! There are only 2 days left to link up your Trash to Treasure potluck project in the Virtual Junk Potluck Contest! You have until Friday, August 27. CLICK HERE to link up and read more about it. What can you win? One of these great prizes...

Rockler has donated a Magnifying Work Light & Interchangeable Head ($70 value)

Gorilla Glue has donated a box of Gorilla Glue products ($50 value).

Sue Whitney of JUNKMARKET Style has donated a signed copy of  Junk Beautiful: Outdoor Edition ($20 value)

 CLICK HERE to link up! 

Junkologie Blog Part 2010: Junk Potluck Results

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1st place winners: The Pfarkel Sister of Junk {re}defined (Sharon, Janell, Dianne) took home the $130 tool bag of goodies from Rockler.

Congratulations to the new reigning champions of the 2nd Annual Junk Potluck competition at Junkologie Blog Party 2010! The Pfarkel Sisters of Junk {re}defined took home first place honors for their trash to treasure server made from vintage auto grills. 

2nd place winner: Diane of Junk {re}defined scored the AAJMS tickets and autographed copy of Junk Beautiful
Outdoor Edition.

Second place went to Dianne, who had a second entry using a vintage plaid lunch box and thermos serving up fresh veggies and dip. 

3rd place winner: Lanette of Cottage Elements won the $50 box of Gorilla Glue!

Third place went to Lanette of Cottage Elements for her cheesalicious cheese grater turned cheese tray!

Congrats to all our winners and contestants! You made the Junk Potluck so fun! BUT the fun is not over. Why? You at-home junkers, bloggers, and DIYers can win your own prizes from these great sponsors. You have 3 days left to enter the Virtual Junk Potluck Contest!!...

Virtual Junk Potluck Contest: 3 days left to enter

The countdown to $140 in prizes is on! There are only 3 days left to link up your Trash to Treasure potluck project in the Virtual Junk Potluck Contest! You have until Friday, August 27. CLICK HERE to link up and read more about it. What can you win? One of these great prizes...

Rockler has donated a Magnifying Work Light & Interchangeable Head ($70 value)

Gorilla Glue has donated a box of Gorilla Glue products ($50 value).

Sue Whitney of JUNKMARKET Style has donated a signed copy of  Junk Beautiful: Outdoor Edition ($20 value)

 CLICK HERE to link up! 

Who Won the Junk Potluck Contest?

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No, these beautiful ladies are NOT the winners of the Junk Potluck contest. 

They made up our esteemed panel of Junk Potluck judges: Jenny, Mary, & Ann.

They were assigned the difficult task of determining the top projects among these five entries.

(Read more about the entries and who created them HERE.)

 

 

Each of the contestants explained her project to the judges.

The judges listened intently. 

The judges discusses the projects in detail. 

The deliberation was long and intense.

From among the five outstanding projects,

the winners and new reigning Junk Potluck champions are...

{Sorry. My blog ran out of ink. To be continued...}

Virtual Junk Potluck Contest: 3 days left to enter!

There are three days left to link up your Trash to Treasure potluck project in the Virtual Junk Potluck Contest! You have until Friday, August 27. CLICK HERE to link up and read more about it. $140 in prizes available to the top 3 projects. Get to linking up those creative Junk Potluck projects!!

2nd Annual Junk Potluck: Meet the Contestants

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Thank you to everyone who joined us for Junkologie Blog Party 2010! The Junk Potluck was a lot of fun as people showed up with their creative and elegant entries! We had a five eligible entries this year. Let's take a look at them...

JUNK POTLUCK ENTRY #1

Here is Lanette of Cottage Elements.

She served up cheese slices on a crafty cheese grater turned server. By simply adding these feet to the cheese grater, she gave it new purpose and "elevated" its style quotient! :)

POTLUCK ENTRY #2

This is Tammy with her asian garden themed tablescape.

Yes, she brought a whole beautiful tablescape on her own! She cleverly toted the whole thing in the great garden bucket you see in the background. The flower pots and the garden markers work well with the pops of red and black in the asian accessories. This table had personal meaning to Tammy, too!

POTLUCK ENTRY #3

This is Marge of Emma's Nook & Granny.

This white and burlap masterpiece created an elegant feel. The ladder was a rusty cast-off that Marge got for free from an auction bidder who didn't want it. She gave it a fresh coat of white and added burlap to the steps. Elegant junk style!

 POTLUCK ENTRY #4

This is Dianne of Junk {re}defined with her plaid lunch box entry.

Diane lined this vintage lunch box with plastic wrap and served up veggies in a too-cool-for-school way. What about the dip? The thermos lid is an instant bowl. The best part? This was one of her finds from the flea market earlier that day!

JUNK POTLUCK ENTRY #5

Here are the Pfarkel Sisters (Sharon, Dianne, and Janelle) of Junk {re}defined.

They took two vintage car grills and stacked the circles where the headlights would be.  The headlight location was the perfect spot for a fruit dish, while the remaining area served up wraps in true junker style.

So, you want to know who won? Stay tuned! You have to meet the judges first! Coming up next!!

Virtual Junk Potluck Contest: 4 days left to enter!

There are four days left to link up your Trash to Treasure potluck project in the Virtual Junk Potluck Contest! You have until Friday, August 27. CLICK HERE to link up and read more about it. $140 in prizes available to the top 3 projects. Only 2 people have entered so far, so get to linking!