Our Road Trip To Minnesota

Well, we've had just about every computer and cell phone issue you can imagine this weekend (hence, the lack of blog posts and Tweets in the last few days), but we did manage to get one video uploaded to YouTube this morning.

It's footage from our trip up to Minnesota last week.

It was a long drive, but documenting our travels on video did make it a little more fun.

Especially when we found out about Charlie.





Footage from Junk Bonanza (and an "it came from Charlie's barn" giveaway) coming soon!



PS-

Our demo reel taping went great, and they're actually gonna shoot some more stuff in Alabama when we get back home.

Hope I have time to clean the house!

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Junk Bonanza 2010 - Day 1

It's 10 o'clock on Thursday night, and we're finally back at the hotel, enjoying our squishy queen-sized beds.

They didn't have any rooms with a king-sized beds left, so we're kickin' it Ricardo-style for a couple of days.





We spent most of the day scouting potential shooting locations at Junk Bonanza...



And lemme just tell ya-
that place incredible!

A lot of the flea markets we go to have one cool booth, and then five or six so-so ones, but at Junk Bonanza it is complete awesomeness from front to back baby!

I bought (and Tweeted about) a few things while we were there, and I look forward to bloggin about 'em after we get back home, and have a chance to catch our breath!



Another highlight of the day was having lunch with these two...



We're working with them on a fun project for the upcoming Flea Market Style magazine, and it was so fun meet them in person!

We're big fans of their work!


(Heather's beautiful library table)




(One of Ki's recent junkin' scores)



As for the spontaneous search for someone to junk and re-do a room with, the production company we're working with chose a DIY-lovin' gal named Carla.



She and her husband, Alex, live in a 1924 Dutch Colonial style house, located in downtown Minneapolis...



We're gonna help them finish decorating their guest bedroom.

They've done a great job renovating it so far...

BEFORE...


NOW...


...and we're lookin' forward to helping them finish it tomorrow with some goodies from Junk Bonanza!

Be back soon with some "AFTER" pics!





PS-

Thanks to everyone who emailed about the junk/re-do show!
We really, really appreciate your willingness to let us come over on such short notice!

*HUG*

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Wanna shoot a TV show with us?

Sorry for the last minute notice Minneapolis area friends!
We promise to make it worth your while if you're up for it!

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And if anyone out there is interested in having us come to your neck of the woods (IF our show were to get picked up by a network! Fingers crossed!), leave us a comment and tell us where you're from!

We'd LOVE for our show to involve lots of travel, friendly folks who are in need of some "design intervention", and lots of good lookin' junk!





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Minnesota, here we come!

Howdy friend!

Kev and I are on our way here today...



And by "here", I mean here...



Okay, we're not actually going to that particular farm , but we will be staying at my aunt & uncles farm that is equally as charming!
(I just don't have a photo of it....yet!)



I spent the first 19 years of my life in Minnesota.

The first 8 were spent in a city called Mankato, and the next 11 were spent out in the country, just north of a teeny tiny town called Nicollet...



My Mom had plenty of room to grow lots and lots of pretty flowers on our seven acre hobby farm...



And my Dad had lots and lots of yard to mow, but our four "pet" horses (Jodi, Queenie, Truckie and Starbuck) did help take care of a big chunk of it...


(Queenie & Truckie)

My brother, Justin, and I spent many Summer's playing in that big barn, and we took care of many, many litters of these little guys...



Most of which we named, and then gave away to various kitten-wantin' folks that came out to our place to pick strawberries.
(My Mom had a 1/2 acre patch, and every Summer people would come and pick bucket fulls of them.)

But I didn't give all my kitties away.

I kept "Speck" so that I could take some of my graduation pictures with him...


(Me, sportin' a bulletproof "do" in 1992)

Oh yeah.

It was all about the Aquanet back then.



Anywho...I haven't been back to see my family in several years (-$), and Kevin's never seen where I grew up- so I am really looking forward to spending a few days doing both of those things while we're there.



On Thursday and Friday, we'll be hangin' out with some folks at Junk Bonanza and we're pretty darn excited about the opportunity to work with them.

We're hoping to bump into lots of fellow bloggers along the way...and lots of great junk too!





PS-

Have you seen this?



SO inspiring!

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The Yard Sale

I'm happy to report that our yard sale was a TOTAL BLAST, and we sold everything in the trailer, and almost everything single thing we had packed into the van.

Yesss!

It's a good thing too, 'cause Kev and I weren't about to lug all that stuff back to Prattville and re-load it back into the house!

The house feels so much cleaner, and more spacious, and I'm totally diggin' it.

(Why didn't I do this earlier!?)

(Oh yeah, because it's been 99 degrees all Summer, and it was a refreshingly crisp 94 degrees today.)



We met SO many friendly folks at the sale too.

(Sorry if I got sweat on anyone I hugged today. That sun kicked our butts quick!)

I am usually such a homebody, so it was really good for me to get out and socialize with mammals that don't have whiskers and tails for a change.



I was a little intimidated when we pulled up and saw how many people were there, but everyone was so sweet. Including Rhoda- who ended up handling most of our "financial transactions" for me 'cause I felt too weird asking people for money.


(Me, sporting my "I feel so strange taking your five dollar bill" smile.)

And thank goodness for a helpful gal by the name of Beth who helped us get the van we were driving, and trailer we were pulling, up to Rhoda's house.

She did a funny blog post about it that you can find HERE.

It was a pretty wild morning to say the least!
LOL!

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In other news, we're starting our road trip to Minnesota bright and early tomorrow morning so that we make it in time for our gig at Junk Bonanza on Thursday and Friday.
(It's a 17+ hour drive to my aunt and uncles in Wells, MN- ugh!)

But this is a super exciting/semi nerve-wracking time for Kev and I, (more on that later) so I look forward to documenting and blogging about our crazy trip throughout the week!

Cross your fingers for us...



PS-

If you're going Junk Bonanza, please come up and say hello!

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