Cabin Fever Vendor Profile Featuring Kalknits

The next vendor is a great store full of warm knitted goodness, Kalknits!  Kalknits started with the intention of knitting through their yarn stash and offering quality goods at a reasonable price.  Ange is the fierce hands behind Kalknits and when she's not knitting up a storm you can find her fanatically practicing yoga. Ange has fabulous work and if you are looking for a pair of warm soft woolen fingerless mittens stop out on Saturday and say Hello!

You can find Kalknits on the Interwebs:

Facebook  Website Etsy

Cabin Fever Vendor Profile: Featuring Hummingbird

Our First Cabin Fever Vendor Profile is Hummingbird.  Their brick and mortar store is located on Main Street in Genoa.

Hummingbird is a team of mother and daughter painters and re-workers of worn vintage furniture. With a lot of creativity, thought, and extreme messiness our furniture is brought back to life and waiting for a new home. They use Annie Sloan chalk paint, stencil designs, and fabric or decoupage wall paper lined drawers, finished off with beautiful hardware. Each piece is gleaming with its own personality.

Their shop sparkles with one of a kind restored crystal chandeliers. Also, their chic reworked shade-less lamps, they're always on the hunt for just the right one to add to their shop. Also, their handmade bath salts and hand scrubs. Using organic ingredients. Their signature candles hand pored with soy wax into Vintage cups. Hummingbird has ever changing eclectic decor!

Here is where you can find Hummingbird on the Interwebs

Facebook  Etsy Shop

Check back for another vendor profile tomorrow!

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Thoughtful Gift Guide: Featuring Cabin Fever Vendors

Hey There Trunk Nation! Valentines Day is right around the corner so I thought I'd put together a collage of some of the trinkets from Cabin Fever vendors that would make thoughtful gifts not just for Valentines Day but for any occasion and ofcourse to also treat yourself.

 

First up is this vintage Diane Von Furstenberg necklace from Vintage Meet Modern.  I first learned for DVF when I lived in New York, let's be honest that's when I learned about all the designers and got a real education from my Manhattan friends.  DVF is one of my favorites and this piece from the 70's is timeless. I love it's simplicity and it's elegance.  Necklace can be found HERE

 

 

 

 

Ciffon Peach Sheer Babydoll from Sugar Cookie Lady. This could be worn for it's obvious purpose or it would look great with a lacy tank under and leggings or skinny jeans and topped with a leather jacket for a sexy date night.  Babydoll can be found HERE

 

 

 

 

 

The winter here in Chicago has been brutal, but with a few more weeks of it left these cozy well made unisex fingerless gloves from Kalknits would brighten anyones day. Perfect for anyone that needs access to fingers but wants to keep the rest of their hand warm. I use mine when photographing things outdoors.  Gloves can be found HERE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Collectors Agency has this fedora for the dapper fella in your life or you know to keep for yourself.  Hat is made by Towncraft and is made from beaver.  I love the detailing and especially the tiny feather.  Hat can be found HERE

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hummingbird has the most amazing painted furniture. I can see this piece in an entry way of a house with a globe and some family photos on top. They have so much more to offer though take a look at their etsy shop! Table can be found HERE

 

 

 

Well I hope that this sampling has enticed you to come out on Feb. 22nd and see some of these gems in person.  Keep watching next week as I feature each one of the vendors and their treasures.

 Happy Valentines Day!

 

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Thursday With T : Date Night With Mom

Hello Everyone T here.  Haven't been around this space in a while and wanted to pop in and see how everyone is doing, everyone surviving the Polar Vortex as they call it on the news?   Mom and I are trying too but I have been getting a bit stir crazy only going out for a few minutes to do my business each day.  I haven't been on a proper walk since Christmas at Grandpas and I haven't been out of eye sight of my house since January 12th.  Needless to say I think Mom was starting the feel the same way the other night because after dinner she said we were going on a date to get dessert and we ended up at the puppy store!  I freaking love the puppy store, the smells, the new humans to say Hello too and new animals to sniff.  But the number one reason why I love it the most is because the humans that are all dressed alike give me cookies... so many different kinds of cookies!  Here's a few pictures Mom took of our date night.

 

 I can hardly wait to get my sniff on.

First things I sniffed out were the rawhides, don't worry Mom doesn't let me have these. Narrow throat dogs with palate issues like me and my bullie friends can not have these, but they do smell so delicious.

The next spot I sniffed out was the cat adoption area. Oh man, how I want one of these interesting smelling high pitched noise making super furry puppies. The one that I always encounter makes funny noises at me when I walk by his door  and puts his paw out but I never get to play with him. 

While I was by the cats I kept hearing the birds like I watch in the tree by my window, so I pulled Mom over there to check it out because I hadn't heard them in so long. 

 Finally! The holy grail of the puppy store, my beloved Treat Bar! Mom is very lucky that I'm so short and can not reach those cookies without human assistance because I don't know that I could stop eating at just one.  Mom did treat me to a doggie oreo, because after all we did go out for dessert.

How about you friends, how do you get your human to get you out of the house? Where do you go?

Until I smell ya next time!

Woof-N-Woof

T Dawg

Oh, It's Still January

Hello and how are you Trunk Nation?  I haven't meant to not blog but I have been in such a funk. January is such a brutal month for me. Every year it's the same thing, weather is in the negative digits, the sun is hardly ever out and when it is the way it hits the earth is not flattering,  I can not put on enough clothes to stay warm, all I want to do it hide out under my down comforter and wait for March because there is still February in Chicago to get through. There are only so many days indoors watching movies and tv show dvds that I can handle. 

January and the weather aside, hoping to kick my rear into gear here soon.  I splurged and bought myself the $5 bouquet from Trader Joes to try and help the moody blues.

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Soaring Heart Vintage

 

 

Good Moro Trunk Nation!  Wanted to take a minute and share with you a great new vintage shop that is opening on January 11th in Elburn, Illinois.  It's called Soaring Heart Vintage and it is going to be a cool mix of vintage and handmade items from local Illinois artists.  Kristy the owner has been kind enough to display our upcycled handbags as well as upcycled pennant pillows in this funky new shop. January 11th is the grand opening so if you are looking for something to do in the Northern Illinois region stop in and say hello!  The shop is full of such cute items!

Here's the Dirty Dets on Soaring Heart

119 1/2 N. Main St. Elburn, IL
FACEBOOK
ETSY



Hope y'all have a great weekend!

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300 Sales Giveaway

 

 

 

Hello Trunk Nation!  It is with a happy heart that I announce on January 4th Junk in da Trunk Girls got it's 300th Sale! Whoot Whoot!!  And as promised I have come up with a giveaway for such an occasion.  There will be 2 winners, one will receive a upcycled handbag with the February issue of Country Living Magazine.  Winner #2 will receive the 1 1/2 pint Pyrex Butterprint mixing bowl along with one of my new favorite magazines Fresh Style.  You have until January 19th to enter and the winner will be announced on January 20th. For consideration please comment telling me what vintage items you collect. Thank You again for all each and everyone of you that has joined me on this journey.


To Enter please leave a comment on this post or on the accompanying Facebook post telling me about vintage items that you collect. Extra entries for liking us on Facebook,  and/or following us on Twitter .  That's it super duper easy!

I can't thank each and every one of you that has purchased, from me online, in person or from one of my booths enough but I will try.  THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!  Thank you for helping me achieve my dream of being my own boss.  I completely love my job and I love my customers, followers, colleagues and friends that have given me so many kind words while I'm on this journey.

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