Beautiful Junque's Holiday Barn Boutique Sale!

Good Morning friends! Since our last post of our Fall Barn Boutique sale, we have been busy going to some awesome shows and meeting some great new junking friends!  We did a show not long ago in Fargo called The Festive Flea (hosted by Funk'd up Junk).  This show was so much fun and we brought home the honors of winning {2nd} place for our booth display!!  This was such a treat because we were amongst so many talented artists!

 

 

 

A couple weeks later we were off to Thief River Falls for the Vintage Carnival (Hosted by The White House Boutique).  This was our 2nd year doing this show and boy did you Junk lovers show up!!  It was a BlAST!  Every show we are blown away by the new creativity we are surrounded by!  Each show we always meet new friends and learn new stories on how they came to be doing what they are doing!  This work is FUN & seeing people enjoy your products/creations is even more FUN!

We also make so many memories and sometimes we even make MISTAKES like this one below:

Yep we spelled Family wrong..and it sat there all day for ALL to see until some nice lady pointed it out to us! Well we ALL got a good laugh at it & mom got made fun of just a little!  I guess this sign goes to show that all "families" are somewhat dysfunctional at times..but when you stick together and can laugh and learn from your mistakes that's what truly makes you a FAMILY!!  Needless to say this Family sign is in the process of being revamped!:)

  Below is a picture from our Booth at the Vintage Carnival!  Thanks ladies for enjoying what we do!!

 

After that whirlwind of a show we took a day of rest and are back at creating more fun holiday/home creations. I have to admit..we have been creating Christmas items since BEFORE Halloween & we have been listening to Christmas music everyday since then!!  This is the first year I have listened to Christmas music before Thanksgiving!  It's kind of weird, but you know what, the older I get the faster the Holidays fly by!  This year I am taking in Christmas and enjoying it for a few months(with music anyways) rather then 1 quick month!!  Anywho got off track..like I said earlier we have been creating and it's like Santa's workshop out in our barn.  Now we are preparing for our last show of the year a {1} Day Holiday Barn Boutique sale!  YOu don't want to miss this sale it will be full of Christmas cheer!

SATURDAY DECEMBER 7TH 9-6PM!  Check out postcard below & Facebook or www.beautifuljunque.com for more info!

 

Hope to see you soon at the Sale! 

 

Blessings,

Alicia & Carol



Dreams Really Do come True!!

Good morning Friends! I am up early with my cup of "Joe" and trying to recap the event that happened this weekend and pinch myself, asking, "Did this really happen?" & "Did a Dream of mine really come to life?" Well most of you may know we had our very first Barn Boutique Sale this past weekend and the response to it was AMAZING! We did not even know what to expect as far as attendance.  I remember telling my friend who came to help that hopefully she was not going to be there for no reason and hopefully we were not staring at each other all day listening to the chirping of "crickets" in the background because no one showed up! Well, we did not hear crickets, instead we heard Lots & lots of women laughing and enjoying themselves and we just truly feel so blessed!!

 

I remember as a teen and young adult ripping ideas out of magazines and having them in a folder always thinking how much fun it would be to be able to create and recreate things for people to enjoy! I remember doing (and still do) a lot of shopping at small little shops that just gave you that at home feeling right when you walk in the door and thinking how much fun it would be to be able to work in one of those shops!  Now, many years later, lots of love and labor we did it!

 

We went from this..

 

To this:

 

 

 

We had so much fun this past weekend and we cannot thank our awesome help enough! (Judy, Cassie, Nancy, Andrea) Thanks for all your hard work in helping our dreams become a reality!!

 

For those of you that did not make it on out, here are some more pictures of the Barn Boutique! FYI We had lots of ladies asking if we were going to be doing a Holiday show, well mark your calendar's because a tentative date is set for Saturday Dec 7th(stay posted for more details)!

 

Once again I just have to say THANK YOU to all of you who came to our first show and helped this small town girls dream come true! Thank you also to "What Cowgirls Wear" for joining for the Barn sale! We had lots of fun with you gals!  A Special thanks to my partner in crime, my mom Carol who without her help none of this would be a reality!!!

 

Blessings,

Alicia & Carol



 

Beautiful Junque"s Fall Barn Boutique Sale!!

Hello Friends,

 

I know it has been a LONG time since our last blog!  Time Flies when your having fun:)  Well we finished out the season at the Flea Market..it went so fast and we had so much fun!  It was bitter sweet the day we cleaned out our little shop!  Onward we roll as school has started which means homework, dance, dance,oh yeah and did I mention dance!:)  My girls our very involved in our local dance company and LOVE it & so do I..but it does involve a lot of car time!!  Besides getting back to the old school schedule we have been busy busy creating, revamping and getting ready for our first ever Fall Barn Boutique sale!!  This has been in the works for quite some time and I cannot believe it is less then a week away!! Yikes! If you were to step in the shop today you would probably ask yourself (they are having a sale in a week?) LOL Well as my mom says "Procrastinators of the world UNITE....TOMORROW!" Now honestly we have not been procrastinating but we still have lots to do to prepare for this coming weekend, but the real fun part is about to begin with the staging and decorating yeah!!  We simply cannot wait for you to join us! Here is a flyer with all the details for this weekends sale and the directions on how to get here!  There will be signs marking the way!!

 

 

Here are a few pics of some of the creations we have been working on to have available to you at our sale!

 

Hope you enjoyed what you have seen! To be completely honest we are so excited and so nervous at the same time!  This has been a dream of mine for quite sometime and it's hard to believe it is unfolding now. we are truly blessed!!  But...now I must say goodbye..we have to get to church, do our kid's School Marathon and then get to work on finishing up some projects in the barn!! Hope you all can make it to our sale and a Big THANKS in advance!!!

 

Blessings,

Alicia & Carol



Summer To Do's...

Hello friends,

 

First off we just want to thank everyone who came to visit us at our little shop at Shady Hollow this past Sunday!! We cannot believe there is only a few weekends left! I guess the old saying is right "Time Flies when your having fun"!! This week, though we should be concentrating on "BEAUTIFUL JUNQUE".. there were some things that needed to get done on the home front before do I dare say...SCHOOL BEGINS!! Mom left to visit my sister in Vegas and to help her fly back so she can spend time with us for 10 days yippee..so I thought this week to be a great week to check off some things on my Summer Home To Do list...

 

One of these things that I was able to check off was repainting my Children's playhouse!!  Poor thing has been moved twice and was in dire need of painting!! Here are a few pics of their playhouse..

 

 

I talked my husband into building this playhouse many years ago..based off my old childhood playhouse my grandpa built me!!  I had so many fond memories of this playhouse and I wanted my children to build those same memories in their own playhouse!  I was and still am so grateful that my husband used his talents to build such an awesome gift for his children...& moved it twice to different houses..there was no way I was leaving this behind!!!

So the kid's and I took some time on Monday and gave it a little refresher..just in time for my sister and her children to come to MN and make some new memories in here as well!!  Next on the to do list..(besides get things ready for the flea this Sunday)..paint my girls bath before school starts..Wish me luck!!  Oh yeah and we have been doing lots of dancing in-between our to do list's!! 

 

Have a great day and Remember "Life's a Dance"!!

 

Blessings,

 

Alicia & Carol

 

 

 



Summer Adventures!!

Good Day Everyone!! Once again it's been a while since our last post! This Summer is just passing right before our eyes..it is going to be August in a couple days WHAT!!! We have just been having so much fun our first year out at the Flea Market & we truly appreciate all of you who come out and visit our little shop at Shady Hollow!  Between getting ready each week for the flea market and SuLaines we also are trying to enjoy what is left of the summer with our kiddos..& work on our Barn Boutique :)  Does anyone else feel that there is not enough time in a day??  Well somehow we still manage to get out on pickin' adventures..one of our favorite aspects of what we do!!! We just got done with a pickin' adventure last night thanks to a sweet friend who picked up some "junk" at auction that she thought we could use!!  Did we have a hay day last night...we definitely need to invest in a trailer!!

 

 

We got so many fun cool things..& lots of chairs!!  We have some painting to do!!

 

We also have been hard at it in our barn workroom/boutique..my uncle completed his carpentry work(which by the way is awesome)..and now we have to do all the finishing painting touches and get our behinds organized out there!!  We were super excited as we watched our check out counter come to life!!



 

My uncle just took my idea and rolled with it!!! Now with just a few finishing touches to it..it will be ready for our Fall Barn Boutique Sale..Dates coming soon!!

 

Well I hope you all are enjoying these dog days of Summer..& Thanks again for all your support at the flea & SuLaines..we will keep on "Trucking" along  bringing you fun new creations and finds..

Hope to See You Later Alligator!!!

 

Blessings, Alicia & Carol



 



Busy As Bee's in the Summer Breeze!!!

Hello friends,

 

It's been quite a while since our last post..next week is the 4th of July REALLY!!??? Where is the time going?  We have been busy as bee's  having fun at our new little shop at the flea & still keeping up our booth at SuLaines that this Summer is just flying by!! For those who have not had a chance to visit us yet out at Shady Hollow here our some pics of our new little shop!

We have been having a blast every Sunday with the exception of those really rainy days:)  It's so fun to meet new people and to share our products/creations with you all!! Each week we will have something new at the Flea to Share with you!

 

We also have been on some fun Treasure hunts this summer..this last one we were on was AWESOME!!  Now let me tell you I was a bit leery as we were entering the overgrown path to this house that no one had lived in for over 30 years...

 

 

 I had some chills running up my spine being in the middle of no where on a treasure hunt..but what we found at the end of this "driveway"  was this awesome old little house that I only wish I knew all the stories it holds..

 

 

Now when most people walk up to something like this they see an old icky house that needs to be knocked over..I see all the potential the material of this house has and I can imagine what this house use to be like before when it was someones home.. it had at least two outside porches with awesome post that we did salvage!!  On those porches it had white chippy trellises that once held some kind of vine!!  Inside was also a treat as it had awesome moulding around the window great old doors with the skeleton key locks and floral half torn curtains blowing with the wind!!!  Here is a little peek at the inside walls.. Loving the color combo!!

 

 

I have to say this was one of our most exciting adventures yet..we still have to go back and do some more exploring out at this wonderful place!!

What else have we been doing this summer you may ask?? Well besides activity with kids(taxi Driver).. we have been doing baby step progress to the Barn Boutique..my husband made my day the other day and finally got our Barn star up!! I am loving it!

I hope all of you are enjoying your Summer so far and remembering to take in the beauty that it holds!!

 

 

Blessings,

Alicia & Carol



 



 



 

 

Schools out for Summer....Flea Market is in full Swing!!!!

Oh My goodness!!!  It has been 3 weeks since our last blog..wow does time fly!! What have we been doing during those 3 weeks... well we have been busy with the end of the school year..busy on small accomplishments to the Barn Boutique..& of course we have been busy busy busy getting ready for last weekends Grand opening of our little shop at the Flea Market!!! That's right last weekend end was the 3 day opener..so if you missed it we will be there again this Sunday & Every Sunday through Labor Day weekend!! Before I get to how awesome the 3 day opener was I will fill you in on what we have been doing in our 3 week absence from our blog..

 

First off end of school year..we had the end of the year Dance recital..awesome..the kids had a track meet wonderful..& end of the year awards..and all that hard work paid off they all are moving on yippee :)

 

Maddy moving on up to 5th Grade,Brody moving on up to Kindergarten, Ella moving on up to 3rd grade!!!

 

They were celebrating big time the last day..

 

Oh to be a kid again!!!

 

Amongst all the end of the school year activities we were sprucing up our new little shop at the Flea Market.. Here is a before pic outside..

And after...

 

 

With a little elbow grease & help from Uncle Demcy..we made this shop into our own!!

 

Here are some pics from this past weekends opener!!

 

The last weeks have been a whirlwind leading up to the opener at the flea..but all the work has been so worth it!!!  We feel so very {LUCKY}..as our sign states below.

 

to be doing something we love & to share that passion with all of you!!  Thank you so much for the ALL of you who came to see us this past weekend at the flea & for all the wonderful comments on our products and our shop..your kind words are what keep us driven to create/re-create more goodies:) We hope to see you all again and for those that did not make it out..we will be at our little shop every Sunday through Labor day weekend..Hoping to bring you items that help you be {INSPIRED BY YOUR SURROUNDINGS}!!

 

I leave you with a picture of not our Creation but God's..had to slow down for a bit the last couple days and stop and take time smell the "Roses" or "flowering Crab tree's" in this case.  What beauty there is in nature!!!

 

Blessings,

 

Alicia & Carol