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Thursday, 22 July 2010 |
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The Perfect Light Switch... |
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OK, I think this is my favorite lamp we’ve built so far.
Our good friend Alan, whom we call JunkGirl Alan, works with me on a lot of the lighting projects: I come up with the ideas and then he figures out how to make them work. For this lamp, I pulled out an old block of wood, a brass neck and fitting from a antique gas lamp, a porcelain socket, a vintage wire safety cage and some twisted lamp wire. I put it all on the work bench, told him what I was thinking and away he went.
This is what we came up with...

But, the best part about working with Alan is that he gets it, so his ideas are always something I look forward to. He wanted to come up with a more interesting way to turn the lamp on, so he rousted up an old porcelain and brass switch that I found in Santa Barbara which is dated 1900 and installed it on the side. We think it is perfect! Don't you agree?

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Tuesday, 13 July 2010 |
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Tables & Lighting & Mirrors, Oh My! |
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Yep, we've been having some serious fun over here! Take a look at a few of the new fun things we've been designing & building...
I was lucky enough to come upon about a dozen of these vintage Carnival & Amusement Poster printing blocks and fashioned a coffee table using three of them.

These were handcrafted in the 40’ & 50’s and are just fabulous.

We rubbed them with Bri-wax to pull out the color and shine.

Take a look at the carving detail! This was before computers folks! These were handmade & hand routered. We'll top it off with a piece of 1/4" glass.
Here’s an occasional table we crafted from a vintage foundry mold grate pattern.

We have a few more of these in different patterns & sizes and will be making more tables until they are gone. Each one will be topped with 1/4" glass.

We used an old CINE-PRO movie camera tripod as the base of this guy and guess what the wood neck & finial are made using...? The first 3 people who guess correctly (just send us an email through the contact us form) will receive a handcrafted JunkGirls key fob!

Here's a close up of the neck and finial. Any guesses??

This pendant lamp was crafted using a vintage foundry mold, NOS (new old stock) porcelain fitting from the 40’s and some fabulous fencing wire with just the right patina.

Love the look inside and with an Edison bulb - PERFECT!

And here are a few of the mirrors we crafted from the vintage foundry mold grate pattern frames (we use everything here at the JunkGirls!). Each one is unique in wood color and shape.



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Monday, 12 July 2010 |
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Join us on Facebook! |
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So sorry for the long lapse between updates on our site. We’ve been very busy (and lucky!) girls working on orders and products and don’t get to updating our site enough! We’re going to do our best to change that and make our posts more often than every three weeks (gads!), but in the meantime, those of you on Facebook, please be sure to “like” us on Facebook as we like to toggle between the two and we're a little bit better about posting quick updates there...
Thanks again for all the support!
Jenny & Melissa
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Thursday, 24 June 2010 |
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It’s official! Sally Carrocino is now the Southern CA Sales Rep for The JunkGirls! |
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YEP! We’re pretty darn excited about this… Sally Carrocino, Sales Representative for many of the biggest and best home furniture & accessory lines, has agreed to represent The JunkGirls. In fact, I am the first (and only) artist she’s represented in her over 30 year career!
Starting immediately, Sally will be managing all dealer, retailer & designer sales from San Diego to San Luis Obispo. This will enable us to focus more on the products and designs while our clients (and potential clients) are well taken care of. We will continue to participate in select shows and events plus we now have a space at Bungalow Antiques, Design & Salvage in Agoura Hills.
Sally is based in West Hollywood and you can reach her at 310-890-8610 or
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. Please take a minute to check out Sally’s blog and friend her on Facebook. And tell her The JunkGirls sent you!
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Tuesday, 01 June 2010 |
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Sneak-Peek before The Farm Chicks Show... |
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We’ve been busy bees getting ready for The Farm Chicks show and I thought you’d like a sneak peak of some items we created…

I call this piece “Courage” and the quote reads: “It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” by E. E. Cummings. It is crafted using a foundry mold core box, a fabulous (and rare) cast iron stove finial from, we estimate, the 1920’s plus some wonderful old bits of hardware. I. love. her!

We crafted these pendant lights using one fabulous roll of old fencing wire.

The top pieces came out of some vintage farm seeding equipment. We think The Farm Chicks are going to especially love that!

Here are some neat old hand tools that I mounted into recycled bits of steel.

Vintage “H” letterpress type with the quote: “Very little is needed to make a happy life.”
We have lots more but we are going to wait to post when the show starts this weekend. Stay tuned!
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