Jul 31
2011

The new FOLK article name, a winner and giveaway #2!

by Funky Junk Donna

This giveaway is now closed.
A winner will be announced soon.
Thanks for entering!

Tadaaaa!

It’s official. Tune in to FOLK for your regular Junk Fix, folks! A trash to treasure how-to or a junk haunt will await you. :)

Your brainstorming for my new column title last week was awesome! And really helped me land the name JUNK FIX. Lesley Litrento’s suggestion was The Funky Fix. Thanks Lesley and to the rest of you! Ben at FOLK did a nice job on setting that crate like logo up, so it looks like we’re ready to roll.

~ FOLK Gossip ~

Did you know each edition of FOLK will have a running theme? The Premier issue is deemed, “Classics to fall for.” 

With the short time frame of landing the column assignment, I did submit something I’ve done before this first round, but with a little more info than I’ve previously offered online.

Can you guess which of my how-to projects I would consider a true classic? You’ll find out Sept 1st. :)

~ FOLK winner! ~

Winner to last week’s FOLK 1 year subscription is….

Congrats to Beth over at Under A Pile of Scrap!

I’ll have FOLK get in touch with you for your mailing address. :)

~ Buy through FJI ~

New magazine budgets are tight, so to help fund my new ‘writing career’, the kind folks at FOLK have offered me a sweet deal. If  you purchase a single copy or subscription of FOLK through my blog at any time, (same price as elsewhere) I will receive a small commission. 

I can even offer wholesale deals on the mag. So if you have a storefront and wish to do a trial run on FOLK coming out Sept 1st, please email me and I’ll get you in contact with the right person.

Wholesale

Put FOLK WHOLESALE in the title and send to: signmakergirl@hotmail.com

subscription

single issue

Thank-you!!


~ Giveaway #2 ~
Win a 1 year subscription to FOLK

Name your own favorite American classic in comments and you’re in! :)

(meaning, anything you like)


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This contest will end Sat night Aug 6 and a random winner will be announced during giveaway #3.

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  7. dianne101268 at 7:16 AM on August 1, 2011

    Donna, my “current” classic favorite is vintage Pyrex. They are a great way to bring color and graphic design to your kitchen and have uses all over the house. Love to find it at thrift stores and estate sales.

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  8. Erin at 7:25 AM on August 1, 2011

    My favorite American classic is the good ol’ Ball Jar. So versatile, so pretty and so functional! Congrats on the new column–looking forward to checking out the debut issue!

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  13. Lily Dily at 7:39 AM on August 1, 2011

    Hi! So many American classics…love apple pie with ice cream on top of course…love antiques..for some reason recently admiring old Pyrex bowls..they are so colorful & pretty…weird huh…thanks again, Linda

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  15. Su at 7:44 AM on August 1, 2011

    My American Classic would be huge farm table that would fit at least 10-12 friends around it. . .with another American Classic as the center piece. . fresh flowers

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  16. Melissa at 7:46 AM on August 1, 2011

    Its hard to pick a classic! I love old wooden advertizing boxes, large crocks, antique furniture, hand pieced quilts. I think those are my favorites! Thanks for doing the giveaway!

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  18. Teri at 9:15 AM on August 1, 2011

    My favorite ‘American Classic” are things that are geographically labeled… like a milk bottle or crate that has a local business name on it. It combines Americana and your own history.

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  19. Anne at 9:21 AM on August 1, 2011

    I really love old farm implements that are left outside in fields, all rusty and forgotten with flowers and grass growing through them. Such a great reminder of all the people who came before us..

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  34. Catherine at 9:39 PM on August 1, 2011

    Mine would be my wall of portraits of our grandparents when young people, their ways of making a living (sawmill and gravel trucks), as well as our parents when little kids.

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  40. Carol at 11:48 AM on August 2, 2011

    My favorite classic is my bed! It’s one of those old cast iron beds with the swirly flowers and weighs a TON! I found it when I was 16 and helping a family friend clean out an old barn for extra money. It was in horrible shape..and cruddy with layers of paint that had swelled and split and rusty plus moldy. I saw it’s inner beauty and drug it home and my Dad and I cleaned it all up and it’s been mine ever since. I can’t imagine sleeping in any other bed every night :)

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  41. Jereé at 3:13 AM on August 3, 2011

    I have two favorites: Hardwood floors and BARNS! They ‘re fabulous as their original intention and when that purpose is done, the weathered and distressed wood has potential for new life in oh so many ways! Picture Frames, wall covering, art, furniture, crafts…….gotta love it!

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  45. DogsMom at 9:31 AM on August 3, 2011

    My American “likes” are small town festivals, recognizing either heritage or local industry or crops, food. In my area we celebrate all things dairy – have Ice Cream days, Cheese Days, cow festivals, etc. And of course we celebrate bratwurst.

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  48. DeSio at 10:05 AM on August 3, 2011

    My favorite American classic is baseball! :-) Have you seen how to turn the old ones into flowers to hang on the wall?

    Also, got a photo into the first issue of FOLK! Can’t wait for it to come out…and I’ve bought some license plates for the big boy room! :-)

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  57. Deb at 7:02 PM on August 4, 2011

    My favorite American classic is an antique commode that came to the Midwest from back East in a covered wagon…and my daughter is equally happy to inherit it from me someday, which really makes it special.

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  61. Idaho Granny at 11:30 PM on August 6, 2011

    Just liked you on Facebook and also tweeted you on Twitter. I would love to be able to get the Folk Mag. but I am on a very limited income w Soc.Sec.and no other income so this is the only way I can obtain extras in my life. I truly feel blessed though just to have my computer friends and a little blog on blogspot.

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  62. Joey at 11:31 PM on August 6, 2011

    My favorite American classics are old toys. I am always drawn to the simple, handmade rocking horse or doll, especially if it has been well loved. I always wonder what games they played and secrets they were told when they were loved by a child.

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  63. Cindy at 11:31 PM on August 6, 2011

    My favorite American classic is several things, the flag, a red flyer wagon and a ball canning jar. I just can’t choose :)

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  69. Kathy at 11:56 PM on August 6, 2011

    My American Classis is anything patriotic! My Son just returned from Iraq after a year of deployment, my flag flew the entire time.
    Kathy

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