Team Profile: Cammie Metheny!

BACK: Cammie, sons Justin, Jackson, Miles and husband David. FRONT: Daughter Madison and friend Jamin.

We know you are patiently waiting for the spring edition ofF Flea Market Style -- so are we! So starting today, we'll publish weekly profiles of the FMS team, which we hope will help you get better acquainted with the individuals behind the work!

We begin with Cammie Metheny, Ki's talented junking gal pal and the most recent addition to the FMS team. Meet our woman in Nebraska (that's her on the far left, with her four kids, oldest girlfriend and husband, David)!

HOME BASE: Nebraska. Home is in Laurel; the store is in Coleridge. Find her work at Daffadowndilly's and on Etsy.

FMS JOB: Junkoligist, project builder/creator, junk locator, prop provider

"DAY JOB": "Believe it or not, this is my day job. I do this every day!"

ALTER EGO: "I don't think I have one except to be someone with a ton of money so I could help people who really do need help, and give them a second chance at happiness and a better life for themselves and their families."

"FROM": My great-great-grandparents immigrated here from Germany in 1887, and settled in Nebraska near Omaha. I was born and reside in Nebraska. If my husband has his way we will live in Alaska someday."

DREAM JOB (BESIDES THIS ONE): "I think I could sell real estate."

ON YOUR BEDSIDE TABLE: Midwest Living and Where Woman Create magazines

WHAT YOU'D SAVE IF THE HOUSE WERE ON FIRE: "Kids first, then the family pictures that were passed down to me from my grandma and include pictures of ancestors before they came to America. They are all priceless and irreplaceable."

CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT: Ice tea, my Dewalt orbital sander and dental picks/floss

THE PERFECT DAY: 60 degrees, sunshine, sweatshirts, crisp leaves, football and family

IMPORTANT INFLUENCE: "My dad, he was a entrepenuer, which may have inspired me to do what I do. He started his logging business when he was 18 and continued till the day he passed, fifty years later. He taught me that working hard for yourself is much more rewarding than working for someone else. It takes a lot more time and effort but the rewards are much bigger in the end."

FAMILY: Husband and four kids: one married, one in college and two in high school

PETS: "Duke: a blue tick hound dog that lives in the barn with the cats, but the cats rule!"

NEVER BE FOUND...: "Drinking coffee, unless I'm with Ki, and then I can only do 1/4 of a cup!"

STARTS THE MORNING: "Checking my email, getting the kids off to school, and checking my to-do list for the day."

ENDS THE DAY: "Making sure everyone is safe and sound, talking to the kids about their day, and telling them I love them, and a prayer to God thanking him for all of them."

GUILTY PLEASURE: Mountain Dew, Pinterest

FAVORITE JUNKING HAUNTS: "These are my secrets. If I tell you I won't be able to find all the cool junk because you will have already been there! I will tell you, though, that most of my contacts are simply from word of mouth; you meet one person who knows another, who knows another. Its a network!"

ADVICE FOR THE WORLD: "Let no day end without words of love, kindness, encouragement and faith."

NO ONE WOULD EVER GUESS: "I am a grandma of two boys, I need glasses and have for several years and still don't have any, that I have been to London and it is the only time I have ever flown on an airplane, I color my hair, I went to beauty school and have an associate's degree in computer programming."

Cammie's need for glasses obviously does not impinge on her talent for seeing and rehabbing good junk!

Watch for another profile next week!

Kim