Dora (The Explorer) figured out how to get on top of my cabinets. I'm so glad my big bowl supported her weight!Last Saturday I went to the Vintage Tulsa Show in Tulsa, Oklahoma to do some last-minute recruiting for next week's Zonta Antique Show. I talked to...
These days my escape from the stresses of show promotion is bringing back the house projects. I knew the white walls wouldn't work in the dining room and Coach Taimi suggested using the blue background from the mural she painted. I think it's a winner! Now the...
Hope you're having a great week! I've been up to my eyeballs in work. I still haven't signed a contract for the extra Bella Rustina I plan to do this year, but I can tell you it's in Northwest Arkansas and there's a pretty good chance it'll be a Christmas show. I...
I'm almost done negotiating the terms of the venue I'm expanding Bella Rustina to. Hopefully by next week I can announce all the details, but one teaser is that it'll be a Christmas show! And it'll kick my tail because I can hardly handle the workload during that time...
Coach Taimi and I attended the Maumelle Chamber's "Red Carpet Gala" last Thursday night. I was recognized as a new member of the Maumelle Chamber Board of Directors. It was fun to get dressed up and see people. The food was catered by Cheers and was...
We had the best time in the snow! We have an awesome hill by our house for sledding. The boys seemed to spend more time outside than in those couple of days. I joined them sledding on that hill and we found an even bigger hill in town and had a blast. Someone...
We had a very successful weekend at the Antique Alley Arkansas Antique Show. Last weekend was amazing because of the numbers and because of the interactions. Joshua's (6 years old) favorite booth was that of Barb and Norris Oerter of Minnesota. Norris sells vintage...
I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! Last week was chaos celebrating Christmas, rebuilding AshleysFinds.com, and getting ready for the Antique Alley Arkansas Antique Show. Caleb's favorite gift was a Meta Quest VR headset. I was thoroughly entertained watching...
I bought a pretty Christmas tree off Amazon during Black Friday and immediately realized I actually bought a cat tree. Dora and Bootsy climbed the tree within seconds of it going up and within a few hours they had their perch flattened out in the top of the tree. We...