I apologize for the late listing this week! In 16 years this is the first time I have unexpectedly been unable to send the email out. I have been wracking my brain on what to do for Spring Break with the boys and was thrilled when I got an invite to go camping and...
I bought more crewel. And I haven't finished painting my stairway (hence the painter's tape). I really needed some smaller crewel pieces to fill in the openings on my stairwell, so I was super excited when one of my Bella on the Boulevard exhibitors, Timetravz,...
The Zonta Antique Show had a successful 51st year last weekend. It started out stressful, but turned out fine. I brought home some humdingers. Last year one of the exhibitors sold an antique fish bowl. It was so gorgeous and I figured I wouldn't see another. This year...
I just realized I didn't take any photos today of the Zonta Antique Show setup at the Maude Cobb Convention Center in Longview, Texas. I've been the exhibitor director of the Zonta Antique Show for 10 years. This show is typically a tad stressful leading up to load-in...
I had a super busy weekend last weekend, but didn't take any good photos. I left out early for the Vintage Tulsa Show in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Friday, got there around noon, recruited exhibitors until the show closed at 6:00PM, and drove back home that night. That show...
Taimi and I hung the last of my crewel art last week. It looks so good! Every time I get a minute, I stop and look at my collection in my stairwell. Each piece has a story and memories of where I found it - I've bought pieces in Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma, and Missouri...
Last Sunday the boys and I visited my parents in Searcy. Mom and I snuck away to V Smith Estate Sales and had a blast! I've been collecting carrom boards so I can create a carrom board selfie station at Bella Rustina. I had no idea there were stands for carrom boards,...
We're about halfway done with the crewel project. Taimi is as much of a perfectionist as I ever could be. She has measured out the space between each piece of art to make sure everything lines up. I'm hoping by next week we'll have the whole collection hung. I can't...
Hope y'all have been staying warm and safe! The boys and I have been enjoying the snow to the fullest. There's a great hill down the road we always sled down and this year some kids moved into a house uphill even higher, so our sledding hill got much taller. The kids...