Last Thursday I had a booth at the Women's Leadership Network's Women's Business Showcase. I used some old doors for my backdrop and brought vintage and handmade from my collections to show off items representing my events. I had fun telling people about Bella...
Last weekend the boys and I got to experience the Spring River for the first time. If we hadn't had experienced friends to show us how to navigate the river, we would have had a rough time. The water is so low with lots of waterfalls/drop-offs, which was a challenge...
Joshua has had the best teacher this year for second grade. Joshua can be a real turd and Mrs. Kaplan has a way of turning him around. I love how she captures his turd moments anyway - This heart magnet is what I received with Joshua's Mother's Day letter. Apparently...
Earlier this week I caught Bootsy vigorously digging in my Bella Rustina show tote. When I picked her up her claws were clinging to a gift bag and I remembered what she was excited about - One of my exhibitors gave me a bag of catnip toys for Dora and Bootsy. They...
Thank you to each customer and exhibitor who made Bella Rustina happen. Our attendance wasn't great and I was worried exhibitors didn't do well, but I've had a large number of exhibitors make a point to tell me they had a good show and I'm so thankful! The backdrop of...
It's Bella Rustina week! Today we began setting up inside the Conway Expo Center and everything is looking so good! Lots more stuff will move in tomorrow and we'll open on Friday. I'll post around 80 preview photos Thursday night if you want to see what all we...
Every week for this email I look through the photos I took on my phone to remember if I've done anything interesting in the last week. The only interesting thing I've done other than work on next weekend's Bella Rustina Modern Vintage Market in Conway is buy...
I've never been diagnosed with ADD, but I'm pretty sure I've got that superpower. When it comes to email night, it's the main reason this email goes out so late - I find myself dilly-dallying and tonight I was scrolling Facebook at around 10:30PM and a lady had just...
Whew, March about wore me out! I had the Zonta Antique Show in Longview, Texas the first weekend, Bella on the Boulevard in Maumelle the second, and then I traveled to recruit at events in Oklahoma City, OK and Rogers, AR the following two weekends.Our camping trip...