I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! We are in a season of life where our family gatherings are small, but meaningful. On Thanksgiving we spent the afternoon with my mother-in-law and on Sunday we got together with my parents and my brother and his wife....
Today I am so thankful for so many blessings in my life, but I'll focus on all the amazing things that happened last weekend at Bella Rustina. Last weekend's event was the largest show I've promoted yet, so it was very important that we had the largest show attendance...
What did I just finish doing on this fine, crisp evening? Oh, just loaded thirty 8’ tables into the back of my truck because we will use all the Conway Expo Center’s tables during the November 18-20 Conway Bella Rustina Modern Vintage Market this weekend. Not only is...
Big Caleb won! He has continued his winning streak. He won the Maumelle Ward 4 alderman race years ago, then the city attorney race, to the mayor's race 4 years ago and then this year's mayor's race. We appreciate everyone's support. One of my favorites was the guy...
Every year we join the First United Methodist Church's Trunk or Treat event in Maumelle and every year I wait until the day-of to figure out what our design will be. This time I was really down to the wire and then remembered I got a blow-up alligator with that Mardi...
Whew! What a week so far! Little Caleb's 8th birthday party on Saturday was a blast. The weather was perfect and everything went smoothly. Throughout last week I invited the neighborhood kids to Caleb's party as I saw them and we also invited Caleb's classmates from...
I was invited to participate in a podcast last week about being a show promoter and it was fun! The guy who created the exhibitor portal I use to keep up with my exhibitor booth placements and payments came up with a great idea to have podcasts with the promoters he...
I just checked my junk mail folder to make sure I got all the sales for this week and I found a bunch of responses to last week's email - thank y'all so much for your support! I'll try to respond to y'all later today. My goal when I share stories like last week's is...
I received a rather harsh email over the weekend about the quality of a sale I listed recently and I thought I'd revisit the topic. The last time someone complained about the quality of a sale I listed was over ten years ago and I was able to find the...