Thank you to everyone who supported the April 8-10 Bella Rustina last weekend. We had a good show despite the cold weather my poor exhibitors endured on Friday. We'll be back in Conway July 15-17 and if it's cold then, I give up. 🙂 I hope you all have a wonderful...
Last Friday morning I went to my F45 workout class and afterward I mentioned to my instructor that I had to decide whether to go to an estate sale or work on Bella Rustina stuff. She immediately said she would love to go to an estate sale, so that made my decision for...
I've been to Petit Jean numerous times in my lifetime, but I've never seen Cedar Falls! Robin posted photos Friday of her trip to see the waterfall and I decided we had to go see it. I had never seen a real waterfall before and thought that all the Arkansas waterfalls...
It's Spring Break and the boys and I are trying to do something fun each day this week. Today Little Caleb asked to go to Goodwill in search of Nerf guns and that kid hit the motherlode. He spent lots of time digging through tubs of toys to piece together the guns and...
Holy cow - Last weekend. The last time I had Bella Rustina at War Memorial Stadium in March was in 2017 and it was cold. Since 2017, when we had Bella Rustina on the second weekend of March at other locations, I'd note the nice weather and convinced myself that cold...
Tomorrow we begin setting up for the March 11-13 Bella Rustina Modern Vintage Market inside the concourse of War Memorial Stadium. We have over 100 talented exhibitors coming to fill over 225 booths of vintage, vintage-inspired, and handmade décor. They will fill the...
The SoMardi Gras parade was SO much fun! Friday afternoon I was finally able to meet up with the lady who had 9 totes of Mardi Gras parade decorations. If I had more time I could have done so much more to decorate the "Mardi Gras Tahoe". I will save the decorations...
Robin, my bestie and right-hand-woman at Bella Rustina and Antique Alley Arkansas, got married Tuesday (02-22-22). Her hubby, Derek, has been a porter at my shows for years and has always been exceptional help. The two lovebirds got to know each other at the shows and...
Most of the Bella Rustina Modern Vintage Market billboards are up in Little Rock with more to come, the War Memorial Stadium locker rooms and cheerleader room are rented, and the concourse is almost full. I'm in that crunch time where I have a bunch of ads due, but...