As I listen to the literal ice storm outside (thunder and sleet), I'm counting my blessings this week. Looks like the ice storm will last for a shorter time than expected and hopefully the ice will melt by the time the second day of Bella Rustina setup commences. So...
The Bella Rustina Modern Vintage Market will be next weekend, February 12-14 inside the heated building at 9300 Maumelle Boulevard. I'm excited about our exhibitor lineup. Matt Coburn and around 10 other Arkansas artists will set up their original art inside the rooms...
My mom texted me today asking me if I was busier than a one-armed paper hanger and I definitely am. Since December I had been waiting on a short-term lease contract to have Bella Rustina in a building in Little Rock. Last week I finally gave the realtor a deadline and...
Hope you're having a great week! I have been working diligently to finalize plans for the upcoming Bella Rustina Modern Vintage Market so I don't have any stories to share this week. Next week I will definitely have stories. Here are the sales I know about for...
I love my show tribe: My exhibitors, customers, workers, family - they make me love my "job" even in the middle of a challenging pandemic. We had so much fun last weekend. I had been concerned we would have too large of a crowd (I had an elaborate plan of how we'd...
Today was the first day of setup for the Antique Alley Arkansas Antique Show this weekend. Just in the last few days I've had some incredible exhibitors sign up and they are bringing in wonderful old stuff from fine antiques to architectural salvage to upcycled. If...
I hope you had a wonderful Christmas! The boys got new bikes and a hoverboard for Christmas, so we've been outside enjoying those when the weather permits. It's almost time to kiss 2020 goodbye and I'm completely fine with that. It has been an incredibly...
I hope you're having a great week and successfully finishing up your holiday preparations. My boys are 6 and 2 and are really into Santa this year. It is the cutest thing ever. Big Caleb arranged for Santa to give the boys a phone call yesterday and at the end of the...
I learned something new this week that I thought I'd share. I got the above pink chairs off of one of the Facebook auction groups. I figured I'd have to use fabric paint on the one with the stains, but I Googled ways to get stains out of upholstery and mixed 1/4...