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...
Whew! We have a gazillion sales this weekend! I have more finds to share and more baby frog stories (We have six frogs now!), but I've got to wrap up this email so I can get a couple hours of sleep before getting Little Caleb up for school, so maybe I can share next...
Happy Thanksgiving! On top of all the many things I'm thankful for, I'm thankful for... baby frogs! During the previous Bella Rustina weekend, Big Caleb set up a tank with a container that would be easy for the froglets to crawl out of and only put the biggest...
I have to begin this week's email on a more somber note. I am Facebook friends with John and Phyllis Saugey and I found out Monday that Phyllis passed away unexpectedly. She was such a sweet and fun lady. I always enjoyed speaking with her when she'd call about their...