It's hard to believe that today I was driving around with my windows down enjoying the temperature in the 70s while passing large heaps of snow. On Thursday afternoon I found out one of my Bella Rustina exhibitors from Texas was still at the KOA campground because the...
Holy Moly, who ordered all this snow? Neither of my boys have experienced a real snow until now. Only thing is it's so cold outside and the snow is so deep they can't fully enjoy it because we don't have the proper attire. I resorted to tying plastic bags around...
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...