Recently on Instagram I saw a photo where someone decorated a whole wall with vintage crewel art. It looked so cool that I decided I'd start buying crewel art as I find it. I quickly noticed the cool crewel art isn't all that common. I noticed the above piece was in V...
Last Friday I took the boys to the Balloon Festival in Russellville. My brother and his wife live in Russellville, so we met up in hopes of getting to ride in a hot air balloon. We must have misunderstood because we never saw an opportunity to go up in a balloon, but...
Last week Big Caleb asked me to go with him to a reptile show in Arlington, Texas. I don't mind going to non-vintage shows because I can learn better ways to do things regardless of what's being sold. I have been to that show before, so I searched around for vintage...
Happy Earth Day! When we buy items at estate sales and auctions instead of buying new, we're doing our part to help our environment and keep stuff out of the landfills. I bet most of you are like me and don't need another excuse to go junkin'. 😀 Here are the sales I...
Thank you to everyone who supported Bella Rustina last weekend! The show was an absolute blast and many exhibitors sold out or got close to it. We haven't had a show like last weekend's since before Covid and it was a sight for sore eyes. My favorite part of the show...
The boys had a great Easter. We went to my parents' house on Saturday and my mother-in-law's house Sunday. Both boys enjoyed hunting eggs and Little Caleb even "hunted" a lizard at his grandma's house. I'm impressed by the fantastic items that have been loading...
Above are a couple of the photos I wanted to share last week when I couldn't find my phone (I found it the next morning). Little Caleb loved getting to hold an alligator at the Arkansas Alligator Farm and Joshua's favorite part was feeding the parakeets. We all had so...
We've had a pretty good Spring Break so far. I took Bella Rustina promo cards to Arkansas Peddler's Antique Mall on Monday and the boys and I found some fun things. We went to the Arkansas Alligator Farm in Hot Springs yesterday and the boys had a blast. I just...
I hope you had a great St. Patrick's Day! I was inspired by someone else's "Irish Blessing" they wrote and created one for estate sales. Little Caleb and I caught our first critter of the year - a Dekay's Brown snake. We were at my parents' last Sunday and...