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Flea markets are fun, exciting and addicting but can be a bit over whelming. it’s important to have a plan, strategy and supplies. Let’s dive in to how to best shop a flea market. How to shop a flea market: What to bring.  this can make or break your shopping experience. the most important thing […]

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how to shop a flea market

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ah yes the penthouse small cottage bathroom. It feels like for the past year we’ve been doing projects that show little progress but they were much needed. What we continuously thought would be a cosmetic makeover has morphed into a total gut job on this house. Projects like removing mildew, reframing walls, electric,  plumbing, hot […]

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penthouse progress the small cottage bathroom

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There is nothing better than finishing my first round at a flea market and sitting on the tailgate of my truck with my picnic lunch before heading back in for round two to make sure that there is not anything that I missed. One of my favorite go to sandwiches is this zucchini ricotta sandwich. […]

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zucchini ricotta sandwich

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so this confetti cake was a very happy accident. i was trying to make a beautiful layer cake from my momofoku milk bar cookbook until i set the pan down too hard and the cake crumbled. sigh. face palm. so i thought wwpd. what would phyllis (my grandma) do. she would make lemonade from lemons…. […]

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made from scratch confetti cake trifle

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We made some more penthouse progress last weekend in the form of our cottage ceiling. We finally got the majority of the ceiling insulated and put the panels up. As much as I really really really wanted those beams exposed, it was more important to me to keep heat and cool air in, especially if […]

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penthouse progress the cottage ceiling

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Progress on the small cottage bathroom has slowed as the snow refuses to give it up and we physically can’t get to pentwater (the snow was up to our waist the last time we went). the winter storm warnings up there is a 2 to 1 ratio. in fact i have an alert they have […]

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Small Cottage Bathroom Progress

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I have been trying to squeeze in time to work on my photography skill and have been taking the time to go back and rephotograph some of the older recipes on this blog. Test them out and see how they still hold up. I have been craving  a nice fluffy cake lately so it seemed […]

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How to make a Champagne Cake

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Baking Champagne Cake

This was not my first blog post but it is the first blog post that transferred over from my free blogger account. Essentially it’s the first blog ever published on a paid for platform. Of course it’s about a sale at Anthro. Just as Anthro has changed and developed over time so has this blog. […]

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The siren song of Anthro My First Blog Post

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I'm abigail albers

Wife and mother, antique shopper, entrepreneur, gardener, sheep lady, sequin enthusiast and your Midwest Martha Stewart Wannabe. 

I am collector of collections and hobbies and I’m so excited to share them all with you here on my little slice of the internet. 

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Abby