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Mickey Mouse H & M Outfit with a giant christmas tree

With the shipping windows closing in on holiday shopping I am taking full advantage of the amazing local retailers that we have around us. Some are located in cute and quaint little towns like Holland or Pentwater and some are in the best gift shops you will ever shop. I am almost finished shopping for […]

Unique Finds For Children’s Gifts

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Have you been to Warehouse 55 Vintage and Antiques lately? When I heard that my lovely and talented friend Mark was going to be opening his own shop in Aurora, IL… I knew it was going to be good. Like over the top good. He has such a creative eye and a taste in vintage […]

Warehouse 55 Vintage and Antique Store

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Warehouse 55 Vintage and Antique Store in Aurora Il.

Is there anything more cozy than new fancy sheets? I equate new sheets to the same feeling as a warm meal by the fire or a hot bubble bath on a sunday night. It just feels good. My friend Anna from Red Land Cotton reached out to me this summer about trying out some of […]

Heirloom Cotton Bedding Made in the USA

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Heirloom Cotton Sheets made by Father daughter duo in Alabama. Redland Cotton 1920s bedding.

i’m gearing up to head to allegan flea market next weekend. (PS if you want to know where all the flea markets are subscribe to my flea market alert list or join my flea market insider group) i haven’t had a ton of luck in the past month but the more i’m out and about […]

June Allegan Flea Market Finds

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June Flea Market Finds Glassware With Original Labels

I can’t believe summer is already half over in michigan. we have been soaking up every single ounce we can from parks to beaches. our weekends are usually jam packed with all the kids activities that there are to do around our great state. last year otto hated the beach so we didn’t do much […]

Six Inexpensive Summer kids activities in Michigan

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Otto Fourth of July outfit

anthropologie outfit details sweater: anthropolgie (size M)  shorts: ag boyfriend (size 31) sold out similar here shoes: tory burch old but similar here and bargain version here.   we are spending a few days alone in napa this week and it honestly feels like just yesterday we were here. our first trip was about 7 […]

anthropologie lobster sweater

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summer days on the lake with my anthropologie sweater.

one of the first vegetables to pop up for the spring and summer michigan farmers markets is asparagus. asparagus signals the start to summer and grows abundantly during the last few weeks of spring. We have been eating asparagus almost every night with dinner because right now it’s around $3/lb. some of my favorite ways […]

fun facts about asparagus at the fulton farmers market

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Grand Rapids, Michigan Farmers Market in early June has swiss chard, asparagus and more

Mother’s Day is coming up this weekend and this year is going to be so so good. I feel like there has been some pretty dark Mother’s Days in previous years for both myself and some dear friends but this year there is just so much to celebrate. A few friends that have been struggling […]

Mothers Day Gift Guide

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Mothers Day Gift Guide

this weekend actually felt like spring. so close in fact that I think we are justified in saying that we did some spring cleaning at the cottage on saturday. we’ve been wanting to head up north but not only has it been a little cold, the cottage has not been completely finished. we bought this […]

cottage spring cleaning

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otto weekend spring cleaning

i have literally been here there and everywhere this weekend. my mom and left thursday night for columbus, ohio and went to the country living fair friday morning, left friday afternoon for their cottage in muskegon then joe and i headed to pentwater for the night and then back to new era sunday for my […]

country living fair weekend adventure

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i would love to say that otto is a minimalist baby and is perfectly content with a carefully selected few heirloom wooden block toys. he’s not. he’s like his mother. he is constantly moving from one thing to another and loves to explore and touch different textures with his hands and mouth. he is drawn […]

my new favorite baby toy

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i think we may have started a new tradition for mothers day. or at least maybe i hope that its a yearly tradition. rewind – we were trying to figure out what we wanted to do to for mothers day and thinking maybe hiding out at home or going to pentwater? maybe chicago for the […]

mothers day weekend at the leland lodge

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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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