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Easter Basket Shopping while Staying Home

It’s an odd year and the Easter Bunny is not excluded from the stay home, stay safe order. I had visions of Otto in his Easter Sunday suit running around with his cousins looking for eggs but that will have to happen next year. Honestly, that is not even the real reason of Easter anyway. […]

Otto’s Easter Basket from Home

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I’ve never been one to enjoy scary movies or deep thinking movies. I feel like horror and drama cause way to much anxiety for me. If I am going to watch a movie, I want to laugh and feel good. Especially right now. While we are all home social distancing I thought it would be […]

10 Feel Good Romantic Comedies to Binge Now

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Top Ten Romantic COmedies to binge now

These are scary times and uncharted waters we are navigating here with the coronavirus. I refuse to contribute to the fear and paranoia that is constantly pumped out by the media. We have a choice. We can be smart, educated and level headed in times like this or we can run around like chicken little. […]

How to Support Small Businesses during a crisis

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Yellow Silk Dress

I have never been a fan of New Years Resolutions. Mostly because growing up they almost ALWAYS centered around weight loss and also because I never kept them. I am more of a goal maker. I feel like goals are a more positive way to make changes especially around the new year. To me, resolutions […]

Goals for 2020

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Heart Print Skirt from Atlantic PAcific

I think one of the best things we’ve ever bought for our family was buy a membership to meijer gardens in grand rapids. It has so many activities in the summer and in the winter provides a nice warm place to soak up some green plant life amongst the snow. It even has an awesome […]

Our Favorite Christmas Traditions

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Meijer Gardens Christmas Reindeer

I swear I didn’t intentionally dress Otto and I in coordinating get ups but here we are, mother in son both in coordinating fall outfits. Joe was a good sport about busting out the camera on our fall fest morning. I have been waiting to wear this pumpkin T-shirt that I picked up from a […]

Fall Pumpkin T Shirt

Style & Fashion

Hannah Anderson Fox Coat and Sweater Outfit. Size 18-24Months. Little Toddler boy Fox outfit

I’m not quite sure when I came across my first piece of Ironstone but somehow it’s exploded into yet another collection, go figure.  Unlike Jadeite or Pyrex Ironstone can be a little harder to identify. Jadeite is known for it’s green translucent color and Pyrex has it’s signature patterns Ironstone has several different makers and […]

A New Collectors Guide to Ironstone

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A beginners guide to Ironstone

I am so so excited for this weekend at The Found Cottage! We are going to be celebrating the launch of my friend Liz Marie’s BOOK! When we first met about 6 years ago I knew that she was going to do great things and I’m so excited to see the hard work she’s put […]

My Friend Wrote a Book!

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Liz Marie Blog Wrote a Book! I am so excited to celebrate the launch of her book at the found cottage this weekend!

The Mercantile Market is less than a week away and we cannot WAIT to welcome you to the Ottawa County Fairgrounds for our third market event. With so many friends coming from out of town I thought it I would share some of my favorites in the area. I put together this quick guide to […]

A quick guide to Holland and Grand Rapids

House & Home

The Found Cottage Mercantile Market

i was scrolling through my photos from earlier this month and i couldn’t believe i forgot to share my allegan finds! it’s almost time for the next allegan flea market and i thought not only should i share my finds with you, i should probably put them away. i finally bought a piece of furniture […]

may allegan flea market finds

House & Home

may allegan antique finds victorian chair, jadeite and ironstone

a few weeks ago i had the opportunity to go on a little road trip with my friend ashley to a restaurant we have been oogling over on instagram forever. we finally got the chance to eat lunch at the fed community, a small business on the east side of the mitten and it did […]

three truths about owning a small business

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Running a Small Business

hey! I was just sitting down to work when boom! an email popped up with an extra 50% off anthro sale. you know I couldn’t resist sharing some of my favorite anthro steals! i have a few of these items already hanging in my closet so i thought I would share some of the fits […]

my favorite anthro steals

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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. 

Grab a cup of coffee and settle in while I share a bit about who I am. 

Abby