A New Year with Bella & Ford Gifts! 2025!

What a whirlwind it's been!! 

Gather on Main Vintage Market to... Bella & Ford Gifts!

Hello to old friends and welcome to new ones and Happy New Year!

In October of 2024, John Trahan and I sold Gather on Main Vintage in Historic Franklin, Louisiana after enjoying a 2 year success of seeing a 70+ year old empty building transformed and revitalized on Franklin's Historic Main Street, lined with lovely Lamp Posts, (in the iconic Myers Shoe Store owned by Henry Friedman, where every child got their school shoes for the past 65 years).

We transformed the old, empty shoe store into a vibrant, thriving marketplace where over 20 fabulous local Louisiana Merchants and Artists could sell their goods and enhance the revitalization effort of my husband's home town, founded in 1808 in Cajun Country along Louisiana's winding Bayou Teche.

Honestly, it was something fun and creative for this "Dallas city-girl who came to the country" to do after redoing an old house on Historic Franklin's Main Street..that's perhaps another Blog post..

Who knew the friendships that would form and the fun we would have with Mommy & Me Tea Parties, Painting Classes, Children's Art Workshops, Swamp Bucket Soiree's, Sip & Shop's .. with visits by Santa Claus, Cinderella and the Easter Bunny! Visitors from France, the Netherlands, England and so many US States.

NOW.. we've launched Bella & Ford at Gather on Main AND an online shop at BellaFordGifts.shop so that we can continue to contribute to the revitalization of Franklin, sell more broadly outside of our 6,000 population, still enjoy the many wonderful and dear friends all our Merchants and Customers have become, while being able to live a bit more spontaneously.

No doubt, the Author of my story has ordered my steps!

Follow our Page, Share, and Shop with us at Bella & Ford and let's continue the fun of the hunt for all things, vintage, fun and lovely! You'll find our TWO booths at Gather on Main - 617 Main Street in Franklin, LA or many of the items online at bellafordgifts.shop.