All About Toms!

okay,,,,you do know about these wonderful little shoes don't you???

The ones that give a pair of shoes to a child in need for each pair that you buy.

Well, the designs are getting better and better....AND

they've joined the wedding frenzy (along with J Crew, Ann Taylor, and a whole slew of other stores that have been ingenious in marketing for weddings)

Just thought I'd show you a few little goodies that I LOVE!

and they're cheap!

 Really, I have to have these,,,,I'm serious.

 On to the wedding designs!

 SOLD, Evey's gettin these....

Sold, Bennetts gettin these

and finally, you know I'm a shoe lover......As a matter of fact, my new MOB shoes just came in,,,,

Oh be still my shoe lovin heart.

Since I made my dress, I splurged on a pair of Louboutins. Perfectly appointed for my dress. (I must say I have had to practice walking in these things.  But they go with everything.  (I was going to match a Chanel clutch with them until I realized that mother would have wanted me to carry one of her needlepoint bags.)  "E" told me nothing over 4" but I had already bought these 5 1/2" numbers,,,um, I SO hope I don't trip.

The bag and the shoes will be a perfect combination don't you think?

For the reception?  I'll be wearing flip flops.....or maybe a pair of Toms!!!

I'll be ready to dance the night away!!!

And,,,, Callen's new dance shoes....They were sold out every where, so momma found them on ebay for her.  She was dying for these.

Dont' forget www.toms.com

have a wonderful Sunday y'all

and Chi Ann......you rock girl,,,,are you reading my mind or something?

God sent me an angel yesterday.  Thank you!

xo

kb

Wedding Music

okay all you "brides to be" out there, is this the hardest thing for you or what?

Choosing the wedding music.

To say I am inept at music is an understatement.

I mean okay, what is Canon in D? or Hornpipe #2 or Patchable?

I LOVE to sing but get all the words wrong, can't hold a tune to save my life, but I really don't care!  If you see me driving around, usually I'm singing to a song that I don't know the words.

It makes me happy to be silly and sing silliness!.

Callen on the other hand knows EVERY word to EVERY song.  She can rap like non other.  I always said she would be a great rapper.  She's also got the moves to go with it.  Maybe one day we'll see her rappin on American Idol.  And, she has a beautiful voice.  Not really sure where she got it from.  She reminds me of Becky.  Becky always knew every word to every song. Me, I would just hum along and we would laugh for hours at me trying to figure out the words.  Oh, a pang just hit my heart of how I miss her.  I so wish she was here to share this  exciting day with me. Tears.  To loose a best friend has to be the worst ever.  Especially one that you've known all of your life.  Oops, sorry, got off track there.

Because Callen is really very feminine with oh a little "can hang with the guys" stuff thrown in an Andy is totally guy but oh SO wonderful to his mom and the women in his life (including me) , we are using a very interesting feminine/masculine duo, that I [of course] can't reveal but when you don't know anything at all about music how do you choose?  I'm totally confused.

Any suggestions????

I think I've decided on one VERY important song as a little surprise for Callen and then I'm going to let the musician chose all of the others.  I'm am going to trust her on this because she is the professional.

Shout out:

Lark Chamber Music

http://www.larkduo.com/

out of Kennesaw, GA.

Suggestions?

have a wonderful day y'all!

kb

Commissions!

I don't know what happened yesterday but my e-mail was busting over with request for commissioned pieces!  I'm thrilled to be [almost] done with the logistics of the wedding and getting back to my art.  If you are in want or need of a commissioned painting, please contact me at

kbdr@aol.com

So far I haven't had to make any changes to any of my commissioned pieces (I hope I'm not jinxing myself!)

Anyway, my latest for a sweet little nursery

These are 30 x 30 mixed media on gallery wrapped canvas

Baby I and Baby II

(as you can see, I'm all about pink and grey right now;) (and that's a little hint you'll have to figure out!)

I picked up my Baby and Child Restoration Hardware catalog this morning and evidently they are as well!

Oh well, guess it's good to be ahead of the times right?

Have a wonderful Friday y'all!

kb

Sneak Preview and commissioned pieces

Well, we're about 6 weeks away from the big day!!!

and....this is about all I can show you

cool hanger huh?

www.etsy.com

what a great gift to give a bride!!!

I can however show you a few of my commissioned pieces that I've worked on of late

 My third in a series of "Spring Trees"

and

I'll be naming this after the little baby that gets it!

Have a wonderful Wed. y'all!

kb

Barbara Hamrick you win!!!

I needed some simple advice and that's what I got.

A simple little bible verse much needed I might add.

Thank you Barbara for the verse.

I picked you to win the painting!

Philippians 4:13

I can do all this through Him who gives me strength.

Thank you!

kendall

OH! please email me your address and I'll send it on out!

kbdr@aol.com

"IT'S TIME FOR A GIVEAWAY"!!!

Oh my!  I have been so, so, so consumed with wedding stuff that I've completely forgotten about painting!  I don't think I have picked up a brush in a month.  Seriously? yep! So, today I'm painting.

I prepped a triptych yesterday for a commissioned piece that I'm doing and I'm gettin my head back down there in my studio.  yeahhhh!  and...I can't wait.  As a matter of fact, it's 4 a.m. and I was so excited I couldn't sleep.  

So, how's the wedding coming?

Invitations addressed - check (do you know how bad I want to show them to you?)  All hand made.

All contracts in - check

Wedding help secured

Callen's dress will be finished Friday (can't wait for you to see that too!)

Only thing stressing me out now?  The damage that the storm did to our house.  That will take about 2 weeks to repair.  Just basically an irritant.  One that I neither want nor need right now.  But, the house has to be ready for the reception.

Did I mention that it is here at our home? 250 of our best friends.

Okay, my chatting is done! I realized in my obsessive-compulsive wedding behavior that I haven't done a "GIVEAWAY" lately!

So, this is the perfect time!

I'm going to giveaway this:

in honor of the upcoming wedding!

It is

"Debutante II"

12 x 12 mixed media on gallery wrapped canvas.

Just write me a little note of encouragement!

I'll keep this going until Monday the 20th. 

So start writing away y'all!

Have a wonderful Wednesday!

kb

Wedding Guest Books

Oh my, let me tell you how many "cheesy" wedding guest books there are out there.

Which brings me to the reason I made Jordan's and Eric"s for their wedding.

Unfortunately I may or may not have time to make Callen's and Andy's.

So, as I was searching the world wide web, I came across some that I [sort of] like.

and....the one that we chose.

So here we go.

Any suggestions on where to look? I've tried Etsy.

 and finally?  the one we chose.  This is a base for a slew of embellishments.  My mom left us a multitude of laces to choose from for weddings and I will be embellishing this with some of her antique lace.  I think it will be beautiful when finished!

and the pen

Have a great Monday y'all!

Me? I have a crane coming to take two trees off of my house.

Then the construction begins.

kb