happy weekend!

happy weekend!

boone and i are spending this dreary saturday the perfect way. we're going to be inside vegging on 1st season law and order episodes, blogging at mess of greens, and sermon-writing and then heading out to see an old fave band of mine tonight.  i hope your weekend is filled doing exactly what you want to do, as well. (or maybe filled with magic and fun, like this perfect photo from dara scully i stole from my friend's pintrest page)

capturing the delta...

So, this year I get to work with NINE art, music, and dance teachers around the Delta (plus a host of other kinds of teachers)... but as a former art teacher, and as a super duper advocate for arts in schools this is a particularly heavenly assignment. see, when people think of my home, people IMMEDIATELY can conjure our musical and literary legacy, but rarely can they name even ONE visual artist. since both my mom is fantastically creative and talented with the oil paint, the ink pen, the potter's wheel, and the pencil, i hate that people don't look to MS for burgeoning artistic talent.

I'm not going to bore you with gory details, but here are four of my favorite visual artists who live, (or have lived) work, or create in the Delta. (and by favorite i mean, "would be INCREDIBLY excited to have a piece in my home" Two are pretty well known, two are smaller-time, but all are fantastic. PS: I don't mention my mom here-Holland Wilson- because her art already graces our walls. but she's probably my most favorite.)

Here we go...

Maude Schuler Clay: Sumner, MS

Alison Furr-Lawyer: Jackson, MS (ok, not technically Delta)

William Dunlap, Tupelo, MS (also NOT the Delta, but he paints the Delta A LOT)

Bradley Gordon: Clarksdale and Oxford, MS

 

has your appetite been whetted sufficiently? Go here to learn more about MS artists of all stripes

before the service...

our ring-bearer... this got a little dicey, but all was well in the end and he had tons of fun under there...






isn't my dad adorable?


if you like these... go check out the rest of joe's stuff.

it was wonderful!

we're married! and we're back in the US.... things are sort of busy at my summer job, but i just wanted to share a sneak peak of the fun from our reception that the photographer sent over. i'm salivating to see the rest!


the ceremony was so special for us, and the reception was BEYOND fun, but let's be honest... married life is even better. can you imagine?!? the claim that i'm making here is that marriage is more fun than dancing to brick house while being surrounded by all of your favorite friends. :) whooo hoo! more updates and a play by play to come.

atlanta blog love...

so i found fab atlanta photographer's lara rossignol's new blog via sfgirlbybay. design, food, fun, famous people...you know you want to check it out.

engagement photos!

i've been meaning to share these for awhile now...











it was so fun.. thanks joe for these fab shots! (ps- mom called yesterday and said our announcement came out in the paper. whoo hoo.)

what IS this?

this little guy is creeeeepy. and super cool...

so some photographer at the inauguration took a little photo using this and his digital camera.. so now YOU can FIND YOURSELF (only if you were at the inaug. btw) by zooming in on the GIANT photo (yes! nearly anywhere in the crowd!)

nothing to wear...

so we're taking our engagement photos this weekend (now that my hives are gone and BEFORE Boone shaves his beard and has a mustache for Febru-hairy. more on this fun project later...)

but i have nothing to wear and basically zero dollars to spend on something new. I wish i had thought of this sooner and had made something (although i'm not exactly an accomplished seamstress) but i guess something will materialize from my closet...

sigh....i wish i had this outfit to wear for the pictures.

it's so pretty. too bad all i've got is an old pair of jeans and a plaid shirt.

i wish boone would wear his outfit that looks like this...

he loves that vest of his... so i might just get my wish. :)

fyi:the first photo was found via modish.

what boone got for christmas....

say cheese!

introducing.... the fabulous, the wonderful, the talented, Joe Martinez!
hooray! he's agreed to be our photographer for our wedding even though he's not technically a "wedding photographer" check out more of his work here, here or here.