Us | The day in a million words

Our day was unbelievably blessed.  The sky was a perfect cathedral of blue heaven rimmed with shimmering green and gold and the majestic mountains I love so much.
We were surrounded by loving faces and helping hands.  Joy and beauty ran wild.  We could feel God's peace and power almost as a tangible thing, wrapping around us and everyone present.  The bagpipes had a mind of their own and my veil tried to eat me at the end of the isle, the dancing was crazy awesome and doing aerials in a wedding dress was much less disastrous than I anticipated.  Dancing for the very first time with my husband was aaammazing.

Celebrating the end of the second-by-second countdown to becoming one with my love and the start of our forever through Christ's love.
It was absolutely the best day ever.


One of the countless awesome blessings we experienced during the planning process was meeting the VanHoutans - Daniel and Abby Jo found us through my blog, and we instantly connected through a love of all things vintage, filmmaking, and the forgotten arts.  They are such an awesome couple with a beautiful family, and their talent is absolutely staggering.  Having them film our wedding day was a complete joy.

They're celebrating their new website, ForgottenWayFilms.com, by offering a fabulous 50% off wedding films booked for June 2015!  Check it out here!

I'm so excited to share the highlight video they put together for our day.

 Christopher and I are getting settled into our little home and I can't wait to share the wedding photos!  My studio is almost all set up again, and the shop is now filling orders once more.  It's so good to finally be home.

Wall Tent Studio Tour | the movie

Are you ready, my friends?

I am so excited to present the first ever cinematic Wall Tent studio tour! 

It's far from professional, it's not even as good as I thought it was late last night when I finished it.  But it's a start.  Someday I'll get nerve enough to actually speak in front of that camera, but for now, come inside and make yourselves at home.

Welcome to my world.  

You'll meet the newest member of the wall tent family - Madeline, the MacBook Pro!  Of course Judy, my faithful wood stove, is a prominent subject, as is Tommy teakettle.  Petrov and his cousin Francis make a fleeting appearance - can you spot them?
 I made caramel apples the other day, and had one for breakfast.  A new skirt design is on the sewing table, in the middle of being embroidered.  My shoes under the stove where they keep toasty till I need to go out.
Just a simple day in the studio - nothing special or prepped.
The soundtrack is one I've been playing a lot lately - the raw acoustics and moody Autumnal feel make me sad.  And sad is happy, for deep people.

All this filmed yesterday, just hours before the big snowstorm hit.  The whole world is white now, and probably will be for many months.  Isn't that perfect timing?

And now I have a question for you.  Yes, you, the beautiful soul reading these words.

Why do you read my blog?  How did you come here?  What's your story?

Three questions.  Be as simple or as elaborate as you like.  I want to connect with you, know who you are.  We're all a story.  I'm honored to know yours, and to know you've seen mine.

An impromptu Video

While over at a friend's house with my family at Christmastime, I was asked to record a piano solo to put on YouTube.  Mr. A thought it would be fun to put a recording on there with a link to my shop, and see how many hits to my site the video would bring.  I thought it was a lovely idea, except for one minor detail.  

Through no fault of my own, I hadn't touched the piano for about two weeks, and longer before that=(

My keyboard is at present residing in my brother's bus, which is the only place it will fit in our current residence.  My brother is so nice about it, but I can't go barging over there and banging on my instrument all the time!  It kills me, because I could easily play hours every day if I were able, but for now, I just have to bear it. . . :)

Anyway - my excuses were overridden, and I bungled through an impromptu rendition of George Winston's Joy.  It's far, far from perfect, but I'm glad I did it! 

As soon as possible, I'm looking forward to practicing some more and recording something decent to share;)  

For now, Enjoy!

~Kellie~