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well, if you’ve been following me for a while now, then you know how I’ve been dying to get a pair of Toms shoes. I am happy to announce that I have finally bought my first pair!! These shoes are  SO comfortable, and completely amazing, I’m considering investing in a few more pairs for shooting in

First, if you don’t already know about Toms shoes, then you should hop on over to their website and see what they’re all about. It’s a fantastic company that has it’s heart at it’s core. For each pair of shoes that are purchase, a pair is donated to a child in need. One for one. So not only are you getting an adorable pair of kicks, but you are also helping a good cause! See more in the video at the end of this post (also posted previously in my christmas list post).

I first found out about Toms a couple of years ago. My photo friends Matt and Kevin had some, and they swore that they were the most comfortable shoes that they’d ever worn (i agree). I looked into getting some, but at the time, money was tight and I wasn’t able to.  Then, AT&T came out with a commercial featuring them a while back, and they’ve been on my mind ever since.

I recently discovered that one of my old friends from high school is now working for Toms shoes! He does freelance artistry for them, and his work is awesome!! Once I found this out, I emailed him to find out how I would go about getting myself an awesome pair of these “custom Toms”, and the rest is history! He did such a fantastic job with them, I just HAD to take them out for a mini photo shoot so that I could always remember how sweet they look. (Oh, and to share them with you all as well! hehe)

Without further adue, here are more photos than you’ll probably ever want to see of my custom Toms!

Needless to say, I LOVE MY TOMS!!!!!

If you’re interested in having some custom Toms as well, you can email my friend Alex at: Alex@MinchArt.com. He charges $20/hour, and most all pairs take an hour or less to do. Check out more of his work here: www.minchart.com

Support your fellow artist, support your soles, and support a good cause!!! These shoes kick butt!

xoxo <3

Melissa and Mark are a very sweet couple! Melissa is a pure doll, who claims she was born in the wrong era. She’s got amazing style, and I am so very excited to be shooting their wedding this July! They want to go for a 20′s/30′s era theme, so we had a lot of fun on their engagement shoot!
We shot downtown Portland in and around the Hotel Delux. That place is beautiful!!! I wish there would have been more light inside, but we still ended up with some amazing pics!! Here are my favorites from the shoot

Thanks Melissa & Mark! Enjoy!