A little non-photo action

Hello everyone and happy Friday! :)

Just taking a break in the photo posting to mention something that I adore and feel strongly about. Most of you, if not all of you, have never heard me talk about my favorite band in all the world. And some of you may laugh at who it is. I'm okay with that. :) That band is Hanson. Yep, "Mmmbop" Hanson. I've loved them for 11 years and it isn't gonna stop. I met them last year when I saw them on tour and they are three phenomenal guys who have a great passion for music and life. I mention Hanson only because they introduced me to a great company and several outstanding causes. Hanson promotes a few different causes at takethewalk.net such as fighting aids, donating shoes to needy children, building schools, and drilling wells. They're extremely passionate about it and their last album and subsequent tour raised a ton of money toward these things by donating proceeds from the album and the first single off of it and by taking a one mile barefoot walk before every show to raise awareness. Amazing, right? The shoe part is what I'm getting at (which kinda ties in with the photo challenge Jenna presented! See, it all came full circle! :D). You may have seen the head of Tom's Shoes on a recent AT&T commercial, because he is, but I first heard of Tom's Shoes because of Hanson. Tom's Shoes creates really neat and comfy shoes, and the kicker (ha) is that for every pair you purchase, a pair gets donated to a child in Africa.

So go do it. You know you want to. Check out takethewalk.net. Check out Tom's Shoes. And just consider this a PSA from Dawn. :)

News!

I have a couple more entries of new stuff to post. And by "a couple" I mean 3 or 4. PLUS, tomorrow the aforementioned Jenni and Roger and (maybe) Cara are going on a crazy photo spree around the city. With awesome shoes (hello to Jenna's challenge! :D) and dresses and hopefully some great props. Any ideas?!

Gorgeous things.

So I'm finishing up edits from my friend, Michelle's, wedding. I took the pictures mainly of the girls getting ready at the salon because there was no photographer until the getting dressed part. The salon was amazing and while editing I stumbled upon this picture. One of the girls that worked at the salon sold handmade jewelry and had some hanging on this. I love this photo! I loved this salon! The colors. The decorations. This just proves it. :)

Doggies are cute creatures

My aunt wanted me to take pictures of her and Tom's new puppy, Kona, and their not as new puppy, Mackenzie. They're super adorable dogs, plus I was getting a free and delicious meal out of it, so OF COURSE! :)


Kona smiles!


Their favorite game. Kenz drags Kona around the yard with the rope. It's hilarious!




Kenzie is just a gorgeous dog, isn't she?!


The magic to dog posing is treats in your hand. ;)


This face is so freakin' cute.


The smile really kills me. It's amazing, right?!