baby put on yer dancin’ shoes…

July 5, 2011

because we were a little caught up with trying to create the most

rockstar perfect wedding reception we could imagine, we kinda neglected other little details.

like uh, what WE were going to wear to the big event…

we raided each other’s closets, we excavated our vintage stash…soul sistas from here to there sent us boxes of rockin’ vintage threads & jewels to try on (BIG ThankS to DouBLE D RANCHWEAR, MaRTi AgASSiparis montana, ToNY LAmA, our sista in the bayou -GaBRiELLE, & fellow junker – WiNNIE!!)

our new friend, THE FARMER’s TROPHY WiFE was worried we might show up in our work clothes so she posted this.

and true to form, we DID NOT have our outfits nailed down until the VERY LAST MINUTE. using the most absolutely important GyPSY road necessity, a pair of scissors.

mom modified my dress in the hotel room the DAY. of. the. WEDDING.

AND amie pulled out the sewing machine to gypsy-fy her dress literally HOURS. before. the. nuptials.

here we are…right before we raced off to the chapel…

let’s start with janie…

{thanks to KeLLY ChRiSTINE photography for the image! XOXO!}

she rocked a totally jimi hendrix-style PUrPLE satin ruffle blouse paired with a studded & beaded vest and prairie-style santa fe skirt…all TaSHA POLiZZI.

she layered vintage jewelry with some JG pieces (amethyst agate tassel, the BrANDYWINE necklace, and bracelet) and wore her fave OLd GRINGO juliet-meets-biker-babe zipper-style boots.

and amie…

(we got ready last-minute in the airstream that served as the VIP trailer court during the reception…hairspray, doublesided dress tape, and jewelry was everywhere!)

amie found this way cute ruched HOT PINK dress and added one of our LACE bolero tops that she modified (literally on the front porch of our hotel) by adding ribbons down the length of each arm corset-style.

{here's amie...on the front balcony of Ye KenDALL Inn}

she added tons o’ JG turquoise jewelry (turquoise agate tassel, turquoise revival pendant, and a few vintage pieces)…and OLD GriNGO boots…and with her crazzzzzzzy mess o’ bouffant haiR, her outfit was complete.

{good gawsh, we are sooo savagely tan. it's unbelievable. who has time to tan?! }

and then there’s me…

{big thanks to ROBERT EvANS for this pic}

i’m extremely proud of the amazingly beautiful necklace i was soooooo lucky to wear! seriously. our dear friend, marti agassi, made this necklace and my earrings. her work is as beautiful as her heart! marti, her sweet daughter-carter, BFF-cindy, and cindy’s precious daughter-annie, come from across the globe to antiques week EVERY show…they each have a beautiful spirit that is infectious… XOXOX, y’all!

and yes, her last name is AGASSI…as in the GALACTICALLY-crazy-awesome tennis great, ANDRE AGASSI. (marti is andre’s sis-in-law.) a significant portion of EVERY piece of jewelry sold is donated to ANdRE’s incredible education foundation, which provides education opportunities to underserved children. (100% graduate and get scholarships to college!)

mom cut the bottom 6 inches off my dress in the hotel…with a little doublestick tape on the top, it was as good as GUCCI!

my TONY LAMA kicks danced manyyyy a mile that night! these babies are the bees knees! hand stitched, hand tooled, & hand painted…completely made in the USA. AND available for pre-order HERE!

my belt, a vintage….circa 1985 – compliments of t-smitty (yep, my husband’s childhood belt)…complete with ‘TODD’ tooled on the back and his initials on the front (all together now…awwwww). amie had the LuCK & LOVE buckle made for my son, cash baker years ago; the TRUE STRENGTH ring and the BiG ChiEF cuff are 2 of my all time faves and the amazing sacred saint ChriSTOPhER bracelet was ‘new’ made from vintage pieces (it’s a one-of-a-kind…we’ll be carrying them in our future store).

gussied up in our ‘country casual’ finest…we hit the trail headed for the chapel…and then back to the barn for the reception. we had a true night to remember…practically danced the soles off our boots and went to bed that night with smiles as big as TeXAS spread across our faces.

and the next morning, still soaking in the magic from the night before and immensely proud of our contribution to the epic evening, we did what we do best…we pulled on our work gloves and got back to work…

methodically dismantling piece-by-piece the greatest masterpiece we’ve ever created.

and we rode off into the sunset…happily ever after.

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37 Comments

  • Reply Dawn July 5, 2011 at 5:02 pm

    HOT MAMAS!

  • Reply deb taylor July 5, 2011 at 5:08 pm

    amazing photos! Y’all are are so gorgeous!! LOVE that black & white Jolie

  • Reply Ann July 5, 2011 at 5:13 pm

    The wedding was so amazing it made my heart ache. You ladies dis it up right fir Ran!! And looking gawggous to boot!!

  • Reply Lindsay July 5, 2011 at 5:53 pm

    I thought Amie was a bridesmaid. I coulda swore I saw her in US Weekly!

    • Reply Jolie July 6, 2011 at 10:20 am

      nope…we had her working too hard! 🙂

  • Reply beth July 5, 2011 at 6:01 pm

    woo hoo! i feel especially cool ’cause i have jolie’s dress/skirt!! and i wore it with my vintage justin boots recently to a bachelorette party with a big turquoise necklace. i’m channelling the jg girls here on the east coast!

    • Reply Jolie July 6, 2011 at 10:16 am

      ahhh…i looove that dress!!! reminds me of jewel…boho cowgirl! rock it, girl!

      • Reply beth July 15, 2011 at 1:12 pm

        i looove that dress, too! and the whole wedding decor you girls put together! fabulous!

  • Reply lisa July 5, 2011 at 6:06 pm

    Hot dang!!! Y’all make everyone wanna be a gypsy sista! No one could have done it better! I

  • Reply AnnieL July 5, 2011 at 7:22 pm

    Jolie, Amie and Janie, You inspire me to stay true to JG Heart! Everything you do, all that you represent makes me and my heart sing! Can’t wait until your next Springtime Prom so that I may see all that I miss from year-to-year! You inspire me, always! Smooches!

    • Reply Jolie July 6, 2011 at 10:15 am

      annie…thank you sooo much for this!! smooches back!

  • Reply Tracy Heller July 5, 2011 at 7:57 pm

    Yall look amazing!!!! Loveeee seeing the pics!!

    • Reply Jolie July 6, 2011 at 10:13 am

      thanks sooo much tracy!!!!!! see y’all sooooon!

  • Reply Nancy Wyatt July 5, 2011 at 9:58 pm

    Love it all and y’all too! True beauties!! Hugs from Conroe, Texas

    • Reply Jolie July 6, 2011 at 10:13 am

      big big BIG ThaNK YOU!!!!! hugs back!

  • Reply The Farmer's Trophy Wife July 5, 2011 at 9:59 pm

    LOVE IT!!! You girlies rocked it and I love each and every piece!! Great job! (and you were worried you wouldn’t find anything….) 😉

  • Reply Amy S. July 5, 2011 at 9:59 pm

    Love Love Love the outfits…and I love the boots you all wore!!! Now if I could just pull that look off w/o looking like a hot mess! 😉

  • Reply Kelly Christine Photo July 5, 2011 at 10:00 pm

    thanks for the photo cred, ladies ;] you guys looked beautiful. it was one of my fave photos from the whole night! XO!

    • Reply Jolie July 6, 2011 at 10:10 am

      AND thaNK YOU for the pic, kelly!!!! we totally neglected to get any of our own soooo i’m uberly grateful to have yours!!!! (is uberly a word? i think not.)

  • Reply April Coker July 5, 2011 at 10:58 pm

    Who needs a tan? You girls are gorgeous just the way you are! Congratulations on making Miranda’s special day over-the-top cool! I know she and Bev were proud. . .

    • Reply Jolie July 6, 2011 at 10:09 am

      thanks so much april! i tried the whole tan from a spray can thang in the hotel room the day before…but as you can seeeeeee…..it didn’t help much! 🙂

  • Reply Missy July 6, 2011 at 7:25 am

    You ladies looked amazing and your creativity is infectious.

  • Reply Amy July 6, 2011 at 7:38 am

    Joles, I have been missing you, my friend. Drove through Overton last week….lots of memories. –A

    • Reply Jolie July 6, 2011 at 10:10 am

      heyyyy roomie!!! miss y’all too! big love to the whole fam!! XOXOX

  • Reply Kim Barbourk July 6, 2011 at 7:50 am

    Beautiful!!!! WOW!! Love all of it!!!

  • Reply wendi July 6, 2011 at 9:38 am

    y’all are so frickin cute !!! and I have put on layaway the Neon Mason Jar, can’t wait to get it……

    • Reply Jolie July 6, 2011 at 10:11 am

      you’re gonna loooooove that mason jar! the blinking fireflies are beyond cool!!! where you gonna hang it?

  • Reply Julie Keeter July 6, 2011 at 10:53 am

    Wow! So pretty!!! It must have been so much fun! I am coming to Round Top Antique Week for 1st time ever this Fall. Can’t wait to come by and meet y’all!

  • Reply Tricia Samsal July 6, 2011 at 7:06 pm

    Girls, Heidi and I had a blast pulling pieces together for you at the store. Your outfits were perfect and totally fun. I love that you altered them at the last minute. That’s the funnest part!
    Big hugs, Tricia

    • Reply Jolie July 13, 2011 at 4:47 pm

      awww…BiG ThanKS tricia to you and heidi!!! we LoVEd all of it (of course!) 🙂

  • Reply Alise@ The Ranch Kitchen July 7, 2011 at 8:20 am

    Y’all looked fabulous, happy, and totally in the moment!! Thanks for sharing!!!!

  • Reply Rene' Foust July 7, 2011 at 1:01 pm

    Awesome awesome awesome!!! You girls out did your selves, and you look so gorgeous on top of it all! Well done! Thanks for sharing such wonderful pictures

    • Reply Jolie July 13, 2011 at 4:47 pm

      thanks sooo much rene!!!!! we had the TIME of our LivES! (once we got past the so-stressed-out-we’re-gonna-flip stage :))

  • Reply Trena Jones @ the Inn July 7, 2011 at 8:49 pm

    Thanks for sharing ya all looked beautiful outside as ya all were inside what a nice group of people to meet!

  • Reply annalee July 22, 2011 at 4:21 pm

    ow, ow, y’all are one good lookin’ family!

  • Reply Mitzi Curi August 21, 2011 at 5:04 am

    Gorgeous images…..thanks for sharing!

  • Reply MaryAnn Fletcher April 7, 2015 at 10:12 pm

    Are y’all going to be on TV anymore? I absolutely loved the show. So many great ideas and beautiful stuff. You are both so amazing

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