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Stopped in at Icon Shoes while I was out in Los Angeles to say hey and thank them for the pair of shoes they made me to wear to the Grammy’s MusiCare Gala! Love their stuff!

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Hello Everyone! Back from my trip and California was amazing!! I am so grateful to have attended the Grammy’s MusiCares Gala last Friday with my beautiful Peneventure’s Boutique dress and my super chic heels that Icon Shoes made for me! Those shoes were so unbelievable, how cool would it be to have more made with lots of different paintings on them! or handbags?! hah, something to hope for in the future.

The highlight of my night, however, had to be when I walked into the silent auction room and right in the front under the ‘Hot Ticket’ items was my painting! It was listed as the #2 item in the auction, which absolutely just blew my mind. I’ve yet to hear the results of the auction, but the night was so surreal, I got photos with some amazing people…(Tony Bennett and Kristin Chenoweth!!!!!) and had the privilege to hear performances by Lea Michelle, Stevie Wonder, Faith Hill, Leann Rimes, Barry Manilow, Tony Bennett, BARBRA STREISAND….just to name a few.. wow. What a night I can be sure I will never forget.

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There’s only two days until I leave for LA and Im getting all loose ends tied, shopping done, packing done… but I was having a hard time looking for a place to buy my Grammy Dress! I was so happy to finally find something to wear to the MusiCares Gala only a few days ago. Unfortunately Cleveland is not well known for having a wide variety of shopping, but the last place I checked is a dress/special occasion shop in Rocky River, Ohio called Peneventures (http://www.peneventures.info/index.html) and I found exactly what I needed! (Peneventures is the best place to go for anything formal, I got my prom dress a few years ago from there as well!) For the Gala, I’ll be wearing a creamy beaded/sequined one of a kind cocktail dress by Spenser Hawke and I cant wait, I absolutely am in love with the dress!

I actually haven’t seen the shoes Ill be wearing yet, a very unique shoe company called ICON Shoes is making me a special pair to wear for the Grammys! I get to pick them up today, Ill put up a photo when I do. ICON makes shoes with artwork imprinted on them as the designs! The ones they are making for me will have one of my paintings on them, so I have no idea what parts of the painting they will decide to use, or what to expect! All I know is I’m positive they will be some hot kicks!

http://www.iconshoes.com/

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Hey all! So this past week i got the official ‘yes’ that I am going to be attending the 2011 MusiCares Gala, which is the charity event hosted during Grammy Weekend in Los Angeles at the Staples Center! The MusiCares Gala named Barbra Streisand as their Person of the Year for her artistic accomplishments and her philanthropic work, which she has contributed significantly over the years. In her honor, I created a 36×48 oil painting titled “Barbra” which will be in the MusiCares silent auction to go towards the Grammy’s charitable foundation. Im so excited to be a part of something so incredible and I cant wait to see just who I’m going to meet!

http://www.grammy.org/musicares/news/barbra-streisand-named-2011-musicares-person-of-year

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