Category — MiRANDA LaMBERT…our SOUL sista

the countdown is on…and we’re working ’round the clock on fancy-schmancy, highly sophisticated, royal-esque details….

{no animals were harmed during the making of this blog}

just yer everyday, normal preparations…that involve a shotgun. and some ammo. and lots o’ restaurant-sized biggo tin cans…

{the stand-off...(cue CLiNT EaSTWOOD's 'the good, the bad, and the ugly' theme song here)}

the wildest, meanest, show-no-mercy, gunslinger of the wild west…

{just kiddin...(i do love to shoot...but don't tell anyone i'm a lover, not a fighter:)}

and i submit exhibit A. the first victim.

{decided we probably needed to scoot back a little....}

fire in the hole!

{just another day on the job, y'all}

{biggo restaurant cans pre-gunslingin' action}

{and post-gunslingin action...}

we’re half way there….stay tuned for the rest of our high-society decor! here in gypsyville, we’ve decided this is our version of a shotgun weddin’… :)

“he hatEs THESE caNS! stay away from the cans!” ~steve martin as navin r. johnson in the jerk (one of amie’s all-time fave movies…if you haven’t seen it, go GET IT NOW. dammit.)

P.S. industrial size cans compliments of RoYERS CaFE!  HoLes in the cans, compliments of JG!

P.S.S. in case you’re wonderin what the heck we’re preparin’ for…read HERE.

hello old friends…yes, it’s been awhile. and for that, i have no excuses except to say that our current project is, to say the least, consuming us.

so this is how it all started. this is how the project began…

with a text…and a picture… and a phone call…

on mothers day, may 2010.

the texts were from bev and miranda lambert. the picture, from miranda. and the phone calls…well, i don’t even remember now…

mom, amie & i were on the road weaving our way through the hill country…in and out of signal. bev lambert was excitedly calling and texting all of our phones…and finally, one of her calls came through. miranda had gotten engaged the day before.

and when miranda asked us to help with the wedding reception, we promptly responded: “you do know we’re junkers, right?!”. only miranda would ask a group of junkers to deck out her WEDDDDDDING. one of the biggest events in her life. only miranda would ask people that have never, ever, everrrrrrr been wedding planners, wedding coordinators, or wedding decorators to deck out HER wedding. hell, i haven’t ever even watched an episode of bridezillas, say yes to the dress, or my redneck wedding! (but, i did see my big, fat, greek wedding…does that count?!).

so here we are, almost a year later, the BiG DaY is less than a month away. and our sanity walked out the back door weeks ago. we’re completely gypsy-fyin’ the reception (aka southern RoCKStAR glamour & grit party central) at the venue. and in true small-town, country-girl, anti-diva, miranda form, she’s left it completely in our hands. no opinions on color palettes, theme, or layout. she just keeps saying “do what y’all do, i trust y’all”…. and i think in a perfect world this should probably relax us…… right?

complete control. all decisions. no direction. “do what you do.” where’s my wine?

on the eve of the 44th annual CMA awards – we’re giddy with excitement for our 2 BFF’s of CounTRY MusiC, MirANDA LaMBERT & DiERKS BeNTLEY…

{dierks & ran sportin their JG}

we recently caught up with MiRANDA on the road….and let me tell ya, ain’t nobody out there that can rock it like this little EaST TExAS girl! as we were jammin side-stage with 2 of our favorite people in the world, her parents-RiCK & BeV LAmBERT, Rick proudly repeated the comparison that miranda has been called “country music’s JaNIS JOPLin”. 2 kick-hiney, bold, daring, ain’t-gonna-take-anything-off-anybody-girls…from texas. perfect.

{miranda gettin the parttttty started!}

it was a perfect night. a beyond perfect show. and perfect timing…right before country music’s biggest night…the CMA AwaRDS this wednesday. of which MiRANDA is up for 9, yes NINE awards. this is THE MOST awards any female has EVER been nominated for in HISTORY. and we couldn’t be prouder. MirANDa is the real deal. she’s what-you-see-is-what-you-get. she’s TRULY an amazingly talented songwriter, singer, and performer. she’s a renegade. an outlaw. a trailblazer.

and if i woulda been thinking enough to put my beer down and pick up my camera i would have pics to share from friday night. pics with ran and bev. pics with katherine heigl (um, that’s katie to me now…we’re like total BFFs), pics with eric church and josh kelley. all in her JuNK GypSY-fide airstream…all freezing in a good texas kind o’ way. while ran played old vinyls on the turntable (a fan sent miranda her recently-deceased mom’s extensive vinyl collection…we paid tribute and played them religiously that night).

and today, we’re barely able to sit still anticipating the CMA’s…we’re just so stinkin proud of MirANDA and DiERKS and their big night tomorrow night!

there’s only 2 people in HiSTORY that have ever gotten more nominations than MirANDA…her idol, MerLE HAGGARD, and ALaN JaCKSON.

and sweet dierks…his latest album is gritty. it’s grimey. it’s bluegrass-southern-soul. and we LOVE it.

his BaD ANgEL song (a collaboration with MirANDA) is up for ‘MuSICAL EVENT of the YEAR’ and there’s a BoB DyLAn cover that’s a little gypsy, a little spooky, and pure genius.

and y’all keep this on the down-low but DiERKS and JuNK GypSY may be teaming up on a biggo southern gothic project in the nearrrr future.

AND in honor of DiERKS and MIRaNDA and the CMA’s tomorrow night, we’re gonna have a little fun on FaCEBOOK tomorrow! giveaways allll day! PLuS, we’ve marked down our custom-designed just for MiRANDA LAMBERT RoADSIDE BarS  & PinK GuiTARS tees down to $18! and we’ve released the newest JG 4 MirANDA design: ‘SavED BY the GrACE of SouTHERN CharM’ tee … designed for MirANDA’s huge hit, “ONLY PrettiER”.

the 411 and waaaay important links:

the 44th annual CMA AWArDS - wednesday night, NOvEMBER 10 – LIVE on ABC

miranda lambert

MiRANda’S ‘GREASE meets FOOTLooSE’ ONLy PRETTiER video:

dierks bentley

dierks bentley’s BaD ANgEL video with MiRANDA and JaMEY JOHNsoN

eric church

josh kelley

KaTHERINE HeiGL - (aka katie)

 soooo, here’s to all y’all and here’s to MiRANDA and DiERKS. and all of CounTRY MUSIC.

pop some popcorn, grab a drink, and pull up a chair for tomorrow night’s LIVE show! we’ll cry, we’ll laugh, we’ll cheer. and when it’s over, our hearts will be filled with warm fuzzies…

happy birthday ran…may you have a heck-raisin’ good time!

“i guess if you don’t jump,

you’ll never know if you can fly.”

~new strings, miranda lambert

 **and in a text we just received from bev: “the good ole days have nothin on this…it’s been the craziest day ever! from fittings to stylists to make-up to rehearsals!”

yep, it’s true. we’re bonafide, for sure, certifiably muyyyy loco. (that’s crazy for the spanish-challenged)

and here’s just a few reasons why…

1. we’re gearin up for a BiGGO, GaLACTIC JuNK-A-PaLOOZA WaREHOUSE SaLE to be held in just a few short weeks
2. we’re trying to complete amie’s soon-to-be new casa…her completely landworthy, land-yacht airstream
3. we’re makin plans for gypsy-fyin MirANDA LaMBERT & BLaKE SHeLTON’S tyin’ the knot shindig
4. with RouND ToP ANTiQUES WEEK and the JuNK GypSY JUNK-O-RaMA prom in just over a month
5. with AuSTIN CITY LiMITs artist lounge the weekend after antiques week
6. with the film crew rolling into town in barely over a week to begin shooting the JuNK GypSY pilot
7. throw in the fact that i’m homeless, amie’s sleepless, and janie’s losing her mind…it’s a crazzzzy kind o’ time!

why you ask? why attempt this crazy feat? 2 words.

CarpE. DiEM.

sooooo here’s a quick rundown of numero UnO… our BiGGO, GALaCTIC, JuNK-A-PALooZA…a SaLE that you just can’t miss!

JuNK-A-PaLOOZA began as a way to kinda ‘clear out tha junk’…to get rid of tonz of stuff at really low prices. soooo several years ago, we decided to have a little sale here at our warehouse…with realllly cheap tees, realllllly discounted jewelry (lots of stuff below cost!), and looooots of great junk!

{twilight @ our last JuNK-A-PaLoozA}

 there’s always somethin for everyone…boys, girls, young & old…it’s a hodge-podge calamity of organized chaos!

KiDS have a good time….

{serenadin' the ladies}

 while mamas shop…

from DonKEYS in trucks…

{joe PeTE with a hairy friend}

to PorT-a-PoTTIES…

it’s all here!

AnD this JuNK-A-PALOOZA…we’ll be filming for an OFFiCIAL JuNK GypSY TV pilot on FriDAY! we invite y’all to come out and share with us this sooooo super exciting day!

 CLiCK HERE for MaP!

LiVE muSIC by JoHN EvANS and OWEN TiNER! $8 SouVENIR TEES! $12 tees! lots of GOOD juNK! wooo-hooo!

more updates soon y’all…..in the meantime…

CaRPE DiEM.

s’mores under the moonlight, dances with GypSIES, & the big ReVEAL 2 MiRANDA….there’s still soooo much to tell about our past month or so of craziness… 

{twilight at the reveal...}*shot at pozohondostudios.com

{la reina=the queen}*shot at pozohondostudios.com

{a 1950's StuDEBaKER hitched to the AiRSTREAM with La ReiNA in the background...a picturesque moment as we're gearing up...}

and by the way…here’s a pic of me driving that sweet ride…yep, my dad’s proudest moment…

{and good luck finding 1st, 2nd, reverse, or heck ANY gear for that matter...of course, when you're rollin with no power steerin' towards a tree, you do a pretty good job of figuring it out!}

 As most of you know, we junked out MirANDA’s tour bus a couple of years ago (pics here)…and just like that project, MirANDA wanted to know NOTHING about ANY details as the project was in progress. in fact, despite BeV’S (miranda’s mama) prodding she wouldn’t even read our first blog entries for fear it would give something away…

soooo here it goes…amie removes the VeLVeT rope…

{amie moving aside the FLeaMARkET velvet rope....MirANDA's first glimpse}

{her first look inside...}

{diggin' the vibe...}

 showing her the custom ‘JuST LiKE a gypSY’ sconce…handcrafted by TeXAS TrASH in CarMINE, TExas!

XOXOXO to LinDA and RiCHARD HaMiLTOn!

{AmiE & me with RaN seeing her 'JuST LiKE A gypSY' sconce for the first time...one of her FaVORiTE thangs}

annnnd then she got chills….(which i think is a good sign)

{homemade curtains just like a gypsy...}

and amie explaining the DRuMs-turned-into-coffee-tables story… (read here if you missed it)

{wood planks from old DiXIE chiCKEN domino tables and drums from the fleamarket...perfect for a CoSMIC cowGIRL roadside bar!}

we hugged, we loved, we laughed, we cried…we showed her the inside, and the outside…

{showin her our little surprise on the bumper...}

{'cause gypsies never get tied down...}*thanks to anthologieimages.com for the pic!

a group shot of the SiKES fam and MiRANdA…

{OK, ok, enough formalities...where's the MarSHmaLLowS?!}

and when the sun tucked in for the night….

{twilight on ReVEAL night}

{the vibe of the AiRSTREam is psychedelic at night...luuuvin it!}

{you feelin' it?}

it was time to have a good ole-fashioned, all-AmERICAN, SouTHERN StyLE hot dog and marshmallow roast…yee-haw!

followed by CaMPFiRE singin’ under the TeXAS stars compliments of MiRANDA LamBERT, AsHLEY MonROE, AnGaLEENa PreSLEY, JoHN EvaNS, and RiCK LamBERT! YiPPEE-ki-A! BuFFaLO gals won’t ya come out tonight?

{it's gonna be a great night...}

y’all stay tuned! ReVEAL video coming soooooon!!!!

HeADS up y’all!!!! NeW section added to our GypSYViLLE online store! AiRSTREAM gear and the tee MirANDA has on all riGHT heRE!

AnD BiGGO huGE ConGRATS to MiRANDA…makin out like a bandit at last night’s ACM awards!

{that's right y'all...ViDEO of the YEAR, ALBuM of the YEaR, & ToP FeMALe VoCALISt!}*photo cred:CMT.com

sooo proud of you, SisTER!

{us with MiRANDA LAmBERT & crew on prom nite}

goodnight IrENE…