Artist Suzie Hightshoe | Toadally Beautiful — Halo Water Bottle
Some beauty arrives quietly, with a glow around it that you almost miss if you're moving too fast. The lavender halo around Suzie Hightshoe's toad lily photography isn't decoration — it's a reminder that the most beautiful things in life have a light of their own. Slow down. Look closer. The halo was always there.
Suzie Hightshoe is an Iowa educator, storyteller, and photographer whose life's work has been built on a single, luminous belief: that if we are quiet enough, we can hear the story the world is trying to tell us. Born into a family with more than 150 years of combined teaching legacy — her aunts' manuscripts, plays, poems, and sheet music now preserved at the Museum of Education at the University of Northern Iowa — Suzie carried that legacy into 40 years of her own classroom. Along the way she earned the National Social Studies Teacher of the Year award (1996), traveled to Japan as a Fulbright Memorial Fund Teacher, and served as an educational ambassador to Russia, bringing cultures together through the universal language of story. Her fifth graders slept under the stars during Iowa's Sesquicentennial. They doused old cemeteries, rode steamboats on the Mississippi, walked alongside wagon trains, and shared Norwegian dinners in Decorah. History was never something Suzie taught from behind a desk.
For Suzie, photography IS storytelling — the camera lens a portal through which she can hear thunder, smell lilies, feel the flutter of a kitten's fur, and taste the first sip of a bold morning coffee. Her art invites you to slow down, look closer, and find meaning in the places and faces most people walk right past.
"Everything and everyone is Art." — Suzie Hightshoe
About this Water Bottle:
• 32 oz (950 ml) — keeps you hydrated all day
• Double-walled stainless steel with vacuum insulation — stays cold for hours
• Glossy finish — colors are vivid, true-to-life, and bold (unlike the matte finish of most name brands)
• Foldable handle — lifts up when you need it, folds down when you don't
• Straw lid AND twist top — two ways to drink, one bottle
• Rubber bottom — won't slide on any surface
• Height: 9.92 inches (25.2 cm)
• Hand wash only — not dishwasher or microwave safe
• Print quality is exceptional — exactly as pictured
A Kate Shu Collective exclusive, available only at the Monarch Shoppe.
Some beauty arrives quietly, with a glow around it that you almost miss if you're moving too fast. The lavender halo around Suzie Hightshoe's toad lily photography isn't decoration — it's a reminder that the most beautiful things in life have a light of their own. Slow down. Look closer. The halo was always there.
Suzie Hightshoe is an Iowa educator, storyteller, and photographer whose life's work has been built on a single, luminous belief: that if we are quiet enough, we can hear the story the world is trying to tell us. Born into a family with more than 150 years of combined teaching legacy — her aunts' manuscripts, plays, poems, and sheet music now preserved at the Museum of Education at the University of Northern Iowa — Suzie carried that legacy into 40 years of her own classroom. Along the way she earned the National Social Studies Teacher of the Year award (1996), traveled to Japan as a Fulbright Memorial Fund Teacher, and served as an educational ambassador to Russia, bringing cultures together through the universal language of story. Her fifth graders slept under the stars during Iowa's Sesquicentennial. They doused old cemeteries, rode steamboats on the Mississippi, walked alongside wagon trains, and shared Norwegian dinners in Decorah. History was never something Suzie taught from behind a desk.
For Suzie, photography IS storytelling — the camera lens a portal through which she can hear thunder, smell lilies, feel the flutter of a kitten's fur, and taste the first sip of a bold morning coffee. Her art invites you to slow down, look closer, and find meaning in the places and faces most people walk right past.
"Everything and everyone is Art." — Suzie Hightshoe
About this Water Bottle:
• 32 oz (950 ml) — keeps you hydrated all day
• Double-walled stainless steel with vacuum insulation — stays cold for hours
• Glossy finish — colors are vivid, true-to-life, and bold (unlike the matte finish of most name brands)
• Foldable handle — lifts up when you need it, folds down when you don't
• Straw lid AND twist top — two ways to drink, one bottle
• Rubber bottom — won't slide on any surface
• Height: 9.92 inches (25.2 cm)
• Hand wash only — not dishwasher or microwave safe
• Print quality is exceptional — exactly as pictured
A Kate Shu Collective exclusive, available only at the Monarch Shoppe.
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