10/31/2025
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From the desk of The Shoe Cobbler’s Wife
Listening to Robb talk about his Aunt Sam when we were dating, and yes, growing up together I observed that he drew inspiration from her artwork. So how poetic that she paints a special commemorative medallion that is now displayed in our shop window to commemorate 20 years in Keller. In 1992, Robb and I as a young couple decided with the encouragement of my uncles, Sam and Mario and Grandpa Joe, that he would put his artistic abilities to good use as a shoe cobbler. Zooming out one realizes that Robb has served the DFW area for 33 years. When I say “good use” I mean Robb uses his creative talents to do good for others by making lifts for shoes and boots, repairing leg braces, and other orthotics. His artistic gifts and problem solving Williamson Ways have kept thousand upon thousands of patrons level, comfortable, fashionable, ready for work and sport or whatever the occasion. Being a shoe cobbler is a humble profession that does not bring fame or fortune, yet it’s rewarding to help others and to provide for our family at the same time.
You can see many of Aunt Sam’s artistic talents on our social media pages or in our shop with the hand painted “eye candy” turquiose and pink leather belt, delightfully decorated 20th anniversary cowboy boot and Crown Vic cookies, hand embroidered leather treasure pockets, and the hand painted SEED EXCHANGE located outside our front doors. Aunt Sam is an accomplished mural painter, Queen of Crochet, and cookie and cake decorator diva. Besides those serious accomplishments she paints family and pet portraits, old fashioned farm houses, sunflowers, antique trucks, and is known to paint something clever or ordinary on vintage furniture making each piece look extraordinary.
One can say the Williamson Way is in the genes with a huge amount of tutelage from my Italian relatives who shared their old world expertise with Robb and many others through the years and years to come.
