Sunday, July 24, 2011

aimee spins stew into gold

this is a quote from aimee (www.artsyville.blogspot.com) & she brilliantly spins the pieces of our lives into gold. lovelovelove to ALL of our recipes, our breath, our gold. xox

Monday, July 18, 2011

painting our living room wall

i painted on our living room wall last weekend...beginning with the paint color "toothpaste"
& i loved finding the "wonder brush"











i felt drawn to draw on a bigger scale for a while & it felt so good to show-up.



xox

Monday, July 11, 2011

playing with mugs






it's been so fun to play with mugs! the first two are now available in my shop


the third one i did for me/entitled messiness inside...

it was my first drawing as i began this creative venture a few years ago.

& by the way! if there are particular drawings i've done that you would like on a mug, please let me know... it would be such helpful feedback! xo

Monday, July 4, 2011

face in a fish





more mugs available! (http://rachelawes.etsy.com/)


always swimming love 2 u. xo

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

wild sister magazine







just wanting to share about this new amazing on-line magazine



(can be found through http://wildsister.com/)


& please visit my art & writing amidst its' pages!



(also/i'll be putting these up on etsy: http://rachelawes.etsy.com/)


xox

Monday, June 27, 2011

Monday, June 20, 2011

butterfly wings

...an excerpt from a recent conversation.

xo

Friday, June 17, 2011

Monday, June 13, 2011

want to play?

sometimes this is where i am at. want to play? xo

Monday, June 6, 2011

elevator

(please click on the image to make larger if that adds ease to the reading). xo

Monday, May 30, 2011

just you, just me











































my heart

overflows

when i take in

how we

find

& care for

one another.

sending love

to just you,

from just me. xo

Sunday, May 22, 2011

such blooms

here's a flower i scribbled out as an adult




& here's some i did from childhood. i share such blooms with you as i celebrate another year of my life.

i am so thankful for what's in all our gardens & how IN IT ALL, we rise, rise, rise. xox

Monday, May 16, 2011

blessings are real

i made this for someone

who blessed me

with kindness & dearness

greatly.

i was moved

by the realness in it.

xox

Monday, May 9, 2011

space for your words

the post below

has no space

for your

comments...

ironically,

it's a

mailbox!

so here's

an

additional

post

for

comments.

oopsa

daisy.

xox

adding some color



it's been so fun

to add color

to our white mailbox

& to the feet of the

guys in this house!

*

wishing whooshes of crayola

to your door. xox

Monday, May 2, 2011

i am not alone

this picture is a scene

from one of my dreams.

how i love this wolf.

happy may.
(etsy added w/love)

xox

Monday, April 25, 2011

a change of scenery







sometimes a little change of scenery

helps to thaw my winter bones

& spring into creativity.

(photos from last weekend).

love to you all. xox

Thursday, April 21, 2011

added a bunch

i just wanted to share

that i've added a bunch to my etsy shop

(50 items!).

pleeeease come visit me! xo

Monday, April 18, 2011

magical carpet


this was inspired by hearing

of a child who

dressed up as a

magic carpet for halloween.

i heard this while knitting/being/chatting

with lovely women at a retreat.

ohhhh, the magic of needles clicking

& imaginations traveling.

xox

(& congratulations to kristina/winner of greeting cards)

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

card giveaway

as a fun way to reach 400 followers,

if you become a NEW follower

(between #393 & 400)

one name will be randomly chosen (1/7 chance)

to win three free greeting cards. please come play! xo