somerset life! july 2013 magazine + GIVEAWAY

somerset life! july 2013 

delighted + grateful to have this spread
in somerset lifes' beautiful magazine.
i share a story here
about how my life is found in my art
+ my art found in my life...
a thin line between the two.
all with love xox
..
also a GIVEAWAY of one magazine...
simply leave a comment here if you'd like to enter,
along w/your email address,
+ i will randomly draw a name by next monday.
(i'll enter your name twice for those making a purchase
from my shop this week http://rachelawes.com)

places to meet

i would love to meet you 

in person!

here are some possible places

xox

white bear lake, mn

...

+/or online

for a skype interview

on living a fulfilling life

here: http://www.perchedtofly.com/2013/06/rachel-awes/

...

+/or you can still watch this,

aired live june 24, 8pm eastern standard time

on the breaking free internet talk show
+ available to watch afterward as well

here: the breaking free show

i found this sweet art in the sundance store 

in my trip last week to colorado

(thank you to this unknown artist!)

~ with love to you all ~

a breath between posts

a breath between posts (for a week or two)

to take in mountains/sun/moon

xox

easel work

i have walked through my moms' t-shirts,

drying in her kitchen entryway

to begin painting flowers on her cabinets

+ cleared off the clutter that was above + below.

(next, i will bring blues into those blooms)

~

walking into each others lives, through all that it is,

is not always easy work, but it is the work of this easel,

+ of my very life.

xox

listening to you

 this lovely artist is

magaly perez

i'm an artist who loves to smudge her fingers in paint and make beautiful works of art on paper. and love to share all this beauty to the world. painting is intimate for me, the solitude of space, my paper, my acrylics and brushes. a connection where thoughts and feelings are making beautiful music together . sometimes they spill loudly across the page other times is like listening to blues lavishly rattling the motions in my soul. my heart, my mind are at a flow. the rhythm feels right and once i'm feeling the groove everything i need in that given moment is in place. and i know the story--the image has begun and i'm having fun.

shop

blog

if you would like your art/photography referencing listening here, please email me with 1-2 attachments, your links + short bio to rachelawes@gmail.com

barnes & noble!

"all i did was listen" is now in minnesota barnes + noble stores!

(mall of america, calhoun, downtown mpls, maplewood, highland, har mar, + galleria)

for those of you not in minnesota, hopefully these will eventually travel your way as well

+ for now, avail in my shop at http://rachelawes.com or through amazon w/love.

loose

(etsy added with love xox)

http://rachelawes.com

summer tee tunes

summer breeze, makes me feel fine

blowing through the jasmine in my mind

( ~ seals and crofts ~ )

(pardon the backward mirror read!)

new tees (+ more) avail in tshirt section here with love!

xox

my makings are coming alive

carissa puts on this girl
+ brings her to life
blog + shop

jennifer bakes this book
+ blesses her into fuller being
blog + shop

+ meseret inspired the drawing on this tee
+ shows me the way i must go.

(you can click on any pic to make bigger)
thank you, each + all, for making my makings complete
with your very lives.
 xox
all + more available here

may

happy may 

with love to all you see + be

xox

listening to you

this first lovely artist is

hali karla

titled "listening"

hali karla is an intuitive artist, writer and teacher who has witnessed the power of art-making to transform lives, and feels that listening - deep listening - is the key to this sacred space in us all. 

blog

facebook

twitter

instagram

shop

+

this lovely artist is
messy canvas

the artwork in this post is a #secretmessage created by the artist messy canvas. if it stirs something in you, please use this 10% off coupon code in her etsy store to let her create a personalized 5x5 secretmessage for you. it expires may 31. the coupon code to use at checkout is: LISTEN 
etsy shop

if you would like your art/photography referencing listening here, please email me with 1-2 attachments, your links + short bio to rachelawes@gmail.com

welcome home

this is a whole story
crowned
with hebrew letters
on the bottom
of love.
it seems to be a story
i am telling
but really
it is one i am hearing +
 wrote down
out the land
of mystery.
xox

between

also a version in blue...

all with love xox

re-open hope

shared out of a place

between dreams + waking

(etsy added w/love)

xox

ever forward

this piece woke me up this morning

+ nudged "draw"

etsy added with love etsy shop

xox

listening to you

this lovely artist is:

yvonne stewart

yvonne stewart is a textile artist living and working in st andrews scotland. her work is whimsical and quirky and is often inspired by everyday things such as conversations and emotions. working in mixed media including gouache, ink, pencil and acrylic - yvonne creates  thoughtful little ladies and creatures living in their dream like worlds. a mixture of controlled painting combined with spontaneous mark making is typical of the style of yvonne whos artwork can also be found under the name of coramantic.

etsy shop

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blog

twitter

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+ this lovely artist is:

aimee dolich

"I've loved color, words, writing, hand lettering and doodling for as long as I can remember, but for much of my life I kept all those things in separate jars. Then one day, I thought "Hmmm. What if...?" I tossed everything in a bowl, put the mixer on high, and I found that I liked living in my chaos of wordy color. So I stayed, and named it Artsyville. It's my work, play and therapy all in one."
aimee

etsy shop
artsyville blog

if you would like your art/photography referencing listening here, please email me with 1-2 attachments, your links + short bio to rachelawes@gmail.com

gift bundles

i've updated my shop,

inspired by the brilliant aimee of artsyville

(oh please do peek at hers too here!)

with birthday bundles~

birthday bundle 1

+ birthday bundle 2

all with love xox

(find here)

grateful

here are a few things i find myself grateful for lately

***

for the beautiful support from so many of you for my book
(my scanner isn't wide enough to show every name ~ my cup overflows)

for the wee steps in starting a new one

for the steps of all i love both far + near

(here, a photo of our oldest, abe, in shadow in the middle back)

+ for my word of the year ((held))
+ how it continues to find me
(photo of my dad, who passed a few years ago, + i).

there is always goodness to count
because all of our lives count so dearly.
love to you xox

gather the flowers

maybe when we
gather the flowers

they are surprising us
+ are actually
full of our dreams
+ wings for our flight
+ taste like blue raspberry popsicles

as long as their colors can last
+
for as long as we let them in.

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etsy added with love etsy shop xox
+
congratulations to relyn for winning a 21 secrets spot!
(not too late to enroll/see the post below if you are interested!)

art journaling workshop "21 secrets" GIVEAWAY

giving away

one free membership

to this art journaling online workshop

taught by myself + many wonderful others

(see more here: 21 secrets)

just leave a comment here if you'd like to win
+ a way to reach you

+ as long as you are a current or new follower of 

this all i did was listen blog,

your name will be entered into a random hat

(entries taken through march 17 at noon)

*

peace n love xox