all i did was listen is MOVING TODAY + a week of scrumptious DAILY GIVEAWAYS starting NOW!

pleeeease click here!: http://rachelawes.com
+ check out "all i did was listen"'s new home
starting TODAY!
the doors are WIDE OPEN
+ welcome mat is out!
once you get there, feel free to check it all out
+ be sure to click on "blog" + once there, become a new subscriber +
find a week of DAILY GIVEAWAYS!...
beginning with my book all i did was listen WITH LOVE!
share the news with your friends on your blog/facebook/twitter
+ multiply your chance of winning! (+ thank you for simply helping to spread the news)

all with love xox
http://rachelawes.com  

free cupcakes + art sale + library reading + author night at barnes + noble! + more news!

i'd love it if you could come +
please email me at rachelawes@gmail.com for the address!
...
also! tonight i will be reading some of "all i did was listen"
at the merriam park library in st. paul, mn
+ here is the link: library info for TONIGHT!
...
also! i will be one of the authors present at the minnetonka, mn barnes + noble
author night thurs, oct 10 at 7pm
...
looking forward to your company!

all with love, rachel
..
+ more news! "all i did was listen" will be moving!
 i can't wait to share all the details with you next monday!

yappas

i made this for my friend's pilates teacher,

who walks around the room as people are stretching

+ touches them while she encourages/guides them

+ calls these "yappas" (her marvelous made-up word).

let's all sign-up just for the yappas!

all with love xox

my deepest love

wanted to share this drawing with you...

 a gift to a newly married couple this month with part
of their sweet vows included.
...
((always yes to the deep + full + tenderest)) xox

love your life

this has to be the most unusual way i've ever delivered you a message!

come find all 39 seconds here at this link...with love xox

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5xTi_sEpoc

...
+ congratulations to sunbasil garden  for winning last week's artsyville tape giveaway!

be realistic

i found this saying on twitter this week

+ my soul stirred +

have since dedicated time for miracle planning

***

speaking of miracles,
the next day i walked into the miracle of life barn
at the minnesota state fair + met/pet this dear heart named "taffy"
who was just one day old (melt)

want to join me + plan a miracle too?
wondering what will come next for each of us...
xox
*
(print at top is etsy added with love http://rachelawes.com)

leave no one behind

etsy added w/love http://rachelawes.com

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+ please join me today

on the online breaking free talk show from 1-2pm EST (12-1 MN time)

talking about living into our fullness + full color...

+ it's available ALSO to watch afterward

at this link: breaking free

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also...i'd love your company in august!

book signings at barnes + noble are coming up ~

thursday august 8 from 7-9 pm in edina, mn

edina/galleria barnes + noble
+ saturday august 17 from 1-3 pm in maplewood, mn
maplewood barnes + noble 

more on dreams...

etsy added with love xox

http://rachelawes.com 

the basket of me

etsy added w/love xox

http://rachelawes.com 

cushion the abyss

inspired by marilyn, host of the breaking free talk show,

when she spoke of the importance of 

getting a cup of tea, call a friend, take a walk, cushion the abyss,

to get through times of blah + difficulty.

(our conversation still viewable here: breaking free show)

...

shared with great love for this place of tender

+ for the tending

xox
(+ congratulations to lura, winner of the somerset life mag giveaway from last week!)

loose

(etsy added with love xox)

http://rachelawes.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

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.

*

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!)

spring

(please click on pic to see bigger)

etsy added with love xox

an invitation

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i'll be at the bibelot shop on grand ave in st. paul,

signing all i did was listen books,

february 28 from 5-9 pm.

hope to see you there!

bibelot shop on grand

xo

the colors

happy valentines week

the language of the heart

is a very fine thing...

worthy of being listened to

+ followed

for as many miles as we have to

+ want to + must.

xox

*

((also))

please come if you can to an

"all i did was listen" feb. 12 book signing!
http://www.commongoodbooks.com/event/rachel-awes-discusses-her-book-all-i-did-was-listen

new piece: hippy valentines day

(click on pic to see bigger)

etsy added w/love:

http://rachelawes.com

+

a book signing is coming up/
please come if you can!
http://www.commongoodbooks.com/event/rachel-awes-discusses-her-book-all-i-did-was-listen

+

reviews + dear emails have been coming in

about reader's responses to the book

"all i did was listen"...

(can find book here for yourself and/or as a 

valentines gift! : http://rachelawes.com)

here are a few reviews, if you've been curious

about buying one, + if you already have a book

+ wouldn't mind gifting me with an additional review

at the link directly below, that would be lovely!

http://www.amazon.com/all-i-did-was-listen/product-reviews/1467547727/ref=cm_cr_dp_see_all_btm?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending

thank you, dearly, xo