Something's gotta give...

....and something has GOT to change!
there is so much to tell and so much i want to write, there always is. i can't explain it since i can barely keep it straight in my own head.
but it's time to Hit The Switch (sweet bright eyes song)

get ready everybody, big changes coming for 2010.
place your holiday orders sooner than later- pretty please!
it will help to keep me sane unlike last year.

hope to be hearing from you guys soon.....
GRSG out!

Missing the Mark?

i just want to hit the center of that nautical black and red star!

am i missing the mark? i've got too many ideas and i'm feeling awfully indecisive.

it's fall, and i LOVE fall.

but

i sit in my office with 5 pieces of luggage in front of me

my pen in hand

and i grab one then put it back, grab another

put it back

get up and get a drink of water, come back

my 5 pieces of luggage.

grab one

put it back

grab another

and repeat.

JUST DRAW RACHEL, JUST DRAWWWWWWWW!

EveryTHING All the TiMe

here is a random video i made. it's abrupt, choppy and the speed is increased. i think it is a good representation of how i've been feeling lately and perhaps gives a peek inside my crazy mind when it comes time to draw........
anyways, that's pretty much it. most all of my artwork is all copyrighted now. circle trip keep your mitts off!

MiXeD TAPE!

hey friends! it's been a while i know- i am NOT the worlds best blogger. but i do have some exciting news to share. i am going to be in Poppytalk Handmade's MIXED TAPE Market from sept 21- oct 16! i am super excited and super over-worked- which, as always, is my very own fault! i guess it's better than having nothing to do but i need to learn how to not eat, sleep and breathe luggage and art..... nice try rachel.

i remember making mixed tapes. getting one tape to record onto another and getting the timing just right between songs. those were some good times. all set up in front of all of my fathers black music equipment. 2 tape decks a record player an equalizer? i didn't know how half of the stuff worked but i knew how to make a mixed tape. i'd make them on the weekends. they would fill up my time. and the music would fill up my head and heart and take me away from all the pain and confusion of growing up. music = escape.

i couldn't ask to be in a cooler market. it's called mixed tape for cryin out loud! sweet. excited. overwhelmed and taking an airplane trip soon. to gather some of my friend's ashes and his camera.
october will be here before we know it. i will say hello to michigan for you. i will take many many pictures.

until next time.....

THIS IS HOW YOU ARE

tonight i went rollerblading while my brother rode his trick bike bike beside me. we both had our ipods on and the summer night here in florida was just right. the air blew off the water in every kind of perfect way as the sun set. i wanted to be 14 again but then i didn't. i didn't want to be 29 either. i was listening to yes, i will admit it, alanis morissette's jagged little pill. you know when you hear songs for the first time at a new age? like where was Mary Jane when i was young? i knew it was sad but nothing in it rang too true as the angst and screaming we could all belt out on our way to school or in my best friends basement.
there was this line in the song.....
"Are you happy
Please don't censor your tears"
it just kept playing on a loop in my head.
i don't know why and i'm not going to analyze it. i'm so sick of analyzing these days. i don't like to brush things under the rug but when you feel like emotional garbage and you know you just have to wait it out, well, what's the point in analyzing? it just makes the awfulness more severe.
emotions.
i feel out of breath, i feel like i'm fading.
can't i just stay in my brother's room watching tv shows on dvd, drawing, ignoring all of etsy and why this and why that?
i think i want to walk right off this chair.....

ESCAPE & COLOR my WORLD

when Cat of POLARITY on ETSY
asked if she could use some of my photographs for her Etsy Artists Locket series i was pretty much blown away.
honored, yes, HONORED indeed.

she has put together 2 photographs and a word to make a genius, SMART and completely unique piece of art n' jewelry

this first series above is called
ESCAPE
one of the coolest things is that Cat has chosen some of my most favorite photos and given them a whole new meaning. i can think of nothing better than when another artist finds ways to show you more art in your own artwork!
i love how much meaning a word can hold. sounds rather obvious but if you stop and think- really stop and think of all the meanings for a word...
STOP, think about it.
pretty mind-blowing.

the next series is called:
COLOR my WORLD

it's been another wild and scary week for me so i lack the ability to type much more.
thank you for this Cat.

one of the things i love about Etsy is the community within. i am amazed how Cat has brought EVERY SINGLE type of artist together with these lockets.
she's a BRILLIANT GENIUS & a MAD COOL SCIENTIST
all rolled into one!
we are lucky to have her.
please check out her other RAD shop:
UNCORKED on ETSY

(random thought for the blog: i hate the feuding. really, i do. i hate to hate. vengence is nasty. i am both a victim AND a culprit. i'm not proud to say it, but it's true.)

Levi Weaver PART COMPLETE

DONE DONE AND DONE!

JUST SOME PHOTOS OF THE WORKING IN PROGRESS

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HAPPY TOURING LEVI!
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