A Beautiful GIVEAWAY!

this month i chose to advertise on A Beautiful Mess with a LARGE ad:)
that means that i get to be a part of Elsie's AMAZING April Giveaway!
it's truly PHENOMAL what you could win.
over $300 worth of yumminess, including a $50 gift certificate to my shop.

SOOOOO, head on over to the Blog and
ENTER ENTER ENTER
happy wednesday friends:)

xox, rachel

Here's what's Right in Front of Me

"Here's a firm goodbye to yesterday

and the time i wasted in the words
trying to find my way to you, love

Here's a firm goodbye to all the ways
i was trying to lose you when you were
Right in front of me, right in front of me" 

xox, rachel

My Date with KAI!

yesterday i had the honor of hanging out with my favorite 4, very soon to be 5, year-old little guy:) i picked up Kai for a day of the park, ice cream, watching Space Buddies, playing I Spy and a BUNCH of rounds of TRICKY TRICKY "hiding of the tennis ball game"- if you don't know it shoot me an email and i will explain. it's good fun;)

there were massive amounts of silliness to be had and laughs til our tummies hurt. the above photo was my favorite thing Kai did. i'm framing that photo of him because at some point i will have to get rid of that christmas tree and now i won't mind because i will have the BEST memory of it.

Kai thought the above photos of me were hilarious! he made me lay down on the office floor and make goofy faces. for some reason he giggled like mad. i think he was deliriously tired but i love to see that kid laugh
all in all it was a 81-star day!
today i have a LOT of drawing to do as i pretty much ditched out on all responsibility yesterday.
it was soooo worth it!
xox, rachel

You can pack a lot of living.....

in a bag named Sam

just in case you weren't aware:)

i decided to snap some hipstamic photos of an original packing guide that samsonite sold with their suitcases with step by step instructions on how to pack your suitcase and pack  it WELL!

it's quite a process!
11 STEPS for the hardside luggage....

and 5 steps for the softside luggage.

i may decide to type them all out at some point but for now i thought the photos would be enjoyable.
i'm off to have a date with my favorite 4 year-old on the planet!
park, ice cream & imagination station.
xox, rachel

When I cannot sing my heart.....

my little sister leah was recently here. her stay was too short but we had a lot of fun! it was one of the best trips her and i have shared in a long time:)
she recently got a tattoo, in her own handwriting, with lyrics from the Beatles song, Julia.
she was spoon-fed them as a baby and even when she was in my mumma's tummy they were being blasted throughout our house about 95% of the time.
i love her new addition:)
i love my sister:)
HAPPY MONDAY friends!
xox, rachel

4 the WIN of the DAY!

ummmm, YESSSSSHHH!
what's not to love about these?
get your Vinyl Record Bookends
---->HERE<----

happy wednesday!
i've got commissioned to draw a few wedding cases so my hands are back to drawing:)

xox, rachel

642 things to draw.....

the mom and sister (i have 2) are in town and though the stay is short we are cramming in a looooong list of things to do.
today i scored this awesome book (above photo) from Anthropologie.
each page is blank and there are 642 ideas of things to draw.
i cannot wait to start this project!
below's a shot of Anthro.
they had these green vintage french lockers in the one we went to today. i didn't get a shot of them. i was too busy drooling.......:)

xox, rachel Busy Demsick

Raccooners Rock my World

no matter what any one says i will forever firmly believe that this photo is B-E-A-utiful
and that these masks are breath-taking
the light from the trees & those dresses are TOP-NOTCH!

find the masks here
(on etsy of courses!)

xox, rachel

BROTHER SISTER BLACKBIRD

spent 3 fun-filled-jam-packed days with my brother.....

took a whole lotta pictures, listened to a ton of music, painted, played with judah & kai at the park, watched some excellent movies, laughed til we could laugh no more.
i missed him the moment he started packing.
(sibling sides, tristan you're perff! i love you)

back to work i goooooo
happy sunday friends!
xox, rachel