1. i walk around in the world feeling like the above, like our spirits are all intertwined, that we all matter, that we have so much to teach one another. sometimes i feel overwhelmed by all the goodness, like i’m not sure where to put all the energy.
2. i don’t like coffee. but i must have black tea in the morning with sugar + milk.
3. i went to seven different schools in seven years (k-7). in some ways, it taught me to adapt easily to change, to meet people easily, but it also taught me to crave stability.
4. i have the world’s worst memory. my friends kimmie and garrett are the only people i know with worse. i keep a super detailed organizer – it’s the only way i remember to do anything.
5. i’m a huge actualizer. if i think about something, a project, or something i want to do for whatever reason, then i do it. no over thinking. no planning. i just get in the car, or hop on the internet, or go to my studio, or call someone, etc, etc and work toward whatever task/project/thought it is. my mom is the same way. for a long time, i didn’t think much about this trait but i’m learning how different i am from several of my friends in this area because they keep pointing it out to me! when it comes to things i need, however, or self-care, i’m not so fast to actualize – totally need to work on that.
6. i often need silence. no tv. no music. nothing. just silence. this drives john nuts as he’s a huge music person – likes it on in the mornings, afternoons, evenings. i love music (soulful alt country, folk, etc) but i can’t have it on all day long. it’s best in the studio when i’m painting.
7. i have never been good at flossing. and everyday i hear the inner voice that says “only floss the ones you want to keep” and i still don’t floss (see what i mean, #5?).
8. in highschool, i was voted most likely to wear stripes with plaids. hmm. and in college i’m pretty sure i wore overalls every single day from 1993-1996.
9. if you told me 3 years ago that i would be living this life, working full time as an artist and creative business owner, i would have told you you were nuts.
10. i am very, very far-sighted and have worn glasses since i was ten years old.
11. i shamelessly love and watch the hills, the city, and the bachelor 🙂
12. i am equally extraverted as i am introverted. i ALWAYS score middle of the road for every personality trait on every personality test i’ve ever taken. always. sometimes this makes me feel non-existent, like i’m not interesting enough. but i’m learning that i’m just easy, adaptable, and flexible.
13. i love it when the house is clean, especially the hardwoods so i can walk around barefoot.
14. i asked my husband out on our first date almost ten years ago.
15. i go back + forth about whether or not i want to be a momma. it changes every other week, my thoughts on this.
16. i can get super spooked by darkness.
consider yourself tagged. would love to know 16 things about you!
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i am so proud to announce the Kelly Rae Roberts Collection debuted last week at the Atlanta gift show. DEMDACO is carrying this extensive line of wall art reproductions and i’m totally thrilled with how they turned out – on canvas with thicker sides, totally looks and feels like an original painting, and insanely affordable.
the sizes range from 6×6 inches to 18×18 inches. they just debuted last week but will start filtering out to stores nationwide soon. totally surreal + exciting for me to see these images taken by my friend laura – she snapped these photos for me as i wasn’t able to attend the atlanta show (thanks so much laura!). more products will debut this summer from DEMDACO, including glass charm necklaces, adorable gift boxes, tote bags, bookmarks, and more. but for now, i’m smitten with the wall art line. how cool is that?
The show in Atlanta looks gorgeous Congratulations! I never flossed till I discovered those dental pics with floss in them. they are much easier to use. Loved hearing your 16 things.
Kate
Congrats Kelly Rae!!!!
I am hoping and wishing you do a post soon on how one gets a licensing agreement. You (and your fabulous book!) have inspried me to become a possibilatarian and I am interested in getting more of my work out into the world.
Have a great day!
Love this post and congrats on your art collection!
Congratulations and what a beautiful set up! Stunning. Really well done. Inspirational. x
Congratulations to you! I just love and love and love what you do!
And your 16 things is very nice, so I have to try it too. But usualy I am not a “writing” person. But I should rty:)
Hi Kelly Rae, just received your book today and is it the best book ever! Totally 110% pleased! Sensational. Well worth the wait and the money! Thank you for the print and the signed edition. Oh, I am so pleased!!!!!!!!
Thank you and God bless!
Julie-ann
Congratulations Kelly. It couldn’t have happened to someone more deserving. I hope this line is very successful and that it brings you great satisfaction. Bravo chica!
also, do you have a static link to where demdaco is selling your work? i’d love to be able to see it!
i love that you wore overalls, and move forward with projects, and wear glasses, and need an organizer to keep you in line.
this line is beautiful, i’m so stinkin’ proud of you.
xoxo
oh man. your collection is amazing. and your list . . . well . . . 16 more reasons to love you!
did I mention your guest room? so joyful.
holy mama, Kelly!!
This is amazing– you must be over the moon– congratulations x 1000!!
Bisous, Elizabeth
VERY nice line – congratulations! I’m sure I’ll be a stationery fan, too! (Already am a fan of all else.)
Tea does a body good. 😉
Oh, and PS – I’m in the “not a mama” camp. It’s a rare, but precious thing, for many reasons.
Thanks for giving me something to blog about today!
oooh atlanta!…i will have to go by and check those out! it looks great in the pics.
I read you all the time… have never commented before. I love your blog and your work! I blogged my own 16 things today 🙂
How exciting! I love the thought of being able to purchase lots of your paintings and decorating my studio!
I decided to list my 16 random things too….thanks for sharing yours!~
hi kelly – my first time to leave a comment, but i have been meaning to email you for awhile. first – congrats on your newest success with your art business. wow! they keep coming and you seem so much like a deserving soul.
i think we must be kindred spirits, “soul sistas” or something…because after reading your blog over the last year, i am constantly blown away at the similarities of events in our lives, and how we get/got through them. someday, hope to meet you on the trail…but for now keep up the beautiful gift you are giving the world!
Kelly, your line is beautiful. It must be amazing to see your name on that wall. Congratulations!
I just started a blog, so your 16 things is the perfect beginning for me. Thank you for that.
All Good Things…
Trish
Congratulations on your line with Demdaco. I’ve always been impressed with the quality of their lines. Which doesn’t hold true for many of the gift companies out there. They did a great job of displaying your products, it’s too bad you couldn’t have been there in person 🙁
Your work is beautiful. It is truly wonderful to be able to make a living doing what you love most. I will attest to that too. 🙂
Have a great day Kelly Rae.
Your artwork looks beautiful in the cases – congratulations!
And on item #15…be a momma if you can, it’s the best thing in the whole wide world…even if it is the hardest thing sometimes. I was always on the fence and at 37 found myself “with child”, a complete surprise to my husband and I. I panicked for the entire nine months…The baby is now five and has been joined by a brother. Life is crazy most of the time but it is the biggest blessing you’ll ever experience and it will change you in ways you never imagined, if you let it, in all good ways.
oh wow they look sensational!
16. I’m loving being in my twenties.
15. I like to try and be creative although I dont pursue this very much I almost always surprise myself pleasently when I do give in and explore new areas of myself.
14. I don’t floss as much as I should either, but have gotten better about this in the last year.
13. I have worn glasses since I was 9 months old, and also extremely far sighted with off the charts atigmatism which recently learned this does not make me a candidate for lasik, but contact implants. no thanks.
12. I was on the fence with number 15 as well. But I am an overthinker so when it did happen and wasnt planned I didnt have time to think through that fear….he came, and now I cant imagine a day in my life without him in it.
11. As stated above, I am an overthinker/ anaylizer, I hate that about myself.
10. I love living in Hawaii and feel genuinally soul happy…even though loved ones are so far away.
9. I was born to be a miltary wife.
8. I believe in Angels and Orbs. There around me and my loved ones always and have started showing themselves with pictures for proof. check out my myspace for further investigation.
7. I also believe in God, Heaven, and Hell.
6. I wish I had my mother’s beautiful mexican dark skin.
5. I am having a hard time letting go of nursing my son even though he is only now doing it for comfort…this surprises me as I wasnt that into it in the beginning.
4. I am a perpetual student with the hopes of being done with something soon in the near future.
3. When I was younger my hair would literally grow an inch over night….not so much these days, its like an inch a year. this annoys me.
2. I also am not a big fan of wearing shorts and not sure how any girl can stand walking in them.
1. I try to let you know as often as I can that I am proud of you and that I love you. I genuinally mean it. I felt this way before you blossomed into this beautiful artist. I wish we could see eachother more often than we have but I am grateful for the means of communication we do have and try to utilize them. I am proud to call you my big sister!
X’s and O’s
Kristin
Wow, congrats! It’s amazing to see things grow like this.
As for 16 Things… shall think about this while at work today (I need the distraction) and update tonight. Fun!
love the last pic of all your works on the shelves, they look so lovely, you are such a clever thing.
16 things about me
1 I am not good at maths
2 I am quite short
3 I like lists
4 i think I need glasses things are getting a little fuzzy
5 I like sitting in the bathroom in the dark
6 Autumn is my most fav time of year
7 I want to travel
8 I worry about little things, like finding car parks etc… just like my dad.
9 I like to drive with all of the windows down
10 I loved to climb trees and make huts as a child
11 I am a night owl, I love the night time rather then the morning
12 I am very shy when meeting new people
13 I collect apple lollies (73 so far)
14 I can’t drink coffee after lunch otherwise I can’t get to sleep
15 we have games nights in our family where we play board games and I quite often win
16 I like hospitals
didn’t think I would get 16… but there you go.
Congratulations on getting your work out there. Your “wall” is beautiful!
I loved your list. Here’s mine. Thanks for the tag.
gasp! your work on these shelves is stunning! showcased in all their glory, as they should be.
love to read the 16 things too!
I’m so blessed that I found your art work in C.P.S. almost a year ago. It was a true gift when I got to meet you at Squam. Kelly the way you write is so beautiful and inspirational on so many levels. I’m so happy for you…congrates!!!
Smiles and xoxo
Jill
I am so so excited for you, Kelly! The reproductions look fabulous! I can totally see all of them hanging in every room of my house! Congratulations and thank you for the source of inspiration.
Oh, Kelly,
I am sooo excited for you! I love your art and can’t wait to see/get more of it!
Congratulations!
I love your openness and honesty. Thanks for all that you share. You are true inspiration! Congrats on your new line.
Kelly! So beautiful and wonderful! Yay for you! Can’t wait to see what new bounty this year will hold for you 🙂
Congratulations!
(P.S. I keep forgetting to email you, but if you still want to do that interview, any time is fine 🙂 But no worries if you get swept up in other goodness.)
How exciting! I recently purchased your book and it has inspired me to have fun and paint! I’m loving it…THANK YOU! I’m an art therapist and so many of the concepts you talk about in the book and on your site are completely in line with my professional ideas and values and they are what I bring to my work with clients. But I don’t often apply them to myself and MY art. So THANK YOU for the reminder!
This is so awesome! Celebrate BIG! I love your art. W-o-w. Go Kelly Rae go!
Congratulations! Demdaco is such a coup ~ and to get such a large collection ~ kudos to you. I was in Atlanta this past weekend at the Mart and saw them. They caught my eye right away. Good job!
#15
i feel you. i go more back than forth. and sometimes i feel like ‘what kind of woman am i if i decide not to have children? does it mean i’m hard? not feminine? selfish? i like the comment above about ‘feeling’ it rather than ‘thinking’ it (to death). still though…possibly one of the hardest choices to make (or not).
Huge congratulations on your line. It looks amazing and I can’t wait to see all the products that will be offered soon. Wonderful posting with the 16 things about you. Lovely way to get to know you better!
Congratulations Kelly Rae. It’s absolutely wonderful and totally inspiring.
wow. you are just kicking so much ass kelly. every time i check in i am more and more in awe and soooo happy for you. can’t wait to see what other amazing things are in store!!
Congrats! How great that your art will inspire an even larger audience! (As for #15 — you can overthink it to death. How do you FEEL about it, deep down? You’ll know.)
So happy for your success… enjoy every moment!
You continue to be such an amazing inspiration!
Wow, that’s huge. Congratulations!!!
Congratulations Kelly! Demdaco makes such a high quality product. I can only imagine how gorgeous they are in person.
Hello, dream come true! How exciting is that? I am so happy for you and elated with you. Congratulations – and I want one!
This is totally fantastic – so excited for you. Thanks for sharing your joy with the rest of us. 🙂
kelly! this is fantastic!!!
just wanted to say congratulations… you deserve it.
i’m also really enjoying seeing peeks of your new home. i love it! it looks so inviting.
xoxo
~lela
Congratulations Kelly Rae! I can’t even imagine the thrill you much have experienced seeing your work reproduced like this.
I love this “Hope” print I got from you last month. Best to you on your endeavors.
Oh! And do you know about the handy little flossers that look like a little wish bone with the floss strung across. They are SO MUCH more convenient than a spool of floss. I really detest flossing, too. But I will do it more frequently with the little wishbone thingee.
hot damn–LOVE seeing your name on the wall like that, and your work looks just beautiful. so, so lovely!
Your showing is gorgeous! Every piece is absolutely beautiful.
And your 16 things is great. You made me think. lol
Peace & Love,
~Barb~
oh congratulations on your line — they look wonderful!! how exciting. i enjoyed reading your 16 things…thanks for sharing. i may try this later this week, we’ll see…