by kellyrae | Thursday, September 2, 2010 | Life in Progress |
taken with the iphone while stuck in a bit of afternoon traffic. we celebrated our 9th wedding anniversary today. we are 35 + 36 years old and today was our last anniversary as just the two of us – we wanted to make it special. and so we did. we took the whole...
by kellyrae | Friday, July 23, 2010 | Life in Progress |
“Some people move our souls to dance. They awaken us to new understanding with a passing whisper. They come into our lives, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never the same.” – unknown (photo by tracey clark) i arrived home a couple of days ago from...
by kellyrae | Wednesday, June 9, 2010 | Life in Progress |
(judy and me. way back in 2007. my, how time flies. i miss my pigtails!) earlier this year, i was at a small gathering of women where i had a chance to spend some time with one of my favorite people on the planet: judy wise. she’s the woman we all want to be...
by kellyrae | Sunday, June 6, 2010 | Life in Progress |
(23 weeks. i know, i know. i’m looking big 🙂 i wasn’t really sure what to expect but the work (heart + soul) i’ve been doing over at the e-course is way beyond anything i imagined. my only other reference point for an experience like this is when i...
by kellyrae | Saturday, May 22, 2010 | Life in Progress |
earlier this week, john turned 36 years young. over birthday dinner, we talked about how abundant our lives are, how just a few months ago we made a tricky decision to move back to portland. and how since then, our everydays are full to the brim with activity,...
by kellyrae | Friday, April 9, 2010 | Life in Progress |
today we are celebrating 11 years of togetherness. as with all unions, we’ve learned so much, grown so much, and have traveled deep and wide to this place of commitment and friendship. sometimes it takes a lot of work. sometimes it feels so easy. at the end of...
by kellyrae | Wednesday, April 7, 2010 | Entrepreneurship, Life in Progress |
i have found so much support online. and i truly believe that if i wasn’t encouraged in this space in the early years when i first discovered art, that i wouldn’t have pushed myself to keep going to see where this creative wave could take me. and of...
by kellyrae | Monday, March 8, 2010 | Being A Mama, Life in Progress |
i’ve been keeping a very big secret for weeks. and man, it’s been a hard one to keep. but i’m so thrilled to finally announce what so many of you have suspected for weeks. yes, we are pregnant!!!! i can hardly believe i’m making this...
by kellyrae | Saturday, February 13, 2010 | Life in Progress |
happy valentine’s day to you! i am wiped out over here and recovering from the sickies. you know that kind of sick where you are extremely envious of the people you see walking around the world who are seemingly well and healthy? yeah, i’m that kind of...
by kellyrae | Saturday, January 23, 2010 | Life in Progress |
(more hearts for you) it’s been such a strange couple of days. i’ve been trying to finish up what seems like many new paintings but instead of getting them done, i keep tinkering away on each of them – a little here, a little there. this isn’t...
by kellyrae | Friday, November 13, 2009 | Home + Studio Tours |
it’s thursday evening. what a difference a day makes. today i did what i need to do more often. i got on the phone. i reached out. i asked for advice. i went to an art show (where i met another Kelly Rae and saw jennifer again – both artists i loovveee!)....
by kellyrae | Friday, October 23, 2009 | Life in Progress |
i love this recent painting. it doesn’t happen with all paintings, but this one was hard to part with. maybe it’s her hair. or the handwriting. or the birdie. i don’t know, really, why i’m called to her, but i am. i’m in a funny phase...