More Prints Available!
September 10, 2011 by Rachel Peters
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There are more prints available!
Order one of the following 8.5×11″ prints for yourself or a loved one.
$25 per order, shipping included within North America. Add $10 for overseas shipping.
And by all means, larger donations are welcome!
“Great Beyond 1″ 
“Great Beyond 2″ 
“CBC 1″
“Chair” 
“Day:1″ 
“Safe”
Send orders to retch10@hotmail.com via Paypal with a message stating your name, mailing address and which print(s) you’d like.
Also, it would be ideal to let me know if your paypal email address is not your contact email address, just in case of questions or delays.
As I heal, look for a job that doesn’t require my arms, each order I receive helps me out.
Thank you so much to everyone who’s already donated and ordered from me. I truly appreciate it.
Sincerely,
Rachel.
Faun-tastic
July 4, 2011 by Rachel Peters
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I haven’t updated my site in ages. There are far too many reasons to explain. One of those reasons (and one of the reasons I don’t care to take the time to explain) is the first of two carpal tunnel surgeries. I shouldn’t really be typing. …Oh, and I’m not. Right, right. I’m pounding my face against the keyboard and it’s just pure Shakespearean-chimps-at-typewriter chance that words and coherent sentences are the result. It’s really creepy.
Anyway, I want to share at least a peak at what’s developing in my world of busking. Pavement art is getting progressively hard on my body… So, I’ve decided to start building an other-worldly walk-about character who will surely help me ruin the remaining parts of my body left undmanged by chalk. So far, I call her “Faunus”.
I’ll let the photos do the typing now, but stay tuned for a finished, full body faun, late in 2011…
Just in Time For Winter Holiday Fun Gift Celebration Turkey Time!
October 30, 2010 by Rachel Peters
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Ok, I celebrate Christmas. Let’s just get that out there. But whatever YOU celebrate, don’t let the occasion go by without seriously considering which Franken Toy you’d like to adopt!
They’re getting all sorts of blog famous, so you should really find your special guy before they all get Christmas’d up! (snatched up. …at Christmas time, I mean.) I’m sorry, I’ve had one sip of wine and I don’t hold my booze very well. Bear with me.)
Remember also that new Franken toys go up to the shop every week or so. If you don’t see the right one for you, keep coming back! It’s virtually a toy factory over here at my house, with adorable limbs, torsos and severed puppy heads everywhere! It’s just a matter of time before your perfect pal shows up, ready to be adopted.
So, get ready for Christmas with Franken Toys for the family!
(They’re lonely here. They cry at night, asking where their Mommies and Daddies are.)
Go check out http://www.etsy.com/shop/frankentoys right away!
NOW!#%$@!!!
What an Honor!
October 2, 2010 by Rachel Peters
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I make toys out of other toys. As my Toys page shows, I’ve recently opened up an etsy store. For those of you who don’t know, Etsy.com is a site for hand-crafted or vintage items. You can only sell your own art — nothing that’s been hand-crafted by someone else. There are a lot of unique products and one-of-a-kinds on Etsy. A lot of great things as well as a lot of horribly regrettable things.
As a result of the popularity of Etsy and the audacity of some people who think they can sell horrible junk, there is now also a highly popular blog site (and recent coffee table book) called www.regretsy.com.
The sharp-as-sewing needles author of regretsy who goes by the pseudonym, “Helen Killer” treats the site largely as a failblog of etsy items, etsy descriptions or etsy stores, but also has categories for the weird and wonderful masterpieces who just need to be spotlighted.
WHO do you think just got featured in the “Not Remotely Crap” category??? GUesS!! No, seriously, take a guess! …No, not Matt Damon. No. …try again. No, not Dave Coulier. …Amy Grant?? What?? No, ME, you dingus!!
Yessir, I made my first 8 sales within the first 24 hours of being on regretsy, and I regret NOTHING!!
check it out:
http://www.regretsy.com/2010/09/23/frankentoys/
WARNING: The rest of the site contains some adult material and language. It seems a lot of etsy shops sell very adult, genitalia based crafts.
I’m super honored. I would have been honored to even have been mocked.
Good job, Helen Killer. Rock on. And don’t let any of those death threats get to you.
~Rachel.
Most recent addition to my shop, the only driving “Wookie Mobile”, complete with wookie.
Franken Toys. Up For Adoption!
September 12, 2010 by Rachel Peters
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New on my toy design page is the Franken Toys Etsy shop. Head to the Etsy links and check out the whole collection. New ones are being made every day.
“Safe”
July 10, 2010 by Rachel Peters
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There’s a new painting added to the “Painting Prayers” theme. It’s called “Safe”.
Acrylic on canvas.
Safe, Acrylic on canvas
Rachel and a Bus Adventure Blog 40~Little Sammy in the Big Apple
May 26, 2010 by Rachel Peters
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Rachel hasn’t seen Sam and brother Scott since they were all pants-wetting little children in Austria! Now the meet in New York City.
Rachel and a Bus Adventure Blog ~ The Full Series
May 20, 2010 by Rachel Peters
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For those who are curious about Rachel and a Bus but can’t commit to watching full episodes yet, here’s a trailer with little blips and snips of what you might find: http://youtu.be/9CrJfUHlSLI
Here is where I keep an orderly list of Rachel and a Bus episodes. Now you can watch them in order!
Keep Coming back to watch the remaining episodes light up with links!
Episode 3~Dumped on the Trans Can
Episode 5~Subscribing to Schreiber
Episode 9~Stop Sawing the Table
Episode 11~Bathroom Break in Regina
Episode 13~Backtrack to Brooks
Episode 15~Beautiful, Beautiful Banff
Episode 19A~Jana Banana Catches Up
Episode 22~Free Spirit Spheres
Episode 24~Hamming It Up in Bellingham
Episode 25~Waiting is Hard Work
Episode 27~Playing With Frisbees
Episode 28~Tinsel Town or Bust
Episode 29A~Rachel Makes a New Friend #1
Episode 29B~Rachel Makes a New Friend #2
Episode 29C~Rachel Makes a New Friend #3
Episode 30~What Happens in Vegas… Goes In My Videos
Episode 32~Denver Gold Panning
Episode 33~Meet The Halseide Family
Episode 34~A Halseide Tour of Fort Collins
Episode 39~Reverse Doppelganger Week!
Episode 40~Little Sammy in the Big Apple
Episode 41~The Windy Apple
Episode 42~Sing For Your Supper
Episode 43~Connecticut Karl on the Equinox
Episode 44~Weldon Alley
Episode 45~Hiding Oscar in the Attic
Episode 46~Ottawa and Art Direction with Chris Robinson
Episode 47~Cat Sanctuary
Episode 48~Home Again Home Again, Jiggedy Jig.
Rachel and a Bus Adventure Blog 39~Reverse Doppelganger Week!
May 17, 2010 by Rachel Peters
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Ontario’s Artist Rachel Peters meets Brooklyn’s Artist Rachel Peters. They shake hands and the universe promptly implodes.
Rachel and a Bus Adventure Blog 38_Evan All Amish #2
May 13, 2010 by Rachel Peters
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Comedian, Jonathan Burns surprises Rachel and Evan with the gift of an Amish buggy ride. Our second surprise was Caleb, our charming ex-Amish tour guide.
