sarah.achtemeier@gmail.com Austin, TX ArtistTumblr (3.0; @sarahachtemeier)http://sarahsblogg.in/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4fedqrpje1qa4lazo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Inspired by Mexican Religious Folk Art, and Childhood.</p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://sarahachtemeierart.tumblr.com/post/23542481947">sarahachtemeierart</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Best Dog Ever</p> <p>3-Dimensional Watercolor</p> <p>16” x 20”</p> <p>A gift for one of my best friends who recently lost <em>her</em> best friend.</p> </blockquote>http://sarahsblogg.in/post/23542619922http://sarahsblogg.in/post/23542619922Tue, 22 May 2012 08:25:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3qdfdyVpv1qz7y68o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Best seats in the house*</p> <p>*(out of the house)</p>http://sarahsblogg.in/post/22686938058http://sarahsblogg.in/post/22686938058Tue, 08 May 2012 19:59:37 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1cvucgCK31qz7y68o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Started some seed babies today!</p>http://sarahsblogg.in/post/19796562725http://sarahsblogg.in/post/19796562725Fri, 23 Mar 2012 16:03:48 -0500<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/17782488091/tumblr_lzk3moCe9R1qz7y68&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p>Sonnymoon - <em>Houstatlantavegas</em></p> <p>This is a cover from Drake’s <em>So Far Gone</em>, but I like this one way more than the original.</p> <p>Our Friend Mikey AKA <a href="http://soundcloud.com/p3riph3ral">Peripheral</a> is playing a show with them <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/232416493508983/">March 23rd</a> in Asheville @ the Emerald Lounge!</p>http://sarahsblogg.in/post/17782488091http://sarahsblogg.in/post/17782488091Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:28:00 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz17rtCz6R1qa4lazo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My latest painting:</p> <p><em>Forbidden Love</em> (Out on the open West)</p> <p>16 x 20”, 3D</p> <p>Watercolor, Colored Pencil, Technical Pen</p> <p>via <a href="http://sarahachtemeierart.tumblr.com/">Sarah Achtemeier Art</a></p>http://sarahsblogg.in/post/17213558312http://sarahsblogg.in/post/17213558312Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:48:14 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly68je5tLy1qz7y68o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Pictured:  Mildred & Richard Loving and their three children (1965)</p> <p>The Lovings were the namesake for the Supreme Court Case, <em>Loving v. Virginia</em>, wherein the “Racial Integrity Act of 1924”, which banned mixed-race marriages, was ruled unconstitutional.  </p> <p>Click through for the article and a beautiful series of images.  (Thanks, Taylor)</p>http://sarahsblogg.in/post/16253094822http://sarahsblogg.in/post/16253094822Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:14:02 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxayn2B9P61qz7y68o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Holy smokes!  I had no idea two pomegranates could yield this many seeds.</p> <p>……</p> <p>I lied.  I did.   I just wanted you all to admire my new accessory.</p> <p>Eeeeps!!!! </p>http://sarahsblogg.in/post/15322477611http://sarahsblogg.in/post/15322477611Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:54:37 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwmoe5nQhu1qz7y68o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>And you will find a babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying on the couch.</p>http://sarahsblogg.in/post/14638252205http://sarahsblogg.in/post/14638252205Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:10:53 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwl822OZM21qz7y68o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My career as an artist began as a wee lass of 3 years.</p>http://sarahsblogg.in/post/14600847454http://sarahsblogg.in/post/14600847454Wed, 21 Dec 2011 22:20:26 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lva5rywK5L1qz7y68o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Father Nature</p>http://sarahsblogg.in/post/13356461734http://sarahsblogg.in/post/13356461734Sat, 26 Nov 2011 12:23:29 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv8biiim9D1qz7y68o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Alva, Oklahoma</p> <p>This land has belonged to Tay’s family for five generations. Before that, it was Indian territory.</p>http://sarahsblogg.in/post/13306761263http://sarahsblogg.in/post/13306761263Fri, 25 Nov 2011 12:32:34 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv8b5yKIQy1qz7y68o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Oklahoma</p>http://sarahsblogg.in/post/13306477403http://sarahsblogg.in/post/13306477403Fri, 25 Nov 2011 12:25:00 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lus75g126v1qz7y68o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>Carolina Autumn</p>http://sarahsblogg.in/post/12906073008http://sarahsblogg.in/post/12906073008Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:36:52 -0600<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/R5WDdb0nYMg?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>The Arrows - <em>We Have Love</em></p> <p>This is as true as it gets, honeypies.</p>http://sarahsblogg.in/post/12493861371http://sarahsblogg.in/post/12493861371Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:49:00 -0600<p><a href="http://dance-on-the-ceiling.tumblr.com/post/12152300178">dance-on-the-ceiling</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltx1j9O91e1qdeohf.jpg"/></p> <p>So as I was going through my old photos I came across my grandparents’ wedding photo. I never realized how pretty it was. When I’m older I am definitely going to hang this up in my house so my grandchildren can see it. It’s so beautiful. :)</p> </blockquote>http://sarahsblogg.in/post/12305046152http://sarahsblogg.in/post/12305046152Thu, 03 Nov 2011 19:13:19 -0500<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/11668666058/tumblr_ltc3ofI48a1qz7y68&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p>Bonnie Prince Billy - <em>Careless Love</em></p> <blockquote> <p>I wrote a careless love</p> <p>“Love me not for I’m above</p> <p>above a cloud all flat and white</p> <p>and with another love tonight”</p> <p>And then a careless love</p> <p>by weighty cloud above</p> <p>was ground into the floor</p> <p>to loving breathe no more</p> <p>Lady as I leave you</p> <p>limp on the floor</p> <p>distorting our voices</p> <p>slamming the door</p> <p>I say sorry</p> <p>I say bye bye</p> <p>I say miss you</p> <p>I say cry cry</p> </blockquote> <p>Poet.</p> <p>A few weeks ago I saw him perform in an abandoned high school on a teeny-tiny island on the French Broad River in the middle of mountain nowhere. It was as magical as it sounds.</p> <p>I felt like he was singing straight at me……. but 300 other people probably felt that way, too.</p> <p><img height="308" width="465" src="http://www.newyorker.com/images/2009/01/05/p465/090105_r18070_p465.jpg" align="middle"/></p>http://sarahsblogg.in/post/11668666058http://sarahsblogg.in/post/11668666058Wed, 19 Oct 2011 17:26:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltbc0yqniY1qz7y68o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I’ve been taking a knitting class in preparation for the impending Appalachian winter.  Living in Austin for two years turned me into a seasonal sissy…. I’ve got to get my snow legs back.  Finished my first project last night— a cowl-neck scarf.  Check it.</p> <p>Knitta’ Whaat?!</p>http://sarahsblogg.in/post/11651167244http://sarahsblogg.in/post/11651167244Wed, 19 Oct 2011 07:29:21 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt8fd2j7sv1qz7y68o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt8fd2j7sv1qz7y68o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>I want to be one of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgQNx_aRZgk">William Wegman’s Weimaraners</a> for Halloween.  I have everything I need except a dog face.  halp!</p>http://sarahsblogg.in/post/11587821005http://sarahsblogg.in/post/11587821005Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:48:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lr14ppUdqW1qz7y68o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Saw a Mer-man sunbathing at Turtleback Falls this week…</p>http://sarahsblogg.in/post/9818900681http://sarahsblogg.in/post/9818900681Sun, 04 Sep 2011 22:08:13 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lq4xn50ekH1qzu6nxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.youmightfindyourself.com/post/9085942672">youmightfindyourself</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.salon.com/news/2012_elections/index.html?story=%2Fpolitics%2Fwar_room%2F2011%2F08%2F18%2Frick_perry_women_ad">“Have you ever had sex with Rick Perry?”</a></p> <p><span>An Austin Ron Paul supporter has taken out a full-page ad in the local alt weekly newspaper seeking any “stripper … escort … or ‘young hottie’” who has slept with Rick Perry, part of his single-minded jihad against the presidential candidate. (<strong>Editor’s note:</strong> more dudes are going to come forward than women lol)</span></p> </blockquote>http://sarahsblogg.in/post/9272570434http://sarahsblogg.in/post/9272570434Mon, 22 Aug 2011 19:38:36 -0500shots firedpolitics