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Hey peeps!

What did you guys do for the holiday weekend? Memorial Day is one of my favorite holidays!



Well this little quiz is floating around the interwebs and I thought "what the heck". It may be procrastination as I have one bazillion boxes to unpack, but eh. :) Here we go...

A- My AIR CONDITIONER is set on: non-existent... do you mean my janky old fan? ;)

B- My BEDROOM theme is: turquoise and slate, very IKEA.

C- The CAR in the driveway is: a white Subaru Outback

D- My DESK looks: like there is a sewing machine on it. And it needs a coat of paint!

E- The EXACT time I wake up daily is: 7:45 every day!

F- The FIRST thing I wash in the shower is: my face

G- My GARAGE is filled with: a million things since I just moved! And many bikes.

H- My HOME is: the bomb. A haven for puppy dogs. Bike friendly living rooms and very cozy.

I- If you peeked INSIDE my bathroom you'd see: Marimekko!

J- My favorite JUICE is: homemade apple-kale-carrot juice from my juicer!

K- The best part of my KITCHEN is: the big window.

L- The LAST person who visited my home was: My mom!

M- The last piece of MAIL for me was: Some fabric I ordered from Etsy. Yay!

N- My NEIGHBORS think I'm: an angel who loves to plant, then kill, flowers. Then plant, then kill, repeat.

O- If you OPENED my fridge you'd see: almond milk, black beans, avocado, sprouts, hummus, pita, feta, spinach, and LOTS of produce.

P- My last house PARTY was: a bbq earlier in the month on a nice warm day.

Q- A QUICK meal I like to fix is: avo-hummus-bean-veggie wraps

R- My favorite ROOM of the house is: my studio!

S- The SHAMPOO brand I use is: Garnier because it was like 2 dollars. ;)

T- My largest TELEVISION is: the only tv is in the living room.

U- UNDER my bed you will find: a massage table

V- The last time I VACUUMED was: Every day! We have two dogs who are starting to blow their coats. Yikes!

W- Looking out my WINDOW I see: green trees, my garden, a patio and a shed.

X- I wish I had X-TRA: time.

Y- My YARD is: one big garden.

Z- ZZZZZZZ My bedtime is: between 11 and 1.

I hope you guys have a good day off today! I'll see you tomorrow for Turquoise Tuesday!

xo,

Meaghan @ Urban Farm Designs

Happy Birthday Sister!!

I have to say a happy birthday to my lovely and fabulous sister, Lindsey!

She's always had amazing style. SEE? I love you Linds! See you for dinner! :)

xo,
Your Seester

Cute music.

Hey you crazy kids!

Well I'm in between moving loads of all my shtuff back and forth. Ugh, moving sucks. ;) What I've realized is that I have accumulated WAYYYYY too much stuff for one girl to possess. Anyhow. This is not why I'm blogging. I totally stumbled across the cutest song ever and had to share it with you guys!

She sang at a wedding I went to in Portland last year and her voice is totally amazing. Anyways, if you write a song about coffee, fixed gear bikes, beards and Portland, I promise to post it too. ;)

xoxo peeps, gotta go move more stuff. Gah!

Meaghan @ Urban Farm Designs

Turquoise Tuesday!

Hi all!
Whew! What a week! So many fun and exciting things going on right now! Thanks so much for all the birthday wishes! I had a great weekend! :) I'm also getting busier and busier at the massage practice which is really awesome. I love my job! On the Urban Farm Designs front, I'm working on getting a bunch of custom orders finished this next week, then I'll be working on my next shop update! Yay! Well, here is your turquoise fix for the week!

Absolutely coveting this Cloud Painting no.1 CUMULUS from Beepart

Aqua wood wall hooks and vase from Old New Again

60's turquoise shift dress from Penny Dreadful Vintage

This turquoise cuff from The Shag Bag is so summery!

Super cute turquoise earrings also from The Shag Bag

Absolutely loving this Big Circles, Little Pillow cover from A Stitch In Dye

The Best Is Yet To Come print from The Love Shop

Okay, so this is more of a light blue but how awesome is this glass water bottle from lifefactory!

xo,
Meaghan @ Urban Farm Designs

Birthday Fun!

Hey all!
Well it's officially my last year of my twenties! Today is my lovely birthday and I'm the big 2-9. I plan to make this year one worth remembering, and I'm working on a list to help me make it epic! It's still in progress but I'll post it once the final draft is done!

My family had a birthday dinner for me last night, which was so much fun! My fave pizza from PRI (it has a "dessert bite" at the crust... an apricot stuffed with ricotta! YUM!), strawberry shortcake, the traditional Bull family drawing contest (I won!), and a viewing of the classic film "What's Up Doc". ;)




My sister made us all party hats for the occasion.





How CUTE are they!?! She's so creative!

Well, I'm off to more fun birthday things! A new tattoo, a movie and later tonight a drink with friends! :) Yay! I hope you guys have a wonderful day! See you tomorrow for Turquoise Tuesday!

xo,
Meaghan @ Urban Farm Designs

Turquoise Thursday

Hello!
Here we go with a lovely Turquoise Thursday! I'm totally tempted by all these cute shoes!! ;) I hope you enjoy!

Matisse Jay in Aqua at Lori's Shoes

La Mer Collections Silver Square Watch in Turquoise at Singer22.com

'Woodstock' medium shoulder bag at Debenhams

Turquoise metal aviator sunglasses at Debenhams

Hunter Original Rain Boots in Turquoise at Bloomingdales

Wide World Necklace at Anthropologie

Love this aqua lamp over at the Thomas Paul Collection.

OMG, dying over these Frye Alessia Trapunto Thong Sandals at Zappos

Vintage Aqua Ball Mason Jars on Etsy

Hello Little Birdie Zippered Clutch on Etsy

AMAZING couches found at Couch

Muah, muah,
Meaghan @ Urban Farm Designs

Decisions, decisions...

Hey all!

Whew! It's been a busy week! You KNOW it's got to be a crazy week when I forget to post a Turquoise Tuesday! Gah! My apologies... I am planning an epic edition of Turquoise THURSDAY for y'all to make amends. ;)

Anyhow.

I totally need your help. My birthday is next week and I'm trying to choose my bday dress! My problem is too many awesomely adorable choices... which I realize is not so much a problem! So here we go... (drum roll)... cuteness galore.

1. all for the love of you daisy dress at Ruche

2. apple blossoms dress at Ruche

3. The Photogenic Dress at ModCloth

4. Hydrangea Dress at ModCloth

5. Lake District Dress at ModCloth

6. Edgartown Dress at ModCloth

7. Blueberry Breakfast Tea Dress in Light Grey at LuLu's

8. Floral Repose Dress at LuLu's

See how hard my life is?? Seeeeee? SO HARD. So much cuteness. So little time. Which dress would you choose?

xoxo,
Meaghan @ Urban Farm Designs

Hellooooo

Hey all!
Whew! I had so much fun at Spring Camp! Here are a few pics of the WAY too much fun we had...








I'm heading south for the next 2 days to hang out in a sweet cabin while Ryan goes to a conference for work. Sigh, my life is so hard. ;) I'm planning on brainstorming and playing with my pups while soaking in the lovely woods. Before I go, I wanted to leave you guys with this SNL clip that made me laugh till I cried...



I hope you kids have a great weekend! I'll see you Monday!

xo,
Meaghan @ Urban Farm Designs

Turquoise Tuesday!

Happy Tuesday!
I rounded up more turquoise for you crazy cats this week! I just painted a bunch of old screen doors turquoise to use as fencing for my garden (to keep puppy dogs out of my tomatoes). It turned out super cute! I'll post pictures as soon as I get it all put up!

Blue walls...

More blue walls...

Typewriters...

Turquoise Chair...

Turquoise toenails...

Blue mountains...

ADORABLE jar of yarn...

I hope you guys have a wonderful Tuesday!!!

xoxo,
Meaghan @ Urban Farm Designs

Meet My Peeps: HumbleB

Hi all!
Well it's Monday, and time to meet another wonderful Indie Biz peep of mine! I'm happy to introduce the super adorable and talented Brooke of HumbleB!



1) How & when did you get started? What made you choose your particular craft?

I come from a very artistic background. My mom sewed most of our clothes when we were little and my dad was a writer and artist. Two of my sisters majored in graphic design and now work for Colorbok designing scrapbooking products. When I was younger, I dreamed up being a real artist, but I just wasn't good at it. I felt like a misfit in my own family, the only one without a talent.
I only learned to sew about a year ago. My mom had recently gotten a new sewing machine and one day I decided a wanted to sew a stuffed platypus. I sat myself down with a few fat quarters and the sewing machine manual and figured it out best I could.

I finished the platypus, and then I sewed a bunny.
And then, my mom bought me my own sewing machine for me to take with me to college. Since then I have been teaching myself everything I can about sewing, often spending hours on the phone with my mom having her work me through particularly confusing bits.

After getting the hang of basic sewing, I branched out and became a huge fan of embroidery. It seems to antiquated to some, but I love they way it looks, and using the old art form to create beautiful modern (or even silly) designs is so rewarding!
Now, I focus on making unique products that often combine more than one skill. I hope to open my etsy shop in the next month. It will feature lots of embroidered goodies, like hand embroidered notebooks, homemade baby quilts, softies, headbands and other handsewn goodness.



2) Where do you find your inspiration? What's your creative process?

I find inspiration everywhere. I live in near the ocean and love the white, light, linen, nautical touches that are in my community. I also find inspiration from my family: my two graphic designer sisters also love to craft and we frequently exchange ideas and inspiration.

My creative process varies. For small projects, I like to try and tackle a prototype as soon as I get the idea. I love thinking of something and then just because able to sit down and make it. This works excellently for small projects.
For larger projects, I like to take my time planning and finding the perfect materials. Often, when I know I am going to be tackling a the start of a large project that I won't finish in one day, I will begin with a small, easy project so I can have the satisfaction of already having made something that day. It keeps me from getting frustrated if I run into problems with the larger project, I think.



3) What are your top 5 fave blogs/sites?

There are so many great blogs and websites out there, and often if I am dry on inspiration, I will check these out to get my mind spinning. These are just a few of my favorites:

Bliss is a great blog for pretty pictures and inspiration. http://blissfulb.blogspot.com/
Dottie Angel has awesome pictures and makes adorable products! http://dottieangel.blogspot.com/
Bloesem is all about the eye candy: http://www.bloesem.blogs.com/
Post Grad Hair Cut is so modern and fun, and has excellent links: http://postgradhaircut.blogspot.com/
going home to roost has great ideas:) http://www.goinghometoroost.com/

4) Where can we find more of you?(website,blogs,shop etc)

I love all social networking, and you can find me here:
www.twitter.com/brookebischoff
www.humbleB-blog.blogspot.com
www.flikr.com/photos/humble_b
www.humbleB.tumblr.com

And my shop is not existent yet.. But look for coming up information on my blog!



5) Tell us something exciting that is coming up in your shop or blog...

Coming up in the blog, are a couple really fun how-to's, a giveaway when I reach fifty followers, and more sneak peeks of the products that will be in my shop.

Also, keep your eye out for my SHOP ANNOUNCEMENT coming in the next month.

6) Fill in your favorite...

Drink: Unsweetend Iced Passion Tea from Starbucks! (So delicious, and such a nice color)
Food: Can't live without vegetarian burritos from Chipotle. Sooo yum!
Color: Oh, that's hard to choose. I think it might be grey because it's chic and so versatile.
Accessory: A purpley knit cowl my sister knitted for me!
Current Trend/Obsession: Nautical knots!! So pretty!

7) And lastly, what's in your bag right now?

My bag is a grey one from H&M that holds a TON! I love it! Unfortunately I forgot to get a picture of it...
In my bag right now is: My Indie Biz binder, my philosophy notebook (I am a student after all), my journal, The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls (It was just okay), and my planner.

I also have four different pens I really don't use pencil), my ipod and skullcandy headphones (they work so well!), my MyTouch phone, Benefit BadGal mascara in plum, mini tweezers, a hair tie and some pins, stamps, a parking ticket (whoops) and my $12 sunglasses from target.

Also, I guess my wallet didn't make it into this picture. I have a yellow faux-leather wallet that I got from the Nordstrom's Outlet for like $13, a steal!



I had so much fun sharing this with you! Thank you to Meaghan for asking me to be featured! I am so honored, and I hope to see some of you over at my blog!

I hope you all have a great week! I'm off to the coast for Spring Camp that I mentioned in my Blog It Forward post last month! The girls came over for a fun night of preparation and we're ready for some epic girl-camping! I'll be back Wednesday and will post lots of Spring Camp pics! See you tomorrow for a "previously recorded" Turquoise Tuesday! ;)

xo,
Meaghan @ Urban Farm Designs