Things I Love | Garden 2013

Vintage bed spring for garden climber  |  Kelly Rae Roberts 

Rustic Garden Basket  |  BarbedWireMercantile

Room Essentials Garden Shoe - Gray  |  Target

Rustic Potting Bench  |  One True Love Vintage

State Flower Collection Screen Print  |  thimblepress

Love ya bunches!
~Megan

Spring Dreams

It officially feels like Spring here in small town Illinois!  With the rain and warmer temps we've been having, the grass is turning green and flowers are popping up.  Spring is such an exciting season!  It is filled with so much possibility.  I catch myself getting a little carried away daydreaming about all the things I would like to do during the warm weather.  It is so easy for me to get lost in possibility.  Therefore, I am declaring now that I will have a mindful spring, focusing on my VIP's!

Spring Dreams

Attach the rain barrels
Spring-time yard work (I love yard work....it's like meditation)
Train Wrigley to use a specific area to take care of business
Sew oodles of fun aprons
Paint four sets of cornhole boards
Ride my bike
Hammock reading
Spring cleaning
Kitchen island makeover
Take some "after" photos for fun before and after blog posts
Make lots of things for my first ever craft fair!!! {post to follow!}

Happy Monday Friends!

Love ya bunches!
~Megan

Don't Forget the Sprinkles

Eeeps!  So excited about this!  So my dear friend Katie recently started a blog Don't Forget the Sprinkles to share her craftiness and rockin' baking skills!  In one of her posts she made some awesome headbands and sent me one of my favorite team!!  Is it awesome or is it AWESOME!?! 

{the "awesome headband" dance}

Wrigley also loves the Bears!

My Newfangled Love

I introduce the CamelBak Better Bottle!!!! 

Why is this the best thing since sliced bread you ask?  I shall tell you!  It is insulated, stainless steel, and has the signature CamelBak lid!!!!  EEEPS!!  SO FRICKIN' AWESOME!  It doesn't sweat all over my desk.  My H20 stays chilled to the max aaaaaaand I always seem to drink more H20 with the signature spout.

This H20-bottle combines the insulation of my favorite travel java container, it has the awesome stainless steal-ness so your water doesn't get that icky tasting water bottle funk, and it has the drink more water spout of my reg. CamelBak bottle.  It is a bit pricey but OHMYGOSH it is awesome and I take it everywhere. bffs for realz yo!  Word to your mother.

Ribbit

I found a mini-prince on my walk the other day!

Happy Birthday Me!

Ok so I'm a day late 'cause my birthday was actually yesterday.

What happened to November!?!  Last month was probably the busiest month I've had in a loooong time!  Alas, I have accomplished a ton of work projects, fun artsy projects and house projects that I can't wait to share with you!!

First up the Birthday DONUT... and friends!!

 What better way to start off the day than a frosted cake donut with SPRINKLES!  My boyfriend Colin gave me the most gnarly FirsTurn Soft Shell Jacket from Cloudveil!!!  I adore it!!

Random side-note:  Green is my signature color.

I scurried up to a small local book store for some java and to peruse the sewing books and came home with this gem, A is for Apron, 25 fresh & flirty designs by Nathalie Mornu!!  I have been so fascinated by aprons this last year.  I love going to antique stores and finding all sorts of vintage aprons!  I love the opportunity to take a step back in time.

My bff Mandy...or best known as Mandizzle sent me Green Guide for Artists, Non toxic recipes, green art ideas & resources for the eco-conscious artist by Karen Michel.  Such a fun book I can't wait to try some of the fun recipes!

Twas a delightful birthday!!

Have a fantastic Friday!!

Graffiti

As to be expected when moving into a new house, the last few weeks have been crazy!  Last Friday I finally finished painting the studio/office and unpacked all my artsy fun-ness!  It feels really great to have a space to create! When I'm not busy with yard work and other such housely duties I have been readin' up on graffiti.  I've always been attracted to this style of art.  Graffiti is messy and raw and in your face.  Oh and the colors!!!  Sooo many gloriously gnarly colors! 

Here are a couple of books I've been inspired by lately.

GRAFF: The Art & Technique of Graffiti by Scape Martinez

This book is more of a how-to.  Scape provides tons of graphic info on the basics of graffiti while providing tidbits of graffiti history.

Graffiti Women:  Street Art from Five Countinents by Nicholas Ganz and Nancy MacDonald

This book is just straight-up inspiring.  There is sooooo much great art from all across the world, by women of diverse backgrounds. 

Feel da flow.  Rock wit it.