September

Leslie — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:50:00 +0000

September arrives today and that means it’s almost fall, my favorite time of the year! This is the time of year you start thinking about sweaters, campfires, and maybe deer. And so with my excitement of the new month I want to leave you with some fabulous watercolor paintings and remind me of the fall months.

{Geninne}

Fall Arrivals at Fey Handmade

Leslie — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 22:23:55 +0000

We are so excited… we’ve teamed up with Fey Handmade and you can now purchase some of our fantastic home items on their website.

If you haven’t heard of them before it’s about time you check them out, plus their blog is ADORABLE!

another giveaway for YOU!

Sarah — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:23:48 +0000

Our dear friend, Stacey, from Island Canary is hosting an UrbanPosture giveaway!! Get your very own set of tea-towels (including our NEW rain drop motif!!!). The giveaway lasts until Tuesday, so you better hurry. See the details here.

Wood Wall Hanging

Leslie — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:44:02 +0000

What a summer it has been here in Des Moines, between heat and storms it’s felt pretty extreme. Two weeks ago we had such a storm come through, toppling trees down with 75 mile per hour wind. We should have more then enough wood to last us for years.

Here is just another great way to use that over abundance of branches you have stock piled on your burn pile.

Reclaimed wood stools

Leslie — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:41:26 +0000

Looking for a great stool with rustic but contemporary design? What a fantastic way to use some of those leftover wood pieces you have laying around!

I would just love to have some of these in my house.

You can find out more information regarding how these were made and why via Apartment Therapy

How do you celebrate?

Leslie — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 17:19:28 +0000

Hope you all are having a fantastic holiday weekend and enjoying wonderful things from picnics to camping, to music festivals and fireworks, fabulous foods such as apple and cherry pies and good old fried chicken.

Happy 4th of July, everyone!

On the road again.

Leslie — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 04:34:50 +0000

At the beginning of this month Sarah and I took UrbanPosture and booth helper Tiffany and ALL our goods to Brooklyn, NY for our very first show outside of the Midwest. Renegade Craft hosts many great indie craft shows throughout the country with Brooklyn being one of their locations.

We made the road trip there a two day occasion and took our time driving interstate 80 taking turns between the 3 of us gals driving. Pennsylvania was so beautiful… I think a vacation there would be lovely. Such beautiful vasts of trees and blankets ferns! It only makes sense that we would love all this!

We got into Manhattan late Thursday night, drove through some very narrow streets in Soho, took the Williamsburg Bridge over to Brooklyn and found a street parking spot only 3 blocks away from our friend Erica’s apartment. Success!

(Sarah and booth helper Tiffany, spying on passer-byes)

Saturday morning was the beginning of Renegade and off to McCarren Park we went. The day was HOT and sunny, you would think that us Iowans would be use to that.

(new raindrop motif printed on pillows)

We had a great time meeting other vendors as well as chatting it up with customers. Many people were amazed that we came ALL the way from Iowa for the show. We really have to admit it was because of the encouragement from the gentleman of Gnome Enterprises that we made the trip.

It was a blast and we hope to do it again! Brooklyn we HEART YOU!

printed by our booth neighbors Hero Design Studio who where fantastic to us! They let us barrow shopping bags as well as kept us up to date on all weather related issues.

Lost Things

Leslie — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 03:41:48 +0000

Here’s a little bit of stop motion for you on a Tuesday along with a picture of one of our new binders that coordinates with the video for all you ship lovers.

or with the frame…

What a daze things have been lately! So sorry for the long length in time since our last post. We are working on updated you with stories from our trip to Brooklyn Renegade.

New Growth

Leslie — Mon, 10 May 2010 03:11:41 +0000

Ground Work

We must be feeling the same creative wavelengths as Danna, love it!

BIG NEWS

Sarah — Thu, 06 May 2010 05:22:15 +0000

We have been trying so hard to keep this secret and the day is finally here!! UrbanPosture is the featured artist on the front page of Etsy today!! We’ve been working hard to get everything updated and stocked and we are ready to go!!!

you may see the full interview with us here.

Happy Shopping…and don’t forget to tell your friends!!