Here Comes Team Chicken! — The Suburban Farm

Jan 23

Jan 23 Here Comes Team Chicken!

It all starts with a YouTube channel. This channel specifically.

The boys wanted a YouTube channel. It's the hot new thing to be when you grow up, a YouTuber.

We’re working on some videos, and some house rules:

You have to wear a shirt on the internet. (Everyone keeps asking why they’re naked, and they’re not, they’re wearing pants, but it would make my life easier if I didn’t have to field questions about the state of dress my children are in.)
No last names and you can’t mention your school name.
We can’t include other people unless we have a model release.
We have to publish actual content, we’re not just going to post videos of you playing Minecraft. That niche is full.

I’m sure as we go on there will be more rules, but that’s a start.

So while I was setting up the YouTube, I realized the blog had gone fallow. It was dated looking and needed a fresh new look. And perhaps I should start writing in it again. You know, for giggles.

So here it is. The official headquarters of the Suburban Farm and Team Chicken. Doesn’t it look nice?

We’ve linked all the social media pages and hopefully that will inspire me to post more.

Here’s to 2017 and all the projects it brings!

Gretchen Bedell

Once upon a time there was a photographer and designer who found herself on a journey to create the most awesome and collaborative creative firm the world has ever seen. Today, Gretchen Bedell continues to pursue that dream as the fearless leader of the Odd Moxie posse.

At Odd Moxie we value making money (as most companies do) but we also value people. We create and design to build people up (clients, employees, just people in general), clarify meaning and make the everyday, interesting.

Gretchen strongly believes in continuing education and relentlessly pursues her own while encouraging posse members to do the same. Often she’ll pay for classes or workshops to help the group grow. Team members are highly encouraged to take time in their work-week to read, follow up on industry news or check out that new business or design book they’ve been meaning to get to, tinker with some new software, or try out some gear they're unfamiliar with. Through learning we grow and deliver a stronger more researched product to our clients.

In her spare moments, Gretchen can be found playing in the gardens with her family, touring the country in her minivan named Morrison, haunting arts galleries, and helping manage Work Nimbly (Williamsburg’s creative coworking space where she’s a co-owner.)

Gretchen loves amazing visuals, but she also loves the collaborative process of creating those amazing visuals. While she hasn’t (yet) saved the free world she’s well known as a problem solver and continues to grow and encourage Odd Moxie to be the best damn firm it can be.