Wandawega Blog Archive

TRIBUNE PRINT

i love this place. they are the ‘poor mans’ hatch showprint. (meaning that they are not yet famous enough to charge the same crazy prices) top 5 reasons to love them: 1. they are homegrown in indiana. 2. use the same antique wood blocks dating back to the 1870s 3. they did a poster for the jackson five & the blues bro. 4. they did an awesome poster for my hometown rodeo! (beardstown, pop.4500) “Tribune Showprint began as the Benton County Tribune in 1878. The original owners, A.L. Pittenger and Richard Stockholm opened the shop in Fowler, IN above the…

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equally surprising: style. price. quality.

i just picked up a half dozen of these at Old Navy clearance for $29 each.they are styled after vintage wool swiss army blankets, and are amazing! WIKIPEDIA ON THE DUFFLE A duffle coat, or duffel coat, is a coat made from duffle, a coarse, thick, woollen material. The name derives from Duffel, a town in the province of Antwerp in Belgium where the material originates. Duffle bags were originally made from the same material. There are many varying styles to the duffle coat, although the most common British style would be composed of the following features: Made of genuine…

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new project: AIRSTREAM TRAILER RESURRECTION

we were all set to go pick her up. an early 60’s SHASTA trailer (the cheaper version of an airstream). we had already speced out the materials to restore the interior…  and the- the dude sold it out from underneath us. alas. i guess it means there is a better one out there that we were meant to adopt.  so– david is back on her daily treasure hunt to find that one that we will adopt and add to the Wanda family. anybody out there have one to sell cheap?  we are looking for one that needs to be gutted,…

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CHEATER.

remember the request ‘before and after’ project, CHEATER? HERE IS A VIDEO OF THE STORY (the time capsule of a car that we dragged out of a barn after 50 years & put back on the track) the story hit the hotrog blogs and message boards. and before we knew it, we got a call from ROD AND KULTURE magazine, who came out from California to do a story on her. (watch out for the spring issue for the photospread) that led to a phone call we got from the folks at TORQUE FEST. a car show that features original…

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why i love my husband

here are five little reasons: i woke up to find that he’d scoured the web to find 5 surprise gifts for me: 1. a lot of 75 new old stock boyscout archery arrows 2. an antique hand-made slingshot 3. a vintage first aid kit (fully stock) 4. a retro summercamp embroidered first aid patch 5. an old school jubilee camp patch yay! (love you, tater. you know all the junk i like 🙂

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