a dinner for a dozen (including frankface, the beloved wandawega lake resort camp mascot) MENU:cranberry orange stuffed pork tenderloin, glazed roasted brussel sprouts, rum cake with orange cranberry compote, crocks of baked pasta and queso with crumble top, homemade pecan toffee. thanks to alexei, mary, will, will & heather for cookin’ up a storm!and thanks to cost plus for the amazing $4 retro crocks.
INSTANT BAR:ingredients: 1 toboggan, a ton of booze, some thrift decanters (these were $3-$8 each)some resale MCM glasses) some vintage stir sticks, some bar nuts (in our case peanuts, cashews and walnuts) in decanters. optional: animal hide instructions:grab a couple saw horses (or in this case kitchen bar stools)-top with all other ingredients- bottoms, up, ya’ll. * thanks, desiree and bill for modeling your mugs!* lenny and me resale store on milwaukee ave. for the freaking amazing vintage toboggan ($90)* cirlce of friends thrift in elkhorn for the brass and walnut antique bar tray ($15!)
i found this lovely wedding on the AMAZING blog: oncewed.com (and they found it HERE)
… a couple FOUND mason jars, some FREE gingham tissue, bakers twine, natural cotton cap cover, new old stock price tags from a FLEA MARKET, and one afternoon later… (toffee courtesy of desiree- her family’s recipe)
Art camp for grown-ups? A former Latvian summer camp evolves into a low-key, high-designed colony for Chicago’s creative set – CS Interiors Features
last weekend, we had over 200 folks visit us at Camp Wandawegafor the Sunday mass in the grass, followed by some partaking in a Pancake breakfast (old school Latvia recipe)-a book signing and antique sale. thanks to everyone who came, ate, purchased a book…or two.
1 modest little book. HIGHLIGHTS: 110 guests.125 cookies.7 varieties of pastries on the farm table.100 books sold out in 45 minutes.3: no of books found who’s insides were printed upside down35: no. of freebie key fobs taken6: folks that bought more than six books7: no. of tables used.2: gallons of coffee consumed2: no. of reporters in attendance4: no. of cupcakes the author shoved in her face before event378: no of photos taken be photographer2: hrs spent hand making teeny little food flags15: no. of hours spent prepping this event over a week 1 superfun event. AND IT WAS ALL OVER…
We love all things ReadyMade. They are scrappy, inspiring and fun.This month’s issue features ‘Get Away’ — pick it up to check out 3 pages of Wandawega love or go to http://www.readymade.com/projects/article/escape_winter_drink_gloggto check out the recipe for Glogg – from christine of busybakes.com