loving’ the summercamp style of: margot harrington, tom windish and kate levinson…. mixing retro with camp + my favorite season + color palette!

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FOUND (at flea): two hand- made 1950’s Spanish dresses.  one for baby, one for mom : $25 for the pair. (now to complete the Halloween costumes, i must find some faux mustaches to glue to our heads to complete the Frida Kahlo uni-brow) where can you get espadrilles for a 9 month old, anyway?

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our pal Barri Leiner  (author of flea market baby, flea market fido and jersey girls) had a post up of the book launch party before i even had my coffee! this girl makes me feel like i’m standing still. here are some of her snaps and take on the soiree last night: here (come back to check out a post-in-progress on the nights events) “we heart vintage, and camp wandawega’s “head counselor” tereasa surratt!  so when her new book FOUND, FREE & FLEA had it’s big night out @ POST 27, we were first in line. the store was dressed it’s absolute best in…

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we love meeting new folks. this weekend, a photographer came with his family to camp wandawega to shoot a story for (a magazine that we love, but i think we hafta’ keep as a surprise until it comes out) so… after a few days running around camp in the rain – we quickly learned that we share a lot of common interests with our new friend matt. including all things lodge, camp, unique and american. so yesterday while he was out and about with the fam,  he scouted this amazing piece at a chicago store. (i cant tell you where…

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Last week couple arrived at their cabin to check in….  the boyfriend asked our friend Bill ‘what is the most beautiful part of the property?’ He pointed them towards that hilltop, where the boyscout tent cabins are grouped. (a serene little perch overlooking the lake) The guest thanked Bill and led his girlfriend up to that spot. and then got down on one knee to ask her to spend the rest of her life with him. I am so charmed by the fact that he chose this place,  there simply are no words. so, in the name of summer, love…

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how cute is she?! how the hell did this happen, anyway? yesterday she was knee high to a grasshopper. gorging on oreos and spinning circles in my sisters living room until she puked. and now, well– shes a teenager and (almost) grown up. she literally just walked out of the cabin wearing this vintage swimsuit. throw a hat & shoes on her and all of a sudden its 1955 and shes a postcard gal.

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everyone forgets about things like this. they get locked away, forgotten, or more often than not- tossed out altogether. so when i find family heirloom recipes books, i try to save them at all costs. while cleaning out my late grandmother’s house, we found a treasure trove of old family photos, recipes, and journals like these.  always with portable scanner on hand, i got some great archival copies. also pictured are my aunt and uncle. (love these photos, they are so handsome!)

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another friend and fellow art-camper, T Harrison Hillman- joined us at art camp a few weeks ago and sent us some images from his visit. gorgeous. gorgeous. gorgeous. check them out and more of his work here t. harrison hillman is an artist living and working in chicago, il. he received his BFA from the savannah college of art and design. harrison was a recipient of the photographers forum best of college photography award. he has exhibited his work in galleries across the country including shows in savannah, cincinnati, chicago, and new york city. he is an emerging artist who…

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  we had the pleasure of meeting Doug Fogelson at this year’s artcamp. Hes a publisher. photographer. artist. and one helll of a nice guy to boot. He posted some fantastic shots of Wanda. we adore his work!! check it out at front40press.com or here www.dougfogelson.com

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the weekend before last, we hosted our 3rd annual ART CAMP, and were floored by the  talent that joined us. So starts that ‘art camp series’… for the next few weeks, you’ll find individual posts featuring some of the work they created for us. the first post is PAUL- (thanks for coming to share the weekend and such a beautiful portfolio of shots!) check his work out here: paulstrabbing.com

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