Never underestimate THE SIMPLE JOY OF WHITTLING YOUR OWN SMORES STICK. we had a rad time meeting @zachking, @poobear, T-Bone Burnett & so many other inspiring creative minds while hosting a little campfire workshop in Ojai this past week – at the WPP ‘Unconference’ for unconventional thinkers. #WPPSTREAM
HOME OF THE BEST WISCO BONFIRES SINCE 1925Something about our guests… they love their bonfires, bourbon and smores,we’re happy to oblige. @juliastotz @kinfolk and more friends
WE STALK Ebay & Etsy, for antique postcards of this place back in it’s supper club / resort days (keep your eyes peeled for us ) So this is what turned up when we keyword searched CAMP WANDAWEGA this morning. (Not gonna lie, want all of it – having birds of a feather use Camp as an descriptor to pre-curate like this is a dream) And it makes us want to take up leather crafts photos from the sellers: CobbleHillTradingCo, TownsendProvisions, Woolseyvintage, WideEyesPaperCo,
FOUND: A 90-plus year old Butcher Boy walk-in cooler from an old Wisconsin meat locker. Its taken us months to finish it, 5 people to move it…. weve refinished it in gloss black, swapped out the guts with @subzeroandwolf freezer and fridge we picked up on Craigslist – then housed it all in a new cabinet with built-in spice rack shelving). We managed to salvage the brass screws, ginormous strap hinges & all the engraved tags. *** In 1894 in Chicago, Paul J. Daemicke started manufacturing insulated doors & walk-in coolers designed to store ice blocks gathered from the lake (with straw door insulation) #sponsoredNow were on the hunt for some of these little butchers meat signs – let us know if youve got a source! #CampSocialHouse #wandawegahillhouse with @cargo_north.
GET READY. ITS COMING TODAY. (the snow, we hear) …For a few days each summer, we close down all of camp to donate it to host “Salondawega” – (created by Salonathon- ‘Home for underground, emerging and genre-defying art’) // we’ve found that the more we can give this place away, the more creative souls it feeds- the more it feeds our souls– * and that’s really the stuff that keeps us all warm when the snow comes* Learn more about the retreat and how to apply at salondawega.org
IF SOMEONE TELLS YOU SOMETHING IS IMPOSSIBLE use that as your fuel. (Someone gave us that tip once & it works like a charm.) He also counseled that creativity has no boundaries. A space. An act. A building. A room. A place. Budgets are no match for dreams: If you want it bad enough there are always ways to make it happen. // Thanks so much, COTTAGE LIFE MAGAZINE for the story on how we can all find more inspiration, and more ways to express it. (regardless of the folks who may find it easier to just not try at all) LITTLE CABIN IN THE WOODS. : @bobcoscarelli
CREW SPOTLIGHT: One of our Camp Craftsmen Robert has been working with us for over a year now & loves camp- so youll be seeing more of him…………………………………………………………………………..TOP TEN THINGS TO KNOW 1: Blessed with cutest wife & kid ever-who likes to fish too 2: restoring a 1950 Ford Fodor3: Treks cross-country In the Family 67 Golite RV4: Built his 77 Kawasaki & his wifes a 74 Honda CB 3605: Restoring their new 1st home on Wisco wooded acres 6: Insists on chopping enough firewood to stock a city7: Shares his stories on theblankcanvasproject.com 8: Rescued their stray pup Tooley from Chattanooga9: Bares sleeves of his hobbies: (gears & hop vines)10: Custom builds woods canoes & tiny homes in his home studio shop………………………………………………………………………………So far for us, hes reinforced the treehouse, crafted our cedar bonfire benches, created custom built-ins for Airstream bar, finished the Fireside Cabin and is starting a new project in the spring (once we square away our permits). Weve been lucky to have had great builders over the years – we always support the local community first. @roberttelliott1
Perfect weather today to welcome our agency friends who trekked all the way from Detroit to shoot #BuickUSA // shots from this season by : @maxwastler @b_holla_93 @mjoseymour @samjorden @burtsbrisplease @wayfarersall. #TourX
