Its finally on shelves and we couldn’t be happier. Check out some behind the scenes from our recent filming trip to the London flagship store. For the full story, the line and the details, visit here. a few scenes stills:
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They’re finally here! (it’s taken us a dozen years to finally pull it together, so we’re happy to get to share ’em). Paying homage to the 1955 Wisconsin tourism catalog – we created our own- with local picks for our visiting campers…. “glorious” 2-color pages, pointing you where to EAT/SHOP/EXPLORE/PLAY – all within a stone’s throw of your camp homebase. Full story on todays blog (see profile link)..More at #wandawegacustoms
April 16, 2015 • Published by Tereasa Surratt
It’s taken us 12 years to pull this together. So we’re so happy to finally be able to share them! It’s something we are asked over and over when folks visit. Where do I go to eat / play / get beer / see the sights…..??? So we pulled together our favorites & then tapped illustrator/designer Jonathan Yurek to illustrate a custom map of some of the sights worth seeing in our immediate vicinity. It started with a Wisconsin Tourism brochure from the 1950’s. A cheap little pamphlet, just 2 colors, the type of disposable thing you would find at a roadside tourist…
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At home with my favorite coffee mug “For A Guy” (with American Getaway)
April 15, 2015 • Published by Tereasa Surratt
Tell me a story In 3o words or less. Make me feel something in under 15 seconds Make me give a damn about your little snapshot. The under appreciated art of the caption… From a humble little instagram feed.
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Our little white cabin was once part of the ‘Log Cabin Camp’ hotel near my hometown 90 years ago. We found her nearly collapsed, strapped her to a flatbed & hauled her 287 miles north to camp… And while restoring her, we started peeling back the layers of what had happened inside it for all those years. So many unreal things that one day Hearst called asking to publish a book about it. “A Very Modest Cottage” hit shelves a year later. See profile link for NPR’s story about it’s strange past. #NeverTooFarGone
April 14, 2015 • Published by Tereasa Surratt
@reallykindofamazing self-portrait from his last visit. Abe hangs in the the camp card room. (my mom painted this as a teen- we found it 50 years later while cleaning out my grandma’s attic.) Thanks for saving the things that matter, grandma (miss you)
April 13, 2015 • Published by Tereasa Surratt
STRANGE but TRUE: The only outhouse designed by a mid century modern master architect. (Harry Mohr Weese: “CJN Pit Toilet” 1956) Our current Shower house was originally his prototype for an experimental roofline. We found it abandoned in the backwoods of nearby “Camp Juniper Knoll” (Weese also designed the lodge there) Film of what happened when we moved it on profile link. Historic Registry listing: http://tinyurl.com/pyglr5f #TinyHousesOfWandawega
April 10, 2015 • Published by Tereasa Surratt
tbt 2002 // When we became the scared new owners a nearly condemned camp…. We where up to our necks in broken waterline mains, squatters with guns, hoards of broken windows & leaking roofs. Looking back, there is something to be said for the ignorance of youth (not fully knowing what you are getting yourself into makes you braver than you should be). You hope that everything is going to be ok… and then nearly a dozen years later–with the grace of God, good friends, and back-breaking work…. it is ok. #Young&Naive #Grateful
April 9, 2015 • Published by Tereasa Surratt
The view from the lodge bath, 6 am. (With a $5 hand-embroidered find from Vienna’s “Naschmarkt” flea market)
April 8, 2015 • Published by Tereasa Surratt
