Our friend Jon Oye drew a new map for Camp Wandawega. Jon is a dear long-time friend of ours- a full-time illustrator @ Ogilvy Chicago, and a long-time camper at Camp Wandawega. He has an amazing talent for illustration– especially with fine line work. Check out his blog here(and scroll down to see samples from his baseball series. I’m a little obsessed with them).

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I just found a new blog (to me) that is so sweet.‘birdie blue’. — Voted number one in the POPSUGAR creative moms blog. She shoots, she writes, she has a freakishly adorable house and daughter.I feel equal parts envy and urgency to go organize my junk drawers (well, lets just say it. every room in my house is a junk drawer.) Check out her post on (gulp) both my books- she has such a loyal following.God bless you, ladies! xocharliefrankiet + d

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Every year for 9 years running, we’ve hosted friends and their kids for KIDS CAMP.  The only good reason to buy a crazy run down camp is to share it with friends. 1. 80-foot slip n slide (thanks Bill, Joe & Ben) 2. Firetruck with ear blasting speakers. 3. Fireworks so big that the police came (not kidding)    4. Heritage bikes bringing the coffee & breakfast coffee keg. (thanks, guys) 5. ParaNorman in the outdoor theater under the stars 6. Campfire songs on the beach (thanks Joey & Laurie) 7. 25 XXL pizzas (thanks Pete & Nicole!) 8. Smores,…

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A perfect weekend for me is summed up with two things: hitting flea markets with friends & shooting a finished project. It was a 2-star weekend recently, where we hit the Elkhorn Antique Market & wrapped a lifestyle shoot for the canned hammed trailer (magazine is Secret Squirrel- stay tuned for deets on when it hits stands.)  THE SCORE:– a big, fat collection of silver souvenir spoons.– the most lovely hand-made wooden and feather antique darts– a beautiful grouping of silver server ware– one mans entire history of hunting as told by his license buttons. Secret squirrel behind-the-scenes at the…

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