Wandawega Blog Archive

The next project…. this one freaks me out a little.

I know we always say ‘nothing is ever too far gone’… but his one gives me pause. So much, that it’s actually been sitting in storage for two years already because it’s such a mess. It’s a 1959 Jetstreak Crestliner aluminum boat. There are sites out there dedicated to nothing but these things.So while I’m excited to dig in, I fear that it may be a money pit.(Stay tuned for the ‘after’ — we hope to have it done by this summer.) We picked this model because it looked durable.Able to stay tied up to the pier and weather the…

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First cover story!

These 10 little pages meant weeks of shopping, planning, crafting, packing and hauling… but it’s out! And it was worth it. So much fun working with some fun folks. My biggest commissioned styling piece yet.  This month’s issue of Flea Market Style magazine. Special thanks to the partners in crime: Julia Stotz– photography Emily Berman – Food styling Caitlin Kerr – Floral & asst styling

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glossed & found BFF!

Um…. this is amazing. Graham Kostic, you sure know how to throw a party. We’ve had a blast working with Glossed & Found on different collaborations over the past few years: HOLIDAY CRAFT SERIES 1HOLIDAY ENTERTAINING EPISODE 2CAMP TOUR Come back any time!

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“Greasy Bacon’ is his name. and he’s a Sign Painter

We had seen his work on boats everywhere.He’s an old-school original. He letters everything by hand and a can of one-shot.So we were happy to hear that he was game to come pay us a visit to camp and letter on site for us. He started with the door of the canned ham trailer.And this week, he’s doing the doors to the fire truck (check back to hear more about this new toy!)

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KINFOLK farm to table dinner at CAMP W. a couple seats left at the table.

We are super excited to host a dinner for our favorite entertaining magazine, KINFOLK. We have been picked as a curated group of locations to hold one of their coveted dinners(this month’s dinner span from Norway to NY to England to Japan) Want a seat at the table? HERE are the details.(they just went up this morning, and went so fast there might not even be any left by the time im done typing this 🙂 more to come. stay tuned. Thanks to our sponsors and partners: Illinois Sparkling Co, Estra Style Fleur Chicago Whole Foods Solemn Oath brewery Julia…

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