Many thanks to the generous and talented team who donated their time and talents to creating a beautiful monument to a wonderful father: Tyler Peterson and Shaun Owens-Agase of stoneblitzer.com, Angela Finney Hoffman of post27store.com, Steven Teichelman at thisisthreefold.com, Bladonconner.com and friends like Aaron Pahmier and many more. Bless you all!!check out the post here
Sign painting as a craft has a special place in my heart. I grew up with a sign painter mother.So from junior high on- learning the craft from her…lettering everything from pickup truck doors to store windows in the farm town of 5000 I grew up in.(Beardstown, Illinois). I learned enough to talk my way into a job at $6.50 and hour to work for Weatherford Signs in Carbondale, Illinois. The shop was- and is in some respects one of the best in the midwest, and was considered ‘sign school’ at the time.It was at the end of gravel road in…
The fine folks at Midwest Living paid us a visit to shoot a feature, and a little film tour.There are two videos in this series and here is part 1. Hope you enjoy finding out a little more about the history of Camp Wandawega!here is part 1:
Aren’t these lovely? Stay tuned for the full shoot outtakes, but here is a sneak peek. To check out more of Lexia’s beautiful work go here!
Last week the fine folks at Home and Garden television spent a weekend with us filming for a new show featuring homes with history. (And all we had to do was take them room by room and gab about finding flea market scores, and some of the secrets of the camp’s history). stay tuned for details & a clip from the show when it airs.
Our friend, Jason Bitner, sent us this wonderful article on the sinful history of the canoe. Before kids had drive-ins and bowling alleys, they had canoes. Native Americans used canoes for transportation along trade routes. Canoe’s have been used for racing and for escaping the law. People have used canoes to fish, for sport, as a get away, for recreation and for travel and this write up maps out all of the facts. It’s a great read and as most of you know, we love canoeing at Camp Wandawega and really enjoy when we can find out the history…
