Wandawega Blog Archive

Wanda Winter craft camp sneak peek…

BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME. they came. they drank. they ate. they crafted hard-core holiday style. this past weekend our favorite contributing blogger, the lovely and talented HILLARY SCHUSTER (along with the fabulous Emily Berman), threw one amazing craft camp. check out the rest of the Instagram shots from camp on Storify. and check back later for the full post with all of deets.

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find of the year.

…at a flea market in Vienna. Child’s Vest, Czech, Early 20th c. Leather, dyes, sheep fleece. 18 x 14 in.There is a similiar piece on display in the he National Czech and Slovak Museum in Cedar Rapids, Iowa after many mistakes when learning the slavic customs with negotiating, i sorta figured it out…the trick is to ask the price, then thank them and walk away.in about 10 ft they will yell out at you how much.ignore them.keep walking.another 5 feet, the price drops about 25%.if you wave at them and keep walking, it drops another 25%…so in the case of the…

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Flea Market Style Magazine- wanda behind the scenes

shout out to Karen Valentine (of ROAMANDHOME) as the director / editor of Flea Market Style’s first online video- and some outtakes from the story by the amazing bob coscarelli. Here is the online story FMS did to accompany the printed issue: One fun feature from the Winter issue of Flea Market Style was the four-page spread (Pages 14-17) on Tereasa Surratt’s day at the Elkhorn Antique Flea Market in Elkhorn, Wis., and what she was able to find for $250! You might remember it was quite a good haul! Well, here’s a chance to relive the fun! Introducing the FMS blog’s…

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Land Of Nod Inspiration Weekend

Inspired by their earlier shoot at camp for their new catalog the folks from Land Of Nod paid us a visit at camp recently for a corporate creative retreat. S’mores. work. Communal dinner. Work. Craft workshop. More work. Play! The art & craft camp was similar to a get-together we hosted for Anthropologie (former post here).

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HOLIDAY CRAFT CAAAAAMP!!!

We will be hosting a small weekend gathering of fun and creative women up at Camp this weekend… A chance to get away from the city for a few days- to make new friends, learn a few crafts, exchange holiday cookies, eat some great food and relax at camp. Our friend / guest blogger and lovely party planner Hillary Schuster came up with the idea — and we can’t wait. Here is more info on the co-hosts….check back for the post with the shots! HILLARY SCHUSTER – A designer and aspiring event stylist, Hillary lives in Chicago with her awesome…

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