sold out in one hour.
camp wandawega store on onekingslane sold out half the products in the first 45 minutes. crazy! a few things left. visit here to see what
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ONE KINGS LANE + CAMP WANDAWEGA STORE starts today
check it out! onekingslane.com starting TODAY monday, july 30th at 10a CT / 11a ET – for 72 hours. they are featuring the camp line, including a bunch of new products:
I LOVE THIS SHOP: coral and tusk
my friend kelly from the flowershop FLEUR in logan square turned me on to this shop: coral and tusk. holy god. so inspiring. cant decide which is more amazing– the hand embroidered pillows with little arrows or the woodland creature themed stationary. and- they are adorable to boot. sigh…. check out their story: “Designer and founder Stephanie Housley is a graduate of Rhode Island School of Design. She has been living and working in New York as a textile designer, specializing in woven fabrics. Stephanie spends several months out of the year in India, designing textile collections. Her experiences with textiles…
Vintage Swiss Military Bread bag. freaking awesome.
we have a new product from the Wandawega Camp Store. David found them, and I have to say… very cool. *ONE OF THE NEW WANDAWEGACAMPSTORE products to be sold on ONE KINGS LANE starting jul 30th. ORIGINAL USE: Used by soldiers to carry bread rations ABOUT THE MAKER: Sattler is the name for an old, traditional profession. Sattler’s make fabric and leather products for equestrianism, carriages and cars. After a three year of apprenticeship, you can still become Sattler today. ORGINS + ERA: Swiss. Bags range from 1950’s- 1980’s CONSTRUCTION: Most bags with a significant amount of weight tend to…
THE WANDAWEGA FILM WAS FROM 1937. & FOUND IN AN ABANDONED TRUNK.
this is how it went down:while googling wandawega on vimeo,i found a film from 1937 of a group of rowdy lake party goers. it featured on woman in particular… shot on the shores of lake wandawega – the film was called ‘the unknown woman’. in the description of the film it says: “Reel #27 Shooting Date, 1937, late July Location, Lake Wandawega, Walworth County, Wisconsin. Photographer, Andrew Robbins and Martin LambertDescription In the film appears a young Martin Lambert with close friends from that time Andrew Robbins and Raymond Wilcock. We can see three unknown ladies too and brief shoots of Aunt Lily and…
TRAVEL & LEISURE: hottest cottages. Wanda!
holy crap. i guess these getways are insane. Travel & Leisure just did a round up of their favorite cottages and (i cant figure out how) but we made the list. check it out HERE and the whole intro: The coolest cottages combine the spirit of summer camp with grown-up style Remember when summer was endless? It smelled like pine needles and roasting marshmallows and felt like a splash of icy fresh lake water. Well, you can recapture those sensations at new bungalow cottages in Maine—without roughing it and without chintzy florals. Hidden Pond’s cottages are part of a cool breed…
a question from the New York Times….
NYT: “What do you make of this camping trend, specifically on the use of tents?” “… and your tents look like the ones in Moonrise Kingdom- did you see that movie?” CAMP WANDA: “where to start?” other than we are completely obsessed. more on that later…. stay tuned for the full interview, coming to a very modest blog near you soon.
STUDIO GANG Architects camp weekend
It turns out that Architects party harder than the rest of us… at least with Studio Gang this was the case. Jeanne Gang & Mark Schendel brought their entire office brood to camp for a little excursion, which included camp crafts, communal cooking, and lots of brew. Thanks to all who made a fun weekend- ( it was fun to get an education on the origins of all of our camp buildings 🙂 hope to see ya’ll again next year! One of their facebooks posts: Studio Gang Architects Sorry we can’t answer your calls today, we’re out of the office on…
Sunprints and Cyanotype
Did you make sunprints as a kid? I totally remember doing them at sixth grade camp and being pretty amazed at how it worked (my favorite show at the time was probably Mr. Wizard’s World). You use special light-sensitive paper, overlay it with uniquely shaped objects (leaves, keys, office supplies) and leave it out in the sun to develop. You can also use film negatives or images transfered onto transparency material. This paper-and-sun process is a specific example of a very old photographic printing process called cyanotype. The other day I came across a modern version of this printing process, Lumi, a…
Estate sale score
15 antique wooden hangers stamped with maker: $5 3 taxidermy mallards ducks $20 c. oil painting of bird dog ‘max’ $15 5 sets of vintage playing cards $2 3 vintage wool camp throws $12 e 2 handmade afgan throws from the 60’s $15 e 1940s wooden garden table $20 antique football & baseballs $3 (2) mint antique tuxedo shirts from the 50s. $2 e. 9×12 sisal rug $15 stacks of 1920s – 1950s hand embroidered hankies, linens, tea towels $5 collection of vintage beer can openers $2 4 antique books $2 SCORE! i freaking love estate sales! (thanks, geyer for…