theevolutionstore.com when all you really want for Christmas is a stuffed chipmunk…. check it! i just stopped in here this evening- to be met with not just this fab little chipmunk, but also with the option to buy:a taxidermy python. an embalmed snake.a rat skull. (i prefer the butterfly collections & the jackalopes)
we are finally gettin’ some snow!the scene at camp at the moment is pretty white
a fun + fast project with our design collaborator Angela, David made these with a handful of jars i found in the basement, some edison bulbs i picked upat home depot, and some simple lamp kits- (adapted with extension cords). easy breezy covergirl, y’all
FOUND FREE & FLEA features a section on finding and building collections of vintage pendletons.throws, jackets, scarves, robes- i seriously cannot have enough….and so appreciate the brand’s roots: “Wool shirts for men were largely utility items in the early 20th century. Drab in design and color, they were worn for warmth and protection from the elements by those who worked outdoors. Clarence Morton (C.M.) Bishop had a vision for wool shirts in vivid colors and intricate patterns. The production of woolen shirting material was a natural extension of the mill’s capabilities. In 1924, the legendary Pendleton virgin wool men’s shirt…
no shortage of thermoses.over a dozen for sure.and block and tackle pullies in nearly every basement, crawlspace and corner imaginable.the ones pictures were hanging in our treehouse.-love the color + texture – and they all still work.
…have been obsessively collecting old jeep ads.LOVE the colors.
stuff i had laying around- loving the old 50’s-60’s field and stream magazines.have been hoarding them for the guest room side tables.
a kickstarter film long-overdue is in progress: “OLD FASHIONED- The Story Of The Wisconsin Supper Club’ check it out here
1. whip up a big ole’ campfire. 2. snap a graham cracker i half, and add a chunk of a hershey bar. 3. Stick a marshmallow on a stick (we like to use a long green tree branch with a wittled tip) 4. Hold it over the hottest part of the fire you can find. 5. turn turn turn. (or, if you’re adventurous, let it catch on fire & blow it out) 6. shove that lovely mess in-between the cracker + mallow. 7. sandwich it all together. 8. squeeeeeze the grahams together, pull out the stick. 9. Wait a bit…
A few years ago, a bunch of friends and i did shot-skis at an old lodge-themed bar in northern Michigan, and I’ve been wanting to make one ever since. Shown here are: me, David, our neighbors and our homemade shot-ski. Here’s how you make one: 1. Lay ski down and apply space out shot glasses equally along the whole ski, once you have decided where you would like to glue them make a small mark for reference. 2. Get glue out and apply to bottom of shot glasses individually, place and hold firmly where you marked on the ski. 3….