You may remember us featuring Keely and Jason’s wedding invitations and engagement session here on the Wanda blog recently. Now we are ready to bring you their summer camp wedding – shot again by the incredible Anda Marie. Keely and Jason’s beautiful and homey wedding (quilts and pies and sparklers…oh my) was even featured on 100 Layer Cake yesterday! Check it out and check out Anda’s blog for her thoughts on the celebration and many more photos. Here are some words from the bride, Keely, on her incredible wedding: I did not have a specific image of my dream wedding when…
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from the author (emily berman) of the blog 52 MEALS: “I’m going to challenge myself to have one dinner party a week for a year. Starting January 01, 2012, I will cook at least one meal a week for someone other than myself, Craig, and Henry. The “dinner party” can be any kind of meal from breakfast to cocktails, it can be at my house or off-site, from one dinner guest to twelve, as long as I’m cooking. And there must be at least one a week (hopefully there will be more), and I have to keep it up all…
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We host Art Camp each summer at Wandawega (in collaboration with Angela of Post 27). A weekend of relaxation, collaboration, production and meeting new friends. Up in Northern Michigan, a similar event happens in June. Make Effect is a 3-day long art and design retreat held at Camp Tosebo in Manistee, Michigan. Here’s what it’s all about, in their own words… What if you could work under the trees rather than florescent lights? Come escape to Camp Make Effect for learning, relaxation, creativity and camaraderie. By day get messy making and trying out new processes and by night get silly…
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My boyfriend love, love, LOVES Golden Books. Particularly for the illustrations of cute animals. Please enjoy these camp-related illustrations and various how-tos!
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meet Anda Marie!A photographer inspired by printmaking, subtle glances & gestures, Radiohead & Bob Dylan, Rothko, contemporary art, Haruki Murakami, indie fashion magazines, and quirk & whimsy.and check out this amazing post, in her own words and images, about her recent engagement shoot for Keely and Jason at Wanda (in her own words and images)… “Eek! Okay, here comes a cheesy, gushing intro for this session … but I don’t care … it was just too much fun. How do I love this session? Let me count the ways (ha, see?) … stormy skies that cleared into brilliant day-end sunlight,…
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And finally, third in the ‘camp counselor series’ is HILLARY SCHUSTER! Chicago-dweller, party-thrower, crafter, information designer, pop-culture obsessor, coffee drinker, nerd, recovering engineer, cat owner, beer lover, wife, daughter, sister, friend (and I have to add: lovely style maven + bundle of inspiration) Here’s a little something about Hillary: RESIDING AT…An apartment in Ravenswood with my husband Michael and our 2 cats. We live near Lincoln Square and close to many many parks and the North branch of the Chicago river. FAVORITE SUMMER CAMP MEMORYMichael and I got married at a camp in West Michigan (I grew up near Grand Rapids)….
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