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why i love my husband

here are five little reasons: i woke up to find that he’d scoured the web to find 5 surprise gifts for me: 1. a lot of 75 new old stock boyscout archery arrows 2. an antique hand-made slingshot 3. a vintage first aid kit (fully stock) 4. a retro summercamp embroidered first aid patch 5. an old school jubilee camp patch yay! (love you, tater. you know all the junk i like 🙂

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THE WANDAWEGA PHOTOGRAPHER COLLABORATIVE… live.

check it out! we are blessed to be friends with so many photographers. so to show off their work, weve assembled a photographer’s journal. for each new shooters that visits + archives camp, we’ll add a chapter to show off some samples of their fine work. thanks to our friends, the talented shooters who we adore! aimee herring bjorn wallander bob coscarelli chris strong david robert elliot doug fogelson jacob hand jane goodrich julia stotz (and brian guido) kathryn gamble matt gore paul strabbing sam rosen sandro sarah claxton t harrison hillman vince cook ps: for those friends who dont…

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the ultimate salute to campers

  i just spent an entire afternoon by the fire sifting through stacks of antique boyscout manuals, boxes of girlscout gear— and then surfing for every possible thing i can buy on ebay related to it.  (thats how i found this collection of some of the most beautiful, simple and honest portrayals of boyscout life.) nobody did it better. (thanks, norman)

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why camp counselors make the best dads. WILL + WILL adopt…

WILLIAM is a great cook. WILL is a great decorator. WILLIAM is an avid photographer WILL is an eternal cheerleader. WILLIAM & WILL are both fantastic friends & even better Camp Counselors! When you get to the stage in the adoption process where your application goes live, its called ‘being pregnant’. our friends Will & William are pregnant! (here are some clips from their adoption book, which is official). Some lucky kid-to-be is going to have the best two dads ever. thanks much for sharing this with anyone you may know in a position to help these guys make their…

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meet hillary & michael.

a pair of crazy talented creatives in chicago (hillary /  michael), whose style i covet beyond words. they (almost) got married in our backyard 🙂 we are so happy that they shared some pretty amazing photos with us of their summercamp wedding. i heart every freaking detail–from the feathers on their invitations to the propping of the tables. congrats, kids. well done!! here is their lovely booklet invitation… a fantastic spread by their photographer steven michael can be found here! [image credits: Steven Michael Photography]

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