Remember how great camp was as a little kid? Going to camp was my very favorite activity. I awaited camp with giddy anticipation many weeks before it was scheduled to start. I live in Michigan, so as a young Girl Scout camp meant getting out into the woods (with my very own can of bug spray), swimming in icy cold lakes, campfires and songs, hiking trails and a sense of freedom … [Read more...] about Run Away to Craft-a-Way Camp
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Cultivating Ambitions & Mapping Possibilities at CAMP
{All photos by KC Cooper Sears unless noted} I grew up away from Los Angeles, back east in North Carolina with a single dad who wanted to keep me out of trouble by filling my summers with camp. I was told it was going to build my character, but what I liked the best was hanging out with my summer friends, canoeing on the lake, doing things that scared me under the pretext of a … [Read more...] about Cultivating Ambitions & Mapping Possibilities at CAMP
Three Easy Ways To Make The Most Of A Campfire
There's a sacred connection to campfire storytelling and it lies in pulling the veil back so that you share a piece of yourself by the crackling flames. You share your struggle, your fears, your hopes, your dreams. The connection is made in the stillness of your truth. And in doing that you find that truth is universal. Dreams are shared. Fears bubble under the surface, … [Read more...] about Three Easy Ways To Make The Most Of A Campfire
Service, Socialize, Spider Repellant, and Sparkle – Lessons from Camp
When I was in 5th Grade, I got to go to summer camp for the first time. With a mixture of fear and excitement, I ventured away from home for two weeks to “rough-it” camp style. After the initial shock of being “on my own” and some bouts of homesickness, I settled into the experience and started to have some fun – cannonballs off the dock, arts and crafts, scavenger hunts, … [Read more...] about Service, Socialize, Spider Repellant, and Sparkle – Lessons from Camp
LABSHOP: Open for handmade business!
It's finally open and what a great group of artists so far. The LABSHOP is my curated marketplace featuring some of the most talented handmakers in the creative universe. I still have plenty of spaces open and I wanted to extend an invitation to all of you fab handmakers over here in OMHG Land. We've already had a ton of traffic over there, so I gotta … [Read more...] about LABSHOP: Open for handmade business!
