Wishing you a wonderful Memorial holiday weekend with family and good friends. I'll be visiting Camp Whimsy, getting ready for summer at the cabin. Looking forward to playing games from the game cupboard, sleeping in my favorite seashore room, making yummy treats in the cozy cabin kitchen and playing with my children in their favorite doggy room. Hope your weekend is swell! See you soon! Love, Kim
I've noticed in my blog reading that there is clearly a large number of ladies out there with an affinity for doors. Old doors, painted doors, doors that hang in doorways or stand against a wall, lots of doors out there. So, here you go. Introducing Camp Whimsy's Door!!!! What cabin in the woods would be complete without red door with cozy "Once Upon A Time" sign?
Cool old metal chair to rest in and Mr. Cabin Bear to greet you. Everyone knows how the story goes, Once Upon A Time...
...And They Lived Happpily Ever After! This is the cozy sign you find after entering red "Once Upon A Time" door. Hope you are having a happily ever after of your own! Love, Kim
My little sister's room upstairs at the cabin (a.k.a. Camp Whimsy) is very cozy for a lover of all things canine. Even her soft comfy sheets are covered in sweet little pooches.
Vintage paint by numbers with these regal looking fellas adorn the wall.
Doggy figurines and toys are gathered in a small cupboard.
A vintage framed embroidery featuring two little rascals, "Jock and Jakes".
Vintage puppy planters.
Good Dog! Guess that sums up this little peek of Camp Whimsy!
For all of the ladies in the area and those who would like to visit, thought I'd remind you of Girl's Night Out at Maxwell General! Thursday, October 16th from 5-8pm at Maxwell General in...you guessed it..Maxwell! This will be a fantastic evening featuring samples of our favorite Stonewall Kitchen and Barefoot Contessa products, as well as the fabulous new Apricot Jalapeno Jam we found for you! We will also be having a complimentary raffle featuring fabulous prizes! Our tiny shop is practically overflowing with new merchandise for fall and Christmas. New wooden toys, lovely gift items, gourmet food products, our beautiful jewelry we make ourselves...I could go on and on! Hope you are able to make it with a few of your best girlfriends! Love, Kim
My mom had a pair of these happy little sunflower pot holders hanging in our farmhouse kitchen when I was a little girl. When she was decorating the laundry room at the cabin she found this pair on ebay and the rest is history! "Swap a Smile Trade Some Cheer" -"Let's be Happy While We're Here" Who wouldn't be happy doing laundry with these little sunflowers?
My friend Erin and I had a lovely "mommy retreat" to the cabin this weekend.
We ate lots of yummy treats, including some of these:
We made a mess......
...in order to make these:
Then we took a walk down the road...
...by the meadow...
...where we saw chipmunks, birdies, bumblebees and some of these...
...and then headed back to the cozy cabin to play card games and have these...
...Yummy!! What a treat! What a retreat! Thanks for coming along Erin, and thanks to our dear husbands for taking good care of our little ones so we could enjoy a relaxing time. We are thankful for the time away and so very grateful to be back at home with our own little families.
Maxwell General is overflowing with new inventory! Every week I feel like a kid at Christmas as new products arrive, this is by far the best part of owning your own shop! So here are the top five new reasons you should stop by and visit the shop!
#1 Stonewall Kitchen Whoopie Pie Mixes-Stonewall Kitchen is an awesome food company from Maine. We carry a large selection of their jams, sauces, dressings, mustards, dips, honey and baking mixes. You won't be disappointed with the quality of their products. We also have various free recipe cards to use with their products at the shop.
#2 Pretty Pagodas- Christmas Collectables arriving every week! These pagodas are beautiful and we also have adorable glass Chinese lantern ornaments in three different sizes to add a festive flair to your tree!
#3 This light up Jack-O-Lantern needs a good home! He is so cool!
#4 Barefoot Contessa Espresso Dulce de Leche Sauce-Need I say more?
#5 Santa's Alpine Chalet- We have beautiful new winter cottages to brighten your holidays (or anyday!) These cottages are fabulous! You will love our line of Christmas collectables.
So there you have it, the top five NEW reasons to come by the shop! Hope to see you soon! Love, Kim
Thought you might enjoy a peek at some of our favorite things in Camp Whimsy's kitchen. It is small but cozy. Mom ordered the white powder coated shelving units from Martha by Mail several years ago and they are perfect for holding all of the cabin kitchen necessities (and some things we just like to look at!)
This guy is cute, happy, and...cheezy (see, it says so right on him!) You can't help but smile when you see him.
These guys and gals have been in the family for years, I remember looking at them as a child in the farmhouse where we were raised. Now they have retired to a cabin in the mountains.
I know this isn't the best picture, but I wanted to show you this funny drawer. Mom keeps it on the counter and stores the dish towels in it. When guests come she likes to ask them what they think it is and what it is for. The responses are usually very imaginative and somewhat random, followed by laughter when mom finally reveals, "It's the towel drawer." How clever!
As you can see, the game cupboard at the cabin is very full. We love both new and old games. Collecting vintage games is fun because they are fairly common, usually inexpensive and you also get the added benefit of playing them with friends and family. Here are some of our favorites:
Remember this little bug? It's Cootie! One of the few bugs we actually love (no offense to bugs).
Above is one version of the game for boys and girls (or yes, adults too), and below is another slightly older version. You can never have too many versions of one game.
The older Cootie bugs are smaller than the newer ones.
And next.... Bingo! We love bingo! We even have a big bingo cage and a prize basket full of fabulous prizes for the winners!
And now...Skunk! This game is really cool and even though you are trying to avoid getting "skunked", the little creature is so cute it's hard not to like him!
Look at the dice! So cool!
And now...another classic, Tiddly Winks!
And lastly, in honor of summer and the travel season...
...Zit-Zingo! The travel game. Basically travel bingo. The cards on this one are super cute and copies of them would be great in a crafting project. Hope you are able to start your own collection of vintage games!
Just back from a lovely weekend at Camp Whimsy. Summer at the cabin is a favorite time of year. The weather is warm, but much cooler than at home, and the evenings in the mountains cool off nicely. We took many walks, visited with neighbors, made a peach cobbler in a dutch oven, played a few games and enjoyed the peace and quiet of the mountains. Here are some shots of our weekend.
A busy bee works happily.
Wildflowers by the meadow.
The beloved meadow. Ahhhh. We love to walk by the meadow.
The creek by the meadow.
These flowers greeted us by the door when we arrived.
The black eyed susans in front of the Tiki Lounge... What's that?... You haven't seen the Tiki Lounge? Well, let me introduce you......
...here is our Tiki Lounge. A spot for hanging out and crafting...
...complete with Tiki Idol to greet you...
...and little woodland gnome to bid you farewell and a safe trip home!
Ahhhhh. Summer at the cabin.
One of the best ways to escape the valley heat in the summer is to take a trip to the ocean or the mountains. We don't own a beach house so the closest we come to the beach is the little sleeping porch at the back of the cabin (in the mountains!) Lori decorated it with vintage glass jars filled with shells she collected on various trips. It is painted a lovely shade of barely blue. When you are in it you just might think you're on vacation at the ocean. The only things missing are sea birds, fog and sand. Oh yeah, and the ocean. But other than that it really is just like a tiny beach hideaway!!!
Salutations! Welcome to our online blog. We will be featuring recipes, our favorite things to collect, gardening tips, projects we're working on and updates from the cabin and our tiny shop, Maxwell General. Thanks for looking us up! Lori, Stacey, Kim & Genevieve-The Camp Whimsy Girls
