Quick update

Things are crazy busy and my camera is broken and I'm out of underwear so I am off to do laundry and then back to work.

I will admit that I miss sewing and I haven't gotten anytime to knit with meetings and everything. I am hoping for a little extra time once the kids get here and I will not be scheduling and ordering as much as I have in these first few days here on camp.

One thing that I am regretting is that because of my schedule here at camp and with my camera being broken I am having some trouble with my Me Made June '11 challenge. Today was my 1st slip up, but I was working in an icky shop full of dust, dirt and spiders. I also Don't have pictures of what I wore the last few days. Even if I can't photo document my me made challenge I will still finish it, no more slip ups for me.

At Camp!

I am here at my summer job and its head training weekend. I am super psyched to be here and am excited to be working with awesome artists. The sad part is I will only be blogging three days a week, but I am planing on having lots of photo updates.

Tomorrow I will have a photo update of Me Made June. TTFN!

Lists and More Lists

I am very organized and deliberate when I pack. This is great having traveled abroad with a back pack and a carry on sized suit case. (One of these trips was the three months I spent in Oz.) I have a process and my packing takes about three to four days because of my process. Since I am leaving for my summer job tomorrow I have been packing and am almost done. I thought I would share a bit of my list, and my process.

For working at a summer camp you pack what you need plus a bit more, plus anything weird or fun that might come in handy. My first step is to make a list of what to pack and by what to pack I don't just mean cloths and toiletries I mean everything from linens, to knitting supplies, to the tools I take with me. Here is a sample of my master list.

Camp Packing
Cloths
-2 pair work shorts (by work I mean what I wear in my classes, I teach technical theatre and we get messy and painty.)
-1 pair work jeans
-2-3 work tanks
-3-4 work tees
-1 pair nice jeans
-2-3 pair shorts
-1 pair "other" pants
-1 skirt
-3 sun dresses (Me Made)
-1-2 rompers (Me Made)
-4-5 t-shirt (Me Made and Ready Made)
-1 knit top (heat wave)
-2 cotton sweaters (hand knit)
-2-3 pj bottoms
-2-3 pj tops
-3-4 tank tops (Me Made and Ready Made)
-2 "Nice" dresses
-straw fedora
-Rash vest
-2-3 bathing suits
-sparkly tam
-cotton tam
-2 summer scarves
-1 pair athletic shorts
-2-3 long sleeve shirts/sweat shirt

Shoes
-plaid cons
-flip flops
-1 pair of heels
-two pairs sandals

Linens
-2 towels
-1 beach towel
-2 pillow cases
-1 set sheets
- comforter
-throw blanket
-1 pillow
-2 hand towels

Tools (all in tool bag)
-speed wrench
-wirer strippers
-screw gun/ charger
-tape measure
-leatherman
-sharpies (2-3)
- Small flash light
-headlamp

Fun Things to bring
-stuffed koala
-stuffed tazzie devil
-laughing kookaburra
-squeekie chicken
-deck of cards
-deck of uno cards

This is just page one of two and a half. So after my list is made I gather up the things I need to pack, but I don't pack them just yet. I tick them off my list and then go through and decided whether or not I need 3 or 4 tank tops or if bringing my spinning wheel is really necessary (I think it is) or if I can get away with two pairs of shorts instead of three especially if I bring 1 romper and three sun dresses. This is the step I finished yesterday, which means today I will finally actually pack.

Staff Week

Tired.
Two more days left.
Kids come on Sunday.

LT 09!

First day of camp, at least for me! It's the leadership team weekend where all the heads meet and get ready for staff to arrive at camp. I'm all ready super busy and sleepy.

For now camp will take over and I will only be able to blog two to three times a week. So, sadly I will not be updated as often as I usually am and I will also not be creating as much. I will however try to keep things as interesting as I can while living in the camp bubble.

Vintage: Off to Camp!

During the summer Simon and I leave the noise hot city for 9 weeks and move out to middle of nowhere south Jersey. Out there in middle of nowhere south Jersey is a wonderful summer camp where we both work and teach. It's an arts camp for ages 9 to 17 and when I say arts camp I don't mean arts and crafts and sing a longs (although we do have those too), but a full blown curriculum of visual arts, Music, Dance, Theatre, Theatre Tech (which is what I'm in charge of), and Video. It's an amazing place to be and one of my favorite places to work and live. With this in mind today's vintage finds are inspired by this wonderful place dedicated to teaching art.

80s new wave CAMP SHIRT madras plaid

By greygardensvintage

Set of Three Vintage Flashlights

By RatPackPackRat

They left San Antonio by train

By AustinModern

Vintage Yellow Rubber Rain Boots Sz 8 38.5

By ancestorvintage

Canteen Girl...Scout

ByMarcellasExcess

Johnny Cash approved

By johnnyvintage

Being an Adult

I have lots of things to get done, or start, or finishes. I'm in between a lot of things right now and my summer is just about ready to start, so all I can think about or want to do is stuff that involves camp.

That's right this chick works at a camp in the summer with kids, but not just any camp an arts camp. I'm the head of Technical Theatre, and love doing what I do. I leave for camp in exactly 3 weeks and I have a ton of things to prepare and a ton of things to finish before I move to Jersey for 9 weeks. (That's also right I will be spending my summer in the swampland of South Jersey.)

First off I must sew, sew, sew some of it is things for myself I have in the workings, but most of it is tote bags that I've planed to make for my etsy shop. I also must finish one of my three knitting projects that are hanging about the living room. It would be ideal to finish two, but that might be asking a lot of myself right now.

Then there is all the real world stuff that isn't fun at all. Student loans, rent, credit card payments. Poo on all of that. So today I am going to be half a responsible adult and laze around the other half. Maybe go knit in public just to get myself up of our couch and seated on a couch in a cozy hip coffee shop. Of course this will be after I call about my loan and after I sew something. See I'm being an adult!

Ok, Is It Summer Now?

Today is a beautiful, sunny, 80 degree day. I spent the morning and part of the afternoon at the camp I work at volunteering. I had a few volunteers to help clean up the back stage shop area and we got everything sorted and put in there places as well as getting rid of a lot of trash. It will be so nice come June to go into the shop and not have to start from scratch. I will be able to train my staff, and get ready for campers instead of worrying about stuff.

Now I am going out with the girls for some drinks and some food. Tay Tay was is here and now I'm off.

Camp and Cold

It is so cold here in Philly. The last couple of winters have been mild and this one is very cold. I have to admit it is nice to actually have a winter. Simon however has said he has never been in a place this cold. I guess this is expected since he is from Australia.

Today was my Camp reunion, which is why this post is so late. I work at a summer arts camp in South Jersey and today was the reunion. We all get together campers and some of the staff and hang out at the camp for a few hours in the afternoon. It was fun to see some of the campers I have taught and visit with some staff that I love.

Tonight we went to the midtown continental for dinner and while pricy the food was amazing. The best part about dinner was the lobster mashed potatoes.