We had such gut-busting good time yesterday at the Medicine Lake Art Shanty Project! They'll be up for one more weekend, so if you have a chance, do yourself a favor and go! In the meantime, take a peak at these shots of how people who live in the tundra entertain themselves:

You can actually sit in this beautiful thing and SPIN!

These are homemade wear-on-your-head camera obscuras.

Yes, this is what it says it is...

...and we made our own letterpress postcards inside!

This robot shanty moved across the ice with a little help from its bundled-up friends.

There were interesting bikes like this all over the place...

These were the most fun. Probably not very functional, but funny.

This was by far our favorite shanty: The Dance Shanty. Plain and simple on the outside...

...and rocking on the inside! (When else do you get to dance to loud, fun music...in a fishing house...with 20 other people in hats, boots, gloves...in 15-degree weather...on ICE?!)

 And now, without further adieu...

 BEADBLOGGERS SUNDAY!

After a 1 1/2-year hiatus...back by popular demand...I'd like to happily announce the return of my Sunday bead-blogger links! If you're a beadworker and want to know what's going on, or even if you're just a creative person looking to find out what other creative folk are thinking about and doing, check out the links to these wonderful bloggers' sites:

About.com Jewelry Making: Are you struggling with the cost of metal right now? Tammy gives you a tip for getting the look of metal beads without the cost.

Art Bead Scene: Gaea shares some of her current favorite beading and craft related tools

 Beading Arts: Interested in publishing this year? How about starting out with a magazine?

 Beads and Books: Join the spring challenge and makeover a ready-made wintry bracelet into a piece of springtime jewelry!

Snap out of it, Jean! There's beading to be done!: Everyday Gemstones from the publishers of BeadStyle magazine is beautiful, easy, and is a special Winter 2012 issue --and Jean thrilled to be in it!

The Writing and Art of Andrew Thornton: Want to help a small business out? It's so easy! With a few clicks you can help Allegory Gallery get some free advertising dollars!