Web Design Badge

Step One: You’re getting emails from people who’ve seen your website and want to know more.  They like your ideas, your thoughts, and they want to know you better.  They have helpful suggestions, and some become friends over time.  When you click on the link to your web page, what you see fills you with [...]

Rat Pucky Badge

Jolly in the Hair 12
Originally uploaded by nodigio

Step One: It’s an impossible shot. You know it. Your audience knows it. You look into your pucky bag: the willow “L” stick is short and flimsy, the maple “Y” is too thick, and still too short, but maybe that [...]

Blacksmith Badge

Blacksmith
Originally uploaded by nodigio

Step One: You tighten the last screw in the hinge you forged yourself on the jewelry box you made for your mother with a screwdriver you made yourself, too. The candles on the mantelpiece flicker brightly in the candleholders you made yourself of raw iron and fire. [...]

Geocaching Badge

The Bilgemunkee
Originally uploaded by nodigio

Step One: You take two steps to your left, one step forward and look around. There! Under the carpet juniper is a flash of white. You look closer and yes! It’s a Tupperware box. You pause for a deep breath and look at [...]

Brewing Soft Drinks Badge

Chamomile
Originally uploaded by nodigio

Step One: It’s a hot day at the lake, and even in the shade of the trees you and your friends are roasting. You reach into your ice chest and pull out bottles of the most delicious rootbeer anyone’s ever had – your secret blend of juices and [...]

Wine Making Badge

Holy Ail Side
Originally uploaded by nodigio

Step One: None of the wines at the local liquor store go well with your TexMex/Asian fusion dinner, but the wine you made of sand plums and cactus pears sets it off beautifully, and the clear lavenderish hue is echoed in the Asian fermented plum enchilada sauce. [...]

Beer Brewing Badge

Holy Ail Front
Originally uploaded by nodigio

BREWING BEERS
Step One: You and your buddies are settling down to watch the game, and you pass around the bottles of beer you made. They take one sip, pause, then with appreciative sounds, drink more. You know your agave beer is a hit. You [...]

Lasting Friendships Badge

Itzl and Shika, Sunning
Originally uploaded by nodigio

Step One: You’ve discovered some people with whom you have some deeply shared passions and understanding. These people provide you with inspiration and put a smile on your face as you wakl doen the street. In good times adn bad, you know you can [...]

Travel Badge

Saloon
Originally uploaded by nodigio

Step One: That quaint little town in Vermont, the huge cheese festival in Wisconsin, Burning Man in Utah, Paris, Milan, Tokyo – the world is yours for the exploring. You know how to savor it all, what the best sights are and where to find the yummiest little [...]

WoodSpirits Logo

Winged Acorn
Originally uploaded by nodigio

Here is one version of the WoodSpirits’ logo. Other versions will be posted as they are foud, submitted, created.
Ideally, the acorn itself would be green, to indicate even more strongly its affiliation with beginnings.