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 oak forked stick with the funny [...]

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. On a camping [...]

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 your GPS device. It’s right on [...]

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 herbs that [...]

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. The [...]

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 need some heavy [...]

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 depend on them [...]

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 hidden restaurants. [...]

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.