TRASHION FASHION AT REDBUD FESTIVAL PREVIEW

will milne April 20, 2017

Keep Denton Beautiful's annual Redbud Festival is one of our favorite festivals in Denton. The Arbor Day celebration takes place every year at the Denton Civic Center and features music, classes, environmental information, food, a fashion show and plenty more (did we mention free baby trees?). The award-winning festival is now in its 24th year and keeps getting better and better. One of our favorite aspects of the festival is the TRASHion Fashion program which promotes creative reuse by creating "wearable art" out of materials that would otherwise have been discarded. Read on for more info on Redbud and a preview of this year's TRASHion Fashion designs!

A group of volunteers at a previous Great American Cleanup event in Denton, TX.

KEEP DENTON BEAUTIFUL: GREAT AMERICAN CLEANUP

Alyssa Stevenson March 8, 2017

On Saturday, March 25th, local nonprofit, Keep Denton Beautiful, will hold the annual Great American Cleanup. The event is Denton’s biggest and longest-running litter-cleanup event. In its 29th year, the Great American Cleanup mobilizes more than 2,000 Denton citizens each year to improve the beauty and environmental health of the Denton community.

THE DEN10: OCTOBER 19

Alyssa Stevenson October 20, 2016

As we all buckle down and head into the Halloween / Thanksgiving / Christmas / Valentines / St. Patricks / April Fool's season, it’s important to remember that Denton is a pretty swell town to live in. Just check out all of the great things you can check out below in today's Den10, our weekly events listing. Hashtag the good ‘grams and don’t be upset if Will makes fun of you publicly on Monday in our What We Did post. Step to it!

Questions, additions, subtractions, and voicemails may be sent to glen@wedentondoit.com

WHAT WE DID: APRIL 25TH

will milne April 25, 2016

What a lovely, rain-free spring weekend that was. Denton's Redbud Festival seems to be the only festival that seems to be rainproof. We're wondering if the proximity to Arts and Jazz Fest will help to share some water-proofing, but out weather apps are saying otherwise...

This week not only sees storms and Arts & Jazz Fest, but also early voting starts today so go have fun with that. If you're still undecided (or you just enjoy Dan's or local politics), we're hosting a candidate debate tonight at Dan's Silverleaf.

What We Did is our weekly roundup of a few of the best photos that have been tagged with #WDDI in the past week on Instagram.

Below are 20 photos from the past seven days of life in Denton, TX. This week we've got scenes from Friday's Kuzuthon at Harvest House, Keep Denton Beautiful's annual Redbud Festival, Bell and Oak's Gathering Day and much more.

If you'd like to be included in What We Did, tag your images with #WDDI on Instagram, and check back here next Monday. Search the hashtag #WDDI and check out all of the other awesome photos that we were unable to include this week. Click the images below to be led back to the photographer's Instagram page where you can follow them and like all of their images like the creep that you are.

Got a question about What We Did? Send it to will@wedentondoit.com.

TRASHION FASHION AT DENTON'S REDBUD FESTIVAL 2016

will milne April 21, 2016

Instead of throwing that cardboard coffee sleeve into the recycling bin, why not wear it as a bracelet or a leg warmer? Sound weird? That's the type of thinking that went into the creation of Denton's Trashion Fashion Program. The award-winning program is now in its fifth year. The City of Denton's Solid Waste and Recycling Department, SCRAP Denton, Keep Denton Beautiful and a few other awesome local organizations use the Trashion Fashion initiative to invite designers of all ages to create clothing (or what they call "wearable art") from materials that would otherwise end up recycled or in a landfill. At the same time, the program also promotes recycling and creative reuse. College fashion design students enter, as well as primary/secondary school students, and adults. Every year, they see designs that really earn that "wearable art" title. This year is one of the most impressive we've seen as far as designs and photography goes. Read on to see a small preview of this year's show.

WHAT WE DID: OCTOBER 5TH 2015

will milne October 5, 2015

What We Did is our weekly roundup of photos that WDDI staff and readers have taken over the past seven days. We've got 21 of our favorite images from the past week in Denton, TX below. And what a week it was. We saw future Denton musicians give us a performance at Harvest House, citizens getting in their last climb in at Eureka playground, and plenty of folks celebrating Octoberfest properly on both Oak St. and Walnut St. That wasn't all either. It was a pretty crowded weekend with beautiful weather so we broke our rule and went posted a few more photos than normal.

If you'd like to be included in What We Did, tag your images with #WDDI on Instagram, and check back here next Monday. As always, we're limited in the photos we can post, but we encourage you to search the hashtag #WDDI and check out all of the other awesome photos that we were unable to include this week. Click the images below to be led back to the photographer's Instagram page. Have a great week!

Got a question about What We Did? Send it to will@wedentondoit.com.

WHAT WE DID: SEPTEMBER 28TH

will milne September 28, 2015

Who else is sore and droopy-eyed this Monday morning? We sure as heck are, but it was well worth it. Oaktopia put on quite the show this weekend and between Oaktopia, the food truck festival, dog days of Denton, and all of the normal Denton festivities, there was a lot of stuff going on and y'all seemed to take photos of all of it. We had almost 1,000 images tagged with #WDDI over the past week that we combed through for today's post. Whenever we have that many photos from a certain event, we like to break What We Did into two posts. So here's your first WWD of the day, featuring everyday awesomeness and remember to check back later today for an Oaktopia-focused edition.

Got a question about What We Did? Send it to will@wedentondoit.com.

WHAT WE DID: JUNE 29th 2015

will milne June 29, 2015

Here's What We Did, our weekly photo post featuring images shot in Denton, TX over the past seven days. Last week saw some H20 fighting, a celebration on the courthouse lawn after the Supreme Court ruled gay marriage legal, and lots more summer fun.

Click on the images below to get linked to the appropriate photographer's Instagram account where you can then follow them and get a new Instagram buddy! To be included in next week's What We Did, make sure to tag your Instagram photos with #WDDI and we will put our favorites in next week's post.

WHAT WE DID: JUNE 8TH 2015

will milne June 8, 2015

What We Did is our weekly roundup of photos that been tagged with #WDDI on Instagram over the past seven days. Below, we've got seventeen of our favorite images that we pulled out of hundreds. In the mix are plenty of sunset photos, Lil' Debbie, and some summer fun.

If you'd like to be included in What We Did, tag your images with #WDDI on Instagram, and check back here next Monday. As always, we're limited in the photos we can post, but we encourage you to search the hashtag #WDDI and check out all of the other awesome photos that were posted that we were unable to post on the blog. Click the images below to be led back to the photographer's Instagram page. Have a great week!