As I can't imagine I will ever have a film crew in my home again, unless I win Publisher's Clearing House, if that's still a thing, I'm sharing some pictures from the day that Blurb came to Petaluma and taped an interview and cooking segment with me. It was a real life Julia Child moment. The video is part of a marketing piece for their recent Food Fair in San Francisco to promote their cookbook authors. I snapped a few photos in between filming...
Read MoreI am so excited to share this project with you today! I collaborated with Scotch Colors and Patterns Duct Tape to bring to life this DIY arrow tutorial which features two of my favorite materials: wooden dowels and duct tape. Watch the video below to see how it's done. I've included a materials list and instructions at the end of the post. Enjoy!
Read MoreI leave for vacation today, and will return to the blog in Mid-July. I thought I'd leave you with a new video post, this time a project. My paper lanterns have been featured on Design Sponge, in magazines and at Alt Design Summit, but believe it or not, I've never done a tutorial here on Poppy Haus! When I started showing my projects, I didn't know that I needed to include tutorials. So, I made a short video to show you how I make a basic lantern. You can use any size white paper lantern, any size cupcake liner. If you want, you can layer the larger papers with a striped mini-liners to add dimension, or try using french pastry papers.
Read MoreI warned you that I'd being doing this soon! Let me know what you think of our first video post. I really could not have gotten this project off the ground were it not for my friend Pete who helped me brainstorm, let me micro-manage each shot, and waited while I learned how to use iMovie. I also need to say thank you to Zach for letting me use his beautiful music from Release The Sunbird. His latest Rogue Wave album called Nightingale Floors is just now available on iTunes.
Read MoreI have a lot of irons in the fire right now...school is wrapping up (I can read blueprints!), I'm working on a new design for the site to launch sometime this summer, and I'm beginning a new video project for Poppy Haus that will occasionally put me on the other side of the camera. It's this last bit that has me contemplating things. Are you comfortable in your own skin? I'll admit it, when it comes to pictures I'm my own worst critic. I've talked about this before. I took a little practice video of Wylie and I hanging out together to test out a video app and see how I looked on camera, and it took a few tries for me to really see myself objectively and realize that I didn't look that bad. I was so distracted by the little things that I'm pretty sure no one else can see. Video is funny because you see yourself talking, which looks incredibly weird. It's not like looking in the mirror, you get to see what everyone else sees all the time. I really need to get over myself, because I have a some fun ideas to share, so to conquer my fear of the camera, and for your viewing pleasure, I give you "Heather and Wylie Talk Animals", a completely unedited, grainy picture with no plot. Enjoy!
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