Make What You Pin

Last week was spring break and we were housebound for a few days because of the rainy weather.  I decided to host a little art party for Jasper and his buddies to prevent cabin fever.  It turns out that little boys are not always so into doing art. Fortunately, I also got a couple of pre-tween girls in the mix who were super excited with what I had to offer which really solidified a few things for me.  1. I still sometimes wish I had a little girl.  Not going to happen, but can we all agree she would probably love growing up with Poppy Haus?  2. I need to start teaching art again.  I did it last year with kindergartners and it was so fun.  So I'm thinking about how I might offer classes to this pre-tween set.  Imagine all the Pinterest projects we could do.  Local people, any ideas?  I also wanted to mention that next month I'm going to explore what's "cool for small".  Thank you to everyone who voted on Facebook!  I'll be doing a whole month of ideas for food, play, and design just for kids.  To get things moving that direction, check out my Pinterest board dedicated to kids art projects. Here's the link. On there you'll see some of the projects we did here, and many more that I can't wait to try. Do you follow Poppy Haus on Pinterest? You totally should. 

Pinned Together

Fall leaf project from Apartment Therapy Family

I'm happy to announce that I've been doing some pinning for Altitude Design Summit's Pinterest page.  Check out all of my favorite crafting for kids projects here.  If you are a blogger you must check out Alt.  They offer online classes on Alt Summit Channel specific to creative/lifestyle bloggers. I've taken a few and they've been tremendously helpful for me, so I'm excited to be contributing to their brand in some small way. This January, I'll be attending their wildly popular design summit in Salt Lake City. It sounds chilly and very exciting...

Getting Folksy

I somehow talked my friend Coco into letting me do a little kitchen makeover at her house.  She has one of those 1950's spaces that was semi-updated at some point between then and her with no specific design style in mind.  It's kind of a functional blank slate. She has some Latin folkloric influences in the rest of her home, but the kitchen has pale pink and white linoleum flooring, which will have to stay for the project, so when I saw this poster on Etsy I thought it was a great starting point. Check out the ever growing board I've made for the redo on Pinterest and stay tuned for the results in the next couple of months.  To purchase the poster (also in midnight blue for my new house) visit One Little Bird Studio on Etsy.

Take Me Away

When I saw the cover of the latest West Elm catalog last weekend I couldn't stop staring at it.  I think I need a little R+R, which I am finally going to be getting when I go to Palm Springs this weekend.  One of my boards on Pinterest is called "I want to go to there", my favorite Liz Lemonism.  It's filling up with pictures like this. Rustic, in the middle of nowhere places with no tiny plastic toys to step on.  My bucket list includes buying some land one day.  I'd always hoped to put an A-frame or a prefab modern on it, but maybe a deck with a canvas tent cabin would be a good start (though I don't think I'd be able to plug in those lamps).     

Pinhead

Pinhead: Noun. A person who cannot stop pinning things on Pinterest.

Do you think I just coined a new term? I've been hard at "work" building my Pinterest empire, er, pinter-presence?  My pinning started with a need to categorize DIY projects to do for this blog. Some of my boards are now just eye candy, others like my board "Things to Make and Decorate" have projects or things I think I can attempt to recreate.  Case in point is this chicken coop with a roof garden.  Originally sourced from Sunset magazine, it's now making the rounds on Pinterest.  I'm moving to Petaluma, which has been described as the chicken capital of California, so I might as well plan on having a stylish coop of my own. To see all of my pins and follow Poppy Haus click here.

Very Pinteresting...

It all started when I found this super amazing DIY project on the blog JKJK.  I knew I couldn't do it now, I have like 10 projects in the pipeline and I'm running out of wall space.  If I bookmarked it, I'd forget about it...so I did what all the cool kids are doing and I invited myself to the Pinterest party.  I've got a couple of boards going at this point, one called Rainbow Connection another dedicated to my favorite textile prints.  It's therapeutic to curate little collections and it's nice to know that they are waiting for you when you're ready to use them. You can see my boards on Pinterest under the username "wemakedo".