About Us

Editors, Co-Founders


Poppytalk is a Canadian (Vancouver-based) design blog collecting inspiration and dedicated to promoting emerging design talent.  Founders, husband and wife duo (Jan and Earl) both worked in the design field; Jan in Communication Design and Earl in New Media as a designer and instructor.
In 2010 Poppytalk was recently featured in InStyle Magazine's "Best of the Web" article (November 2010), in Canadian Living Magazine's "Best Canadian Blogs" and in 2009 was listed No. 7 in Times Online's "50 of the World's Best Design Blogs"and was also featured in an article in House and Home Magazine entitled, "Favourite Design Blogs".  Please see press section for more info.

Founders of Poppytalk Handmade, an online "curated" and monthly-themed marketplace exhibition site which showcases handmade and vintage goods from around the world.  Click here to find out more about the market.  Fun fact:  Poppytalk Handmade was included in Lucky Magazine’s January 2008 issue under an article “The Best Websites You’ve Probably Never Heard Of". Click here to read (alphabetical order).

Jan has contributed as a writer on various online sites such as Design Sponge, Etsy, Diesel.com (Diesel Cult), Yahoo (Shine), Sfgirlbybay, and currently also writes for Babble.com.  They have both contributed to magazines such as Loft-Life and Stationery Trends.


Read about Poppytalk readership and advertising opportunities here and press here.

Read about Poppytalk Handmade here:

How Our Market Works
2012 Market Schedule
Testimonials
Contact us at poppytalkblog[at]yahoo[dot]ca.

More about our contributors here.