Articles by Kendall Barber
Year-End Poppy Barley Sample Sale
Meet the Team: Danielle, Customer Care Intern
Meet the Team: Danielle, Customer Care Intern
2-minute read Swamped with new fall orders, we put a call out for a Customer Care intern. Curious how the winning interview went down? Find out what...
Classic Holiday Cocktail Recipes: We Asked a Mixologist
Classic Holiday Cocktail Recipes: We Asked a Mixologist
3-minute read Inspired by our lookbook, Star Wonder, we share four holiday cocktail recipes from one of Edmonton's top mixologists, Chuck Elves of Three Boars Eatery.
Reflecting on the First Year in Business: Four Challenges and Four Successes
Reflecting on the First Year in Business: Four Challenges and Four Successes
6-minute read Our first birthday: one complete year of changing how women buy footwear. Our co-founder, Kendall, highlights four big challenges and four successes.
Win a Pair of Poppy Barley Boots with Camille Styles
Win a Pair of Poppy Barley Boots with Camille Styles
1-minute read We're giving away a pair of made to measure boots on Monday, Dec. 16th, 2013, with lifestyle blog Camille Styles! Find out how to enter.
4 Ways to Brainstorm Startup Business Ideas
4 Ways to Brainstorm Startup Business Ideas
4-minute read Are you searching for the "what" that will make you an entrepreneur? Here are 4 ways to brainstorm startup business ideas and start tackling your...
The 2012-2013 Poppy Barley Timeline
The 2012-2013 Poppy Barley Timeline
1-minute read In celebration of our 1st Birthday, we created an official Poppy Barley Timeline with photos, anecdotes and videos. Click a date and find out about...
7 Reasons Why a PB Gift Card is the PERFECT Present
7 Reasons Why a PB Gift Card is the PERFECT Present
2-minute read You can't deny it: the holiday season has arrived. And we're here to help you with your wish list! Fill in a Poppy Barley Gift...
Wanderlust: Día de Muertos, San Miguel de Allende
Wanderlust: Día de Muertos, San Miguel de Allende
2-minute read Our recent trip to the studio in León coincided with a very special Mexican holiday, Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead). And so we...
Creating a Brand for Startups, Pt. II
Creating a Brand for Startups, Pt. II
4-minute read When executed well, a brand can be an extremely powerful force, producing a tribe-like mentality as its audience shifts from passive observers to active participants...
Creating a Brand for Startups, Pt. I
Creating a Brand for Startups, Pt. I
5-minute read Our Brand Design Manager, Monica, looks back at Poppy Barley's initial branding sketches—from mood boards to logos—and explores the in-depth and often complex processes that...
7 Key Traits in Good Co-founder Relationships and Why Working with Your Sibling Works
7 Key Traits in Good Co-founder Relationships and Why Working with Your Sibling Works
9-minute read The foundations of good co-founder relationships are the same, regardless of if you’re related. But working with your sibling has inherent advantages.
Iteration: The Key to Building a Startup Website
Iteration: The Key to Building a Startup Website
6-minute read "The first version of your startup website sucks... and that’s ok." Our developer, Daelan, talks startup website tips and reveals the process behind launching PoppyBarley.com.
Poppy Barley Is On Songza! Listen to Our First Curated Playlist: Office Grooves
Poppy Barley Is On Songza! Listen to Our First Curated Playlist: Office Grooves
1-minute read We spend long hours with our headphones in at work, so we decided it was time to start curating our own playlists. Follow Poppy Barley...
@PoppyBarley Filmstrip: An Update from our Instagram Feed
@PoppyBarley Filmstrip: An Update from our Instagram Feed
4-minute read Over the past two months, we held pop-up shops throughout Alberta and watched women all over the world receive their custom Poppy Barley flats. Here's...
5 Lessons to Learn About Pitching Your Business
5 Lessons to Learn About Pitching Your Business
9-minute read Pitching your business is intimidating. Pitch wrong and you’re not inspiring confidence in your business. Pitch well and there lies tremendous opportunity. Here's 5 tips...
Meet the Team: Laura, Operations Manager
Meet the Team: Laura, Operations Manager
5-minute read Our seventh team member is 2,500 miles away from our head office. She's a mom, loves to travel, and used to be an English professor...
Working at a Startup After Graduation: Why You Should Do It
Working at a Startup After Graduation: Why You Should Do It
6-minute read Before she was our Customer Insights Specialist, she was one of our first customers. Find out why (apart from finding perfectly fitted boots) Breanne decided...
Alberta Popup Sale: We're Going On Tour This September!
Alberta Popup Sale: We're Going On Tour This September!
3-minute read Poppy Barley is popping up in your city! Come out to view the new F/W '13 collection in Calgary, Fort McMurray and Edmonton on these...
Meet the Team: Justine, Co-founder
Meet the Team: Justine, Co-founder
3-minute read Despite her eye for design and her cool sense of style, Justine's background is a far cry from fashion and shoemaking (although, she did hope...
Meet the Team: Daelan, Developer
Meet the Team: Daelan, Developer
2-minute read Although that's his technical job title at Poppy Barley, he's also our in-house photographer, videographer, comedian, musician-DJ extraordinaire (he really was a '90s DJ), and...
#PBWorthWalking: See Who's Entered to Win Custom Shoes
#PBWorthWalking: See Who's Entered to Win Custom Shoes
1-minute read We have been completely blown away, inspired and moved by all the people entering our Instagram giveaway with @CarmynJoy. Where would you wear perfectly fitted...
Meet @CarmynJoy + Enter Our #PBWorthWalking Giveaway
Meet @CarmynJoy + Enter Our #PBWorthWalking Giveaway
7-minute read We've got a super fun and interactive contest going on with local Instagram star, @CarmynJoy! Meet the girl behind the pretty images, and enter to...
Poppy Barley x Alberta BoostR Crowdfunding Appreciation Party
Poppy Barley x Alberta BoostR Crowdfunding Appreciation Party
1-minute read You helped us raise $28,550 at Alberta BoostR! Thanks to you, we're moving forward with development of our F/W '13 Heeled Boots Collection. Let's celebrate!
Meet the Team: Kendall, Co-founder
Meet the Team: Kendall, Co-founder
2-minute read You've met our Customer Insights Specialist, our Community Manager, and our Brand Design Manager. Today we're profiling one of our all-star founders, who doesn't only...
@PoppyBarley Filmstrip
@PoppyBarley Filmstrip
4-minute read From Mexico to Calgary, from palm trees to canola fields, here's a recap of what we've been up to over the past few months, as...
Meet the Team: Monica, Brand Design Manager
Meet the Team: Monica, Brand Design Manager
3-minute read After our first Skype-chat, Monica took us through an in-depth company identity brief that would eventually define the Poppy Barley brand. From that point on,...
Meet the Team: Caroline, Community Manager
