Video! How to Make a V-Day Gift Topper (using, I might add, plastic canvas!)

How to Make a Valentine’s Day Gift Topper from Diane Gilleland on Vimeo.

I’ve been hemming and hawing over whether to post this or not. I’ve been hiking the video learning curve lately, and hope to produce a nice number of video how-to’s this year.

But, Man! Video is challenging! (Compelling, but challenging.)

So… I finally decided to share this one, as a way to illustrate one of my favorite ideas: The Power of the 1.0.

Before we can do anything well, we have to pass through a beginner stage. We have to make mistakes and learn from them. And we have to let these rough-finish efforts out into the world, so we can move on to the more-confident work ahead.

I could spend all day telling you about the ways I wish this video were better. But making it, I learned a ton of things that will make the next one better. So instead, I’ll just share my little 1.0 with you, and send you lots of love for your own 1.0’s.

(Oh – the project uses plastic canvas, so that’s something.)