Category Archives: Video

Hey everyone! I ran off to Galveston Beach with my family today and forgot to link my latest YouTube Video, so here she is:

Welcome to your weekly Saturday Morning Vlog!

This week, I’m living out in the airstream while we redo the floors in my room. So instead of a typical vlog, I’m taking some time to lay out my top five tips for spending less time on your phone.

For this week’s vlog, I’m finishing a project I’ve been putting off for a while…making a strawberry apron for my friend Kathrine!

It started out as a Christmas present, but I didn’t get it finished in time. So maybe it’s an early wedding gift?

Listen to Jenny and Kathrine’s podcast, Idiot’s Alphabet Soup, on Spotify, or follow their Instagram.

Remember, I post a new vlog every Saturday morning at 9am ET 😉

This week’s YouTube video is up! Enjoy a small glimpse into our lives as we garden, fix up the table we found on the curb, and grab some awesome craft supplies and tools at an Estate Sale down the street.

My brother Matt works at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, so this week we took a tour. We also visited the Houston Museum of Fine Art. Phoebe’s dad, Tom, was in town, so that’s why we did all the fun things!

Remember, I post a new vlog every Saturday morning at 9am ET (Although it might take a few more hours for me to post it on the blog here.)

Hello folks! In this week’s vlog, Phoebe and I go to the Goodwill Bins and come home with lots of stuff. Enjoy that story, plus a few more adventures, in the video below!

Remember, new vlogs come out every Saturday morning at 9 am EST! If you want to see them instantly, you can always subscribe directly to my YouTube channel.

For now, I hope you enjoy the video!

Hey hey!

Recently people have been asking about my life in Texas. After all, I haven’t updated my blog since I moved here, and I’ve barely even posted on Instagram.

The truth is, I don’t feel like blogging or Instagramming. But I do feel like making YouTube videos! So I decided, you know what? I don’t serve social media. Social media serves me. I’m gonna make YouTube videos.

For the foreseeable future, I plan to make weekly vlogs about things I’m making, decorating my room, and fun excursions I’m taking. I’ll post them at 9am Eastern on my YouTube channel.

But for now, enjoy my first vlog below!

As I was preparing to organize and/or pack up all my things for my upcoming move to Virginia, I looked at my bookshelf and thought, “I should do a bookshelf tour.” You know, just show you all my books and give brief thoughts.

I’m nosy about other people’s bookshelves, so I thought people might be nosy about mine, haha.

Also, often when I post a photo or video of the top of my sewing desk, people ask about the books. So, ta-da! This is for you, People who Ask.

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Back story:

A year and a half ago, my sister Jenny sent me a recipe for clementine cake that she found on Instagram. I was enchanted with the idea of clementine cake after watching the movie The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. But the directions flashed by so fast they were hard to follow. Also, it was in Japanese. Some of the directions were translated into English, and some weren’t.

Nevertheless, I made it, and posted on my Instagram stories about the process. People really enjoyed it, so I decided to do it again, and make it into a YouTube video this time.

Only, I wanted to try something new. So I found the original recipe Jenny had sent, and realized it was posted by Tasty Japan. (Tasty is the company behind all those recipe videos on Facebook and Instagram, and it’s owned by Buzzfeed.) I scrolled around until I found this enchanting-looking “peach rose cheesecake.”

This time, instead of trying to follow the video directions as they flashed by, I google-translated the Japanese recipe that was written in the caption. The translated title was “peach rare cheesecake” instead of “peach rose cheesecake.”

The day I chose to make this was also the day we were preparing for a garage sale, so most of my family and many of my friends make hilarious cameo appearances.

I hope you enjoy the adventure!

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Print Version
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Follow me on:
Instagram: @emilytheduchess
Twitter: @emilysmucker
Facebook: facebook.com/emilysmuckerblog
YouTube: youtube.com/emilysmucker
Patreon: patreon.com/emilysmucker (This is where I post bonus blog posts, about more personal/controversial subjects, for a subscription fee of $1 a month [or more if you’re feeling generous]. I try to post twice a month.)

Hey Readers! Here is my most recent video, where I made a floor chair to conserve space in my tiny room. I actually finished it a while ago, only I never got around to taking a thumbnail photo until today. Hence why I’m suddenly dressed for much warmer weather in my thumbnail than in the actual video, haha.