Category Archives: Design Team Tips
Sep 16, 2021 | Daisy Planner, Design Team Tips, Inspiration, Journal, Kit Papers, Simple Dori, Stamping Sensation, Sticker Fun, Throwback Thursday, Tips and Tricks, Travelers Notebook, Tutorial
Hello, friends! If you have been with Cocoa Daisy for while, you know that each collection is unique but also mixes and matches with past collections. So today, we are celebrating this with a Throwback Thursday: Mix and Match Edition! We love how our Creative Team...
Sep 14, 2021 | Art Journal, Design Team Tips, Journal, Off the Page, Product Focus, Repeated Shapes, Rub Ons, Sticker Fun, Tips and Tricks, Travelers Notebook, Tutorial
Hello, friends! If you received the Doodles and Dashes Traveler’s Notebook Memory Keeping Kit or the Doodles and Dashes Modern Memory Keeping Kit then you would have seen the adorable photo frames that arrived in your kit. We thought it would be fun to share a...
Aug 7, 2021 | Basic Elements, Cocoa Daisy, Cocoa Daisy Day Planner, Design Team Tips, Journal, Planner Setup, Sticker Fun, Travelers Notebook
Hello, friends! One of the best parts about planning with Cocoa Daisy is the ability to make your planner pages super fun and fully functional for your everyday needs. Today, our Creative Team shares how they stay on track in their planners while having plenty of room...
Jul 29, 2021 | 12x12 Layouts, Chipboard Elements, Design Team Tips, Inspiration, Kit Papers, Off the Page, Simple Dori, Tags
Hello, friends! We have some great interactive designs to share with you today. Using interactive elements in your layouts can serve many purposes. While they are delightful to manipulate, they can also provide places for hidden journaling and photos or highlight...
Jul 3, 2021 | Design Team Tips, Product Focus, Product Spotlight, Repeated Shapes, Simple Dori, Stamping Sensation, Sticker Fun, Tips and Tricks, Travelers Notebook
Hello, friends! It’s another edition of “Simple Dori Saturday” featuring the gorgeous Wisteria Lane Collection. We have three Simple Dori spreads from our Creative Team that we know you are going to love! Jil loves switching things up in her Simple...
Jul 1, 2021 | 12x12 Layouts, Basic Elements, Chipboard Elements, Design Team Tips, Off the Page, Product Focus, Product Spotlight, Repeated Shapes, Simple Dori, Tips and Tricks, Traditional Designs, Travelers Notebook
Hello, friends! The memory-keeping kits have a few “MVPs” that we receive most months, and one of those is the sheet chipboard elements. The sheets are usually filled with a mix of cute sentiments, shapes, and decorative pieces that can jazz up your layout...
Jun 29, 2021 | Design Team Tips, Inspiration, Planner Setup, Pocket Letter, Sticker Fun, Tags, Tips and Tricks, Tutorial, Video
Hello, friends! We hope you have received your kits from the Wisteria Lane Collection and are using the kits to set up your planners, journals and work on memory-keeping spreads. Today, our creative team has a few tutorials to share with you for this “Teach Me...
Jun 17, 2021 | 12x12 Layouts, Design Team Tips, Dissecting Design, Kit Papers, Mixed Media, Rub Ons, Simple Dori, Sticker Fun, Tips and Tricks, Traditional Designs, Travelers Notebook, Vellum, Washi Tape
Hello, Friends! Wanderlust. If you have never experienced to urge to wander, travel, and roam the world (or outside your home), you might have felt this way over that last year. Even if you weren’t a big traveler before, a worldwide stay home order in 2020 made...
Jun 10, 2021 | Design Team Tips, Inspiration, Journal, Kit Papers, Mini Book Madness, Off the Page, Pocket Cards, Pocket Pages, Repeated Shapes, Rub Ons, Simple Dori, Stamping Sensation, Sticker Fun, Tips and Tricks, Travelers Notebook, Tutorial, Video
Hello, Friends! The My Escape Collection makes us want to hit the road and document our travel memories. This collection can be used to celebrate past, present, and future travel. One of the ways to do this is to create mini albums. Mini albums allow you to tell the...
Jun 8, 2021 | Daisy Planner, Design Team Tips, Freebies, Journal, Product Focus, Sticker Fun, Tips and Tricks, Washi Tape
Hello, Friends! One of the best parts about the Cocoa Daisy planning community is seeing all the various ways people plan their days. Finding your planning style means figuring out what items you need to put in your planner while also establishing how you embellish...
Jun 5, 2021 | Design Team Tips, Dissecting Design, Inspiration, Journal, Kit Papers, Product Focus, Product Spotlight, Repeated Shapes, Rub Ons, Simple Dori, Stamping Sensation, Sticker Fun, Tags, Tips and Tricks, Travelers Notebook, Vellum
Hello, Friends! Get ready for a new monthly feature – Simple Dori Saturday. Since our Simple Dori is unique to Cocoa Daisy, we thought it would be fun to create a post each month to celebrate it! We have three eye-catching spreads from our Creative Team using...
Jun 1, 2021 | Classified, Design Team Tips, Freebies, Kit Papers, Planner Setup, Printables, Sticker Fun, Tips and Tricks
Hello, friends! A new month brings fresh opportunities including a new planner set up featuring the My Escape Collection. You may be a more functional planner, adding bits of the collection here and there or using elements to compliment your list-making, highlight...
May 30, 2021 | Design Team Tips, Inspiration, Kit Papers, Planner Setup, Pocket Cards, Printables, Rub Ons, Sticker Fun, Tips and Tricks
Hello, friends! The new month is almost here and we are excited to see how you set up your planner for the month. Throughout this next week, we are sharing how our creative team prepped their planners for June using the My Escape Collection. You are going to love how...
May 28, 2021 | 12x12 Layouts, Art Journal, Design Team Tips, Dissecting Design, Kit Papers, Repeated Shapes, Traditional Designs
Hello, Friends! If you have been a memory keeper for a while, it is likely that you have accumulated a few paper punches. Paper punches are a great tool for adding texture and interest to a page. They are also useful for including portions of collection papers,...
May 25, 2021 | Design Team Tips, Inspiration, Off the Page, Simple Dori, Stamping Sensation, Sticker Fun, Tips and Tricks, TN Tuesday, TNMK Instruction Sheet, Travelers Notebook
Hello, friends! We have another TN (Traveler’s Notebook) Tuesday post featuring both the Tranquility Collection and the My Escape Collection. Around these parts, we call our traveler’s notebook the Simple Dori. The inside of the notebook features designs...
May 24, 2021 | Basic Elements, Design Team Tips, Everyday, Inspiration, Kit Papers, Planner Setup, Pocket Cards, Tips and Tricks
Hello, Daisies! If you want to know the truth, this post is all about making your planner pretty, not functional. Ha, ha! Don’t get me wrong, functional planners absolutely have their place. However, speaking for myself, if my planner looks pretty, it takes the...
May 21, 2021 | 12x12 Layouts, Art Journal, Basic Elements, Daisy Planner, Design Team Tips, Inspiration, Journal, Kit Papers, Mixed Media, Off the Page, Rub Ons, Simple Dori, Stamping Sensation, Tips and Tricks, Traditional Designs, Travelers Notebook
Hello, Friends! Here at Cocoa Daisy, we are all about finding thinking outside your box of happy and encouraging ways to stretch your monthly kits a little further. What better way to do that than with a little mix and match! Whether it’s combing elements from...
May 20, 2021 | Cocoa Daisy Day Planner, Daisy Designers, Daisy Planner, Design Team Tips, Everyday, Inspiration, Product Focus, Product Spotlight, Rub Ons, Travelers Notebook
Hi everyone. Tanti is here. Today, I want to focus on the rub ons that came with the modern memory keeping kit and the planner add on kit. In the past, I didn’t use rub ons a lot on my projects but since Cocoa Daisy included them sometimes in their kit, I have a lot...
May 18, 2021 | Basic Elements, Design Team Tips, Dissecting Design, Inspiration, Kit Papers, Off the Page, Pocket Cards, Pocket Pages, Simple Dori, Tips and Tricks, Travelers Notebook
Hello, friends! Layering is a foundational element in most memory-keeping designs. By adding layers you can create depth and focus to your layout. Layered clustered provide visual interest and can help to tell your story. Today our Memory Keeping Team shares their...
May 12, 2021 | Design Team Tips, Dissecting Design, Inspiration, Product Focus, Product Spotlight, Simple Dori, Tips and Tricks, Travelers Notebook
Hello, friends! Washi is a wonderful product for its versatility and simplicity. With just a few strips of washi, your memory-keeping spreads are embellished with lovely patterns and color with minimal effort. The Tranquility Collection Washi included the rich greens...
