Category Archives: Everyday
May 15, 2020 | Everyday, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Kit Papers, Printables, Simple Dori, Travelers Notebook
Hello Cocoa Daisy Fans, We are exploring the red and blue color palette with the Tulip Time kits and the corresponding printables. Both of today’s designs incorporate items from the subscriber and the free planner printables which are available on the Cocoa...
May 12, 2020 | Everyday, Simple Dori, Stamping Sensation, Tips and Tricks, TN Tuesday, Travelers Notebook
Hello Cocoa Daisy friends, Titles are an important component of memory keeping because they create a connection between the photos and story in our layouts. They can be big and bold covering the majority of the page, a short elegant sentence, complete quote or a...
May 11, 2020 | Cocoa Daisy, Cocoa Daisy Day Planner, Design Team Tips, Everyday, Kit Papers
We’ve heard from you; you love the Cocoa Daisy papers in both the memory keeping kits and the planner kits, but you’d also like some ideas on how to use them all up! I’m here with you today to share a few ideas I had as I set up my planner for the...
May 9, 2020 | A Day in the Life, Cocoa Daisy, Cocoa Daisy Day Planner, Design Team Tips, Everyday, Inspiration, Planner Setup, Tips and Tricks, Travelers Notebook
Hey Planner Friends! Rachel here, and I am sharing a full planner setup using just the Cocoa Daisy Printables! Life Happens- the mail gets delayed, or you travel one place, and your “box of happy” is awaiting you back home (my situation!), which means you...
May 8, 2020 | Everyday, Inspiration, Kit Papers, Pocket Cards, Sticker Fun, Travelers Notebook
Friday Greetings! Stickers are a fun and versatile component in our memory keeping toolbox. This is because we can use them as flat accents, pop them up with foam to add depth, or create complex design elements. Cocoa Daisy kits contain a wide variety of stickers with...
May 7, 2020 | #cocoadaisycommunity, Cards, Cocoa Daisy, Cocoa Daisy Day Planner, Cut Files, Design Team Tips, Everyday, Freebies, Journal, Kit Papers, Out of Your Element, Planner Setup, Printables, Subscriber Downloads, Tags, Travelers Notebook, Video
Hello, I hope you are all OK. For my blog post this month, I will talk to you about my planning during the lock down. Even if things are going crazy different than usual, I still planning and believe it helps to my mental sanity. But I made some (little) adjusments in...
May 6, 2020 | Everyday, Freebies, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Inspiration, Printables, Stencils
Hello Cocoa Daisy Fans, Our Tulip Time kits features many different butterfly options and we thought you might like to see how our design team is incorporating them in their layouts and planners. The free planner printable includes lots of beautiful butterflies that...
May 4, 2020 | Everyday
Hi everyone! I’m so excited that it’s May. I’m hoping that the weather starts to warm up and improve. My planner hasn’t been quite as full, given the current situation, but I’m hoping that this month maybe that will begin to change. We...
May 1, 2020 | Cards, Everyday, Inspiration, Kit Papers
Hello, Daisies! I love making cards & writing letters. I thought it would be fun to combine BOTH. The outside looks like a card, but inside, it’s actually a letter. To create this whimsical card + letter, I used the following “Up and Away” Kits:...
May 1, 2020 | Everyday, Freebies, Planner Setup, Printables
It’s Kellie here with you today to talk about using your planner for jotting down one line a day and how important it can be and yet how different it is to planning. Want to know something else? I ONLY used the freebies for may for this. A challenge I’d...
May 1, 2020 | Everyday
Greetings! On the blog today we are highlighting vertical designs in scrapbooking. Alignment is one of the principles of good design which helps us bring harmony and a visual connection to our memory keeping layouts. I want to mention that misalignment is also...
Apr 30, 2020 | Everyday
It was a crazy whirl-wind of a month but Jana Hoffmann, our planner guest designer did a fabulous job showcasing the Up and Away collection! Here are four of Jana’s spreads using the Up and Away kit items! Many of the planner people in our community...
Apr 25, 2020 | Cards, Challenges, Cocoa Daisy, Daisy Designers, Design Team Tips, Everyday, Kit Papers, Off the Page, Tips and Tricks
Hello Hello Daisies! Lisa here doing a walk through of the cards I shared the other day in the Cocoa Daisy Fans group. These are so easy and fun to make and I hope that it inspires you to find ways to use up your extras in the kits. I love using dies and...
Apr 23, 2020 | Everyday
Hello Fellow Daisy Fans! Today I am sharing my process for planning my week using stickers and washi from the Cocoa Daisy kits. I love the versatility of the stickers and the washi. If you would like, you can also follow along with my video listed here! I use the...
Apr 22, 2020 | Everyday
Cocoa Daisy has something new this month! A free download designed to use as a cover page for your ring bound inserts or to slip around your daisy dori insert! Cocoa Daisy offers a variety of insert choices; A5 ring bound inserts, A5 daisy dori, standard daisy dori,...
Apr 21, 2020 | Everyday, Inspiration, Kit Papers, Simple Dori, Tips and Tricks, TN Tuesday, Travelers Notebook
Hello Cocoa Daisy Fans, Our design team is sharing TN layouts that include step-by-step instructions for the design or a specific element. There are several lovely ideas that you can easily recreate in your memory keeping and we are delighted to share them with you....
Apr 20, 2020 | Everyday, Inspiration, Travelers Notebook
In these Pandemic times, I have found that I still love using my planner. It looks a little bit different from a month ago, but not all that much. I have very few appointments, and the ones I do have don’t involve leaving the house, but I still have things in...
Apr 18, 2020 | Cocoa Daisy, Cocoa Daisy Day Planner, Daisy Designers, Design Team Tips, Everyday, Inspiration, Planner Setup, Tips and Tricks, Travelers Notebook
Hello Daisies, I put together a dashboard tutorial video using the patterned papers, dashboard cards, pocket cards and a few embellishments from May’s Tulip Time. The designs and colors are stunning! I still have plenty of product that I want to play with but...
Apr 17, 2020 | Everyday, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Inspiration, Mixed Media, Tags, Travelers Notebook
Hello friends, Our challenge for the design team today was to create a layout using the tags and other components of our kits. Jill starts us off with a beautiful and creative way to use tags in your layouts. “This is the first spread I’ve made in my Heidi...
Apr 15, 2020 | Everyday, Hand Stitched, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Kit Papers, Printables, Simple Dori, Travelers Notebook
Greetings Cocoa Daisy friends! We are sharing designs with a cloud theme using the Up & Away kits today. The cloud theme is quite popular in memory keeping and can be used to set a scene for you story. Clouds add texture and dimension as well as a bit of whimsy to...