Category Archives: Happy Planner Memory Keeping
Feb 5, 2021 | 12x12 Layouts, Challenges, Cocoa Daisy Day Planner, Design Team Tips, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Inspiration, Kit Papers, Tips and Tricks, Traditional Designs
Hello, Friends! Every now and then, it is nice to pare down your supplies and see what you can create. Today, we have set out a challenge to design a layout featuring the Denim and Blush Classified: Memory Keeping Kit. This kit comes with everything you need to create...
Jan 28, 2021 | #cocoadaisycommunity, Basic Elements, Cards, Challenges, Classified, Cocoa Daisy, Cocoa Daisy Day Planner, Everyday, Freebies, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Planner Setup, Printables, Vellum, Washi Tape
Hello Daisies ! I hope you all have a great begining of 2021 ! As it’s my first blog post for this year, I wanted to show you what I decided to use for this year (or at least the first couple of months). I had the most wonderful notebook cover as a Christmas...
Jan 26, 2021 | Cocoa Daisy, Cocoa Daisy Day Planner, Design Team Tips, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Pocket Cards, Tips and Tricks
Hello, friends! It’s a new year and, maybe, you have decided that THIS is the year you will be more consistent with memory keeping. You want to document the little moments, the funny moments, the good, the bad – you want to remember it all! While this sounds...
Jan 13, 2021 | 12x12 Layouts, Cocoa Daisy, Cocoa Daisy Day Planner, Design Team Tips, Dissecting Design, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Inspiration, Kit Papers, Mixed Media, Repeated Shapes, Simple Dori, Stamping Sensation, Sticker Fun, Tips and Tricks, Travelers Notebook, Tutorial, Video
Hello, Friends! Patterns are all around us, especially on our memory keeping pages. When we think of patterns, we often think of pre-designed patterns, like the ones found on the papers, stickers, and washi from our monthly kits. But if we remember that a pattern is...
Dec 29, 2020 | Cocoa Daisy, Design Team Tips, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Simple Dori, Tips and Tricks, Travelers Notebook
Hello, friends! If there is one thing we love around here, it is labels! They are a consistent element found our Memory Keeping Kits and are the perfect addition to just about any layout! While labels are traditionally used to record specifics within your memory...
Dec 25, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Cocoa Daisy, Die Cut Files, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Tips and Tricks, Vellum, Washi Tape
The New Chapter Collection is all about starting fresh! This collection includes bold colors perfectly contrasted by artistic black accents. Several patterns include splashes of paint with black ink drips, creating a fun mixed media feel without the mess. You can...
Dec 18, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Basic Elements, Chipboard Elements, Design Team Tips, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Product Focus, Sticker Fun, Tags
Hello, Friends! If you are like me, you have loved stickers since your childhood days. Part of the love stemmed from the ease of use even at a very young age. There was no trimming involved or searching for glue or tape. It was as simple as peeling and sticking,...
Dec 11, 2020 | Christmas, Cocoa Daisy, Design Team Tips, Document December, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Inspiration, Mixed Media, Pocket Cards, Pocket Pages, Stamping Sensation, Tips and Tricks
Hello, Friends! In today’s post, we are focusing our attention on the adorable, and versatile, stamp sets from the Cranberry Rose Collection.If you subscribe to the Memory Keeping: Pocket Kit or the Travelers Notebook Memory Keeping Kit, you receive one of these...
Nov 27, 2020 | Document December, Hand Stitched, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Kit Papers, Pocket Cards, Pocket Pages
Hello Cocoa Daisy friends, On the blog today the design team is sharing ideas for combining cranberry and plaid to create designs in their memory planners and scrapbooks. Plaid is such a fun pattern to use when documenting our stories and memories and the Cranberry...
Nov 24, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Kit Papers, Pocket Cards, Simple Dori, Traditional Designs, Travelers Notebook
Hello friends, Grid designs in memory keeping and planning are always popular because they make pulling a layout together simple and easy. The design is perfect for organizing photos and embellishments in a way that balances the layout. It’s the theme for...
Nov 6, 2020 | Everyday, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Product Spotlight, Washi Tape
Greetings! Washi tape is a wonderful embellishment to incorporate in your memory keeping and planner layouts and you can always find some in your Cocoa Daisy kits. In fact, there are four different washi tapes in the Acorn Lane kits. While washi tape can be used to...
Oct 14, 2020 | Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Kit Papers, Stamping Sensation, Sticker Fun, Travelers Notebook
Greetings! Today we are sharing some ideas for creating a layout that is inspired by a quote sticker of your choice from the Memory Keeping Sticker kit. Let’s begin with this memory planner design by Kristine. “I know that my page is super, super simple,...
Oct 13, 2020 | Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Memorydex, Pocket Pages, Stamping Sensation
Hello friends, On the blog today, four of our DT members are sharing how they are using the stamp sets from our Flannel and Frost collection. Grab a cup of your favorite brew and join us for a walkthrough of their designs. Let’s begin with this memory planner...
Sep 29, 2020 | Cards, Design Team Tips, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Product Focus
Hello! Doilies are a wonderful embellishment for your albums and planners. There are lots of things you can do with doilies including coloring them with paint or ink, cutting them to fit along an edge, fold in halves or quarters or in an accordion style, or crimp the...
Sep 16, 2020 | Dissecting Design, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Pocket Cards, Pocket Pages, Project Life, Simple Dori, Travelers Notebook
Hello friends, Today our design team is sharing their layering tips and tricks with lots of great examples! Layering is an important element in design because it adds texture, depth and focus to your paper crafting. For example, adding layers of paper and texture...
Sep 15, 2020 | Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Simple Dori, Travelers Notebook
Hello! Bold titles can be used to set the tone for your story as well as cover the majority of space for your design. In fact your title can be the foundation of your layout. For example, cutting out a short word such as hello, go, or love in a large letters and using...
Sep 11, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Simple Dori, Traditional Designs, Travelers Notebook
Hello and how is everyone doing? We hope you are staying safe and well. On the blog today, we are exploring hexagons. Hexagons are one of the shapes that make regular appearances in memory keeping and planning. I’m always delighted when I see layouts with...
Sep 2, 2020 | Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Journal, Printables, Project Art
Hi there! On the blog today DT member Kristine is sharing a mind map, which is a visual representation of ideas and concepts. They are simple diagrams that allow you to organize information around a central topic such as fitness or goals. Kristine created her mind map...
Aug 19, 2020 | Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Inspiration, Journal, Mini Book Madness, Simple Dori, Sticker Fun, Tags
Hello friends, Today the design team is sharing creative ways to use the quotes from our Cocoa Daisy Sticker kits in their storytelling designs. Let’s begin with this awesome mind map from Kristine. “I recently took a look through Audrey Medd’s Instagram...
Aug 12, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Inspiration, Journal, Kit Papers, Traditional Designs
Hello Cocoa Daisy friends, Are you drawn to flowers? Morgan Harper Nichols notes, “perhaps the reason you are drawn to flowers is not only for their outer beauty, but because they remind you beautiful things will bloom after the longest seasons of...
