Category Archives: Happy Planner Memory Keeping
Aug 4, 2020 | Hand Stitched, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Product Spotlight, Simple Dori, Sticker Fun, Travelers Notebook
Hello and welcome to August! On the blog today, Rachel and I are sharing some of the little things from the Backyard Blooms Classified kit that you are sure to love! These little kits include super cute items from a variety of scrapbook companies. They are curated to...
Jul 24, 2020 | Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Kit Papers, Project Art, Stamping Sensation
Happy Friday all! Stamps are a wonderful accessory for your memory keeping and planner layouts. With a few different ink colors and perhaps some embossing powders, you can create limitless design elements with stamps. We challenged our design team to create something...
Jul 22, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Everyday, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Kit Papers, Mixed Media, Washi Tape
Hello friends, Washi tape is a versatile product in our Cocoa Daisy kits and can be used in both planners and memory keeping to add color and texture. The tape can be cut or layered in many unique ways including to create a banner, border, or background and this means...
Jul 14, 2020 | Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Inspiration, Pocket Cards, Pocket Pages, Project Life, Sticker Fun
Greetings Cocoa Daisy Fans, Summer is in full swing here in the Northern Hempisphere and we thought it would be a great time to share some of our ideas for documenting warm weather stories with our To the Sea collection. DT member Odessa will be starting us off with a...
Jul 10, 2020 | Design Team Tips, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Printables, Simple Dori, Travelers Notebook
Hello friends, Our design team’s challenge today was to have some sea fun with our To the Sea kits and we absolutely adore their ideas! Odessa has created a lovely TN design and Kristine is sharing a fabulous Memory Planner layout that is actually a scene. Ah...
Jul 3, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Mixed Media, Tips and Tricks, Traditional Designs
Hello! Our design team has created two amazing layouts using mixed media from our Serengeti and To the Sea collections. They are sharing great tips and information that is sure to inspire you to get your craft on this weekend. Audrey is going to start us off with a...
Jun 26, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Inspiration, Kit Papers, Repeated Shapes, Simple Dori, Traditional Designs, Travelers Notebook
Hello Cocoa Daisy friends, Happy Friday! Our design team members Sabrina, Brande, and Rachel have created layouts focusing on circles with the Serengeti kits. Circles are a great way to add interest to a design, bring the eye to a focal point, and use our exclusive...
Jun 24, 2020 | Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Kit Papers, Pocket Cards, Pocket Pages, Project Life, Simple Dori, Travelers Notebook
Hello friends, Our design team is sharing three flip up and fold out designs today. Our first design is a memory planner flip-out by design team member Rachel. She notes, “I have to say, I LOVE making flips in my memory planner! They are a great way to add...
Jun 23, 2020 | Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Simple Dori, TN Tuesday, Travelers Notebook
Hello Cocoa Daisy friends, Today’s design challenge is to create a layout with the TNMK instruction sheet as a guide. Christine’s designs are simple and elegant and we truly enjoy seeing what Christine creates with the Cocoa Daisy memory keeping and...
Jun 19, 2020 | Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Mixed Media, Stencils, Travelers Notebook
Horizons are synonymous with possibilities. Look at the following quotes. Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find the right road. Dag Hammarskjold Between two worlds life hovers like...
Jun 16, 2020 | Cocoa Daisy, Cocoa Daisy Day Planner, Daisy Designers, Design Team Tips, Everyday, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Inspiration, Sticker Fun
Hello, Daisies! We have so many awesome sticker subscriptions to choose from now, and we just added a new one last week called the Calendar Stickers Subscription for the Daisy Weeks. It’s a smaller subscription, two sheets of stickers (as opposed to the six and...
Jun 2, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Freebies, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Pocket Cards, Printables, Traditional Designs
Hello Cocoa Daisy friends, The DT’s challenge for today is to use tags, tabs and labels in their designs. These items are great for layering, creating focal points on your layout, simple journaling, and creating pull outs for hidden journaling, additional...
May 22, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Everyday, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Kit Papers, Stamping Sensation, Traditional Designs
Hello and Happy Friday, Our design team is sharing their creative ways to use patterns and prints in memory keeping. Kristine and Audrey took two completely different approaches to this challenge and we love the result. Let’s begin with Kristine’s memory...
May 20, 2020 | Design Team Tips, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Kit Papers, Simple Dori, Sticker Fun, Travelers Notebook
Greetings! We want to spread a little happiness and cheer today and we have two lovely designs from our design team that are sure to bring a smile to your face! Let’s begin with a Tulip Time Traveler’s Notebook kit design from Korrie-ann. “I think at...
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 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...
Apr 22, 2020 | Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Kit Papers, Simple Dori, Sticker Fun, Travelers Notebook
Greetings! On the blog today we are sharing designs that feature flowers and colors in rainbow order. We are featuring DT members Kristine and Casie who enjoy memory keeping in happy planners and the Simple Dori/Traveler’s Notebook sized inserts. Let’s see...
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...
Apr 10, 2020 | Design Team Tips, Everyday, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Simple Dori, Stamping Sensation, Travelers Notebook
Hello Daisies, We are exploring stamping techniques with the design team today. Stamping is a great way to compliment your memory keeping and planning. You can keep it very simple with just one color of ink and a simple phrase stamp or go wild and crazy with layering,...
