Category Archives: Simple Dori
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 19, 2020 | Freebies, Pocket Cards, Pocket Pages, Project Life, Simple Dori, Sticker Fun, Travelers Notebook
Hello Cocoa Daisy friends, On the blog today we are exploring documenting with a grid pattern. Grids are a great way to establish balance and organize the elements you want to include in your documentation. They can be created with pocket pages, washi tape, stitching,...
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 13, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Hand Stitched, Mixed Media, Simple Dori, Traditional Designs, Travelers Notebook
Hello! Welcome to a mixed media Wednesday here at Cocoa Daisy. The design team is sharing a 12×12 design and a TN layout with our Tulip Time kits, both of which incorporate mixed media techniques. Let’s begin with Jil’s traditional sized design. “My mixed media...
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...
Apr 24, 2020 | Monochromatic, Simple Dori, Stamping Sensation, Traditional Designs, Travelers Notebook
Hello Daisies, We hope you have a fun weekend at home planned and if you’re in the mood for crafting, our design team has wonderfully creative ideas to get you started. Today’s challenge is “designer’s choice” and we are excited to share...
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 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 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,...
Apr 7, 2020 | Printables, Simple Dori, TN Tuesday, Travelers Notebook
Greetings Daisies! I wanted to start with a quick announcement. We have added a new “printables” category which you can use to search the blog for examples of designs using our printables. To search simply click on the term “printables” from...
Apr 2, 2020 | #cocoadaisycommunity, Cocoa Daisy, Cocoa Daisy Day Planner, Design Team Tips, Everyday, Journal, Planner Setup, Simple Dori, Travelers Notebook, Tutorial, Video
Hello Daisies, I hope everybody is OK and cope well with the actual situation. But planning, even for “just” house plan can be great for our minds. For more than two years now, I plan in standard dori size. When the Traveler Notebook Memory Keeping Kit...
Apr 1, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Design Team Tips, Simple Dori, Stamping Sensation, Tips and Tricks, Traditional Designs, Travelers Notebook
Greetings Cocoa Daisy friends, Today on the blog Jil and Audrey are sharing tips and techniques for creating titles in your memory keeping. Designing titles for your layouts is a lot of fun and they are a great way to draw the viewer into your page. Titles can be...
Mar 31, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Hand Stitched, Pocket Pages, Product Spotlight, Simple Dori, Traditional Designs, Travelers Notebook
Hello everyone! On this last day of March, we are looking forward to warmer weather and signs of spring here in the northern hemisphere. It’s a strange time in history and I think regardless of where we are living, each of us is craving a bit of normalcy. When I...
Mar 27, 2020 | Everyday, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Inspiration, Journal, Simple Dori, Travelers Notebook
Hi there, It’s a blue kind of Friday and by that I mean we have layouts that are focused on the color blue. Did you know that blue is often associated with depth and stability and symbolizes trust, loyalty, wisdom, confidence, intelligence, faith, truth, and...
Mar 25, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Design Team Tips, Inspiration, Simple Dori, Traditional Designs, Travelers Notebook
Spring Greetings! I think we can all use a little dose of happy and bright right now. And that is exactly what we have in mind for our blog post today. We challenged our Memory Keeping design team to “think spring” and we think you’ll agree they...
Mar 24, 2020 | Cut Files, Everyday, Inspiration, Project Art, Simple Dori, TN Tuesday, Travelers Notebook
Hello Cocoa Daisy friends, Our theme today is traveler’s notebook designs with cut files. Let’s jump right in with Evy’s amazing butterfly design. She is using a free Paige Evans cut file. Evy explains, “The cut file I chose was created for the...
Mar 18, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Design Team Tips, Everyday, Simple Dori, Traditional Designs, Travelers Notebook
Hello friends, We are glad you can join us today to see our design team’s ideas for layering with the March and April kits. We have three AMAZING layouts to share so let’s jump right in with Odessa’s TN spread in her Orchard Path Simple Dori. “Is there such a thing as...
Mar 17, 2020 | Cut Files, Everyday, Inspiration, Simple Dori, Traditional Designs, Travelers Notebook
Greetings Cocoa Daisy Fans, Today on the blog we wanted to spend some time reminding each other of the good things in our lives. On this St. Patrick’s day our theme, “Lucky Us,” is a serendipitous countermeasure to current world events. And so we invite you to come...
Mar 13, 2020 | Design Team Tips, Everyday, Feature Friday, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Inspiration, Simple Dori, Stamping Sensation, Travelers Notebook
Happy Friday friends! Today on the blog we are highlighting Cocoa Daisy stamps and their amazing versatility! We have three designs to share and they are all using stamps from the Orchard Path kits. Let’s begin with Kristine’s stamping ideas for the Big Happy Planner....
