Category Archives: Tips and Tricks
May 15, 2020 | Cocoa Daisy Day Planner, Everyday, Freebies, Journal, Tips and Tricks
Hello Daisies! Do you journal in your planner? I do! I’ve kept a diary off and on since I was 10 years old. In recent years though, I’ve been doing most of my journaling in my planner. It’s a great way to record my everyday thoughts and see them...
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 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...
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 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 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 13, 2020 | #cocoadaisycommunity, Basic Elements, Cocoa Daisy Day Planner, Design Team Tips, Everyday, Inspiration, Journal, Planner Setup, Product Focus, Tips and Tricks, Travelers Notebook
Hi everyone. Tanti is here. I’m in love with the April kit because of all the rainbows and the bright colours. One of my favorite items from the kit is the cloud shaped sticky notes and today, I want to share with you how I used them in my TN planner. I love using...
Apr 11, 2020 | A Day in the Life, Basic Elements, Cards, Cocoa Daisy, Cut Files, Daisy Designers, Design Team Tips, Die Cut Files, Everyday, Inspiration, Printables, Tips and Tricks
Hi my planner friends, it’s Julie Deal Mooney here today to talk about what to do with those beautiful leftover papers you have from various kits over the past months or even years. Since we are on stay-at-home orders and I had all the time in the world, I...
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 21, 2020 | #cocoadaisycommunity, Cocoa Daisy, Cocoa Daisy Day Planner, Daisy Designers, Design Team Tips, Everyday, Inspiration, Planner Setup, Tips and Tricks, Travelers Notebook
Hi Daisies, April’s bright and cheerful theme is arriving just in time for this trying time in our world. I am using a Foxy Fix Personal Rings Folio in Spice Mermaid which is a deep teal. It really sets off the colors in this kit beautifully! I love this...
Mar 12, 2020 | #cocoadaisycommunity, Basic Elements, Cards, Cocoa Daisy, Cocoa Daisy Day Planner, Daisy Designers, Design Team Tips, Everyday, Inspiration, Planner Setup, Simple Dori, Tips and Tricks, Travelers Notebook, Tutorial
Hello Daisies ! In this post, I wanted to talk to you about trackers. If you follow me on instagram, you already know I am a big fan of trackers. I use a lot of them !! But how I make them depends on what I want to track, and how I want to track it. I think my...
Mar 5, 2020 | Cocoa Daisy, Cocoa Daisy Day Planner, Design Team Tips, Everyday, Inspiration, Planner Setup, Tips and Tricks, Travelers Notebook
Hey Planner Friends! It’s Rachel here, and I am sharing my setup and the first full week of March in my Daisy Weeks Booklet, using the March Orchard Path Kits. I am using a personal size dash sleeve to protect my booklet and to add a little more decoration. For...
Mar 3, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Everyday, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Inspiration, Tips and Tricks, Traditional Designs
Hello and welcome to March! Today we are exploring using a list as the basis for your memory keeping layout with our Orchard Path kits. Documenting a story using a list is a great way to highlight key items in your story versus journaling. DT members Audrey and Rachel...
Mar 2, 2020 | Chipboard Elements, Cocoa Daisy, Cocoa Daisy Day Planner, Cut Files, Daisy Designers, Design Team Tips, Everyday, Inspiration, Make & Take, Tips and Tricks, Tutorial, Video
Hi, my daisy friends! I’m so excited to be with you here on the blog today sharing a tutorial on how to make paper bows to dress up your planner. It’s a great and easy way to use up any extra pieces of paper that you have from your kit that you haven’t used and the...
Feb 28, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Cut Files, Design Team Tips, Everyday, Mixed Media, Simple Dori, Stamping Sensation, Subscriber Downloads, Tips and Tricks, Traditional Designs, Travelers Notebook
Hello, Daisies. Let’s jump right in and explore all the amazing Love Notes designs from our DT. The team is using cut files and printable elements in their designs today. Korrieann is starting us off with a traditional 12×12 layout. “I absolutely loved...
Feb 25, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Everyday, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Simple Dori, Tips and Tricks, Traditional Designs, Travelers Notebook
Hello and welcome to the final week of February! In honor of leap week we are highlighting the rainbow order of color in our both the Love Notes and Orchard Path Memory Keeping kits. It’s a simple and easy way to add interest to your story documentation. Let’s jump...
Feb 24, 2020 | A Day in the Life, Cocoa Daisy, Cocoa Daisy Day Planner, Daisy Designers, Design Team Tips, Everyday, Inspiration, Planner Setup, Tips and Tricks, Travelers Notebook, Video
Hi Daisies! This month is a gorgeous set up using Cocoa Daisy’s Orchard Path which just screams spring! The floral is full of soft peaches and greens with hints of greys and blues! I was originally going to use my Sweet Peach Foxy Fix but I was elated to see...
Feb 20, 2020 | Cocoa Daisy, Tips and Tricks
Hello, Daisies! This is Callie and I am going to show you how to create simple dashboards three different ways. I am using the Dashboard subscription and the Memory Keeping Pocket Cards to create most of my content. But, I also use papers and other elements from the...
Feb 15, 2020 | Cocoa Daisy Day Planner, Daisy Designers, Design Team Tips, Everyday, Inspiration, Planner Setup, Product Focus, Product Spotlight, Tips and Tricks, Travelers Notebook
Hi everyone. Tanti is here. Today, I want to share with you, how I used some of the February dashboards from the dashboard kit for my Traveler’s Notebook. The Cocoa Daisy dashboards that came in two sizes (The A5 size and the personal size) are actually very...
Feb 13, 2020 | Cards, Cocoa Daisy, Daisy Designers, Design Team Tips, Everyday, Inspiration, Off the Page, Product Spotlight, Tips and Tricks
Hello Daisies! Lisa here bringing you a few super easy cards for Valentines day using various elements from the Love Notes Pocket Memory Keeping kit and Planner kits. This kit screamed at me to make my cutie patootie granddaughters some Valentine Cards. I love...
