Category Archives: Tips and Tricks
Feb 6, 2020 | Design Team Tips, Inspiration, Tips and Tricks
Hello, Daisies! This month’s Love Notes kit is so fancy! February is the month of love. It’s something to celebrate. Let’s get our planners dolled up for Valentine’s Day and beyond! I created my doll using two dashboard designs. I chose the pretty, shopping girl, and...
Jan 27, 2020 | #cocoadaisycommunity, Cocoa Daisy, Cocoa Daisy Day Planner, Daisy Designers, Design Team Tips, Everyday, Inspiration, Planner Setup, Tips and Tricks
Hello, Daisies! I am excited to show you my set up for February using the adorable Love Notes and the Simon Valentine’s Add-On kit! I used the B6 Dori and a little bit of all the kits again – sorry, but I just can’t help myself! There is so much...
Jan 24, 2020 | Design Team Tips, Everyday, Inspiration, Simple Dori, Tips and Tricks, Travelers Notebook
Greetings from the land of Oh La La! Our design team is sharing their take on the theme “post cards from Paris” today on the blog. Ria is using the theme to document a recent trip to Paris while Evy was in Paris last week and she is documenting her trip with the Love...
Jan 16, 2020 | Cocoa Daisy Day Planner, Daisy Designers, Design Team Tips, Everyday, Inspiration, Product Focus, Product Spotlight, Stamping Sensation, Tips and Tricks, Travelers Notebook
Hi everyone. Tanti is here. I love using stamps for planning and memory keeping. I am always so excited if Cocoa Daisy includes stamps in any of their kit. Today, I want to share with you, how I used the January stamp sets from the pocket memory keeping kit and the...
Jan 11, 2020 | #cocoadaisycommunity, Cocoa Daisy, Cocoa Daisy Day Planner, Design Team Tips, Everyday, Planner Setup, Tips and Tricks
Hey Planner Friends! It’s Rachel here, and I am sharing my setup and a plan with me in my new Daisy Weeks Booklet. If you are like me, you may have fallen deep down the Hobonichi weeks rabbit hole. If that is the case, then you will love the Daisy Weeks Booklet!...
Dec 19, 2019 | #cocoadaisycommunity, Cocoa Daisy, Cocoa Daisy Day Planner, Design Team Tips, Everyday, Inspiration, Planner Setup, Tips and Tricks
Who is ready for a new month, a new year, and a new decade? I am! I can’t decide if I’m actually excited it is almost 2020, or am I just really excited about the “Noted” Cocoa Daisy Kits (spoiler: it’s the kit!). So for today’s...
Dec 4, 2019 | 12x12 Layouts, Everyday, Mixed Media, Monochromatic, Stamping Sensation, Tips and Tricks
Hello Cocoa Daisy friends, We are introducing new design team member Audrey Medd today. She is sharing a little about herself as well as a an adorable 12×12 mixed media design about her pup and his love of the snow. Enjoy! “Hi Friends, I am Audrey and I am...
Nov 29, 2019 | Everyday, Feature Friday, Hand Stitched, Stamping Sensation, Tips and Tricks
Hi there Daisies! We hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving with your loved ones and friends and that you gave yourself grace for all the things that didn’t go exactly as you planned. Maybe a little time in your craft space is in order. Korrie-ann and I are sharing a...
Nov 27, 2019 | Everyday, Pocket Pages, Project Life, Simple Dori, Tips and Tricks, Travelers Notebook
Greetings! Today we are introducing new memory keeping design team member, Ellie Augustine. She is sharing two designs with the Nordic Woods kits along with some bits about herself. “My name is Ellie Augustin. I’m a wife and mom of 4 (boys ages:21,16) girls...
Nov 26, 2019 | Everyday, Simple Dori, Tags, Tips and Tricks, Travelers Notebook
Dear friends, On the blog today we are exploring tags and tabs with Korrie-ann and Ria. Korrie-ann is a brand new member of the Cocoa Daisy Memory Keeping Design Team and so she will be giving us a little peek into her life in Scotland. “Hello , I’m Korrieann and I...
Nov 25, 2019 | #cocoadaisycommunity, A Day in the Life, Cocoa Daisy, Cocoa Daisy Day Planner, Daisy Designers, Design Team Tips, Everyday, Inspiration, Planner Setup, Tips and Tricks
Hello Daisies! I am so excited to share with you my December & Christmas planner! I am using a B6 this month simply because the inserts I wanted to use did not come in the personal ring size that I normally use. BUT it was so much fun setting up a travelers...
Nov 20, 2019 | Design Team Tips, Everyday, Happy Planner Memory Keeping, Inspiration, Sticker Fun, Tips and Tricks
Hello Cocoa Daisy fans, Today we are spotlighting design team member Rachel Newman who specializes in the Happy Planner memory keeping edition. Rachel is also a member of the planner team and you may have seen some of her planner posts here on the blog. So without...
Nov 11, 2019 | #cocoadaisycommunity, Cocoa Daisy, Cocoa Daisy Day Planner, Daisy Designers, Design Team Tips, Everyday, Off the Page, Tips and Tricks, Video
Hello Daisies! Lisa here showing you a few of the page markers I made this month for my A6 Stayology notebook and my PrintPression weeks notebook from the Memphis Season kits. The first two are soooooo simple and literally took less than 5 minutes to make! Its easy to...
Nov 8, 2019 | Cocoa Daisy, Design Team Tips, Everyday, Pocket Pages, Project Life, Tips and Tricks
Hello friends! Mel here today to share some project life projects! Sabrina is also joining me to share her approach on memory keeping with a project life format! We are delighted to bring you our projects and hope they inspire you to incorporate some items in your...
Nov 6, 2019 | Cocoa Daisy, Design Team Tips, Dissecting Design, Everyday, Inspiration, Simple Dori, Tips and Tricks, Travelers Notebook
Hello everyone, Jil here. Odessa and I had fun making interactive flip out pages with the Memphis Season kit. Here is Odessa’s page before it’s opened up: And here it is with the fold-out: So cool! This is what Odessa has to say about it: “A fold out...
Nov 1, 2019 | #cocoadaisycommunity, Cocoa Daisy, Design Team Tips, Everyday, Inspiration, Simple Dori, Tips and Tricks, Travelers Notebook
Hi everyone, Jil here with some ideas and examples about how to document gratitude in November. Let’s start with a great idea from Kristine: Here’s what Kristine says about her approach: “I’ve decided to up my daily gratitude game for November!...
Oct 29, 2019 | Everyday, Tips and Tricks, TN Tuesday, Travelers Notebook
Hey, memory keepers! Today I’m sharing with you my layout using Christine’s sketch for this month, including some tips on how I used the t-square from the TN Memory Keeping kit to help put it together. The subject matter of my layout isn’t at all...
Oct 19, 2019 | Cocoa Daisy, Cocoa Daisy Day Planner, Design Team Tips, Everyday, Inspiration, Planner Setup, Tips and Tricks, Video
Hi Daisies, This month I am walking you through my process of creating dashboards for my personal rings planner. I am using the Memphis Season for November and it is gorgeous! The colors are vibrant and there are so many words and quotes that are perfect for inspiring...
Oct 12, 2019 | Cocoa Daisy Day Planner, Design Team Tips, Everyday, Planner Setup, Tips and Tricks
Hello, again! It’s Rachel here, and I am back on the blog to show how I planned next week in my Mini Happy Planner using the Daisy Weeks Sticker Kit. I know this sticker kit is meant for the Hobonichi Weeks planner, but I wanted to test it out with my vertical...
Oct 10, 2019 | #cocoadaisycommunity, Cards, Cocoa Daisy, Cocoa Daisy Day Planner, Daisy Designers, Design Team Tips, Everyday, Inspiration, Off the Page, Tips and Tricks
Hello Daisies! Lisa here showing of. a few cards I made with a mix of the Autumn Whimsey kits. I love how these turned out and if you have followed me for awhile you know how much I love using my kits for other things besides my planner or memory keeping. Cards are a...
