Category Archives: Travelers Notebook
Dec 15, 2020 | Chipboard Elements, Classified, Design Team Tips, Hand Stitched, Kit Papers, Simple Dori, Sketch, Tips and Tricks, TN Tuesday, TNMK Instruction Sheet, Travelers Notebook
Hello, Friends! Imagine you are sitting down to work on a memory keeping spread. You printed your photos and gathered all your supplies. But as you look at the blank page, you realize that you are missing something- your inspiration! I know I have felt this way before...
Dec 14, 2020 | #cocoadaisycommunity, Christmas, Cocoa Daisy, Cocoa Daisy Day Planner, Everyday, Inspiration, Kit Papers, Planner Setup, Pocket Cards, Simple Dori, Travelers Notebook, Video, Washi Tape
Hi Daisies! Isn’t Cranberry Rose gorgeous?! I love the traditional reds and greens with some frosty blues and teals. The rose and cranberries are so festive without screaming Christmas for those who do not celebrate it although I love Christmas! It happens to be...
Dec 4, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Christmas, Cocoa Daisy, Design Team Tips, Document December, Kit Papers, Pocket Cards, Pocket Pages, Project Life, Simple Dori, Tags, Tips and Tricks, Travelers Notebook, Tutorial
Hello, Friends! December is here and, for some of us, that means the beginning of documenting the holiday season! In today’s blog, we have some fantastic designs from our Memory Keeping team using the Cranberry Rose Collection and Christmas Bonus Kit. There are...
Dec 1, 2020 | Classified, Cocoa Daisy, Design Team Tips, Document December, Journal, Simple Dori, Tags, TN Tuesday, Travelers Notebook, Tutorial
Hello Friends! Today on the blog, we are sharing several ideas for incorporating tags into your Simple Dori Traveler’s Notebook pages. Tags are such a versatile decorative element. They can be used to decorate the outside of your insert, as a foundation for layers of...
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 21, 2020 | #cocoadaisycommunity, Cocoa Daisy, Cocoa Daisy Day Planner, Daisy Designers, Design Team Tips, Everyday, Inspiration, Planner Setup, Travelers Notebook
Hello Daisies! Very often I am asked what I do with the colorful week on one page and my favorite thing is to use it for gratitude! And what better month to talk about gratitude than November, the month that we focus on giving thanks! A few years ago, my fellow design...
Nov 20, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Cut Files, Mixed Media, Simple Dori, Travelers Notebook
Hello friends, In memory keeping and planning, we work with items that are “dry” including stickers, paper, and ephemera. We use photos that must be properly safeguarded and we may include handwritten journaling which requires a certain level of protection...
Nov 17, 2020 | Everyday, Simple Dori, TN Tuesday, TNMK Instruction Sheet, Travelers Notebook
Hi Everyone, Today the design team is sharing travelers notebook layouts created with sketches. Let’s jump right in with this design from Casie, “Hi all! I used Christine’s simple dori sketch from the Acorn Lane TNMK kit for this my layout and my...
Nov 11, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Simple Dori, Travelers Notebook, Vellum
Hello! Today our design team is sharing various ways they incorporate vellum in their layouts. We have three designs to share today beginning with Melina’s TN pages. She tells us, “I love vellum! One way I love using it is with stamps. Stamping on vellum gives a...
Nov 10, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Inspiration, Simple Dori, Traditional Designs, Travelers Notebook
Greetings! Brown is a truly lovely color that sits on the warm side of the color wheel along with red, orange, and yellow. It’s probably not the first color you notice in a rich and vibrant autumn landscape. And yet, brown has a quite a diverse range of hues...
Nov 5, 2020 | Classified, Cocoa Daisy, Cocoa Daisy Day Planner, Design Team Tips, Everyday, Kit Reveal, Planner Setup, Travelers Notebook
The Acorn Lane collections are perfect for the month of November! There are a lot of gnomes, falling leaves and gratitude built right into the kit. I’ll start by sharing some of my favorite kit items with you. Both the Planner Classified and Memory Keeping...
Nov 3, 2020 | Rub Ons, Simple Dori, Stamping Sensation, Travelers Notebook
Hello everyone! Rub-ons are a fun way to add color and a bit of texture without bulk to your layouts and planners. The rub-ons that came in our Acorn Lane kits are gorgeous and can be added to many different textures including photographs, cardstock and patterned...
Oct 30, 2020 | 12x12 Layouts, Classified, Product Focus, Simple Dori, Traditional Designs, Travelers Notebook
Greetings! Today we are focusing on layouts created from components in our Classified Memory Keeping kits. Our classified kits are a wonderful compliment to our memory keeping kits and our planner kits too. And for many of us, we enjoy the delightful surprise of...
Oct 23, 2020 | Pocket Cards, Pocket Pages, Project Life, Travelers Notebook
Hello! Today we are sharing ideas with the Pocket Memory Keeping kits from Cocoa Daisy. Many of our design team members have pocket page projects each year. Pocket pages are any easy and fun way to document your stories, especially if you don’t have a lot of...
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Oct 20, 2020 | Daisy Designers, Simple Dori, Tips and Tricks, TN Tuesday, Travelers Notebook, Video
Hello and happy Tuesday! Today, we’re sharing ideas on how to add that extra bit of gold to your Traveler’s Notebooks this month. Two of our Memory Keeping team members agreed to show you how they made their TNs pop with gold embellishments and spray inks....
Oct 19, 2020 | Classified, Cocoa Daisy Day Planner, Daisy Designers, Design Team Tips, Everyday, Inspiration, Product Focus, Product Spotlight, Sequins, Tips and Tricks, Travelers Notebook
Hi everyone. Tanti here. Hope you are all doing well. Today I‘m going to write about one of my favorite crafting items, sequins. I love working with sequins and I was very happy that Cocoa Daisy included it in a few of their kits this month. So without further ado,...
Oct 17, 2020 | Classified, Cocoa Daisy, Cocoa Daisy Day Planner, Daisy Designers, Design Team Tips, Everyday, Kit Papers, Planner Setup, Pocket Cards, Pocket Pages, Sequins, Travelers Notebook, Washi Tape
Hi Daisies, This month I am writing about 3 projects with items from Flannel and Frost that I laminated! We got the most perfect pocket card in our Planner Kit – “Put a sticky note on it!” I had to make sure it would go in my planner to use with my...
Oct 16, 2020 | Basic Elements, Kit Papers, Pocket Pages, Repeated Shapes, Simple Dori, Travelers Notebook
Hello friends, Here at Cocoa Daisy, many of us are obsessed with circles and there are good reasons for our fascination with this shape. Circles have a lot of symbolism associated with them including balance, wholeness, time, and the cosmic universe. The circle...
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 10, 2020 | Classified, Cocoa Daisy, Cocoa Daisy Day Planner, Hand Stitched, Inspiration, Journal, Kit Papers, Planner Setup, Pocket Cards, Printables, Sequins, Travelers Notebook, Video
Hi lovely people! It’s Rachel here, and I’m sharing with you some of my favourite spots in my planner and journal set up for October. I love the rich, deep colours of autumn, and this month’s kit, Flannel and Frost, captures these perfectly. I absolutely...
