Here’s a sad truth. Most days, as I am trying to crunch eight hours of work into a five hour day, a few things go to the wayside- like a semi-healthy lunch. I have been know to go without lunch-or have cold coffee from the morning along with whatever candy or cookies I could forage […]
NEW in the Shop | PS I LOVE YOU
It’s mid February and there is love in the air for sure- for SO MANY happy things in my life- and that feeling has worked it’s way onto the drawing board in my new design, PS I LOVE YOU. My hope was to have this design work with stories beyond February 14th- because hey! there […]
NEW in the Shop | TRUE COLORS
Right now it’s a bitter cold February in New York and If you’re like me- you are SO READY for some bright happy colors to tell your stories with! No worries! I have a fun new playset to help you do just that! Check out the new Mini Kit in the shop, TRUE COLORS! It’s packed full of delicate girlie pretties […]
Crafting the JOY and “meh” of Winter
I have a love-hate relationship with winter. Come November 1 after all the pumpkin spice palooza- I can’t wait to cozy things up with knits and layers and all things comfy-cozy, and then comes the magic of the holidays, the thrill of the first snow and the delight of slow cooked dinners and nights by […]
The Joy of Challenges
After the holidays where we give so much of ourselves to others, January gives us a welcome chance to look inward and see how we can refill our own buckets. It’s also the time of year at the Lilypad when we host a “Month of Challenges” where each day a different memory keeping challenge is […]
Jump start your layouts | looking backwards
It’s been said that photographs are a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone. I love that thought. Because, if we can return to a time- then it’s never really lost is it? Not to us, or to anyone who can see and read and feel what that image means to us. We can tell […]
Simplifying December with Traveler’s Notebooks
Especially this time of year, when there are so many stories to be captured- I wanted to make it a point to scrap more often- to tell more stories- but in a simpler way. I love Project Life- and I am a big fan of mini books. It’s only natural then that my attention has […]