Time to be real folks: winter in NYC can be terrific- for all of about 2 minutes a day. Beautiful snow falls are quickly made into grey, gritty, icy slush. Bright orange sunrises you see on the drive dropping the kids at school vanish all too quickly, and are replaced with the ugly sight […]
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 […]