Sunday Standouts | Final Week MOC
The Month of Challenges at the Lilypad is coming to an end- but that doesn’t mean the inspiration can’t rock on! There were 31-derful ways to expand your creativity and have a little fun scrapping...
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Sunday Standouts | MOC Week 3
The Month of Challenges at The Lilypad has just wrapped up it’s third week– just one more week to go! That means if you have played long- you’ll have created 30 pages and learned...
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crafting joy with Winter Times
Seeing your designs come to life in a layout is an amazing feeling! I am always happy with the way a final design comes together (I mean, if I wasn’t I wouldn’t offer it...
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Sunday Standouts | MOC Week 2
The Month of Challenges is in full swing at The Lilypad and it is packed with creative prompts! I have to admit- with my work schedule I don’t get to play along as I...
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Sunday Standouts | MOC Week 1
January is such an exciting month because is is packed with possibilities and renewed energy! 365 blank pages waiting for a new story to be written lay ahead! One of my favorite things we...
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Photos vs. Memories
After spending quite a few months giving to others- January is a wonderful time to carve out a little special times just for ourselves. One of my favorite ways to refill my bucket is to...
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The Stories We Told | October 2021
October’s drawing board was filled with stories of Autumn Beauty, Football games, Homecoming and fun time together and the simple magic of Halloween! “We are made of stories” The ForeverJoy gallery at the Lilypad was...
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It’s beginning to look a lot like autumn…
As I write this, it is September in NYC- and truth be told- though I have baskets of apples on the table, cinnamon scents in the wax warmer and cozy plaid pillows on the couch-...
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The Power of Patterns
One of the easiest ways to get into the groove of scrapbooking is to pull an awesome layout together quickly and easily. Do that once- feel the satisfaction of crafting an awesome page lickity...
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The Joy of Candid Photos
Yesterday was Mothers Day – and my boys (14 and 22) indulged me with a little trip down memory lane and looked through a few older scrapbooks with me. We laughed together at the photos...
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The Stories We Told | April
April’s drawing board was filled with stories of childhood wonder and imagination, the promise of growing through what you go through and the joy of crafting. the joy of childhood imagination | mon petit ...
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Hello Spring! | Photo Prompts
Most of my photos are spur of the moment snaps of life- but I have also come to love the safety net a photo prompt list gives me for my seasonal storytelling. The trick is:...
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