PUSHING PAUSE ON SENIOR WEEK | A PARENT’S CHEAT SHEET
During the final week of high school, an era comes to an end for your senior. It’s definitely a bittersweet time- and in just a blink, you will be at the Big Days: Prom and...
Read MoreDuring the final week of high school, an era comes to an end for your senior. It’s definitely a bittersweet time- and in just a blink, you will be at the Big Days: Prom and...
Read MoreThis whirlwind of emotions and all the accompanying end of year activities can make it almost impossible to capture the stories of the High school wrap up- especially in light of the fact that parents...
Read MoreStep 1: Overcrowd the Layout Who needs breathing room when you can suffocate your layout with an overwhelming amount of photos, embellishments, and text? Forget about visual hierarchy or balance – just cram as much...
Read More“The secret to being a writer is that you have to write. It’s not enough to think about writing or to study literature or plan a future life as an author. You really have to...
Read MoreIt’s always a challenge to tell a story with multiple photos in a layout without looking cluttered. You want the story to be linear- start at point A and end at B- and you want...
Read MoreHere’s a another before and after page by Justine who is a all star Joymaker on my creative team! You may know her as @bellbrid at the Lilypad. I love to tweak things to look...
Read MoreWe just wrapped up March Madness here at ForeverJoy – and it had nothing to do with basketball! We kicked off Spring with new designs, surprise newsletter freebies, flash sales, spotlight kits and celebrated lots...
Read MoreSpring has officially arrived and I couldn’t be happier! Bring on the longer days, the warmer weather, the flowers, happy colors and afternoon bike rides! I kicked it all off be by doing a deep...
Read MoreIt’s the little things that add up to the making of a great digiscrap layout! Adding just a touch of sheen to an element can make it more realistic- and can help add an...
Read MoreShadowing is, in my opinion, the secret sauce of a great digital scrapbooking layout. A page with no shadowing just looks wrong- a page with shadows that are too dark also misses the mark....
Read MoreIt’s a memory from high school that is clear as day- Sister Cecilia is handing back our essays for rewrite- marked in red pen- exclamation marks and circled spelling and her notes if the...
Read MoreThe 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...
Read MoreThe 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...
Read MoreLet’s craft the stories of our Winter Times! Whether you like to snuggle up and stay inside or love the crisp snap of winter outdoors- there is something to make you smile packed in the...
Read MoreI wanted to share a story with you today in case you needed to hear: there’s sunshine to be made, even in the coldest winter. Winter can be hard. I really do not like the...
Read MoreThe 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...
Read MoreJanuary 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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