New: Softies no.1

New at The-Lilypad....

These fun felty pockets are OOODLES of fun! You can stick ANYTHING in them, photos, embellies, journaling, ....well, I mean probably not meatloaf or ice cream.... that's just be silliness..... :P

Not sure how to make your items disappear into the pockets? Be sure to pop back in to the blog, we'll be posting a tutorial, that will help you get the hang of it 1-2-3!

 

by Chantal            by Lauren

by Amanda

Enjoy!

xo

Double Take Thursday

 

Today we're talking about FOCUS.  I have to be honest, the rebel in me likes to take the opposite approach, of course, and embrace the blur! So often we snap away all day long, come home, upload and then find so many of our photo's are out of focus! Before you THROW THEM AWAY, take a closer look at them! Sometimes, you'll find a GEM. I'm talking something beautiful and unexpected....This happens quite a lot to me and i've just comes to terms and now LOVE when it happens! I even strive for it!

Here's my photo i took of my daughter riding her horse and I just LOVE it! It's completely blurred but has such a painterly feel to it- again, completely unexpected but makes me swoon....

Lauren and I think alike so often...EMBRACE THE BLUR! She captured her boys, one in focus and one, NOT. Beautiful right? So much more visually interesting.....swoon....

Ok, so repeat after me....EMBRACE THE BLUR...let it be your new motto....you'll be happier for it!

Next weeks word is TOUCH


Have a fabulous weekend everyone- be on the look out for something NEW coming out tomorrow at The Lily Pad!

The Journal Jar

Happy Wednesday everyone!

We have a new and fun series starting today inspired by our Journaling Jumpers Hybrid Project! It's called, you guessed it, The Journal Jar

The Journaling Jumpers Hybrid Project is a quick and easy way to encompass a bunch of inspiring and journal motivating prompts in a jar that looks super cute on your desk. When you need or want an idea to feed a page, you just go to the jar and pull out a prompt! It's fabulous! No more being stumped for ideas to increase your journaling! You can get and see Journaling Jumpers here.

I thought it would be fun to showcase a few LO's each Wednesday using one of the prompts from the kit!

Sooooo.........this weeks prompt is Scrap Your Home.  Easy right! We all interpreted the prompt differently which is just FABULOUS!!! Love that!

So here's our takes on Scrap Your Home!

 by Courtney

by Allison

by me (val)

Are you inspired? I hope so!  Years from now i think it's going to be so fun and maybe even funny looking at the styles and/or our thoughts of our homes!

Feel free to play along! We'd LOVE to see your pages too!

See ya tomorrow with Double Take Thursday!

music monday | bruno mars

this is one of the songs constantly stuck in my head... it's catchy and sweet and well, i just love it!

here is bruno mars with just the way you are... (also check out Who Is? for more of his lovely melodies)

enjoy!

xo

Double Take Thursday

It's that time again!!! Time to share our takes on the word of the week......SHINE


So again, i thought this one wouldn't be too hard... i love taking photo's INTO the sun- I feel like a rebel. I think it's funny how growing up, you were taught to NOT take photo's into the sun since that would black out everyone in front.....oh boy did they have that wrong! I get the BEST shots doing so! You DO have to play with your manual settings though! The KEY here is PLAY! When that sun comes in and does the yummy washy stuff, i just swoon....oh ya baby! So how'd you all do?

Here's our take.....Lauren and her gorgeous Jessica and me and my mutt....go figure haha!

Next weeks word is: FOCUS.....play with the word....link us up...get a coupon....WOOT!

Oh and we're excited to let you know, ALL our TTP products will be available at The Lily Pad TOMORROW!!! Yay!

Have a beautiful SHINY day! SEE ya next week with another DOUBLE TAKE!

music monday | lisa mitchell

Hellooooo Monday!

And welcome back to another edition of  'Music Monday'!

I adore quirky and offbeat artists.... and when i was turned onto Lisa Mitchell, it was love at first note.

Picking just one song to share is nearly impossible, since she has oodles of catchy sweet tunes.... and not to mention quirky and fun videos!

Be sure to also check out:

* Lisa's cover of the dire straits song, Romeo & Juliet (i've been known to listen to this on a loop for hours on end)

* Coin Laundry (so much fun!)

* This older (circa 2008) rendition of neopolitan dreams (how cute are they?!) - the regular video is SOOO cool (think polaroids clothespinned her sweater!), but for some reason is no longer viewable on youtube.

enjoy!

xo

New Products!

Happy NSD weekend!!!!

We are happy to announce that we are Guests this month at The-Lilypad!!! Right now we have 2 new goodies to coordinate with their Build Your Own Collab that rolled out this morning AND we'll have a new kit debuting there TOMORROW!

Fauxware is a play off of "hardware"... these are playful, full of color and just plain fun! (and low calorie too!)

The cookie KNOWS..... and these ones not only tell you what lies ahead in your future, but are kinda smart booty's as well! :P

Here's some inspiration:

 

by courtney                                    by amanda

 

by crystal                                            by krista p

 

by heather                                            by chantal

by jenn

THANK YOU to all who applied to our very first Creative Team call! We were so impressed with the talent that came through our inbox! We originally planned on only taking on FIVE scrappers, but ended up not being able to narrow it down further than 14!

Without further adieu....