National Scrapbooking Day 2016 :: The Happenings

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Happy Happy {inter} National Scrapbooking Day weekend!!

It’s the usual refrain and I still love it as much and as deeply as I did when I first began scrapbooking many many moons ago.  No matter what Stories we are living and writing, the Art of Remembering them is so dear to my heart.

I so love this time of year when those of us who love to make memories and keep them, play with paper or pen, document our stories and explore our creativity get to have so much fun celebrating our love for scrapbooking and storytelling.

And NSD is a little extra special to me because it also marks my design anniversary.

And so I enthusiastically exclaim many “Happy Happy”s as we Storytellers, we Memory Keepers, we Family Historians, we Documentarians and Curators, we Artists and Journalers celebrate our love for scrapbooking and storytelling.

And here is the annual Everything You Need to Know about what is happening for Sara Gleason products this weekend.  (All images are linked).

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There are also opportunities for additional savings in the annual PYS Savings Guide!

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I hope you enjoy this weekend of celebrating Story!  My hope is to spend some time soaking up inspiration and maybe even scrap some stories!  Happy Happy!

Life Is An Adventure :: Free Download

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Oh Darling, Let’s Be Adventurers…

Adventuring…

  • to find new experiences and new joys through the eyes of my daughters
  • to step out of comfort and into something new
  • to embrace life’s journey with fresh hope every morning
  • while hopping along the fabulously cheerful and hopeful and creative Lilypad blog hop in the fun spirit of National Scrapbook Day 2016.

Yes…that’s right!  (and Yay and Hooray!) The Hullaballoo has commenced. The Lilypad Designers have created a fresh series of free downloads to kick of this year’s National Scrapbook Day festivities!  And so you may have found your way here from Krista’s blog as you hop along collecting these fun and fabulous bits.

As for me, I love the little stories – the little adventures – that live in our everyday.  I was inspired by the happy hues and the sense of possibility that lives in our adventuring.  Here’s a free selection of digital elements, inspired by *adventure*.  So hope you enjoy!

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this download is no longer available.  It was available for a limited time as part of the Life is an Adventure hop.

You can also take a peek at other free downloads in the Plant Your Story free download gallery {here}.

Life is An Adventure: Part One is available on our hop through Wednesday May 3 2016. Please be sure to visit all of our stops before then. If you missed a spot or have lost your way, simply head to the beginning.  You can find a complete list of stops in the forum. Then, watch for Part Two in the shop on NSD weekend as a special free with purchase kit.

You can continue on to the next stop on the hop at Scrapping With Liz.

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Here’s to Seeking and Discovering. Here’s to Adventuring.  Happy Scrapping!

Archetype

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Since the start of my love story with Storytelling and Memory Keeping, I have felt a drawn to documenting the details that reveal our every day personal story lines, full of personal idiosyncrasies and nuances, backstories and the painting of personality portraits. In short, the intersection of people and circumstances and feelings and happenings that define us. My hope is that what makes us, us..will shine through in our memory keeping through our words and photographs.  That everything that is quintessentially our own will live there in our art and stories.

And it’s this heart’s hope that has been driving all of my design work and it is the foundation for my latest collection, Archetype.

An archetype is a very typical example of a certain person or thing. A prototype, the standard, if you will. The quintessential description and definition. In our personal scrapbooking we illustrate our Personal Archetypes by documenting the personalities and characters of our loved ones (and ourselves). We capture all the little details that make them quintessentially themselves.

It is the spirit of The Personal Archetypes that has inspired this fresh collection. It is perfect for documenting the everyday, creating personality portraits, or keeping memories that celebrate what makes your loved ones so special.

Meet the Archetype collection.

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Archetype is available for 20% off through the Sunday 14 February, 2016.

Garden Report subscribers receive exclusive new release savings in the latest newsletter.  Not yet a subscriber? Subscribe now to receive exclusive offers and product news from me!

Here is a splash of beautiful inspiration from the Storytellers and Pollys:

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ARCHETYPEjen

ARCHETYPEjustine

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I hope you enjoy playing with the Archetype collection!  I would love to see your pages!  Share with me on Facebook or in my gallery at The Lilypad or Plant Your Story!

Fresh Seeds | Good Things

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It’s that energizing time of year – that time of beginnings – when I love to set my thoughts on all my Good Things: my goals, my hopes, my joys, my blessings and give them fresh focus.

It is the spirit of that kind of intentional focus of thought and action that has inspired my latest collection of papers and elements, Good Things. Fresh and brisk colors married with deeper, cozier hues and classic element pieces with a touch of whimsy makes Good Things a versatile go-to for documenting fresh starts, setting word compasses, and choosing the Good Things.

Meet Good Things.

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Good Things is available for 20% off through the Sunday 10 January, 2016.

Garden Report subscribers receive exclusive new release savings in the latest newsletter.  Not yet a subscriber? Subscribe now to receive exclusive offers and product news from me!

Here is a splash of beautiful inspiration from the Storytellers and Pollys:

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I hope you enjoy playing with the Good Things collection!  I would love to see your pages!  Share with me on Facebook or in my gallery at The Lilypad or Plant Your Story!

Digital Scrapbooking Day 2015 :: The Happenings

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Happy Happy {inter} National Digital Scrapbooking Day weekend!!

It’s the usual refrain and I still love it as much and as deeply as I did when I first began scrapbooking many many moons ago.  No matter what Stories we are living and writing, the Art of Remembering them is so dear to my heart.

I so love this time of year when those of us who love to make memories and keep them, play with paper or pen, document our stories and explore our creativity get to have so much fun celebrating our love for scrapbooking and storytelling.

And so I enthusiastically exclaim many “Happy Happy”s as we Storytellers, we Memory Keepers, we Family Historians, we Documentarians and Curators, we Artists and Journalers celebrate our love for scrapbooking and storytelling.

And here is the annual Everything You Need to Know about what is happening for Sara Gleason products this weekend.  (All images are linked).

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There are also opportunities for additional savings in the annual PYS Savings Guide!

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I hope you enjoy this weekend of celebrating Story!  My hope is to spend some time soaking up inspiration and maybe even scrap some stories!  Happy Happy!

Welcome :: Free Download

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Welcome…

  • gatherings and cozy moments at home with my family
  • finding happy and new adventures through the eyes of my little ones
  • autumn and holiday memories
  • and hopping along a wonderfully warm and rich and Lilypad blog hop in the fun spirit of Digital Scrapbook Day 2015.

Yes, that’s right!  (and YAY!)  The Lilypad Designers have created a fresh series of free downloads to kick of this year’s Digital Scrapbook Day festivities!  And so you may have found your way here from Jaimee’s blog as you hop along collecting these fun and fabulous bits.

Hello and welcome!!  I was inspired by the warm and cozy hues and the warm and cozy that lives in Hellos and Welcomes.  Here’s a free selection of digital elements, inspired by *welcome*.  So hope you enjoy!

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this download is no longer available.  It was available for a limited time as part of the Welcome hop.  If you are interested in snagging my Welcome blog hop contribution and you missed out, you can pick it up in the store {here}.

You can also take a peek at other free downloads in the Plant Your Story free download gallery {here}.

Welcome: Part One is available on our hop through Friday, November 6th at 2 pm EDT. Please be sure to visit all of our stops before then. If you missed a spot or have lost your way, simply head to the beginning.  You can find a complete list of stops in the forum. Get Part Two in the shop on DSD weekend as a free with purchase mega kit.

You can continue on to the next stop on the hop at Allison’s blog.

Happy Scrapping!

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