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{fresh seeds} Apple Tree

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The story of our education and the memories of our school days are a significant part of the fabric of our personal stories. Our educational experiences and the lessons we learn in school and throughout life shape us and our values and beliefs.  The whole “story of learning” in our lives is something that is SO part of who we are.  And it’s a story that deserves to be told.

Apple Tree is a full digital kit inspired by these stories of schooling and learning and it is my hope that it will inspire you to document your own story of learning. Whether you are documenting these days for your child(ren) or for yourself (and please do!), Apple Tree is FULL of hand-crafted crafty goodness with a heart for the schooly story. And it is versatile enough to help you tell any story, for any age and any gender.

Meet, Apple Tree:

And here’s some truly amazing inspiration from the girls and Pollys.  I was blown away with the range of pages here and how some used it to scrap their own personal schooly stories, schooly stories of their kids, and non-schooly pages.  Seriously inspiring:

Apple Tree is available in my shoppe at The Lilypad through Monday 19 September for 20% off!

I’m really thrilled to share with you my very first full kit!!  It is planted firmly in the story and it was a joy to create.  I wanted to create something that reflected my paper scrapping roots a little bit and my love for all things crafty and my penchant for journaling all the while being versatile, easy to scrap, and fun.  It was a long process but a really fulfilling one and I really hope you love it as much as I do!

I have been asked quite a lot if I still plan on designing page design templates and the fast and happy answer is: yes, definitely!  It is my plan to primarily stick to my scrapping/page design foundation…creating a story driven full kit every once in awhile.

In fact I have a couple fabulous fresh template releases on the horizon that I’m excited to share with you!  In the mean time, I so hope you enjoy Apple Tree!!  And that it inspires you to tell your own stories of learning.   As always I looove to see your stories and art too, so please feel free to share with me anytime.  Really!  Just shoot me a mail or share them on my facebook page.  And if you haven’t signed up the newsletter yet you may want to do that so you can be the first to hear the latest news and get the latest exclusive savings.

I so hope you have a beautiful weekend!!

{fresh seeds} May BYOC :: Daisy

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Happy {inter}National Scrapbooking Day!!

This weekend holds a little extra spot of fun for me as it also marks my one year template design anniversary!  And I want to say a HUGE heartfelt thank you to all of you for all the warm support along the way.

Scrappy activity is at a fevered pitch this weekend and I hope you’re all enjoying the fun!!   I am looking forward to doing a little shopping and a lot of scrapping.  🙂

I will have a big NSD post tomorrow with my {fresh seeds} for {i}NSD as well as a special freebie, but the fun has already started with the arrival of May’s BYOC at The Lilypad.

And I’m so happy to introduce Daisy, Daisy {story seeds}, and Daisy {painty}. Inspired by color, happy, fun and the every day the Daisy collection is perfect for scrapping those everyday stories:

Daisy {story seeds} is a collection of fun doodles and word art sentiments that are wonderful for adorning any page or adding a fun spot of “graffiti” to your photographs:

Daisy {painty} is a collection of painty borders and frames and fun everyday painty sentiments.  The frames and borders can be used to frame your favorite photos, papers or journaling spots.

And here is a peek at some amazing Daisy inspiration:

The entire Daisy collection is available for 20% off at The Lilypad through Sunday 8 May.

As always I looove to see your stories and art too, so please feel free to share with me anytime.  Just shoot me a mail or share them on my facebook page.  And if you haven’t signed up  the newsletter yet you may want to do that so you can be the first to hear the latest news and get the latest exclusive savings.

Registration for Grow With Love: Self Portrait is open and runs through today so it’s your last chance to register if you haven’t already.  We would LOVE for you to join us on this journey as we plant ourselves into the story.

There are also two giveaways happening now.

Be sure to check out:

Brought To You By the Letter J for your chance to win a gift certificate provided by Jacque Larsen

Scrap Your Theme Song for your chance to win a gift certificate provided by Kristin Cronin-Barrow

See you tomorrow for NSD fun and lots of fresh goodies to help you scrap all your NSD loot!!!