Hola Happy Scrappers!Polly Liana here, with a quick and easy recipe that will give you a great bicep workout and something yummy for breakfast. Sound too good to be true? Check this out...First, you will need four things: 1 cup heavy whipping cream 1 cup honey 1 tsp cinnamon a mason jar or container with tight lid First, combine the ingredients in the jar. Then, shake the daylights out of it.It will seem at first like it's not making any progress because it expands for a while but after some time it will start to harden. You want to shake it until it looks like, well, like butter! There should be very little liquid left in the container.That's it! Spread it on something warm and admire your new biceps. :)Have a great start to your weekend, … [Read more...]
Using SVGs to Print and Cut
Recently I have been using the MPM(Memory Pockets Monthly) to work on my backlog of pocket pages that need finished. I was excited to see that the MPM’s came with SVG cut files. The cut files have been designed to work as a print and cut! I knew that my Silhouette Studio Designer Edition software was meant to handle this. However when I tried to use the SVGs I couldn’t figure out how to use them. I took my problem to the designers of the MPM. They quickly taught me how to use them and it was so easy! Today I want to share how to use SVGs to print and cuts in Silhouette Studio software.1. Open up the SVG file in Silhouette Studio. Typically you will know you have the right file because all the shapes are black. (Please note: This will only work if you have the DESIGNER EDITION!)2. Open the Cut Settings window and change the setting to Cut. Now you will see the red cut lines … [Read more...]
Meal Planning for Two Weeks
Hi, everyone! Sarah here, and I thought it would be fun to share with you how I menu plan. This spring the amount of money I could budget to spend on groceries was greatly decreased so I had to figure out how to meal plan and grocery shop in a way that worked best for our family. Since we live about 30 miles from the grocery store and it's not always easy for me to get there, I began shopping for two weeks at a time.My first step to meal planning is to look at the sale ads and mark down anything that is an amazing deal. I also make sure I know what staples we are running low on so I can add these to my list. At this point I don't really do any further planning. I take my list and hit the store. I'm mostly shopping for meat, produce and dairy as I keep a good stock of grains and other staples in my pantry. One of the reasons I don't menu plan before I head to the store is that I'm … [Read more...]
Polly Picks – Lori
Every two weeks we ask one of our staff members to choose their favorite products in the shop. Then we put those products on sale! Our latest Polly Picks sale includes products chosen by the fabulous Lori (lcpereyra): Lori (lcpereyra) is one of our newer Pollys, but certainly not new to The Lilypad. Her gallery is piled full of amazing pages. I just had an amazing time browsing through her pages from the last several years and they are all like a breath of fresh air. Lori's page are very strongly designed and her photos are just stunning too! Lori even completely amazed me with the speed and quality of pages that she recently cranked out from a trip to Disney. She posted an encouraging thread in the forum about it to get some of the rest of us inspired to complete our own vacation page. I asked Lori to describe her style, and this is what she had to … [Read more...]
Catching Up on PL 2015 in One Hour a Day
Like everyone else, I get behind on my Project Life. Sometimes there's too much going on, or I don't have time to sit and put the pages together, or I'm finishing a good book and want to focus on that - whatever the case may be, I end up with weeks and weeks of Project Life to put together. Once I'm pretty far behind like that, it starts to bother me and I want to pick up the slack fast. Over the last two years, I've come up with a plan that helps me catch up on my Project Life by just dedicating an hour a day for five days. Here's the breakdown of what I do.Day 1: Get the photos readyOn day 1, I sit and go through the photos I have for each week. You may remember, I have it set up so that Lightroom sorts them by week for me. So when I sit down I pick the photos for each week. It's at this point that I also do any editing I need to do. I try to keep my photo editing for PL pretty … [Read more...]
Need a last minute Father’s Day present?
Did Father's Day just sneaked on you? I have a simple but WOW project and it gets the kiddos involved in the present. Mind you, this is a quick project if you are enjoying some dry and warm temperatures. We did ours inside and it took a bit longer because you MUST wait for each step to dry before you start on the next one. NOTE: All the painting was done by my 8 year old. I only helped with the cutting of the template and outline with the permanent maker.Materials: 12x12 canvas (you can vary this depending how big you can print or copy the digital element) acrylic paints paint brushes contact paper (I used a shelving plastic cover with sticky back) printer, paper, scissors, x-acto knife (or blade) Father's Day by Kate HadfieldInstructions: Download your digital kit into your computer. Open the desired element, in this case I am using the element … [Read more...]
Mermaid Bingo – Preschool Enrichment Activity
Summer break has begun at our house. With that comes lazy mornings sleeping in, swim lessons, slushy runs, playing at the playground, building forts, and other summer adventures. Along with all the fun I also make sure my kids do a few educational things throughout the summer. For my school age kids I gather a few worksheets from their textbooks they brought home from school. My little kids who aren’t in school yet want to do some “homework” just like their siblings too. I don’t want to disappoint them, so I create educational games for them to play while their siblings are doing homework. Today I’m going to share with you one of these games I created.My preschool kids are working on mastering their alphabet. With this in mind I created a game that would appeal to them, but also work on their letter recognition skills. I call it “Mermaid Bingo.” Using MERMAID LIFE Papers and MERMAID … [Read more...]
Father’s Day Feature
Father's Day FeatureFather's Day is June 21st and Kate Hadfield has swooped in to save the day! She is offering a 20% off sale on some of her Father's Day inspired doodles. Kate's hand drawn creations are the perfect personalized touch to any hand crafted gift for the men in our lives.Kate has done all of the work with these amazing printabless. Grab Super Dad Printables and you will be the hero of the Father's Day celebration. Do It Yourself - because dad's are the fixer uppers in the family.Boy's Night In - https://the-lilypad.com/store/Boys-Night-In.html Visit Kate Hadfield's store for these Father's Day inspired products as well as many other themed doodles. Follow Kate on Facebook and never miss any important announcements. Sign up for Kate's newsletter and receive exclusive discount offers right in your inbox. Hop on over to … [Read more...]
Memory Pockets Monthly June Collection: Viewpoint!
Hello, everyone! Polly Melanie here to tell you all about what's happening in the world of Memory Pockets Monthly!I am so excited to tell you about Viewpoint, this month's gorgeous collection! Every month I think "this is the best collection yet!" and every month, the talented MPM designers outdo themselves & come up with an even better collection. This is my favourite collection so far!In the Memory Pockets Monthly forum, designer Sara Gleason shared the mood board that inspired the designers this month, and she shared their vision behind this collection:Our VIEWPOINT is, at it's most fundamental and authentic level, a point of view. OUR point of view. The vista from which we view our story. And as storytellers and memory keepers we often paint portraits of our viewpoint without even realizing that’s what we are doing: we share snippets of feeling, we record details of the … [Read more...]
Using Digital Paint on Hybrid Projects
Hi all, Sarah here. One thing I love is paint, or I should say, I love the look of paint on my hybrid projects, but I don't always love the mess that goes along with it. I'm so happy to share with you all today a few projects I've created over the past year or so using digital paint on my printed projects.First up is an art journaling pocket scrapping page. I had so much fun mixing all the wonderful painted papers and elements together to create this fun, bright page.Next is a pocket scrapping page I did documenting my daughter's 13th birthday. There really isn't a huge amount of paint on the page, only in the alpha on the first card and then where I mimicked the colors with the paint on the last card. I just love how this little bit of paint helps give such an artsy look to this layout.Another thing that I adore about putting digital paints on printed pages is … [Read more...]