Well hello 2017! I greet you with BIG OPEN ARMS! I think a majority of us would agree - 2016 was a doozy! Whew!I always love this time every year because I'm so hopeful about what the following year has in store. I am not an over planner. Ha! Not even close man and I really do tend to look at things in a practical way. Resolutions fade so I am going to concentrate on *reachable goals this year.So with that in mind, I've drafted up a few steps for myself this year:Out with the old - In with the new!!Adios 2016, I'm gonna clear my head of you now. OK? OK! This is a good time to think about decluttering one room at a time. Remember the 3 sections, 'Keep' 'donate' and 'throw away'. I always stand in sheer amazement at how I manage to save trash. No really - trash. I always look at my husband with a puzzled look and say 'why did we keep the jelly of the month club jars'. Or … [Read more...]
Happy 2016, BYOC and Start to MOC!!
Howdy Party Pad Scrappers!!Polly Liana here, so happy to be the first to wish you a very Happy New Year! We hope that 2016 will be full of health, joy and love for you and yours. We have two other big reasons to celebrate at the Pad today. We are starting our Month of Challenges (MOC) today. If you want more information, check out yesterday's post here. Are you ready?One thing that will undoubtedly make you feel ready is checking out our brand new BYOC collection for January. For those of you just joining the Pad, BYOC stands for "Build Your Own Collab." On the first Friday of every month, we release a group of gorgeous products that have been created by our designers around the same concept and palette. That way, you can pick and choose your favorite products by your favorite designers and everything will coordinate perfectly. This month, the designers and Pollys (the … [Read more...]
Preparing for the MOC’16
Tomorrow is the big day. Bright and early, as the sun is beginning to rise on the east coast of North America, the first challenge of the Month of Challenges-2016 (the fourth) will be posted. Scrappers from all over the world will be hitting refresh, pretending to see if they have mail, but actually opening the Lily Pad on their phone. Scrappers that usually sleep in, will be up, coffee in hand anticipating the first challenge, and wondering if they are prepared. Those in Europe, the Far East and Australia will be up, fighting sleep or requirements for the day to get the head start.Are you prepared? Ask yourself this question. Are you ready to take on the next 31 days, to scrap your fingers to the bone. Have you sat down with your family and explained the situation. That for the last 11 months, you have cooked, cleaned and seen to their every need, but this month is for YOU. … [Read more...]
December Challenge Spotlight
Hello everyone! Polly Karen here, bringing you the very last Challenge Spotlight of 2015! Once a month I have the privilege of looking through the challenge galleries to find just a few of my favorite layouts and shine my spotlight on them here.If you aren’t familiar with the challenges, here’s a little information about them to get you started. If you play along with our 7 monthly challenges you can earn yourself a coupon to use on your next Lilypad shopping spree. You will earn as follows: 2 challenges = 10% off, 4 challenges = 20% off and 6 challenges = 30% off. Also if you finish all 7 challenges, in addition to your coupon, you will be entered in a drawing for a chance to win a guest spot on the Creative Team (be a Polly) for a month! Now let’s look at some of the standout pages created for this month’s challenges: 1. Journaling Challenge - Favorite December … [Read more...]
Dear Polly: December 2015
Hi y'all! I hope everyone has had a simply fantastic holiday season. I can't hardly believe that 2016 is right around the corner! If I start thinking about all the things I didn't get done this year, well that makes me madder than a mosquito in a mannequin factory! For this last installment of Dear Polly in 2015, the questions are looking to the future.Do you set goals for your scrapping Polly, or do you just let it flow?That's a great question! I am a pretty big believer in setting goals to keep me motivated. The one thing that I have learned is that I have to make sure that my goals are challenging, but manageable. I would love to say that in 2016 I will scrap 250 layouts, but we all know that that's prolly not going to happen. I like to chunk my goals into quarters, so for each quarter of the year. The first quarter runs from January to March, so a realistic goal I … [Read more...]
Check Out Our New Site! (And this month’s M3!)
Merry Christmas Pad Scrappers!Polly Liana here, honored to be the first one to welcome you all back to our NEW Lilypad! Last Sunday we went through a wonderful transformation to an elegant, brighter, even more user-friendly version of our site. If you haven't seen it yet, please jump in and have a look around. All your favorite things are still there but there are some improvements that are outstanding and make the site even more lovely, if that was at all possible. One of my favorite updates is that our gallery now features larger thumbnails, making all the layouts shine even more brightly. Also, the forums are even easier to use and have some new fun functions, like a "like" button and the ability to reply more easily. This is all in preparation for our Month of Challenges which starts January 1! Are you ready?The other reason for this post today is to introduce you to December's … [Read more...]