lynn grieveson
Mad Men meet tropical kitsch
One of my favourite mid-century design trends is the fabulously kitsch 'Tiki Modern' tropical imagery that was especially popular in...
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lynn grieveson
Aug 3, 20161 min read
Salty Surfer and Taffy
I am still working my way through the photos from when Daughter-Two was a toddler (and aiming to catch a Shutterfly coupon before it...
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lynn grieveson
Jul 29, 20161 min read
Fasten it down and head to the Crab Shack
It's a fabulous "Froggy Friday' at The Lilypad and I have a brand new PU/CU fasteners pack plus the summer themed Crab Shack kit has...
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lynn grieveson
Jul 27, 20161 min read
Long Wave
The sun is still shining bright here in New Zealand so it seems appropriate to be bringing the summery Long Wave" kit to the store at The...
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lynn grieveson
Jul 22, 20161 min read
It's Christmas! Wait .. what?
Well, Christmas in July at The Lilypad anyway! A chance to pick up Christmas kits at a snip and catch up on scrapping those festive...
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lynn grieveson
Jul 20, 20161 min read
Some Summer Nostalgia
One of my favourite things to do on a wet winter weekend is to catch up on my scrapping of summer pics. (And, yes, it's mid-winter here...
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lynn grieveson
Jul 15, 20161 min read
We have lots of everyday stories
I love all the old photos of my family that I have, but the ones I really treasure are not the studio portraits or the wedding photos,...
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lynn grieveson
Jul 8, 20161 min read
Herne Bay here, Herne Bay there
Naming kits is often the hardest part of the design process, and I have a tradition of naming them after places. The settlers who...
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lynn grieveson
Jul 6, 20161 min read
Just add water
There's nowhere these two like being better than the beach. And nothing I like doing better than reliving fun summer days by scrapping...
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lynn grieveson
Jul 1, 20161 min read
Honey I'm Home
I love designing for the monthly "Build Your Own Collection" (BYOC) event at The Lilypad, and this month it was especially fun. I ended...
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lynn grieveson
Jun 29, 20161 min read
Summer running away on you?
If you are in the Northern hemisphere, I hope you are making the most of your summer and also getting a chance to catch those memories...
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lynn grieveson
Jun 24, 20161 min read
Parade Days
We don't do flags very well here in New Zealand. The one we have got still features the Union Jack, even though we have long been...
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lynn grieveson
Jun 22, 20162 min read
Red, white and blue times two
If you want to get from New Zealand to the the other side of the world, you have two main choices. You either fly for 12 hours (give or...
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lynn grieveson
Jun 17, 20161 min read
Rip up the roses
I love it when I am able to identify the people in one of the many old photos that have been handed down to me from various parts of the...
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lynn grieveson
Jun 15, 20161 min read
Life in Pictures for SOSN
Wednesday is SOSN day at The Lilypad, which stands for 'something old, something new'. This week, included in the half price SOSN sale...
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lynn grieveson
Jun 10, 20161 min read
A steep and rocky memory lane
That's my sister and I with our Dad climbing up to the Castlepoint lighthouse. We spent most summers there when we first moved to New...
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lynn grieveson
Jun 8, 20161 min read
Shine On
Daisy and Tom is a shop in London where I wandered in and fell in love with this cardigan when Daughter-Two's sister was little. It was a...
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Jun 4, 20162 min read
Creating magic with Blue Skies Ahead
Hi all! Lynn has three wonderful kits available at The Lilypad as her contribution to the BYOC this month and her CT has been busy...
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lynn grieveson
Jun 3, 20161 min read
Blue Skies Ahead
I hope it's 'blue skies ahead' where you are. And if not, like me you could always escape by scrapping some older photos and reliving...
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lynn grieveson
Jun 1, 20161 min read
Its a blossom festival
Yes, incredibly it is June already. That marks the official start of winter here in New Zealand, although it can't quite make up its...
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May 52 min read
More of This
I have lots of new designs in store for National Scrapbooking DAy, but first of all - if you want to receive updates in your inbox you...
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Jan 192 min read
The power of blending in
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lynn grieveson
May 5
More of This
I have lots of new designs in store for National Scrapbooking DAy, but first of all - if you want to receive updates in your inbox you...
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lynn grieveson
Jan 19
The power of blending in
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lynn grieveson
Dec 2, 2023
Pop it in your pockets
I love making photobooks of travel or event photos, and one of the most satisfying ways to do it is to make ‘messy pocket’ pages - pages...
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lynn grieveson
Nov 3, 2023
Something happens when you create with photos
Sometimes when we take photos we try for the perfect ‘aesthetic image’, annoyed if a car drives by and ‘spoils’ it, or strangers are in...
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lynn grieveson
Oct 7, 2023
The big sale weekend
This whole weekend we celebrate Digiscrapbooking Day. And, as is the tradition, I have a lot of new digital assets in store and all at at...
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lynn grieveson
Sep 22, 2023
Digital or 'hydrid': mixing it up with mixed media
Notebook pages by AJM I play with ink and paint and gesso and other messy stuff in order to create the digital assets that appear in my...
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lynn grieveson
Sep 1, 2023
What goes into a digital mixed media kit?
How do my digital mixed media collections come together? One of my Mother in Law's slides from her big trip to Europe My new “Natura”...
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lynn grieveson
Aug 4, 2023
Vintage scrapbooking vibes
My favourite creations are a little bit arty, a little bit worn and vintage and a whole lot messy. Hmm .. sounds worryingly like a...
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lynn grieveson
Jul 7, 2023
Summer scrapping your way
There’s nothing that says summer quite like blue. Blue skies, blue seas - plus a splash of sunny yellow or bold red. It was a colour...
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lynn grieveson
May 20, 2023
Hear My Voice: Imagining
I just got back from a short (and exhausting!) trip which included a catch up with Daughter-Two. She has always been a lot of fun to have...
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