Lily Bee Finds

a new year...

i can't believe another year has flown by. what are your resolutions or goals for the coming year? 

take a look at this gorgeous layout from our dt member jill sprott. i love how she mixed the lines here, the small photos and the stamping.  here is what jill had to say about this: I decided to expand on my hopes to establish more of a balance in my life. The inspiration for the journaling comes from "The Prayer of Saint Francis," which is all about balance/counterbalance. My first resolution actually comes directly from the prayer, and then I continued with the same structure. In looking forward, I also looked back, pulling together some of my favorite Lilybee papers from the past year. I love how papers from all four lines -- Audrey, Vintage Poppy, French Couture, and Three Little Birds -- coordinate so well with each other. It's been a great year for Lilybee, and I'm excited to see what 2010 holds!

this year hasn't been a great one for me, but i am hopeful that 2010 will bring better things for me and my family. i have promised myself that i will not lose hope, no matter what. 

thanks for looking. i hope the new year brings joy and happiness to all of you! happy new year from the lily bee team!!

12 Days of Christmas Winners

Congratulations to all our 12 Days of Christmas Winners! Thanks to all who participated each day. We had so much fun and there is so much more to come from Lilybee Design!
Ask for us in your LSS, check our blog regularly and Facebook page for inspiration, ideas and more give-a-ways, we are excited at the feedback on all the lines and can't wait to bring you more!

Here are all our winners...
1st Day of Chirstmas:
Michelle (mla1111) - Three Little Birds Paper
2nd Day of Christmas:
Nancy Jones - French Couture Paper
3rd Day of Christmas:
Lindsay from Oaklahoma - Audrey Paper
Natalie Strand - Audrey Paper
4th Day of Christmas:
Carla from Waterloo - Vintage Poppy Paper
5th Day of Christmas:
Virginia from Leeds Alabama - French Couture Line
6th Day of Christmas:
Joli Pichot - Vintage Poppy Line
7th Day of Christmas:
Ally W. from Washington - 3 Little Birds Line
Jeanne Klohr - 3 Little Birds Line
8th Day of Christmas:
Rachel H. - Audrey Line
9th Day of Christmas:
Janet Z - All Lilybee Rubons
10th Day of Christmas:
Jennifer Hansen - All Lilybee Chipboard
11th Day of Christmas:
Cynthia B. - All Lilybee paper
12 Day of Christmas:
Cherrie Vrabel - COMPLETE LILYBEE LINE!

12 Day of Christmas Winner

Oh you have been waiting to hear the winner of the FULL Lilybee Line.
We are so excited to announce
Cherrie Vrabel!!!! Thanks for playing.
Wish you and yours the best holidays yet!

11th Day of Christmas Winner

Happy Christmas Eve...but you better get in bed quickly or Santa may skip your house!!! {j/k he would never do that, you are on the nice list}
Congratulations to Cynthia B. you are the winner of ALL the paper from Lilybee. Merry Christmas!!!!!

12 Day of Christmas

Merry Christmas all our Lilybee friends! Hope your day if filled with sugar and spice and all that is nice.
We have one last give-a-way and we saved the best for last. As our Christmas Present to you we are giving away 4 complete lines.
Did you just read that correctly? Yes you did!
3 Little Birds
Audrey
French Couture
Vintage Poppy
They will all be yours, paper, embellishments you will have it all!
So give us a little post, the get on with your Christmas Joys, we'll post a winner tonight!
Merry Christmas!

10th day of Chirstmas Winner - All things Chipboard

Oh you lucky Chipboard winner girl...yes you won all the Lilybee Design chipboard pieces!
Congrats Jennifer Beymer Hansen!! You are the winner of day 10.
Ok...this means tomorrow is Christmas Eve. It also means you have one shopping day left. I don't want to cause alarm right now, but Christmas is pretty much here! Oh the Joy!!!! I think I'll miss posting to ya'll twice a day. Hummm, what else can Lilybee do after the Holidays...Guess you'll just have to find out!

11th day of Christmas Lilybee gave to me...

On the 11th day of Christmas Lilybee gave to me, the complete set of Lilybee Papers!!! Yes thats right you get each one of the super amazing, totally beautiful Lilybee Papers.

Its Christmas Eve, we want to send you something special as a thanks for being a part of Lilybee this December.

Post a comment below for your chance to win all the Lilybee Papers!

Double your chances to win and become a Lilybee Fan on Facebook as well:)

Merry Christmas!

9th Day Rub-On Winner

Janet Z of Ontario Canada...come on down! Ok, well at least e-mail me because you are the lucky Rub-On winner from Lilybee's 1st annual 12 days of Christmas! Contrats, you lucky gal! And Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays to the rest of ya!
See you tomorrow...
{[email protected] - to claim your prize}

10th Day of Christmas

I have to admit, I just freaked out a little, because the title of this e-mail is 10th day of Christmas. That means only one thing...WE ARE REALLY CLOSE TO CHRISTMAS! Are you ready?

Well, ready or not here it comes! And Lilybee is ready, because we want to give you more fun stuff.

So on this 10th day of Christmas Lilybee gave to me,

All the chipboard from each line. Check them out, the are spectacular.

Today, in your post, tell us if YOU are ready for Christmas!

We'll pick one winner to win all the pieces below! Good Luck, and yes Merry Christmas

8th Day of Christmas Winner

Oh Rach H. from North Carolina, your name was drawn on this 8th day of Christmas!!! Congratulations! {email [email protected] with shipping details}

Christmas is getting close!!! Hope your shopping is done ya'll!!! We'll see you tomorrow for another Lilybee giveaway!!!

9th Day of Christmas...

Free, free, free. Its free stuff from Lilybee Design. Post a comment below, for a chance to win free prizes.

Can you believe we are on the 9th day of Christmas?

On this 9th day of Christmas Lilybee gave to me...

One of each of the rub-ons from all Lilybee Collections!!!

Lilybee Design offers unique 12 x 12 Rub-on sheets and they are simply to die for!!! They could be yours...yup all of them! See you tonight!!!

7th day of Christmas Winner is...

Ally W from Puyallup WA.!!! And because we gained 50 more Facebook fans, the second lucky lady is...Jeanne Klohr. You have each won the complete collection of 3 Little Birds from Lilybee:)

All winners e-mail your address at [email protected] ! Luvs from Lilybee!

On the 8th day of Christmas Lilybee gave to me...

Oh the winnings just keep coming. Thanks for all the comments, they have been oh so fun to read. A beautiful line is waiting to be sent out for the 8th day of Christmas...

Post a comment below...and win the COMPLETE line of Audrey from Lilybee Design!

Paper, embellishments, 12 x 12 rub-ons, flowers...ohhh its pretty.

Double your chance to win and post on the Lilybee Facebook Fan page!

Monday Motivator: Bee Merry

Everyone needs a little motivation on a Monday, but this Monday is different. Christmas is just a few days away, so you're no doubt already in motion, and I'm willing to bet that at this point, Santa's list is nothing compared to your own "to do" list. This is also the time when many of us begin to realize that while store-bought gifts may work for many people on our list, there are some people in our lives who require something different -- something meaningful, something personalized, made with love. That's all fine and dandy, you may say, but it needs to be (1) inexpensive, and (2) easy to create, and (3) wrapped and ready in a day's time.

Lily Bee can help! With a little assistance from some supplies from my stash and some vintage sheet music, these Lily Bee papers became the perfect match for this photo of my lovely daughter.

I began by covering a $2 frame with gesso, and then I painted around the outer edges of the frame with green paint. While waiting for the frame to dry, I turned my attention to matting the photo atop a piece of misted vintage sheet music and a combination of Audrey "Hollywood" paper and French Couture "Handmade" paper. I then sewed around these paper "frames" a few times, loving the way that imperfect lines translate to added charm.

Once the frame was dry, I added bits and pieces of Audrey "Graceful" and "Hollywood" paper, as well as more French Couture "Handmade" paper, trimming the edges with a scissors, and sanding a few areas as needed. I added a coat of decoupage medium, let it dry for a bit, lightly brushed the frame with green paint, and then finished with another coat of decoupage medium.

The finished product:

It may not seem like it at first, but this really is a simple, can-do project. Even if it's not a picture frame that you attempt, hopefully this post gets you motivated to add a little handmade cheer to your Christmas list.

Speaking of added cheer, don't forget to check out the Lily Bee 12 Days of Christmas giveaways. We're on day 8, so there's still time for you to add that "very" to your merry. Leave a comment on one of the daily giveaway posts, and to double your chances, become a fan of Lily Bee on Facebook, and leave a comment there as well.

Happy Holidays!

6th day of Christmas Winner...

Congrats to Joli Vander Sluis Pichot!!! You are the Winner of the Vintage Poppy Line!