by Janice Daquila-Pardo on April 25, 2013
Today my last layout as guest designer for Artful Delight is live. I’ve really enjoyed using their April kit. Because I’ve never subscribed to a kit club before, I’m not accustomed to using the same set of products more than once in quick succession. But being AD’s guest designer for the month forced me to [...]
by Janice Daquila-Pardo on April 18, 2013
This is my second week as guest designer for Artful Delight, and this time I used their April kit to create a layout with a photo from 1991. Because both of my parents worked, we didn’t have pets while we were growing up because Mom and Dad didn’t think it was fair to have a [...]
by Janice Daquila-Pardo on April 11, 2013
Today I am honored to be guest designing for Artful Delight! Using their April kit and sketch, I’ve created the layout above. It’s a photo of my parents on their honeymoon in the Pocono Mountains in June 1965. Aren’t they darling together? I wanted to create a look reminiscent of 1960s decor, so I designed [...]
by Janice Daquila-Pardo on March 17, 2013
This is one of those photos that I can just sit and stare into. It’s quite imperfect, as far as photos go—with the bad lighting, crooked angles and muddy colors. But it’s a beautiful photo to me. It allows me a glimpse into Mom and Dad’s apartment before they bought the house I grew up [...]
by Janice Daquila-Pardo on March 5, 2013
My mom likes to have photos of people, places and events, but she doesn’t really like to take photos. She has just never learned much over the years about any of the cameras she and Dad owned, so she isn’t comfortable with one in her hand. And once her film camera started acting up a [...]