SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT — TaylorMade Designs
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What is the first thing you think of when you hear, “TaylorMade Designs”? Crisp? Clean? Warm? Cozy? I think of all these things and more. Amanda Taylor, the talent behind TaylorMade Designs, is with us here at THE DAILY DIGI this month and we are so excited! I just love how serene her designs are — her kits, template packs, quick pages, and word art all bring a feeling of familiarity and softness. I love them! For THE DIGI FILES 6 she created a fun paper pack just jammed full of fun (and yet somehow still soft) summer papers.
And here are some layouts by our artist team using these gorgeous papers
Layout by Katie: Sunny Disposition papers by TaylorMade from The Digi Files 6, francis gothic and century gothic fonts, template by Nina Scraps
Layout by Aggie: The Digi Files 6 – TaylorMade Sunny Disposition; Unscripted 1 – The Good Life by TaylorMade Designs; Fading 3 by TaylorMade Designs; Scrappable Collection Templates 09 by, Tiffany Tillman, Font: CK Solid
Layout by Karen: Sunny Disposition from TDF6, Janet Phillips CD album template; MandaBean wordart; Gina Miller buttons, stitches and staples; Font is Pea Frankie
Layout by Kelly: template: Taylor Made Creative Outlet #1, All papers: TDF6, Font:Fontologie Printing Primer In Between
Layout by Janet: Papers by TaylorMade for TDF6, stitching by Ronna Penner, Staples by Shabby Princess, Date stamp by Amber Clegg, Fonts are CK Handprint and Typewriter Scribbled
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Name: Amanda Taylor
Hometown: Born and raised in Memphis, TN
Married to: Will
Mom to: Gage (age 
and Alyssa (age 3). (Oh, and Layla too. Part Beagle/Part Chihuahua… (age 1 & 1/2) hehehe
STORE: TaylorMade Designs at Oscraps
BLOG: TaylorMade
Going from a full-time career to staying home with the kids, designing was the perfect way to keep my new-found scrapping habit alive while making a little extra spending money. Little did I know, it would become more fulfilling than any other creative outlet I have ever pursued.
I started designing in August 2007.
Editor’s Note: Just look at the awesome layout Amanda made using stuff from THE DIGI FILES 6!
This varies depending on what’s going on in “real life”. I usually spend at least 30 to 40 hours a week designing and marketing. Although I don’t have a lot of time during the day with the kids home, I am quite the night owl. Most of my designing is done between the hours of 9pm and 4am, when the house is nice and quite. (I drink a LOT of coffee. hahaha)
My favorite product to date would probably have to be the Composure kit, or maybe the Unscripted word art. Hmmm… it’s hard to choose.
2. windy, sunny days
3. my camera
4. my computer
5. tank tops + jeans + flipflops
6. mocha frappucinos from Starbucks (vinte, with an extra shot of expresso… oh… and no whip. hehe)
7. jack johnson
8. chocolate milk
9. family outings
10. editing photos
2. cloudy days
3. certain “shortcut” words, such as lil’ for little and pic for picture
4. mean people
5. waking up and realizing that I have no coffee in the house
6. having to stop to put gas in the car
7. coming home to a sink full of dirty dishes
8. my tendency to ramble
9. an unmade bed
10. toys that speak when not spoken to
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And as a THANK YOU to the DAILY DIGI readers, Amanda is going to mark her whole store off 30% for TODAY ONLY. Go grab some goodies!
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July 17th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
Taylor Made is definitely one of my favs right how. I LOVE her word art!
July 17th, 2009 at 1:38 pm
I love TaylorMade!
July 17th, 2009 at 4:09 pm
Amanda is amazing!!! She is my favorite!! Not only is her work beautiful, she is honestly one of the most generous designers out there!
July 17th, 2009 at 8:52 pm
There is one more thing I think of when I hear Taylor Made designs – fantastic tutorials! Amanda is very generous in sharing her know-how – if you haven’t gone over to her blog yet – go now, and see what I mean. Thank you Amanda, for helping to make my scrapping abilities better, and for the awesome freebies you share on your blog.
July 18th, 2009 at 1:58 am
I’m so in love with the unscripted word art! So glad I came on the computer today, I loaded up and saved $5!! Thanks
July 18th, 2009 at 3:03 am
Great interview!! And thank you so much for the wonderful sale! I ended up shopping twice today!!
July 19th, 2009 at 4:59 pm
Haha!! I love the “toys that spoke when they’re not spoken to” part!! Amanda is a real sweetheart- always generous and VERY easy to “work” for!! And, I LOVE her designs!!!!
July 20th, 2009 at 5:43 pm
Great spotlight and interview! Amanda is so down to earth and her designs are timeless. I find myself using her designs over and over again.
Thanks for the wonderful designs, Amanda!
July 20th, 2009 at 6:31 pm
Loved these papers. I thought I wouldn’t ever use them because they’re not my normal style, but I loved what the team did with them, so I gave it a try. Here’s my LO:
http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=713176&ppuser=2123