Okay, now time for some truthfulness. This is the first year that I've done a December Daily album -- I have always had the intention, and then Life Happens. This year I really wanted to complete this project. I did not really want it as a recordkeeping system as much as I wanted it to be a memory album so that my boys would know what is on MY heart during the holiday season and what is important to me.
My album is simple; I raided my stash for bits and pieces to create a chipboard album with smaller pages so it would be simple to add either journaling or a photo for each day. The paper I chose from The Memory Nest was the We R Memory Keepers "Winter Frost" 6 x 6 paper pad. The soft colors of blue, green and grey are so lovely, and I already had several other things in my stash to complement the paper. With two sheets of each design in the pad, I was able to cover each chipboard page back to back.
Here is the cover of my album:
My plan is to be able to display this album on a book stand.
The first page is a pocket made from a kraft envelope. Inside this pocket I will keep journaling that may not fit anywhere else in the album.
Day #1: My teenager is determined to put up outside decorations this year.
Day #2: I spent the evening making Christmas cards to send to friends and family.
Day #3: This is another pocket where I will put my youngest son's Christmas list for safe keeping.
Day #4: A second envelope pocket on the left hold recipe cards of the favorite holiday goodies that I make every year that my kids and hubby love.
Day #5: (Yesterday) Texas has such crazy weather sometimes, and this year we have already had two wild weather fronts a couple weeks apart, bringing in unusually cold temperatures that we rarely see in December.
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So that's my first week of the December Daily. There is not doubt that I will add journaling and other embellishments to the pages as I go along. (I apologize for the quality of the photos this time - there wasn't enough good light, but I think you can still see the color combination well.) A video will be up on YouTube with a closer look at the kit I put together and how the album was assembled.
Are you doing a December Daily?? If so, put your blog link in the comments below so that we can check it out!
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Love your pages. Your cover is gorgeous. Like the pocket idea. Will be scraplifting that.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Leslie! The pockets were a last minute addition and wasn't sure the Kraft would match, but I like how it turned out. :)
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