December Daily 2012

Okie dokie.  I took pics of my Dec. Daily album today.  So grab a cup of something yummy and maybe even a snack.  There are ALOT of pics today. 

note:  some of the pictures in the album are blurry and over or under exposed.  I decided I would rather add a blurry pic than not use it at all.  The memory/story is still there even though the pic is not crystal clear.  

The final size is 4x6.  I will probably just use some binder rings to put it together. 

This originally was going to be the inside of the front cover.  Grace had wanted to make the cover  but then changed her mind.  So I turned it over and made this the front.  Genius!

The inside of the front cover is just a little bit about each of us during this time in our lives.

The journaling for Dec. 1 is a 4x3 piece of cardstock.  I stamped the number on a wood sheet and used the lid of my chapstick for the ring.

I just glued the pictures to each other.

I don't have Photoshop or anything fancy.  So I opened Dec. 3 in Paint and put a text box on it and just put the journaling right on the pic.

Some days I had more than one picture.  I just added more pages.  Simple.

I plan on putting the Costco receipt in here.  The green is actually a pocket so I can slip it in. 

See that button up there?  That is one of the buttons that they were giving away at J.C. Penney.  I got a few of them.  I took off the pin part and then hot glued it to the tab.

The same day of the Newtown shooting, Grace's school was on lockdown when I went to get her.  Talk about scary!  I wrote on the pic with my white gel pen. 

I did my journaling on a cone wrapper from Coldstone.

On the 16th I did my journaling on a piece of vellum.  To cover the glue on the sides I put a piece of sticky strip and then covered it in glitter.  I know glitter is not a good thing to have close to pictures but I like it anyway. 

Another button from JCP.  I got behind on the picture taking and journaling for a week.  So I just put them all on one journal page. 

I was playing around with picture sizes and found a way to open a Word doc. and put 2 pics on a 4x6 page.

I printed the 3 pics as a wallet size and then just cut them down to fit. 

I'm leaving the back of the album blank. 

Alrighty then, thats it.  I so love this project.  A big reason I love this project so much is because there is no right or wrong.  It is whatever you choose to make it.  Not all of the pictures are perfect (probably none) but they tell my story. 

You can see here to find out what Dec. Daily is all about.  On the left side of my blog you will see links to my past Dec. Daily albums.   Plan on doing it next year.  You won't regret it. 

Okay, Downton is coming on pretty soon.  I have my tea all ready.

Thanks so much for stopping by and hanging with this lllloooooonnnnnnngggg post.

Blessings, b.

Hello? Hello?.......

.............is this thing on? 

So sorry for the absence.  I really hope it doesn't happen again.  :(  I miss you guys.

So much has been going on and I'm not even going to bother trying to tell you about it.  So we are going to pick up where we left off........sort of.

We are already into the 4th day of December.  What?! 

How did this happen?

Did you start your December Daily? 

I started mine and am up to date on it.  Can you believe it?  Me neither.

So here we go.  If you don't know what December Daily is about, check it out here.  Ali Edwards is the creator behind this awesome idea.  You can check out mine here:  2009 , 2010 , 2011

The popular size this year is 4x6 and who am I to argue?  Every year mine has been a different size.  I think the smallness of this one is making it easier for me to keep up with already. 

I think I'm going to get some 4x6 page protectors, although I'm not sure yet how I'm going to bind it all together. 

Anyway, I'm using Naturals White cardstock.  My main colors are going to be Crumb Cake, Naturals White, Red (Riding Hood Red and Real Red) and Gumball Green. 

This is the front cover.  Grace wanted to decorate the front so I'll let you know when she gets that done.

Taffy Alpha (retired).  Crumb cake, riding hood red and naturals white cardstock.  Riding hood red ink.  Big shot, label framelits, paper piercing guide, gumball green stitched ribbon.


Title page.

I cut one of the pages in half and did my journaling on it.  I used the gumball green marker, retired round tab punch, 3/4" circle punch, retired classic numbers and riding hood red ink. 

exciting stuff happening around here right now.

This is such a horrible picture.  I realized I had my ISO set wrong on the camera....but you get the idea. 

I tried getting all computer savvy on this one here.  Talk about easy!  I don't have a fancy photo program so I just opened the picture in "paint" and then layered a text box on top and typed my journaling, then just print like normal.  Cool eh?

So thats it so far.  I'm going to try really hard to keep up with it.  Cross your fingers. 


I do have a Christmas card to share with you but I think I'll  plan it for tomorrow.  I'll be showing the December Daily every few days. 

Now if you didn't get yours started yet, don't fret.  You can do it any way you want.  That is the beauty of the project.  There is no "right" or "wrong".  You could do the week of Christmas.  Or the week between Christmas and New Year's.  Or every hour of Christmas Day.  Its up to you.  The point is to just tell your story. 

I don't love every page of my old ones and really who cares?  The story is there.  That is what matters. 

So hop in.  You won't regret it.

Thanks so much for your patience while I was gone.  It gives me warm fuzzies that you're here. 

Blessings, b.