December Daily - Days 4 - 6

I am managing to keep up to date so far, which surprises me since I am so busy at work! I am really enjoying the process so far and although it took me a few days to get in to the swing and feel of my album, I am now beginning to really like how it is coming together.

Day 4 focussed on everything I have got going on at work. I took a photo of all of the children's Christmas gifts lined up ready to be wrapped and packaged in to bags. I also took a photo of some of the work I have been proof reading and printing. I used the gold number 4 from the kit and did a small amount of embellishment on the corner of the large photo.

Day 5 was all about making Christmas biscuits, which is a big deal for me since I hardly bake. I have left the back of the number 4 showing through. Not sure if I will leave it like that or not. I added in a small pocket which holds a print out of the recipe I used. Then I just had photos with small embellishments from the Ali Edwards kit. 

Day 6 was a busy one, so there were lots of photos. I decided to print straight on to the photos about my morning activities and then I included smaller photos from my work Christmas party. I placed the silver Christmas cheer tag right on top of the page protector. 

Hope you have all enjoyed your first December weekend!

December Daily - Day 2 and 3

Trying to keep this project simple at the moment so I can stay on track!

For day 2 I took a photo of the Hot Chocolate station that I have set up at home. Unfortunately the temperatures have been very high here to start December and the hot chocolate part hasn't had much use.. but the chocolates have!! :) I didn't have a lot to add, so I cut a page protector in half and added a small tab from the kit to show the division. I think I will use these tabs any time I add in a smaller page.

For day 3 I decided to talk about the new Christmas music mix that I have put together on iTunes. I took a screenshot of the song list and printed it out 6x8 with an Ali Edwards overlay. At the bottom I added some washi tape and one of the gold stars. I also added two 4x6 photos back to back and punched holes in them to add between the pages. These photos were of my Kinder kids enjoying wearing Santa hats, so I have kept them out of the photos on here due to privacy!

Hope everyone is enjoying creating their own albums!

December Daily 2014

So let's try this again…. I have started a December Daily album for the past two years but am yet to finish one! I was doing well in 2012 until my computer crashed and burned around the 8th and I spent the rest of December getting it fixed. This meant meant no printing photos or journalling which completely threw of the progress I had made. I tried again in 2013, however only made it about a page in when the holiday season overtook me and it got placed aside. I have actually been going back and adding pages to last years over the past month. I am determined to not let that happen this year!

I bought the Ali Edwards kit this year and am hoping that will keep me on track. Here is the opening page that I created using one of the transparencies.

And here is my Day 1… a bit about my advent calendar and a photo of my niece and nephew all excited about the return of their Elf 'Peppermint'.

I like the idea of having a repeating element in my pages and was thinking that I would use a journalling card for each day, but I think I will see how I go. I am already struggling for ideas for what to put in during the week. I am single and my job if fairly repetitive, so I guess I will just have to see how it plays out!