December Daily | Day 4

no pictures from today since nolan unexpectedly stayed the night at a friends. james and i went to panda express, so i grabbed the bag the egg roll came in and journaled right on it. added a quick number 4 thanks to thickers and called it good.

December Daily | Day 3

a quick 4x6 photo with ali's dec 3 overlay. typed in a tree for your room and printed right here at home. used some white cardstock and had wrote my journaling. a quick bit of pattern paper and i'm calling it good.

December Daily | Day 2

day two is documenting our new advent event. i picked up 23 holiday books at the library and wrapped them in plain white paper. each night nolan gets to pick a book, unwrap it and read it before bed. this helps him earn points for school to win prizes and helps his reading. i love this idea instead of candy or gifts. i will be incorporating the title of the book on each day throughout the album.

put in an award he got in school during his school community meeting. 

made myself a long journaler similar to ali edwards. pretty easy in photoshop. used the rectangle took, the stroke to fill it a specific color. used the line tool the stroke again. typed in a little text and voila, i had my own journaler.

used ali's overlays on day two. modified it a smidge by erasing the line that created a little text box or a place for pattern paper.

a little double ribbon and done. keeping it simple. 

December Daily | Day 1

Day 1. i'm keeping it very simple this year. looking through the december daily images on flickr, i see so many complicated books. oh, some say they are not complicated, but to me simple is what i have.

i found over the last two years that when i get all fancy in the beginning, i haven't finished or it has taken months to go back and finish, then i'm just not happy with what i have. not only that, i don't remember either. oh, i do journal what is going on, but my thoughts are just snippets and do not flow like what i would have written on the page.

this year i got some manilla file folders. cut those to 8x8 and covered that with craft paper. the craft paper was just to thin to stand on it's own. yep. that is my base. 25 days of craft paper.

we had an eventful day 1. i am hoping to use just standard 4x6 prints, but sometimes i'm sure i will add more. on this one, i stuck with 4x6's and a basic white block for journaling and a pattern paper strip. simple.

lots of little stories to be told today. you can see that my photos are not perfect, especially the one with santa, but it completely captures the excitement nolan had for seeing him. to me that is what photos are about.

Opening page of December Daily

I have never had an opeing page to my december daily before. in fact, i don't think i have ever decorated the cover to my december daily either. there is this huge christmas tree at a local shopping center, and with nolan in his pj's and slipper's for a polar express event, i quickly snapped this picture.

i came home, quickly uploaded it, gave it a little 8x8 crop in photoshop and giddely pressed the print button. i so heart this photo and i'm glad it will be one that will be seen often.

Reverb 10 | day 1 | One Word

December 1 – One Word. Encapsulate the year 2010 in one word. Explain why you’re choosing that word. Now, imagine it’s one year from today, what would you like the word to be that captures 2011 for you? (Author: Gwen Bell)

2010 Word: Challenging.

2011 word: Strive

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