Documenting Monthly Lists with Daniela

Welcome to the Elle’s Studio blog post today. It’s Daniela here to share a project highlighting the November 2015 Exclusive kit.

Earlier this year I found a group of ladies on Instagram that made monthly lists and had monthly challenges. I needed a place for my monthly lists so I created a notebook that is the same size as the standard insert for the Traveler’s Notebook. I was thinking how this year I would like to combine my love of listing and documenting December. Some days might be just lists and some days might be just documenting, but I want something in there and I wanted something a little different that just a mini album for December Daily.

This is just a piece of Kraft cardstock filled with nine sheets of printer paper folded in half (approximate size: 4.30″ x 8.25″). You can vary the type of paper you place inside, lined, watercolor, sketch… I used a saddle stitch and red thread to sew the notebook together. I decorated the front with some snowflakes (modeling paste and a stencil) and my November kit. I added bits and pieces from Joyful Collection. I used Tis The Season Stamp Set for the tree, that I stamped in vellum and the year stamped on the bottom.

For the inside pages I will basically follow this design. Date (stamped with the Tis The Season stamp) with washi and stamping on the top and on the bottom (with the Happy Holidays stamp set and Joyful stamp set) and then my main journaling tag or photo with journaling in the middle. Simple and easy to do. December is busy for us and I hope that this simple design will make it easy to take the time daily and record the moments from the day.

I have gathered some items from November kit, Joyful Collection and my other favorite stamps from Elle’s Studio. I stamped and/or punched all the numbers for the full month. I went into my stash for twine, sequins and washi tape.

I placed all my needed supplies in a Antonius basket insert that sits on top of my Raskog cart. Everything I will need is all together and I can bring it out and move it to wherever I am to record my December memories.

Here is my very first notebook I created back in April. I used bits and pieces from other Exclusive kits and Cienna Collection.

Here is an example of one of the pages with a list for that day.

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you are inspired to make a little something and document your December memories!