I can’t believe December is almost here – time is just going too fast! I’m excited to let you know that I decided to do December Daily again this year, even though I have limited time to put towards the project. After looking at last years album, I knew it was something I wanted to make extra time for – last years album captured so many special memories and is SO FUN to look through. It inspired me so much, that after I looked through it I went through my scrapbooking supplies and made my cover and base pages, picked out a bunch of ES goodies and made a little box that will sit on my counter during December, that will make the supplies easy to grab all month long. Making my cover and base pages ahead of time will help me tremendously when it comes time to plug in the other items during December!
Here’s a peek at what I’m using:
Be Merry Large Journaling Tags: I decided to go with a 4 x 6 inch sized album this year – I’m making my own cover and inside pages. For some of the pages, I’m going to use these large journaling tags! They are already cut to the correct size and ready to go! I’m also planning on using Ali Edwards 4 x 6 Overlays. I love this smaller size – it is less overwhelming and on days where you just want to use a photo, you can! Don’t forget, if you are incorporating your December Daily into your Project Life, these tags will fit those pockets 😉
Be Merry 3 x 4 inch Note Tags: These tags are the perfect size, too, for pages where you just want to use half of the photo or have a mini page in your book! I love the prompts on them and have plans to use those prompts to help me with my journaling during the month. These mixed journaling tags will also be perfect! Don’t forget, if you are incorporating your December Daily into your Project Life, these tags will also fit those pockets 😉
Be Merry Number Cutouts: You can’t do a December Daily album without numbers! I’ve pre-cut all mine and they are in a little dish, waiting for the days to come! I’m also planning on using our Number It stamp for some of the days, and even stamp the date right on the photo with white ink!
Be Merry 3 inch Circles & Tidbits: Embellishing along the way will be easy with these large and small circle tags! I’ve got these in a little dish ready to go, too!
Be Merry Pennants, Cutouts, Labels, Wishlist, and Silent Night snippet: I’m excited to use the Wishlist tag from this snippet to write down some things on everyone’s wishlist this year – it’s so interesting looking back on these! And, with these labels, writing down little notes on photos will be super easy! The pennants and cutouts will make embellishing easy, also – I’ve also pre-cut these and have them ready to go.
Elle’s Studio Exclusive Christmas Stamp: I’m so excited about using this stamp – I’ve got my red and green inks out! There are so many sentiments on this stamp that will work perfectly for the season, but also for after the season, too! These stamps are getting close to selling out and are a limited edition, so if you’ve been eyeing it, you better grab one while you can!
And, here is a top view of my cover!
I picked up that white snowflake from Target in their ornament section last week, and then cut a 4 x 6 inch piece of wood-grain paper to go behind it. I’m not using an actual album for my mini, I’m just going to bind the pages together with punched holes and either some cute ribbon or metal rings! For the tag on the cover I used some paper from Crate’s Christmas collection and some gold dotted paper I made by adding glue in a circle pattern, then sprinkling the gold glitter on top. I then cut down the “December Treasured Moments” tag from our 3 x 4 inch note tags and added the year on top with wood-grain letters.
It’s going to be an exciting month and I’m all ready for it to come now 🙂 We can’t wait to see what you do this year with your December album! Make sure you upload your pages to our Member Gallery!
