Jingle bells...jingle bells...it's offically December and what better time for a holiday blog hop! The
Pretty Little Studio team has been busy creating some beautiful projects to ring in the season, and I'm excited to share in the fun!
So onto my project...a December (gulp!) Daily.
I said I would never do it. You see, I'm a realist. I know myself. A few years ago, there is not even a tiny smidge of a chance that I'd take at least one photo a day in December. But things happen.
Like the invention of the iPhone, which means I have a camera with me at all times. And then there are apps like Instagram, which makes my photos a nice square size and adds all kinds of cool actions right on my phone, and PostalPix, which delivers reasonably-priced 4x4 prints from my phone straight to my mailbox.
But the thing that really convinced me? These awesome pre-made
December Daily journaling cards from
Pretty Little Studio.
This year, a December Daily seemed -- dare I say it? Do-able.
I spent most of my free time over Thanksgiving putting together the pages, and I learned two things:
(1) It's hard to scrap without photos. (Ok, I already knew that one.)
and
(2) When you're doing 25 pages, you really need to KEEP IT SIMPLE.
Unfortunately, I didn't learn #2 until somewhere around page 10.
But I still finished it!
I'm not going to bore you with every page, but I'll share a few of my favorites...
All the papers, tags, flashcards, journaling spots, garland flags, etc. are from
Pretty Little Studio -- mostly from the
Jingle Bells collection.
I adhered pattern papers back to back and mixed them with Kraft and red cardstock pages. Because there are so many pages, I didn't want to add thickness with chipboard.
Here's where I figured out the "keep it simple" mindset...
Oh yes, it's going much faster now...
I adhered the December Daily journaling pages back to back and bound them into the book with my Bind-It-All. You could also use binder rings if you don't have a binding machine.
I tried to lay out each page to accommodate a 4x4 photo, so (hopefully!) I can just paste in the prints from PostalPix when they arrive.
To mix it up a little, I threw in some half-pages and a transparency page. I'm kind of loving the trend of different-sized pages lately.
Here's where I decided to get a little tricky. I knew there would be a lot happening on Dec. 24 -- like baking cookies for Santa, wearing Christmas jammies, etc. So I gave myself a little extra room on this day by adding an envelope.
I figure I can tuck a photo or some extra journaling inside.
And that's it. My very first December Daily. Now I have to remember to take the photos!
Ready for some more Christmas inspiration from the
Pretty Little Studio girls?
Visit each of these blogs for additional holiday projects, and be sure to leave a comment at each stop. Each of us will be giving away a
$10 gift certificate to the PLS store, and there will be a
grand prize $25 gift certificate awarded to one lucky person who comments on the PLS blog!
Happy hopping, and happy holidays!
