The winner of the December Daily Giveaway is...
Shelley: I just love your december daily. still working on mine. found your blog because someone pinned one of your books on pinterest and i have been visiting ever since. would love a chance to win. thanks!
Shelley please email me with your address and I will send this package right out to you. Congratulations!
I had a lot of extra material from my December Daily and I thought I would send it off to a good home. If you are interested please leave a comment below and I will pick a random person at noon, Pacific Time, next Thursday, January 12th.
There are a lot of fun items in this package including October Afternoon Holiday Style, My Mind's Eye, Jenni Bowlin, Tim Holtz, vellum envelopes, chipboard, Webster's Pages, parchment paper, vintage items and much much more.
There are also full sheets of Jenni Bowlin, My Mind's Eye, and even some Daisy D's.
Thanks and have a great day!
It's done! Even though it was really fun to work on, the fact that we were out of town for a few days made it a little more challenging to finish. But I was determined to finish this year and I'm really happy I did.
Day 24/Christmas Eve was about friends and family coming over. It's always good to go back to my hometown and see everyone again.
Christmas day was a somber event for us this year. We recieved some sad news about a family member and no one was in the mood for much celebrating. We opened stockings and went to church in the morning and then came back to my parents' house and kept things pretty low key for the rest of the day. I will probably add some journaling to this last page at some point.
And a couple final notes to some questions I got:
I printed my photos on Kodak matte photo paper. Because it was book style I chose matte paper over gloss.
The photoshop brushes I used were Holiday Word Art by Ali Edwards, French Laundry Art Edges by Sande Krieger, and some House of 3 brushes which are no longer available.
And even though it's thick, it's still pretty manageable. I was expecting to have to get a larger size book ring but I didn't need to. It helped by adhering the pages back to back.
Thanks to everyone who stopped by and Happy New Year!
On Friday we were running around town picking up items for dinner the following night and getting a couple of last minute presents. But the most memorable part of the day was the weather. All the trees were covered in frost and it was absolutely beautiful!
Thursday we spent the day traveling over the mountains to my parents' house to spend the holidays. We got into town about 4:30pm and had a nice dinner and watched "The Help." My parents left my son the tree to decorate when we got there, and this year was his first year getting to put the star on top.
On Wednesday we went down to a new restaurant that just opened by my husband's office. It didn't have a lot to do with Christmas, but it's what we did that day. I was also busy packing and doing laundry, so going out to lunch was the highlight of the day...
On the left side I included a copy of the menu and a paper coaster from the restaurant...
On the right side I added some pictures...
and the crayon box which came with my son's kids' menu. He is getting closer and closer to being too old for the kids' menu and each time I think it's going to be the last time..
Feeling the need for a little peace and quiet today. I wrote some journaling I put in an envelope.
The little peace charm is a nice reminder to myself to not get to carried away with all the craziness of the holidays.
Writing some letters to Santa (not that Santa isn't already done shopping).
I sewed on a felt pocket and added some American Craft Thickers letters.
And like Day 1 I made the page number using a Tim Holtz Type Charm hanging from a Smash paper clip.
I'm not much of a cook, but I do love to bake. Putting together some cookies to have on hand for the holidays. On one side is a picture of our kitchen, and the other is a recipe for sugar cookies. These pages are hybrid pages using the Kitschy Christmas digital kit by Jennifer Barrette and Sahlin Studio. I really love this kit. I made the blue tag with the Coffee and Tea clear stamp set by Crafty Secrets.
