Stitch In Time

Vintage Journals

I've had several people ask me where they could find a vintage journal like Char sent me, so I thought I'd provide a link here to her Etsy sight, as well as providing a link on my sidebar.  I just can't get over how amazing her books are, and wanted to pass along her information to anyone who is interested.

December Day 2015: Day 17

We're making lists and checking them twice.   My son finally got around to writing out a wish list.  Too bad I already finished my shopping. 

  I also mailed a "Tree in a Tube" to a friend of mine for her office.

She hasn't hung the ornaments on yet, but I think it was a success.

Another short and quick page.  Does it seem like the days are getting shorter? 

 

December Daily 2015: Day 16

Back in the day my mom used to get Christmas cards from Bing Crosby.  She saved all of her correspondence from him and this summer when I was going through her old scrapbooks I saved one out to put in my December Daily.  Last night we watched White Christmas (it's an annual tradition) so I thought this would be a good time to include it in my album.  The artist is signed as J Crosby, so I assume a relative of some sort painted the picture.

I tried to find a card from 1954 which was the year White Christmas was made, but I couldn't find one so 1958 it is.  Love that stamps cost 4 cents back then.

I made a little pocket with my favorite photo and song lyric from the movie, and just added it to my album with some string.  As a side note, according to my mom Bing Crosby always told her his favorite actress in Hollywood was Rosemary Clooney.  He also had a least favorite which I won't mention here.  And did you know that although Rosemary Clooney played the older sister in the movie, in real life she was seven years younger than Vera Ellen?

On the back of the pocket I added a little journaling to explain what the page was about.

I didn't want to damage it, so I placed the card, envelope and all, straight into a page protector with no adhesive.  

Another quick page, and it's on to no. 17.

 

December Daily 2015: Day 15

The journaling says: Sometimes you need to go looking for the magic of Christmas, and sometimes you have to make it for yourself, but every once in awhile when you are least expecting it, the magic finds you.   This is a flip page attached on the side with washi tape, which opens to this:

The big black and white photo is part of the Tiffany & Co. Christmas store window display this year.  They always have my favorite display and I wait for it anxiously every year.

I always love little magical moments this time of year, especially when they are unexpected. 

The front of the pocket is pretty simple.  I just used my fuse tool to include a few sequins for some sparkle.

I hope you are having a wonderful December!

December Daily 2015: Day 14

Every night leading up to Christmas, they make it snow inside Pacific Place in Seattle.  This is a shopping center downtown, with multiple levels that overlook a central courtyard.  We managed to time it just right to capture Santa Claus coming out to take in the moment.

Originally I had planned to include more pictures on the right side of the page, but changed my mind, and decided to let one large photo speak for itself. I added a little divider made out of transparent letters and sequins, and layered it over paper from Ali Edward's main kit.

I'm probably going to need to cool it on divider pages soon or I will run out of space in my album.

This is one of my favorite pictures from this year, and since my son now refuses to visit Santa anymore, this will be my Santa Claus picture this year.

 

December Daily: Day 13

I found a recipe for Capital Eggnog at Southern Living magazine.  I decided I wanted to write out the recipe as an illustration for my December Daily.  I used Photoshop plus this digital kit to make it.

Although I don't know if it took longer to write out the recipe or actually make the eggnog.

I think I will stick to eggnog out of the carton from now on!

December Daily 2015: Day 12

Well the weather outside is frightful.  After the December we've had I had to talk about the weather somewhere in my December Daily.  Rain, wind, storms, power outages, and on and on.  I printed out some journaling on vellum, and layered it over a piece of patterned paper from the main kit.

I've also been recording the weather on a little chart I made which goes on the back of my 3x8 photo.

I figure at this point we aren't going to get snow, just lots and lots of rain.

I topped it off with a photo of my daughter in her cold weather gear.    On to day 13....

 

December Daily 2015: Day 11

Day 11 was about some of my favorite things.  These are a few little extras that made it into my shopping cart during December.

The bottom corner is a flip pocket, which has some notes on what I bought.

And speaking of favorite things, I bought these little quilted stockings from It's Your Country on Etsy, and knew I wanted to include them somewhere in my album.

I strung them up with some red twine, and I love the texture they added to this page.

And that wraps up day 11!

December Daily 2015: Day 10

A quick page about being in the great outdoors.  It hasn't been easy being outside as we've had massive amounts of wind, rain and even flooding. The top pocket is just the backside of the previous page.  The sequins and embellishments are floating inside.

It was cute, we lost power and my husband was on his way to work so I wrapped myself up in a blanket to stay warm. He surprised me by coming back 10 minutes later with a bundle of logs so I could make a fire.  He's a good guy.

I layered one of the transparencies from Ali Edward's main kit on top of my large photo, and that was basically it.  I think we've decided if it isn't going to snow here we're going to drive up to the mountains and find snow for ourselves, so stay tuned.

December Daily 2015: Day 9

Day 9 was a dark and rainy day here.  Instead of trying to deal with the lack of light and lack of things to do, I chose to just make a page with photos I've been taking this month, and some found items.  The strip of photos was made with the Chestnut Lane elements by One Little Bird.

I used one of the 4x6 page pockets t0 hold a tea bag that was a free sample, and a tag and sequins.  Once again I sealed it with a fuse tool.

I added a wood number 9 to the top of my 4x6 photo and added a label.

It's a bit of simple day, but some days are just like that.  Day 10 will include an outing : )