I have begun to put together my December Daily foundation pages.
You might recall back in September, I talked briefly about December Daily. This is one project that I anticipate and love to do. Love it. I always get a bit nostalgic when I bring out my DD albums from past years, and see just how little my kids once were.
I mean come on...
How is it even possible that this sweet boy now towers over me, and this little girl is only a few inches away from looking at me right in the eye? Seriously, how on earth has that happened so fast? Seeing photos printed and in an album, make me so happy that I took the time to do this, and to see it through to finished.
When the kids were little, the Sears Christmas Wishbook was definitely the first sign that Christmas was fast approaching.
The photo above, of them going through the wishbook page by page, making notes about what they hoped to ask Santa for... My heart. Seriously. It still explodes when I look at this photo.
One thing that remained the same for me and the kids, was the Sears Wishbook. I remember it showing up at the house. I was mesmerized by the pages of things, from childhood through adulthood. I ordered a lot of things from Sears over the years, because of that Christmas Wishbook. I'm glad the kids got to experience the wishbook the same way I did. Sadly, that's one tradition that has been lost, now that Sears is no longer a thing. I'm glad the kids got to have it for a few years at least, when the magic of Christmas was at it's peak.
They don't pay too much attention to toy store ads anymore, although recently a rather exciting glossy Christmas flyer arrived from Toys R Us, both kids took their time going through it page by page. Once a kid, always a kid!
Now that we've hit mid-november, I've begun to put my foundation pages together for this years December Daily album. I'm using a 6x8 album that I had stashed away. I did have to order some page protectors for it, but vowed this year not to purchase anything new. My goal this year is to use what I have.
And then then Sahlin Studio released this new collection: Home for the Holidays
Seriously... I'm swooning over this collection. The journal cards, the paper, the elements, the numbers. There's a lot that is swoon-worthy. I'm smitten.
How lucky am I? Because I'm part of the creative team, I've been playing with this! I have to say, so far it's been fabulous!
Here's a few pages:
I wanted to be able to see the 'tree of words' underneath the page protector. This gives you a rough idea of the look I'm going for. The paper I used on the 'M' is very tiny. I think I'll enlarge it slightly , and perhaps change the colour of some of the sentiments on the page. I'm still tinkering with this, and it's not completed quite yet.
This year, I'm going for simple. And repetition.
I'm excited to see how the album will turn out. So far, I love it.
The following Sahlin Studio products were used:
https://the-lilypad.com/store/December-Days-No-4-Numbers.html
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