Calendar, check. Cards, check. {Daily December 19}
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Labels: Christmas, daily challenge, minibook(s)
Labels: Christmas, daily challenge, minibook(s)
I think I finally see a light at the end of the tunnel. I finished the yearly family calendar at 5pm tonight. Now we just need to print and bind 13 copies before Sunday night. I wanted to get my Christmas cards in the mail today, but that didn't happen. I'm working on them now and watching Elf. Elf will bring me back in the Christmas spirit. I'm counting on it.Labels: Christmas, daily challenge, minibook(s)
Was feeling a bit scroogy today, mostly because I'm not feeling 100%, but when I got home and found a little package from Ragged, my Christmas spirits were renewed!Labels: Christmas, daily challenge, friends, minibook(s)
I realize I'm starting to repeat myself about my obsession with Glee and Line Dancing. But hopefully this'll be the last time (for this month at least) because tonight was my last night of class till January and the Glee season is over till March.Labels: Christmas, daily challenge, minibook(s), music
Christmastime is a good time to make an extra effort to get together with your friends. It can be hard, especially with everything going on, especially when it's easy to say, "Let's catch up in January when things calm down", but making that extra effort certainly warms the heart when frustration levels are high. And that's what the spirit of Christmas is all about, right?Labels: Christmas, daily challenge, friends, minibook(s)
I'm working on the annual family calendar, picking photos from the year to be included. I came across this one of Jimmy from last Christmas. Goofy as he always is and more loveable for it.Labels: Christmas, daily challenge, family, minibook(s)
Tonight was my 1st holiday party of the season. In the month of December, instead of getting together to craft, we go out to dinner and exchange presents. It's a lot of fun, especially the white elephant style of gifting and stealing. I stole that handmade ornament along w/ the tools to make it. ;)Labels: Christmas, daily challenge, minibook(s), stamp club
The days when I'm not doing much Christmas related stuff, I'm kind of at a loss on what to write in my daily December book. Thankfully, a paper crafting friend emailed a cute little poem that I was able to use. The poem is under the red scalloped circle. It reads:Labels: Christmas, daily challenge, minibook(s)
We received our first 2 photos cards in today's mail. Along with Christmas newsletters, they are one of my favorite things of the season.
Today's {Daily December} is where I'll include all of the photo cards we receive. Good thing I used those extra large binding rings!Labels: Christmas, daily challenge, minibook(s)
Since I didn't do anything in regards to Christmas today, I decided to journal about an old Christmas photo.Labels: Art Challenge, daily challenge, minibook(s), old photo(s), youtube
I have to admit that since I had been neglecting my blog for much of this year, I'm proud of myself for posting every day from Nov 11th till Thanksgiving so I'm gonna try another daily challenge from now till Christmas day.
The style of my album is different from hers, but each day I hope to document something relating to the spirit of Christmas, from shopping finds or nightmares, holiday crafting goodness, glad tidings, colorful decorations or even stressed-out, head-exploding, clock-ticking countdowns. I think it'll be a good way to document the season, which goes by way too fast and most of the details get forgotten.
I start my 1st day with this simple quote:Labels: Christmas, daily challenge, minibook(s)
A couple of months ago, I mentioned that my local paper arts store hosts a monthly challenge where they give you a starting piece and you bring it back on the 1st Wednesday of the month completed and you get the next month's project free.
My SIL and BIL have been heavy on my mind lately so I decided to make this album for them.Labels: crafting, family, minibook(s)
My local paper arts store is doing a monthly challenge. On the 1st Wednesday of the month, they give you a specific 'canvas', and if you show them the finished project the following 1st Wednesday, then you get that month's 'canvas' free. April's canvas was a plain chipboard scallop-edged minibook. Since it's April, I decided to do a poetry theme, I used excerpts from Desiderata by Max Ehrmann.







Labels: minibook(s), quote(s)
Getting my craft back on after a week + of ickiness.
Fun class with Marah Johnson at Suzy's on Saturday.


Labels: card(s), crafting, minibook(s)
I'm feeling like my old self and I have a spring in my step again. At least this week, ha!
Yesterday morning I took a mini-class with KB at a local scrapbook store. We made this super cute, super easy magnet clipboard notepad holder.
I shouldn't show the pics of these because they are going to my cousin's kids (surprise V!!), but they are so freaking adorable that I couldn't keep them to myself till after I mailed them. I'm the worst mailer. She might not get these for a month. Or more. (Sorry V!)
This is me.
me, too. Yup. Dork. Not just dorky enough to take a self-deprecating photo like this, but uberdorky by actually putting it in a scrapbook. And then post it for all to see.Labels: crafting, digital scrapbooking, minibook(s), sewing, silliness
The countdown is on and there are only 14 more days till Christmas. I'm a little bit in freak-out mode right now, because it seems like I'm spending much of my days running errands but adding more to my to-do list than I'm crossing off. I suspect this sounds familiar to many of you, too.
Great techniques, lots of glitter and
each page alternating pulls up, or
pulls out.
I have a friend who went to the Africa last year, so I'm thinking about giving this to her. But not until I make my own nearly exact replica using either Marah's Rock Star collection or her Heiress Collection.
This is a layout I did last year using Marah's Love Struck collection. There was a meme going around last year that had you list a few random things about yourself and I decided to do a layout on it.Labels: Christmas, friends, minibook(s), performances, scrapbooking, shopping, tv
I was reading Andrea's blog this afternoon and she wrote about how her friend had a postcard about How to Build a Global Community. It lists some ideas on how to be more globally aware. I had to write it down. But writing them down wasn't enough today. Within a few hours, I made this album with a few of the tennents that resounded with me the loudest.

Think of no one as "them"
Question consumption
Visit people, places and cultures
Learn people's history
Pledge allegiance to the earth
I painted outside today and this critter kept me company, gathering and eating nuts from our walnut tree.Labels: minibook(s)
I took a couple of classes this weekend at PMP with Becky Fleck, an artist and designer for Basic Grey, my favorite sb paper company.
Adventures of the Heart
A spot to write down goals.
A spot to write down your beliefs. Quote on the left reads: "You can't set the course for where you are going until you know where you are."
The back page has a pocket to tuck in your own personal mantra.
The front of the album. I didn't have the forethought to change the color of the album till after the pink was glued down. Oh well, Jimmy didn't seem to mind, he's secure enough to have a pink album. ;)
Journaling reads: "I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright no matter how grey the day may appear"
"I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive and everlasting"Labels: digital scrapbooking, minibook(s)