It is officially over with this blog post. December Daily 2015.

First I just want to thank everyone how has read my blog-posts and watched my video, hopefully I have given you a little inspiration! 

Here is a flip through and my thoughts:

This was my second year and just like last year I finished it around day 27-28. Why? Here is what I learned. Have a good plan  Know what you want it to look like, feel like and what to use.

 I thought long before I started, look at the year before, looked at others and made my own plan. 

But to finish an album, that is just a question of will power. If you want to finish it, do it. If not then don't! This is a project that should be fun! 

 In my plan I wanted stories mixed with everyday-pages. This part I really like, finding stories in my album.

 I wanted a mix of page designs, pockets, open, free, pocket pages. A real mix, I like it when you get to experiences the album not just whit your eyes but also whit your hand. 

 I wanted a fun album to look through, not hidden behind plastic. I do have pocket pages but not just, and when I have them I like to glue stuff on top.

 Different mediums, texturs and colors. So when turning pages you would just feel the Christmas spirit oozing out. Because that is Christmas for me, mixing paper and fabric, colors, gold and silver.

 Another thing I´m so happy about is the number of stuff that I made before that I actually used! Like this page, it was first a brown paper bag, turned into a pretty page. And all the die-cuts that I cut out, used so much of them, I had to cut more! That makes me happy, that the things I used most was the things I could do my self! 

 I decided early on that I would go from Advent to the day after Christmas, sens for me this is a Christmas album. But it´s the same here, to make it a good album, I think you shouldn't make any decisions in December. That should all be done so when you sit down it´s all fun.

 The day after Christmas I just added a few photos and wrote about the holiday. 

This is my album, if you want to see how it came together check out the playlist and the blog posts!

I´m so happy with my DD album and if haven't finished yours, hopefully this helped a bit.

Love Julia

Yet another week has past and now we have only 10 days till Christmas. Time really flies and here is another week in my December Daily.

I really tried to film i all only to discover that half the videos was out of focus *deep breath* 

But first, here is a printable that I hope will add some Christmas cheers to you all!

 Day 6 is an a 3x4 pocket page design, with the number on the outside.

 In the paper-bag I have a printout on Dr Suess  "How he Grinch stole Christmas". On the bag I used the printable in a 3x4 size and I just love it!

Oh, this page, one of my favorites but I should really know better then trying to paint on gesso. How ever it turned out just fine and next time I will think twice! (and probably do it again..)

Day 8 is me trying to save day 7 by backing it and luck stack again. Here I have my story of the day in the pocket (the tag) and the a photo on the pocket. 

Day 9 I baked allot so I just added a photo of them and the recipes are in a pocket in the end of the album, so it´s easy to fine.  

 The tag for day 8, this day I only used the "Christmas on market street" pad I just love it!!

Day 10 is just a big photo and some journaling on a label about how much I love the smell of these flowers. 

Day 11 is an altered paper-bag and the flap turned into a pocket. I love the papers from Pink Paislee´s "merry and bright" and I used the same paper (A&B-sides) on the page and tag.

  

Here I have 3 tags, 2 for fabrics (that I used on the project) On the big tag I have a photo of the work in progress.

And the other side is the lunch-bag done!! 

Don't tell but I made two so that my sister is getting one!

 Day 12 is just a photo of Majken during our walk and in the bag is a 6x8 (front and back) age with journaling. It´s just about what I like right now and what I do. I think it will be fun looking back in say ten years and read how much I like Wiola and father Brown...

Day 13 has two ages, first a 6x8 photo (on mat paper) of my lovelys dressed u for Lucia

 and on the back side is what I did that day. Morning walk and the snuggles with miss W. The best kind of Sundays! 

Now take a deep breath, check the focus of the camera and let´s start next week!

Love Julia

The storm Helga has finally moved on, we have sunshine and I have shot my DD pages! I don´t have a plan or a schedule for making pages but this week I have done them about ever other day. So after putting this post and video up I will star whit day 6 and 7, that is a story page. That is also a thing I really like is mixing daily pages whit story pages.    

The Cover...

I had no plan what so ever on doing something on the cover. I didn´t do anything on last years and I though I wouln´t do anything on this year... So the other day I had a "cutting-party" with my sizzix (so glad a have that one!!) I you may have noticed that I have a thing for felt, I have cut enough to fill a tree. Any how I sat and played (luckily the camera was on) and it turned in to reef.

 Green felt leafs, silver glitter and red "berries". I just love it. The dies are Lawn Fawn "stitched leafs" and Maggie Holmes flower die from "Confetti".

 Day 1 of December 

Here I decided to go with on of the "insta pocket" pages sens most of my photos from day 1 and 2 where instagram-sized.  But Like I have said before I want allot of texture and to feel, so here I glued some felt heart on the outside.  

 That snowflake also adds to that lightness with the hearts. Day 3 in a layout on an altered bag. Here I added the date and caption in the Rhonna Design App and the trees are felt and green glitter. 

 In the bag in a tag with journaling and parking ticket from that day.  

 Day 4, not my favorite, I had a clear plan here but I didn´t do it and now... It´s just not my favorite... 

Day 5 is in a pocket page just because is looked best. And I could used the stage.... 

 Now when I look at this page I don´t hate it but I think it could be better. Moving on.

So my second week of DD is over and now I´m going to listen to Christmas music and make day 6 and 7.

Love Julia

The other day I say a video by Jennifer McGuire Ink and I was so inspired!! That weekend I made 8 mini stockings: 

I made my own template and used felt in grey, white, red, black and green with silver thread. 

That silver metallic thread is my new favorite it adds that little extra.

The decoration on the stockings made using my die-cut machine. Here I have leafs and "berries" and a tree. 

 The white band is cut whit a Magnolia border die, and I think that one is so sweet.

You can change this ones up over and over again and I just love this little craft! And now I can stop die-cutting in felt. Perfect for the December Daily!!

Love Julia

It´s the first day of December Daily and I have no photo paper... But sens I have decided to "wing it" this year so I take a deep breath and just write down about today. But I still have a few page to show sens I started last week. 

Loving how the album is looking and I have just started

 I´m still not sure of how I want the title page to be but for now I have a calendar printable from Stitch in time I don´t know if I´ll jut leave it or fill it in but for now it looks so pretty!

 My first-first page is about the first frost. I have an acetate page whit snowflakes over and I love how looks.

 The photo is a pocket for the tag whit journaling and I think I have to cut more of those silver glitter doilys. It´s a die from Magnolia.

 The second page is a spread of Prima paper and I have adhered paper to the back of them and sewn around. These are about two Christmas markets. The where on the same weekend and I think it works because I haven´t started whit December "daily" jet.

 The journaling is on the tag and I think this will be a thing through out the album

 Here is a "story" page about a tradition that my mom always do. I really want to include not just myself and what I do but what they do and what they like to do.  

 The page from 1 advent is a vellum pocket sewn on a text paper and a mat and tag tucked in. Now, this "mat" is the packaging from the Christmas on Market Street Die-cuts.

 This photo is real, I mean this is just before breakfast. But I like that you can see just how a Sunday morning looks like, whit a 1 advent candle. The tag, has the journaling, is about advent and what we did that day. Here is the start of December Daily

Here I pin all December things: December

Love Julia

Just one more week and then it really is December daily 2015!!

(i have already stared... )

So it is high time I show you my kit.

I dug deep into my stash, didn´t find to much Christmas stuff. But on the other hand I don´t scrapbook Christmas... in 9 years i think I might have done maybe 2 or 3 layout...

 So I bought one 6x6 pad plus die cuts from My Mind´s Eye "Christmas on market street" (in love whit this pad!!) Then I pulled paper and embellishments to go whit that pad.

the papers are older and from different brands and collections but they work together. How ever this 12x12 paper have a bit of a vintage feel, some more then others and the 6x6 pad is very fresh. I think it will be fine, just something to have in mind.

Bags, doilys, tags and bling are a staple when I scrapbook or do mini albums. Especially for this year when I really want a more active, fun and tactile album. 

Here is more symbolic of what I have pulled for pretty stuff, ribbon, lace, washi, metal and wood = Texture! The stamps I hope to use and I think embossing those snowflakes would bee so cute.

Thickers, alpha stickers and tiny labels... I don´t have a new package of any of them but fingers crossed I can make a few titles...

It all fits in a 12x12 plastic ziplock bag, however now the paper are all cut up and the pretty stuff has moved in to my glass bowls on top of my desk. Still waiting for my album, hoping Panduro will move it´s but so I can start prepping for real!

Love Julia

I know I said that Mondays would be "December"-day but I just can´t wait! November is too grey and I just want more of that Christmas spirit! So here are my album from last year:

The album is a 6x8" black chevron burlap from S@np- Simple Stories whit 1 pack of page protectors and 1 pack of "Insta" pocket pages.

 I did this weekly, by Advent and just using pocket pages. I used vintage images from my stash and pinterest. I really like this album but it´s a bit, flat both physically and story wise. 

But I had one, the first I made and I finished it in the days after Christmas. (Thinking maybe do hole of December for this year)

But here are the crappy photos:

Enjoy! 

Love Julia