December Daily : Request for Q&A 2009

I really want to do this! But I am going to do mine in the form of the logbook thing you had posted! you are the BEST! thanks ali! tara

Not a question, but I wanted to tell you what I did last year. I don't print at home and live an hour away from any photo lab. I could have waited and added them in after, but I did that with a 30 Days Hath September album and it was a pain. So I didn't want to include pictures.
I used small tags and cards. I just journaled the Christmas-y things. I actually started in November. For example tonight is the annual Xmas craft sale in town. So that went into my book.
If we didn't do anything seasonal in a day I didn't write anything. I also kept it going until New Year's.

Not a question. I am doing DD with a friend of my this year. It is our first year, and we are having so much fun! She is new to scrappn' and this is a great way to teach her a lot of techniques all at once! I will post to the flikr gallery when we are finished. Thank you thank you thank you!!!! for your continuing inspiration.

Just finished my album and am ready for December 1st. I love rereading last year's album!
I am thankful for all your inspiration and assistance. I never feel like a question is "a dumb one". Thanks for creating that 'risk-free' atmosphere.
Joni

I am almost finished with putting my DD together and my question is about sewing the Hambly overlays on the canvas pages. Did you use a special needle to sew with? Any tips to make sewing the overlays easier? Thanks for all your inspiration!

Ali,
I also have a question regarding the overlays. Did you, once the overlay was sewn on, put an eyelet in the hole on the overlay? I can't tell with the pictures. I also wanted to thank you for answering the question I had a week ago about the eyelets/grommets. I think I have it figured out. Thanks.

Hi Ali! I have a few questions (sorry). I was wondering what adhesive you would recommend for adhering fabric, paper and embellies to the cover and canvas inserts. Also, when you were finished did you find that your pages stuck out quite a bit because of the rings you used (or did it not matter)? Finally, I don't sew and I don't know how to, but I'd love to experiment... is there any small handheld little crafting sewing machine that you recommend to get me started? Thanks for all the valuable info and the inspiration!!! :-)

No questions from me, Ali...I just want to tell you yet again how very graeful I am for you! You are awesome! Thanks for just being you and for sharing yourself and your life with us! ;)

Hey Ali,
I read all the posts your friend, Amanda, made about making her album with the rings and glimmer mist.
She said that she had to trim the sides of each page so they didn't hang out of the album? Did you do this? I figured you didn't, since you didn't mention it. But, I don't notice that yours hang out of the album?? Is trimming really necessary?

This is for all the crafty souls out there...my DD core pages are completed and without any additional embellishments or photos, it is too large already for my 2" 8x8 binder. I couldn't find 2.5" binder rings at our Office Depot, so got 3" instead. They seem a little large. Does anyone have anything creative for me to try. I don't mind making my own covers at all, it looks like I'll need to do that. Are there even 2.5" or 3" 8x8 binders out there?

Where did you get your album rings? I tried a 2.5" ring and all the pages stuck out by over an inch! I tried a small album ring, but everything is getting really tight in my album already and I haven't even added pictures yet.

Hi Ali, what are you doing (or what did you do) with the envelopes? are you putting photos inside? outside? both? do you have a plan?

Ali you must have read my mind...I was planning to post a comment today to ask you about the grommets on the fabric album. Where did you find replacement grommets to fit and how did you set them? I didn't realize they were so large! Thanks so much...I LOVE this concept!

Subject : Eyelets
Question: What size is the best? With the rings I wanted to make sure they had freedom of movement. Is there a brand & size that you use for eyelets you could recommend?
Notes:
I tried using the LARGE eyelets (1/4"), which look like yours, but now my album can't close (far from) b/c it's too thick/deep. The medium ones (5/8") fit on my binder and allow my pages to turn, but just barely. I am using an American Crafts Modern 8x8 Album.

I have a question regarding sewing, either on the page protectors or paper; I tried it once and my thread kept balling up at the back of the page protector. Is this just a matter of not having the tension right? Anyone know? I really like the look of stitching on pages and suppose I could do it by hand, but with my machine would be oh so much faster. ;)

This is a question for Ali, or perhaps anyone else reading this, and I'm sorry if this has been answered somewhere else already... but is there a flickr group for december daily? hearing everyone talking about what they're doing, I really want to be able to see the albums, too!

This is my first time to the dd album and I"m so excited. I have all my goodies and paper picked out. Now I just need to get it all in the album before the 1st! During the month of December, realistically how long would you spend on each day adding pic and documenting? Have you found it is easier to work on it daily in December or do several days in one setting?

I think you mentioned you're taking Jessica Sprague's Holidays in Hand class. I was curious if you're incorporating that into your December Daily book or if you're going to keep those two concepts separate.

Ali, my question is also about rings. I purchased a 5 ring, 8x8 album from 7 gypsies this year and with my core pages complete it is tight already. What size rings should I upgrade to?
Thanks for the help Ali
Crystal

what about adding acrylic covers rather than a ablum? Or even chipboard, might give you the freedom of size you need.
Hope that helps :o)