December Daily 2010 | Day Three
Welcome to Day Three.
Last night we went out and got our tree. We're not picky about our tree at all - it took all of 10 minutes total to pick the tree, have some of the bottom branches trimmed, get it on the car, and pay. That's probably our fastest time yet.
One of the things I added to my journaling was the price of the tree (it was $50). That's the first time I've added it in and wished that I would have included it in past years as a fun comparison.
I went with a full 6x8 photo again. I'm totally loving this size.
The circle accent and the line that goes across it are both part of a new set of word art called Holiday Word Art Vol. 2.
Also, this is a good opportunity to make sure you know that Designer Digitals is running a Days of December promotion throughout the month where each day there is a new $.50 item along with a random selection of a couple hundred other items throughout the store at 30% off. You can always check out what's currently marked as a sale item here.
The "hello tree" was handwritten using a metallic silver pen from PITT Artist Pen from Faber-Castell. The number on the pen is Silver 251. It worked great on my photo. I also used it to draw the journaling lines on the cardstock below. Worked great for both applications.
I drew the journaling lines by hand and then filled in my jouranling. The cute little circles from Ormolu are stapled onto pattern paper from The Girls Paperie.
A couple close-ups:
A NOTE ABOUT THE PHOTOS : As you might have noticed - perfect pictures aren't a necessary part of this process. In an ideal world the color in my shots would be spot-on. They wouldn't be blurry. I know the color is off and often times so is the focus. I'm ok with that - they tell a story in and of themselves.
JOURNALING : Today felt like a crazy day. I felt like we were all going a million-miles-per-minute all in our own separate way. When we did finally come together in the evening it was even more chaotic - everyone talking at the same time with lots of "MAMA's" from Anna for good measure. We planned to get the tree tonight and we did after an adventure to the sporting goods store and Target to find snowpants and gloves for the kids for a last-minute trip to the mountains. After getting everyone outfitted (and praying that my snow pants at home still fit) we stopped to get a tree. It was a quick stop - we are not picky. 8ft and full. Cost for 2010: $50.
DAY THREE SUPPLIES : Fancy Pants Tradition Flocked Transparency; Tim Holtz Silver Numerals: Two Peas | Scrapbook.com; Ormolu Merry Memories Dots N Spots; Ali Edwards Holiday Word Art Vol. 2; The Girls Paperie Festive Brocade; Ali Edwards 2010 December Daily 6x8 Overlays
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Ali this is the first time I have been to your site and I love it! I would love to participate and create my own Daily December 2010 album however do you think it is too late to start?
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I am so glad that you are ok with blurred photos Ali! I am too and I tell the ladies I teach the same thing!
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Ali, thanks for all the inspiration! I liked the idea with drawing journaling lines with a silver pen, and actually found it to be perfect for the layout I used today on day 5 - thanks for the idea!
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I'm just loving this project - every day I wake up and think about the photo I can take that day - Today (5 Dec) was particularly hard as I didn't really have anything special planned. One idea I had was that this is the first weekend my children are both away (one at Uni and one working abroad) so I took a photo of mine & hubby's Sunday Roast dinner, took ages staging it, etc and then later this evening, I found the memory card still in the PC from when I uploaded my photos earlier in the day! Doh...
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I'm definitely at a point (for day four and five) where I don't have a lot of "perfect" pictures, but I know they will help me tell my stories.
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Love the digi stamps! Had to pick them up today and can't wait to use them :D
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Thank you for reminding me that technically imperfect photos can tell perfect stories. I'm trying hard not to let the camera get in the way of our life, but for an amateur photographer that also means learning to settle for fewer shots that may not be what I saw through the lens.
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I am enjoying this process, Ali! Thanks for the idea and inspiration!
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Love this. . . but holy moly, $50! I'm sure our tree won't be as cheap as last year or the year before or the year before that. I think I'd just forgotten how much trees can be. We get our from a Christmas Tree Farm- we go cut it and it's always been less than $30- I tend to keep the tags marking the cost from year to year and I'm sure I'll include it in my album somehow. Of course, mind you, the Tree Farm is on a hill and the trunks are never ever straight. We have one of those stands that will tilt and roll so that we can get it to at least be "upright". . . it's never quite straight looking.
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I definitely need to try the 6X8 size!
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thats a good and cool idea to use the metalic pen on the photo!
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just adore the way you journal! those trees look amazing too!
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loving watching my album take shape - thanks for the inspiration!!
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I think never is too late.
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Wow, I'm really enjoying this album. It's a pleasure to see your work. Thanks for the inspiration.
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