Welcome to December Daily™ 2011 | Day Twenty-One.
An enlarged photo looking down at the picnic happening on the floor for page one and a collage of instagram images for page two.
What I liked most about this photo was that it included all three of us – Anna’s head, Simon’s feet and my feet.
The “hello today” was cut with the Silhouette (and will be available at Designer Digitals this weekend).
I journaled around the outside of the photo using an American Crafts Precision Pen (.03).
The second page is a collage of instagram images (I just combined them together in Photoshop). Peeks at things happening around here the last couple of days.
Along the edge I added some text pattern paper and a bit of scalloped ribbon.
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Wonderful!
I like telling about everyday life during the holidays … More during Christmas holidays, because our children are exciting about the Day … And now, it’s realy near from us …
Thanks for sharing Ali, you inspire me all this dd, today i wrote about decoration … You did it the 5th !!!
Kisses from France !!!
Love it. I think I may actually try December Daily in 2012.
great page!
Hi. I love all the digital words Ali uses on her pages. Some she prints directly onto the photo and some she cuts with the Silhouette. Do I need Photoshop to use these great digitals on my photos, or is there another program or way to use them? Thx!
Hi Carla – Photoshop Elements is a really easy way to use those words on your photos. You can download a free trial here: http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop-elements.html. To use them with a Silhouette you just need the Silhouette
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Thanks Ali. Your December Daily stories are a huge inspiration for me!! Thanks for doing it, writing it and posting them!
I love photos taken looking down! Hope the picnic was fun. We have often have picnics in the lounge with Miss Three!
I also love that you use photos from the month – not that specific date. This practice has inspired me to take a new approach to my December daily so I can finish it without worrying about not having enough …
thank you!
Merry Christmas to you, Simon and Ana xxx
Ali – I love that you use iPhone/instagram pics. I am a photography and that sometimes gets in the way. I
Whoops…didn’t mean to hit enter. What I wanted to say was, come Christmas time, I don’t want to pic up my camera anymore because I just finished my busy season. But then, I never get pics of my family! I am going to do Project Life this year and will be using my iPhone more.
Looks like a lot of fun around there! My kids used to love picnics in the livingroom, and tents set up too. Thanks for the memories. Great layout.
Love this! I want to use some of my instagrams so it is great to see how you used yours. I just love Anna in that basket. It is just the cutest.
almost caught up
Great photos! And I love the journaling around the page! Another great idea! Looks like you all had a lot of fun!
Wonderful pages Ali!
Great layout! What size are those instagram pics? And were they taken with different filters?
In this page they are about 2.5 x 2.5. And yes – different filters in Istagram.
really cute as always.
Instagram photos……how do you print? What size? Can’t tell from the photo, but how is the quality? I have attempted to print some of mine and they come out a bit grainy…..I love them but wonder how I can improve their quality……just curious.
Merry Christiams Ali!
I just open them in Photoshop (upload to Aperture – what I use for photo management) and make them about 4×4 at 300dpi (go to Image/Image Size to adjust). They look just fine. I think it does depend on which camera you have – I upgrade to the 4 (not the newest 4S) and the camera quality was much better than the 3.
When you print the Instagram pictures do you just print them on a big page and cut them out? How big are those? I wanted to start using it but I wasn’t sure how to print them!
Yep. This time I put them together on a Photoshop “canvas” (it was about 5.5 x 6.75 – there was extra along the edge). They print fine at about 4 inches x 4 inches at 300dpi.
Do you use Photoshop Elements 10 or 9?
Love the big picture too and the pick of Anna in the basket…priceless!!!!