December Daily™ 2011 | Day Twenty-Five
Welcome to December Daily™ 2011 | Day Twenty-Five.
Another 25 days wrapped up with a bow.
I want to say a big thank you to all of you who have shared your projects, stories, photos and comments throughout the month. I know many of you are still working on your album and will continue throughout the coming months. My hope for you is that you make it happen.
You can do it.
Here's Day Twenty-Five:
Christmas Day was very low-key which was what I wanted for us this year.
When I looked through my photos from Christmas Day I think this one of Simon giving me a hug was my favorite. It's such a great capture of his joy and love and excitement. He has the BEST Christmas spirit and he was so, so happy on Christmas morning (and not in a totally selfish, "I'm getting lots of good stuff" - but in a more "I'm beaming with joy from the inside" way).
Three rows of "love" were stitched using my Brother sewing machine.
For the second page I did a collage of photos and added digital labels to identify some of the things in the photos (an older product no longer available from Katie Pertiet).
Pattern paper along the bottom is from My Mind's Eye.
This day also had an insert:
Santa from Jenni Bowlin's Christmas Accessory Sheet. I added a photo (with a photo on the back) to the top right pocket.
On the back I did a little bit of journaling (used my Love Always Wins stamp at the top of the journal card).
Here's a look at it all together in the album:
And a final look at the album all closed up with a ribbon:
Awesome. Feels good to wrap it up and be on to 2012.
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Very happy that you had a lovely Christmas. Just wanted to say thank you so much for this project. I've said many times before that it's completely changed my entire family's outlook on Christmas. I'm one of those "will finish in the coming months" people and I really can't wait to get stuck in. Before Christmas one of your readers mentioned that reading your DD is her advent calendar. That was the perfect way to look at it and so very true.
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That is the sweetest photo ever!! {Simon hugging you} Completely brought tears to my eyes. Amazing moment captured, Ali. <3
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I just wanted to chime in and add that as the adult child of divorced parents who still after many years apart can't put aside their differences to enjoy Christmas together in the company of their grandchildren I commend you and Chris for making it happen for your kids! Honestly the greatest gift either of my parents could give me would be forgiveness for the other so they could move on without the resentment and anger there is between them. I hope you both can continue to see the value in your children having a relationship with each of you. And finally, way to go Ali in being willing to be real. To be honest that life isn't all roses and butterflies and to not let the hard parts of life get in the way of documenting life and telling the stories. Thank you for that, it is truly a gift to all of us who read your blog.
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Hi Ali,
Just out of curiosity, did you put anything in the very last page behind Day 25?
I didn't - I was done :).
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This is the first year I have followed your posts and diary. I am a 12x12 scrapbooker, and have only ever made 1 other small book before. I have found this inspirational but hard to keep up (I tried to keep it simple with A5 size pages, but still have numerous blank pages with post-it notes attached). The first weekend in January I have kept free to fill in the blank pages and complete my book to store as you have suggested with my decorations.
I've had a difficult year too and wanted time to reflect and value my true family around me. I really just wanted to say a massive THANKS for such a fab idea I have loved it all!!! x
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Fantastic Ali. And thanks again for all the inspiration you spead around.
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I've loved looking through your album throughout the month. You are so inspiring! I really am hoping to get mine finished today! And the Italy album too!
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I echo so many of the comments above - it's a beautiful album, including Chris in the album and on Christmas Day shows the strength both of you have, and it really has been a gift to me to read the blog each day.
I have two questions (requests) please:
- how did you attach the ribbon to the cover, or is it loose?
- please will you do a compilation post with a shot of each day's double page spread so that they are all together? I am at the stage of putting my pages together with the photos and journalling and would find it really helpful to have a mini version of your album to refer to for ideas (I would print out the double page spreads as a sort of contact sheet). Thank you!
Thanks again! And on another note, will you be sharing how you have prepped for project Life now so I can get even more inspiration!
The ribbon is just loose :). I've got all my daily photos uploaded to my Studio Calico gallery - that might be an easier way to view them all together: http://www.studiocalico.com/users/AliEdwards/galleries (I don't plan on doing another post at this time :)).
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I am yearning to finish my Summer Daily in mid January. Thought I would follow the days (five weeks of them!) while my 16yo daughter is on an exchange in France. With just two weeks to go, I realise how important each day is for her. She loves hearing about our normal days. I'm guessing she'll love this book of memories just for her!
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Um... yeah it's February and I just now finished my December Daily but that's all good. Truly love this project!
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[...] decided to channel Ali Edwards this past week to make a December Daily album. Here’s my first [...]
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Believe it or not, I am so READY for the December Daily 6x8 Overlays for 2012!
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