December Daily™ 2013 Kit Video
Today I'm sharing a video overview of the contents of the December Daily™ kit from Studio Calico.
I'm super excited to get going on this project - always one of my most favorite each year! I plan to put my album together later this month and will share my process as I go.
VIDEO DISCLAIMER | If you've ordered this kit and prefer to be surprised when you open the kit box don't watch the video below!
EDITED TO ADD: The blue tape I show in this video was mistakenly added to my kit - it is not actually included with the December Daily™ kit. The kit does include silver glitter ribbon (along with gold). Also included in this kit is a set of enamel dots that were left out of my box before shipping. I apologize for any confusion that might have caused.
If you want more information on creating a December Daily™ album or would like to see examples from past year's check out my December Daily™ page.
TFS Ali! It all looks awesome! Super love for that album as well! :)
One thing I have always secretly (until now) hoped for is for the December "Daily" album to go through (or have embellishments enough for) the full 31 days as my family does much of the fun stuff over Christmas through New Year's. I realize (and I have done so in the past) I can use my own stash and create my own numbers etc, but it would be nice to have an option to by the extra numbers, embellishments for the remaining days of December for continuity throughout the album. It might not be cost effective from a manufacturing standpoint, but I think there may be enough interest to look into it anyways? FWIW.
Thanks again for sharing. Excited to embark on this journey of Dec. documentation again with you and others. :)
Take care you,
Suz
Thanks for the feedback Suz! One of the cool things in this kit is that the stamp set includes numbers - for customizing lots of things but especially the dates. I'll pass your comment along to Studio Calico.
I am along with Suz. We always travel and that means multiple Christmas mornings, and also my time with my family is always a couple days over New Years, so my December Daily starts at Thanksgiving time, and runs through the first couple days of January. Last year, I used 6X8 Snap albums, and filled 2!! It took me til June to finish ;) I went mostly with Oct Afternoon stuff because the SC DD was too small to house my December :) This year... I'm stoked!! I need another album though. Hahahaa
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Best kit ever! Everyone truly outdid themselves! So excited for December this year! :)
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Love the kit and I'm glad I order it!
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I did not buy the studio calico kit because I bought a vintage doll house instead.. but can you advise me on which binder to get as I still want to do the December daily with you.Pretend you didn't buy the SC kit and walk us thru what to get. many thanks. If you saw the vintage doll house I got you would have done the same thing. ..LOL.
Oh there are so many ways you can bring this together! This is a 6x8 binder album with page protectors: http://www.studiocalico.com/shop/search/handbook. Many items in the kit are custom for the kit and not available other places. You can click on a link from this page to get a list of the full contents: http://www.studiocalico.com/shop/-/december-daily-2013-with-ali-edwards
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It looks fabulous! This pre-order was one of my last purchases before I put myself on a shopping stop (there's a wedding coming, baby plans and a wish for a house...). So I wondered if I would regret it in the end. But nope, don't think I will. :)
It looks great and I LOVE the less traditional colour scheme. I was surprised though. I this the original kit? Because some of the items don't seem to be on the content list? I don't think I saw that blue glitter tape you showed in the beginning. And I think the very thin gold-striped washi looks super neat. Might try to order that with the kit otherwise. But well, I'll be happy anyway and can't wait to see what everyone will do with it.
Ah, no problem. I was more fascinated by the ulta skinny washi and that's in there. It just puzzled me. But hey, it's not like anyone will have stock problems with THAT kit on the table!
Oh, never mind. I was just blind and now found the ulta-skinny in the contents and preview. Yay!
Hi again! Found out that the blue glitter tape was accidentally included in my box. That tape is NOT in this kit but will be included in another kit offered by Studio Calico before the end of the year.
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It's so beautiful! Love this kit so much and am so excited to receive mine! Can't wait to see what you do with it and I'm looking forward to following along on your blog as you create your album!
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Thanks so much for the video, Ali! I was so excited to receive mine after seeing the reveal and am even more so after seeing your video. Thank you for sharing this project with us all each year!
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Hi Ali.
Just a quick up date . You replied to me this morning regarding the SC December Daily kit I am the lady who bought the doll house instead of the kit. Well I broke down after seeing your demonstration of the kit and bought one. We can do this together now. PS. Don't tell husband. lol
HA! I think you will enjoy it Susan!
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I am so super excited!! Don't know how fabulous Christmas will be this year for my daughter and myself, but I vow to make it as special as I possibly can, and document whatever magic we can create. My only caveat is how bulky my albums have been in the past years, especially last year...things get smashed and warped and pages are bent, and I've noticed that the white text printing on some of the photos done in Photoshop has faded and is yellowing....I think new strategies are needed this year, what do you all think?
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thanks for sharing ali.. i love this kit.. i clicked the preorder before i even saw the pictures of the album.. and then after i scrolled down and i saw the stars on the album, i was just even more happy.
december daily is my favorite project that you do.. can't wait to see it in person..
thanks again ali!
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CROSSING my fingers that I can save up some extra money to get this in time. LOVE IT!!! And I love the idea of getting it done (all but photos and journaling) before December. SMART!!!! Thanks for sharing all the details! I'm in LOVE with all the gold!
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Ali LOVE the kit! are you involved with putting the kit together or do you have some sort of approval through the use of the December Daily TM?
I worked with Studio Calico to select the products for this kit (we call it "creative direction"). December Daily™ is a trademark of Ali Edwards Design Inc and Studio Calico has my permission to use that trademark for the name of this kit.
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I love,love,love the kit, can't wait to get mine. I'm from Sydney, Australia and we have a very busy Christmas coming up with a wedding ( one of my 4 boys) in the middle of the Christmas cheer. It's going to make an interesting album!!! Magic time of year.Thanks for all your wonderful ideas Ali.
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I had to look, even though my kit is in the mail. I love that it isn't winter (except for the pile of logs paper) or dark, as Christmas is in Summer for us. Having a lot of light blue is so great, considering a lot of our fun is around the pool and the beach. Snow flakes etc are so inappropriate even though there are days when there is a bit of wishful thinking for cooler weather! I appreciate the box to keep it all in as crafty stuff has a tendency to spread. I am putting on the finishing touches to 2011 (oh dear) but am looking forward to including that album in my Christmas decorating. Thank you for the ongoing inspiration.
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Oh Ali! I wasn't going to DD this year!
http://www.theladyinthestonehouse.blogspot.com/2013/10/do-you-december-daily.html
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Oh, Ali this is beautiful. I only started to scrap book this year and as I am a federal employee I am currently on furlough. If the government re-opens I will buy your kit, otherwise I need to count pennies. So you do this every year? This is going to be wonderful. Here's hoping that I'm back at work sooner rather than later....in the meantime I am home working on my first project life album. Thank you for putting together such wonderful items.
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Ali thanks so much for opening the kit! I am now really excited to get started!!
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Gorgeous kit, thanks for sharing!
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Wow, this kit looks even more awesome than I expected seeing the full thing! I'm glad I preordered! I'm going to mostly stick to this kit, along with adding some other bits and pieces that I already have. I can't wait to see the goodies in real life! :)
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So awesome seeing all those goodies, especially since my kits always take a while to arrive here in Australia - your video will keep me going 'til then! Thanks for sharing. This is my fourth year doing DD along with you, but the first time I have taken the plunge and bought the kit - seeing this makes me so glad I did! Looking forward to seeing what you turn that box of goodies into...thanks for being willing to share your stories and creativity with us.
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Love the video and kit..but I choose not to buy a kit for $100 this year besides I still have lots of DecDaily stuff leftover from past kits.Watching your video will help me plan and buy a few more things from Michaels to add to my stash..SNAP simple stories has a 6x8 handbook album similar to this.I will definitely be buying your digital package..always look forward to that.
By the way I totally loved your Hello story class..you are so amazing.
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Hi Ali,
I am very excited for December Daily. i have ordered 2 kits.One for myself and one for my 11 year old daughter. We are going to complete them together. I can't wait to see what her perspective is of our December and family traditions.
What an awesome idea, hope you enjoy lots of special creating time together!
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Eeeeeeek so excited!!!
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Hi Ali...the kit is beautiful...this will be my first december daily and would like to play...I wont be buying this kit but Im sure will have lots of things I can use...thank you for showing it...and look forward to the beginning :)
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O.M.G.
This will be my third attempt at December Daily, and my first with the kit.
Looking at the contents l am SO excited about this project. Thanks so much for giving us a sneak peak.
Christmas is going to be different this year, because of a number of reasons, and this kit and DD were the first things that have got me excited about holiday season.
Thanks Ali.
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