December Daily® 2018 | Day One
Welcome to December Daily® 2018 Day 01.
This year I did something I have never done before: I ordered, received, addressed, and mailed the vast majority of my holiday cards before December began.
It's actually what I asked for for my birthday this year in early November. I got the whole crew outside on a day everyone happened to be here, set up my timer on my camera, and took a couple photos of us. From there I brought my camera inside, uploaded the images, picked one, and then ordered my cards.
And it made me so darn happy.
Here's how I told the story in my album:
Some stories call for more than one page and others can be told using one pocket. Today is one of those more-than-one-page days for me - this story ended up including a transparent page, our Christmas card, and an enlarged photo page that holds the story.
The transparent page with the cork stars was completed in advance of December as part of my Foundation Pages.
I use a 6 hole punch to easily punch things to add to my album.
Minted is who I use for our holiday cards. They have long been a favorite of mine and they run specials from time to time so watch out for those if you haven't ordered cards yet.
On the edge of our card I added an Avery Index Tab and stamped a couple sentiments from the Let Your Heart Be Light stamp set.
To tell the story of our cards this year I took a photo of the cards on my kitchen counter. I left space in my photo above the cards as well as leaving one of the envelopes blank that I could use to hold my story, embellishments, etc. I added my journaling to my photo in Photoshop before printing - for this day I used my Canon MG7720 printer.
After printing I used my Mixed Alpha set to stamp "ah yeah" directly onto the photo and then added some wood stars that were an Add On for Stories By The Month™. I also used a rolling date stamp to add the date at the bottom of the photo.
IDEA TO TRY
Take photos with journaling/story in mind. Look for space which can become a home for your words. This can work in so many memory keeping projects and is one of my favorite ways to approach photo taking.
DAY ONE VIDEO HOW TO
SUPPLIES
- Canon MG7720 Printer
- Mixed Alpha Stamp Set 6x8
- Black Staz On Ink
- Stories By The Month™ Add On Wood Veneer Stars
- 6 Hole Punch
- Avery Index Tabs
- Let Your Heart Be Light Stamp Set
- Scotch Rolling Adhesive
- Rolling Date Stamp
SHARE YOUR DAY 01
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Awesome day one! I love how fun it is! Thank you for taking the time to record this everyday.
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Oh I’m so jealous! I hope to get my photo today and send cards early this year as well. :)
Here’s my day one: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq36SiaHSlu/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=1u6cy1lgset52
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Love it! Your card is so colorful and cute!
Here is my day 1!
http://www.paperandspool.com/december-daily-2018-day-1/
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What a wonderful Day 1! Cute card. Awesome, Ali!
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I have to remember the white space idea in photos!
Here's my Day 1: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq3h7GYng7w/
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Here is my Day One! Getting started is the hardest part for me sometimes!
https://avinashhecker.blogspot.com/2018/12/december-daily-day-1-capitol-tree.html
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Oh my gosh on the holiday cards! Go you! I am really pretty clueless with what I want to do this year. I may try to get a pic of my boys. Maybe attempt to see if my puppy will sit still. Who knows?
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Fantastic day 1. Loved everything about it. Super disappointed we cannot get those awesome avery labels here in Australia! Thanks Ali - you're very motivating and inspiring :)
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Beautiful! I like the big number one.
Here is my Day 1: https://marie-pierresavard.blogspot.com/2018/12/dd2018-1er-decembre-anniversaire-de.html
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I love that multi sided mini acrylic stamp block! Do you know the brand on that?
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Day one, plus a few intro pages! https://athomewiththerichardsfamily.blogspot.com/2018/12/december-daily-2018-it-begins.html
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So excited to be off and running! Here are my first few pages of this years December Daily
https://oopsadaisygirl.blogspot.com/2018/11/its-most-wonderful-time-of-year.html
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FYI, the "Try this idea" is awesome! I love this approach to teaching, it is a nugget that I can use and apply. Thank you
Thanks!
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This year I am changing it up with our card and sending out New Year's cards. Hoping to have the opportunity to take photos this week to make my final selection and write the sentiment to include.
Thanks Ali for this cool idea!
Awesome idea!
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Thank you so much for your videos! You put so much heart into your work.
These are my title page https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq7nqDjFEk6/
and day 1 https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq96rObFjt5/
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Great pic! I'm doing Christmas cards for the first time in a long while! Here's my day 1:
https://estudio206.com/blog/december-daily-01/2018/12/2
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I love the big “1” and the acrylic sheet and the white space on the photo and all of it! Here’s my Day One... https://instagram.com/p/Bq-7aMKHmRZ/
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Yay for day one! Here's mine! https://triggsey.com/2018/12/01/december-daily-2018-loose-plan-day-1/
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Thanks for sharing, I found a lot of interesting information here. A really good post, very thankful and helpful that you will write many more posts like this one.
https://www.mybkexperience.one/
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