December Daily® 2020 | Story Eight

Welcome to December Daily® 2020 | Story Eight.

Today's story is a little bit of writing about my own working life in December. 

Today's video is full of me making mistakes + trying different things + muttering to myself +finally embracing the end result. I know I'm not alone in running into issues when creating + I want to make sure you guys know I'm right there with you! I hope you find a few moments to laugh during the video. 

Let's start with the process video:

Now let's take a look at my finished page via photos: 

This simple page surprisingly took me way longer than I expected. My initial plan didn't work (you'll see that in the video) so I pivoted and ended up with a page that focuses more than anything on the words + photos. 

I've got a small laser printer here at home and I set up my page with the "working" word art on top (download available for you below). After printing with the laser printer I ran the title through the Minc machine with green foil and then I ran the page with the title back through the printer to add my journaling. 

Along the edge I added one of the Fabric Half-Circle phrases

My photo was printed to 6 inches x 3 inches and adhered along the bottom of the journaling. Between the photo and journaling I used red line tape to adhere my light green pom trim on top. 

I cut off one of the poms and used green embroidery floss to attach one of the gold stars from the Main Kit and a Crate Paper Charm

You could also print both your title + journaling at the same time before running it through a Minc machine. I decided I just wanted the title foiled. 

Click here to download today's freebie word art.

And in the end: 

I cut the poms off. Ha. Yep. That's how it all went down today. 

SUPPLIES

BASIC SUPPLIES USED IN MANY PROJECTS

SHARE YOUR STORY #8

You are invited to leave a link in the comment section if you'd like to share your daily pages. As usual, please include a direct link to your blog post sharing your Day 8 vs. a general blog address link.

Looking for something to listen to while you work on your December Daily® project? Check out the newest episode of the  Plan On Purpose podcast where Charise and I talk about December Daily®, why telling our real life stories matter, and why we make the kinds of products we do. 

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17 thoughts

  1. Karynlynn says…
    12/08/2020

    I wish I had discovered the "turn of work" key before I did. Before retirement I worked for a community action agency designing & operating programs for the poor & disadvantaged. There was always something to finish.

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    1. AliEdwards says…
      12/08/2020

      Always. Always. Thank you for doing a job that I'm sure helped a lot of people.

  2. carolynhasacat says…
    12/08/2020

    Haha, yup, we do know how it goes, Ali. Thanks for keeping it real. Love how it turned out. Thanks for the word art!

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  3. laura_hksportsfields_com says…
    12/08/2020

    I think you could have made triangle cuts on the patterned paper to bypass the around the rings on the top to make the flip up work?

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    1. AliEdwards says…
      12/09/2020

      Yep! Totally couldn't think of that in the moment but will definitely remember it for the future.

  4. mshanhun says…
    12/09/2020

    Thanks for sharing the reality of creating and working. I love the finished page!

    Here's my day 8 about our family Christmas service
    https://digitalscrapbookinghq.com/december-down-under-day-8-family-christmas-service/

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  5. marycwilde says…
    12/09/2020

    Thank you for the word art! I'm curious what markers you use to create your word art. I love your handwriting, but I have kind of been toying around with trying to create some of my own. Thanks!

    EDIT - you answered in the video for day 9! Yay!

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  6. carri says…
    12/09/2020

    Thanks for leaving in the "bloopers". lol. made my day!

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  7. Jeannew says…
    12/09/2020

    Loved seeing your process and that we all agonize over pages sometimes. Looks great!

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  8. Pepierre says…
    12/09/2020
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  9. christyj says…
    12/10/2020

    I love how this turned out. Thanks for the download!

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  10. Ters says…
    12/12/2020

    Not mistakes, Creative opportunities.....

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  11. virginiegoujon says…
    12/12/2020

    Looks great! Thank you for the freebie.

    Here's my story #8 : https://www.instagram.com/p/CIs0N9mgy8P/

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  12. elisalou says…
    12/14/2020

    I laughed out loud when you said "I need someone to just stand here and watch me" - thanks for being so relatable.

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  13. adawson816 says…
    12/15/2020

    Here’s a link to my Day 8 video! https://youtu.be/v-397cV_mJY

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  14. sophikins says…
    12/31/2020

    That font definitely reminds me of my mom's old typewriter. We had to clean out the inside of the "o" and "e" and "g" etc. using a sharp pin or needle as the fuzz from the ribbon accumulated in the keys.

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  15. mcbce says…
    01/07/2021

    These are the videos I like the best. The whole thought process...mistakes and all! Thanks Ali!

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