December Daily® 2024 | Story 02
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Welcome to Story 02 in my 2024 December Daily® album!
Today I'm working with a foundation page I created for our 2024 Product Play workshop. As many of you know, I find value in setting up some of foundation pages prior to December. Today is a great example where I came to my table and all I needed to do was add my photo and my story. I love that I was able to focus a little more on the words for my story since the majority of the page was crafted in advance.
PROMPT IDEA: Tis The Season
I ended up using "tis the season" as the jumping off point for my journaling today. You could use this prompt to write up a list of things that it's "tis the season" for in your own life or pick one thing and go deeper like I did. I've been thinking a lot about how dark it gets here during December and am really working on embracing it for the short time it's here.
Let's dive into the video:
And here are images of my pages for Story 02:
A nice big full page photo is always a good idea! I considered adding some embellishments to my photo but decided to just let it breathe and let the second page do the heavy lifting.
Since most of this page was put together in advance, my main focus today was typing up my story and printing it on MACO Sticker Paper before adding it directly to the tags.
I measured the tags (2.5 x 3.75 inches) and then set up two text boxes before printing on the sticker paper. Along the top I added a couple stickers from the December Daily® Advent Calendar (this was a nice option vs. ribbon to keep the bulk down a bit) as well as a couple number stickers to designate which to read first.
Today's writing is about how I combat the darkness with twinkle lights in December.
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Watching the video reminded me I had the DD Advent calendar so ran to find it and open 2 packets. Love my pieces so far and you’ve given me ideas of how I can use them.
Jo x
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Awesome!
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I love how this turned out! The super crafty side paired with the simple photo is 👩🏻🍳 Your journaling really resonated with me, it’s such a season of life thing I think. More light, more twinkle, more joy!
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Yes!
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I pre-did this page when you did, and it’s a perfect spot for those ideas. And, it reminded me I wanted to add a few more lights, like in my front porch pots! I
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Love the pages so far! I also enjoyed seeing how you use the advent stickers, and luckily I opened my day 2 before watching the video. But I did get a few spoilers watching your foundation page videos :( As someone who hates spoilers and is doing their advent daily - is there any way you can try not to use something from the calendar that won’t have been opened yet? Or is that just too complicated?
(I know some people do it in November but I just can’t wrap my brain around that!)
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Hi! Totally get how you are feeling about spoilers. I took everything out of the packaging so they would be accessible for me to use in my album as I'm working on it in real time (so I actually don't even remember what day the items come from). We make a big effort in the time after we release the Advent Calendar to alert people to any spoiler videos (some people want to see all the items before they purchase) but once December begins that becomes more complicated. Thank you for understanding!
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Love your writing on this story. Inspired me to open up my notes app and start writing. Thank you! Also love the simplicity of the big photo paired with the crafty page. Beautiful! And it reminds me, we were planning to add a strand of colorful lights to the tree...better get going on that one! Yes to more twinkle lights! And I love the reminder to be in the season we are in. Thank you (again!)
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