December Daily 2013 - it's a wrap

I finally have all my ducks in a row! Here is my official wrap up of December Daily 2013. I did end up doing things a little bit differently than I thought I would so you'll see some differences between the finished pages and the base pages.

I also realized that by trying to make things easier on myself, I actually ended up making them harder! So next year I will definitely be going back to the format I did in 2010 and 2012. And because I'll have a new baby in the mix next year, I'll also be doing my prep waaaay in advanced to make sure that the project actually gets done. I'm someone who gets overwhelmed very easily so I want to be proactive and as organized as possible.

 

Here is the website I talk about in my video that has the free rustic graphics that I put in my chalkboard elements: http://www.welivedhappilyeverafter.com/2013/11/12-stunning-free-rustic-graphics.html. Thank you Hannah from We Lived Happily Ever After, they are beautiful!

Thank you for sticking with me on this project! My morning sickness was definitely worse this time around so I appreciate your patience while I finished everything up.

Coming up soon on my blog - there are LOTS of home crafting projects brewing in my head! My nesting instinct is kicking in and so is my creativity so stay tuned for some fun sign/palette projects!

Love and Craziness,

December Daily 2013, halfway there...

Well hello there! I hope you all had a wonderful, safe, and very Merry Christmas.

 

I finally have a new video out! I talk about my progress so far and also about how I made a BIG mistake this year when I tried to make things easier :P 



The finished album is coming soon! Thanks for watching!

 

Love and Craziness,

December Daily 2013...chugging along

I'm chugging along with my December Daily album and wanted to share a some pictures from the last few days. I love the photo I took below - my kid is awesome. Sadly, I was hoping to use this image for day three and not day two. The image was even titled "day three". Oh my aching brain.

 

Hello mountains!

This poor little guy's usual feeder had frozen completely solid with our crazy cold temperatures. So I changed the ratio of water to sugar (three to one instead of four to one). Once I put the new solution out he jumped on it and stayed like this for a good ten minutes. Alternating between drinking and just resting.

I think of these birds almost like part of our family. They don't mind me in the least and buzz all around me when I'm outside :)

More December Daily to come! Remember to give yourself LOTS of grace this busy time of year!

Love and Craziness,

Amazing deal on Amazon for the Silhouette Cameo

Right now Amazon has the Silhouette Cameo on sale for $194.99! That's $75 off their usual price. This is the cutting machine that I used to make the fun elements in my December Daily 2013 album.

 

I'm not sure how long it'll be at that price so check it out!

 

http://goo.gl/OyalIK

Love and Craziness,

December Daily 2013 Video Overview

My video is up! Learn about what I'm doing this year and hear about my attitude towards December Daily this year.

Also check out the

that I have listed below!

 

Links to the items in the video

(all links open in a new window)

Gaffer Tape

Binder Mechanism

Rivet Gun

Rivets

Printable fabric

Heavy duty corner rounder

Silhouette

Printable Patterns

I printed both the front and back of plain white cardstock for most of my elements.
All pages are letter sized, 8.5" x 11".

Chevron Print

Red Small

Gray Small

Teal Small

Red Large

Gray Large

Teal Large

Striped Print

Red

Gray

Teal

I downloaded the chalkboard background from this gal here:

http://www.bigredclifford.com/2013/01/free-chalkboard-fonts-printable.html

More to come soon!

Love and Craziness,

December Daily 2013 coming soon

So, I'm pretty much in denial that today is December third.

 

If I'm being completely honest, I'm kinda still wondering where October went :/

 

But I am definitely doing DD again this year and am really excited about the simplified approach I'm taking! Last year I committed not to buy any outside supplies, this year I am buying a few things (less than $20 worth). Would you believe that I've never used Washi tape? That's one thing that I ordered from eBay but it may not get here until a few weeks from now, so I may do a re-cap video of all the finished pages later on.

 

I'm not usually a "trendy" type crafter/scrapbooker but I'm incorporating two things in my DD this year that are super popular right now - chevron prints and chalkboard. I love the look of both and I actually printed my own chevron print pages this year which I'll have available for free download in the next few days.

 

This year my theme is clear-ish (for lack of a better term). Meaning all my pages are either regular old clear, non-printed transparencies or are sized-down and hole punched divided page protectors. So you can see through most of the pages to the next day. Which I think is kind of fun :) But that also means that you can see the backs of photos/pages so I'm backing everything with chevron or striped print paper. And I'm also not using adhesive to secure things to the transparencies (I don't like that you can see the adhesive spots on the other side) so I'll be using my Tiny Attacher or flat stapler for that job.

 

I'm also using my Martha Stewart snowflake punches and my Silhouette Cameo to cut out elements for my pages. Then (usually) I use the negative image on the actual pages, but I'm sure that I'll be using some cut-out parts as well later on.

 

So stay tuned! I'm hoping to have videos or photos up tomorrow so you get a better idea of the direction I'm going this year. I am so excited to do this. Also please feel free to post links to your own blog so I can take a look at your album too. Share the love!

Love and Craziness,