TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT I'M DOING TONIGHT!

It's that time of year again!!! Black Friday and LOTS of sale bills in my paper!!!! Yes, I've been told that I'm sooo crazy for getting out with all those people fighting over the best sales, but I just can't help myself!!!!! I just LOVE the thrill of the hunt!!!!! Bring it on! LOL!

I hope everyone had a wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving! I know I did! (and I ate way too much!!!)

My "December Daily" book

Well, here it is! {at least the first 12 days. I still have a couple of days at the end to finish.} Here's my December Daily book! This has been one of the greatest projects I've worked on in a long time. It's been so much fun to be able to mix and match {literally!} all the different Christmas papers, cardstock, stickers, embellishments, cut outs and stamps and to make them work all in one place!



The very first page is not only day 1, but also doubles as my cover.

Day 2.

Day 3 is two pieces of cardstock sewn together. I LOVE to sew on my pages! That little piece of cream paper that's right before day three is a scrap piece from an old file folder. I thought that it would be good for a journaling block or maybe a small photo. The beauty of this book is that the sky's the limit on what you can put where.

Day 4. There's a two-up photo protector right before it that's been embellished with little silver stars

Day 5. This day is just an empty page protector. I think the size of this protector is 9x9?

Day 6.

Day 7. There's more sewing on day seven with the red strip going horizontally. To the left is another part of the same file folder as above. This part shows more of the "tab".

Day 8. Right before day 8 there is a thin strip of white paper. I thought it would be kinda cool to add random scraps such as this for journaling blocks or even attach small photos to it, making "photo" tabs.

Day 9.

Day 10.

Day 11. If you'll notice, on the left side, the chipboard divider is totally blank. I thought this would be a great place to adhere a random Christmas card that we'll get in the mail. Hopefully we'll have some by then! LOL!

Day 12. For this day, I used another two-up photo protector.

And that's my little Christmas book {well, the first 12 days!}. Like I said before, the wonderful thing about this project, is that things can be moved around, taken out or added in. There are some pages that don't exactly thrill me, but I'm trying to keep in mind that once pictures and journaling are added hopefully it'll look better. Another idea that I'm really excited about trying is that when the Christmas cards do start rolling in, I'll be adding them to my book as pages. I'll just use a regular hole punch and add them to what ever day they were recieved on. I'm also going to punch holes in the envelopes the cards come in and add them randomly as pockets. This way I don't have to throw out any cards and wonder what to do with them like I do every other year! LOL! One more thing, if I still have blank spaces in diffent places, I think I'll probably add fun Christmas quotes that are handwritten. I noticed in the 2009 Christmas issue of Creating Keepsakes they offer a whole page of nothing but quotes that can be added to any scrapbook page, card or Christmas book.

I hope you enjoyed looking at the first 12 days of my book! {I hope to be showing 13 through 25 in the next few days so keep watching!} I hope you have a wonderful and blessed day!!!!

"So Cool"

Soldered pendants

I don't know if anyone remembers, but a couple of months ago I posted on here that I was asked to participate in the "so cool" winter gallery hop. I FINALLY got my pieces finished!!!! YAY!!! As you can see, I have made soldered pendants. For you Cricut fans, you've probably noticed that I cut the reindeer from the Christmas cart. I think they turned out alright. I'm just SO HAPPY to have them done!!! In the second photo, you can see on the backsides, I used scraps of printed scrapbook paper with big snowflakes. Depending on what mood you were in, you could wear either side. I love versatility!

What's to come

The next post will {hopefully!} be about my December Daily Christmas book, I've got a pretty busy weekend ahead of me, but I'm really going to try to get it posted. Also, in the near future, I'll be posting more photos of my studio {these will be on my other blog "my little studio"}. I've rearranged again {yes, again!}, moved around and cleaned up and I'm sooo excited to share what I've done, so keep watching!

Well, that's it for now. I'll be back soon! Have a wonderful and blessed day!

December Daily

I absolutely LOVE this idea!!! I found it on Alie Edward's blog. The idea is to create a book {it can be any size or style} that holds 25 pages {I used chipboard dividers and metal rings to hold it all together}. Between the pages {or dividers} you can add anything you like in order for preparation for Christmas photos, cards recieved, and lots of journaling. In mine, I've used page protectors {which are the same size as the dividers} , "two up" protectors, handmade paper pockets, cut down file folders, etc....
I'm almost done with mine, I've just got 5 more days to work with and my little Christmas book will be ready to be filled as the holidays get started!
I couldn't help myself to go on ahead and show the front of my book. When I get totally finished with it, I will post lots of pics of the insides.
Thanks for stopping by and looking!!! I hope you have a wonderful and blessed day!!!!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Happy Halloween everyone!!! I hope everyone has a fun, candy filled and safe Halloween!!!

For all you Cricut and Cricut E fans, I just had to share the little ghost and spider cupcake toppers that I cut from the paper dolls cart. I can't wait to take them to Lindsey's school! I think the kids will like them. I know I do!!! LOL!

Once again, I hope you have a happy and safe Halloween!!!

AUTUMN LEAVES

We LOVE Autumn around here! Lindsey and I just got back in from leaf hunting and I thought I would share with you the photos I took. This first one is of the tree at the edge of our drive way.

Couldn't resist some close ups of the leaves.

I love it when there's a hint of red on them.

These are the ones that we added to our basket to bring inside. I've gotta find some kind of project that I can work these in to!

Thanks for looking! I hope you have an awesome day!!!

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