December Daily : Day Six

you know I have always wondered about Why 2 dvd's? Why do I need them? your post tells all ... It's because I'll need another one someday.
I love that movie, every year I pull it out and watch it at lease twice! It make me laugh!

love the sewing!! this whole book concept is sooo soo cool. thanks for always inspiring!

What happen to the dvd?

OH Ali
LOVE LOVE paper whites as well they are all over the house 7 plants the house will smell good in a couple weeks.i can't wait.
i am glad that you do this.
I am a stocker now.
Thanks
Lisa Hall

This is such a great album, Ali. I look forward to seeing each new page every day. We have a lot of DVD casualties in our home too thanks to a very enthusiastic 3 year old DVD watcher (and sometimes thrower). Our son is very capable and happily loads and changes his DVDs by himself on his little portable player but because they have to click onto the spindle, it can be hard on them. I know what's coming when I see the beginnings of what I call a fatal crack and if he happens to fling one onto the kitchen floor at exactly the right angle it splits cleanly in half which of course elicits a horrified reaction from me but I keep an eye out for good discounts on his favourites when I notice they are on their way out and stash a few in the cupboard for emergency replacements. Of course I make it clear that throwing his DVDs is not on but he gets so much pleasure and high delight from them that I can live with a few breakages along the way. I can just imagine your relief at having a second Elf DVD at hand!

Hi Ali :)
I've used the two DVD option, when I found how difficult it is to clean peanut butter off a DVD!
Thank you for the inspiration! My kids and I are doing something special every day for the holidays, and we're having a great time. It's nice to have a holiday season we're enjoying, rather than stressing about projects, shopping, cookies, etc, etc....
Thanks!
Anne Alley

Ali.........I am cracking up right now, I have had that Narratives lace for a while now and using it a fair amount, but have disliked putting adhesive on it........guess I missed that part about being SELF ADHESIVE....Blonde moment!
Love day six...isn't cool when different things like that come along to work with!!

that is such an endearing memory, Ali! Thanks for sharing!

I have to confess that Elf is also one of my favorite movies... I saw it in the theatre when it first came out and immediately had to have it. And yes, thankfully the TWO dvd's because we too, have broken one! Super job... love it so much!

I LOVE that you put the broken dvd into the pocket. That is priceless! I just made a pocket page myself to keep a disk in one of my albums, too.

This album is just wonderful! Good thing you had a 'back up' DVD for Simon.
Sue

Oohhh! Transparency pockets good. Christmas is the one time of year that I *love* gold. So pretty. Thanks for sharing!

Elf is one of my favorites also - I am going to be watching it this weekend when I put my tree up !! beautiful album

Ali,thanks for the reminder about the paperwhites. Love your post today!

Ali, I have been wondering how challenging it is to work with a book you've already put together; where the journaling areas and sizes were determined before knowing what you would want to document for the day.
In a way I can see how it would be challenging to make something fit...but the more I think about it, the more I can see how the pre-set constraints might make it easier because you don't have so much abundance to choose from (the never-ending supply of product possibilities). Also, I have found that with a little thought and creativity, I can make anything work for me. For example, you just added a page of photos earlier on in the book where there wasn't room for the photos you wanted to use.
Wow...by talking this through I just answered my own question. But I would still love to hear from you. Do you find it a difficult challenge or a fun one?

Hi Ali! Those pretzel sticks look yummy :) Did you make them yourself? If so, what type of chocolate do you use? ~~Jackie

We had a similar situation with our SHREK DVD. But we got 2 discs with our movie as well, so the day was saved! "I want Shrek" is a sentence I hear a lot.

hey ali,
i've always wondered about the two discs! and i love those paperwhites, i grew some myself this year... only i had no idea how BAD they smell!!
thanks for the inspiration, as always! beautiful work!
merry christmas,
janna

a creative solution for a moment that could have been a nightmare! awesome book!

Oh no!! We have had a couple of DVD "accidents" at our house too. My little guy usually is the reason why... I am loving this mini album!!
Do you like making the ablums ahead of time and then filling them in? I was thinking about doing something similar with a class of second graders for them to record their Christmas break.
Karen