December Daily 2009 : Day Nine
Tags:DAY NINE
I love holiday bedding. It's a part of my love of decor transformation that goes on around here during Christmas time. We got a new bed right before Anna was born which means I needed some new bedding (my favorite that we had last year is now on Simon's bed).
SUPPLIES : AE Holiday Corner Art
JOURNALING FOR SIMON : Oh Simon, you were beyond excited to see Santa again this year. The biggest thing on your mind was making sure that Santa had a Lego Indiana Jones Temple Escape set at the North Pole. You asked him about it and he said that yes, indeed he did have just that toy and he knew all about it. You were so relieved.
You and Santa talked about the North Pole & Rudolph & how he was staying in a hotel while the elves and Mrs. Claus were getting ready for Christmas.
You were also pretty excited to have your sister meet Santa. What you really wanted to do was carry her over to him and introduce him to her. Instead of having you carry her I placed her in his lap and you were so happy to have her there with you.
You also wanted to make sure that Santa knew he should bring a new baby rattle for Anna.
JOURNALING FOR ANNA : This, my sweet girl, was your very first visit to see Santa. We dressed you up in the cutest little beige & white dress, cream tights, little black mary jane shoes with a bow on the strap, and a great red wool coat that I bought before you were born. You were so, so cute.
I carried you through the little maze to see the jolly man in the red suit. You watched while Simon had his conversation with Santa and then I placed you in his lap for the photo. At first you gave a little cry and looked up at the man with the furry face with apprehension but then you saw Simon and decided this must be ok.
Dad and I stood back by the photographer to get the two of you to look his way while he captured the moment. It was so cool to see the photo come out with two great kids on Santa's lap.
This post is part of a series documenting the month of December 2009. You find out more information and view all the completed pages of my album here. Share your work in the Flickr gallery here.
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It was a great trip to see Santa....
And for the first time ever, I'm the first comment on your post... :)
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Your pages are so cool! I love holiday bedding too! I have a question...did you adhere your picture of holiday bedding to the front or back of the acrylic page. And if the back, how did you do that without messing up the photo?
Thanks so much for all the inspiration!
Karen
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Like both pages - love the santa picture.
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Very cool... I love the stories for each child!
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Hi Karen - it's not adhered to the acrylic at all. It is a separate page - I use the acrylic as a template to cut out the photo and then punch the holes. You turn the acrylic as it's own page.
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We're thinking of taking the kids for their first Santa visit tomorrow. I'm a bit worried about how it will go, but this sounds promising.
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I love the page with the kids and Santa. The picture is just too cute. I am always amazed at how much Simon looks like his dad!
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Hi Ali....
I just have to say what everyone else says....your are such and inspiration....i love ur the way u scrapbook and i really love your decorating style. Is that a christmas tree in ur bedroom...have never thought of doing that..how many trees do u put up?
tara
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It is :). Right now we have three artificial trees - one in our bedroom, one in Simon's room (a very small one), and one in our entry (probably a 4 ft one). We will get a live one for our living room this weekend.
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Awesome pages Ali...thanks for the peeks! Love the bedding idea & the columns for journaling! AnnaD :)
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LOVE this. We haven't even begun to decorate. With two rescue bunnies, our focus is on getting them healthy (mentally and physically). Maybe I could use your page design to convey their benchmarks through the holidays. Yes, I think that would work very well!
~ky
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I was going to ask the same question, glad to know I am not the only one with more than one tree, most of my friends think I am a little crazy, we only have two trees though! Love the idea if one in my bedroom, my husband would not though. It it a magical time of the year. The Santa photo is adorable. Loving your pages and the things you want to capture!
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Ali - I keep meaning to ask....since you do December Daily do you still do other Christmas scrapbook pages for your other albums, or is this it?!
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Sometimes I do one other Christmas page - in the past that has often been because I had an assignment.
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so, so sweet! I wish I could get my kids to visit santa. They've never been comfortable with the idea. Hmmmm... maybe that's something for me to document.
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Love this. SO inspiring. I'm now only 8 day behind, but checking in here daily gives me motivation to do even little bits at a time. What an adorable baby Anna is!
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Good tip. Why not leave them separate? Hmmmm.
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It looks amazing.....your bedroom looks like a catalog!!! Thanks for the inspiration.
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Loving your album. As always it is so cool. My favorite is always the Santa pics. I swear this is the coolest Santa I have ever seen. He actually looks like he could be Santa.
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such a beautiful moment. They will really treasure this when they are older. uh oh, better start making two of these things or who's getting it when eventually?
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