December Daily 2009 : Days Four, Five, & Six

Hi Ali,
I noticed that you embellished the back of the red Paper Source envelope that holds the two Christmas letters. It's beautiful. What did you use?
Thanks in advance!

Ooooh, never thought of that.
Wait, you say dpi but I can only select ppi in photoshop.
I got some prints back today from a local shop. I at least know that I saved the pics correctly as the overlays show up. But I'm going to have them reprinted larger because the text is a bit small where I journaled.

Hi Ali,
I am loving your album and am so inspired for my own. Anna is such a cutie. My girl is about 2 months older than her...This is my first year creating a DD and am really enjoying the process. I did Dec. 1 and 2 over the week-end and got started on 3. So I am a bit behind but working on catching up. I am thinking I need to try to make more notes since I have fallen further behind than had hoped to be at this point.

Just love your full page photos! I believe your beautiful little ones can sell anything! It has convinced this frugal, penny pinching scrapper to pop for the $4.99 enlargements for several pages. The effect is so very worth it! Thanks for the inspiration again & again!

I don't print my photos at home either, so my pages are slow to come together. Plus it's been cold and snowy so I haven't been able to pick up the photos I've already ordered! Ugh. Tomorrow, tomorrow...

I always love the pictures of Simon and Anna because he just seems to love her so much and she him. I'm doing my December Daily be still moving slow. Too much to do this month.

Hi Ali! Love seeing your December Daily come together! Always inspiring!
Quick question: Where did you get Anna's cure little knit hat?

So inspirational!!! Great pictures, so real and great design! I'm constantly checking your blog!

Hi Michele - it's from the Gap :)

Hey Kim - I used some clear ultra thick embossing enamel (UTEE) and heat embossed a Tim Holtz stamp :).

Ali, where did you get Anna's adorable hat?
Thanks, Claudine

I spent today getting caught up with my weekend photos. But I am curious of what you put on the back of day two.

Ali, love how your album is coming. I am journaling each day and about to print photos this week for the first week and add in. Am so excited about how this will look when done. I do have a question about your december overlays (sorry if you are sick of these questions :) I bought them last year and have not been able to get them to work. I have Photoshop Elements 4. I have opened my photo, then opened the overlay I want. When I go to put the overlay over photo it only shows the gray-shaded overlay. My photo goes back to the bottom of the window. When I click on the photo the overlay disappears. Is there a reason I can't get the overlay on top of the photo? It seems to either be one or the other but they will not "merge". Hope you can help. If not I will just print them and journal on them. Love the look of them!
Keep inspiring me with your great DD album pages!

Love how your album is coming along, Ali. No, I didn't get caught up over the weekend. I thought I would, but it didn't happen. This morning I woke to the most beautiful snow, and instead of taking a photo of it, I waiting, only to see it melt by noon. Darn, I missed it. I guess I'll learn. Hoping to catch up tomorrow. I will try to post on Flicker tomorrow as well. Gotta run and finish my Christmas cards to mail tomorrow.

That little Anna sure does turn on the charm for mama's photo shoots. What a little dolly. And what a blessing she is for all of you.

I had a similar thought the other day ... thinking my photos were "boring" in comparison to the ones I see on this blog. But then I realized that what makes Ali's photos so appealing to me is that they are new to me - new people, new rooms, new situations. Of course, nothing in my own photos is new to me, as it's my life! So maybe my photos might be just as exciting to look at later, or to pass on to loved ones who are not experiencing this right here, right now with me. That really helped.

I keep relooking at that cute pic of Anna in the hat. What a great pic. The cute little reindeer book in hand. And the priceless pic of the two kids. Wow.
Thanks so much for sharing.

I just have to say that you have the most precious children. Your daughter is a mini-you ... and the cutest little thing!! Have the happiest of holidays!

There are no photos in my album yet, but I've got post-it notes in place to remind me what we did that day and what photo I want to go there. Its a great start for me. Also I liked how you didn't include a photo on the 5th. Sometimes the camera just isn't available or we are too busy to capture it all. Thanks for sharing with us.

I got caught up yesterday--yeah!
http://beckyscreativespace.blogspot.com/2009/12/updated-mini-album-dec-1st-6th.html
I love your idea of using magazine pages on the back...I've got that issue of Martha Stewart Living and it has some beautiful pictures. Thanks for the idea!