December Daily 2010 | Day One
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WELCOME TO DECEMBER DAILY 2010.
Even with all the preparation leading up to today I still can't really believe we are underway again.
For the first page in this album, just like in 2009, I chose to write a bit about our Advent calendars. Simon and Anna were both super excited to find new Advent calendars on the table. This is one of the things I love seeing in my December Daily from year to year - the repetition of traditions.
With the addition of the cover page (free download offered yesterday - grab it here) I decided to include a new transparent page (the star page - you can see it in the before image at the bottom of this post - is still the first page in the album) using a silver script transparency from Hambly. The "1" on top of the transparency is from The Girl's Paperie.
Before printing the 6x8 photo page (2, 4x6 photos on a 6x8 canvas) I added a Christmas twill across the middle.
The second page features a piece of packaging I cut out from the Playmobil Advent Calendar
Using a sheet of cardstock that was twice as tall as the Playmobile packaging I created a "lift-up" page to include more room for journaling by folding it in half and adhering the Playmobile packaging to the front.
Here's what it looked like after I added my journaling.
I stitched around the inside to give a bit more of a "home" for the words and stamped a simple title using the Basic Uppercase letter stamps from Hero Arts. The little image of the Lego Advent Calendar was printed from Lego.com.
Here's a look at the before image:
All December Daily posts for 2010, 2009, 2008, and 2007 can be found here.
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Love your Day 1 - quick question - are the photos on the left side on the back of your new 'title page'? I have downloaded the title page and I am assuming that the back of that is the start of day one. I love the 'lift' idea for journaling. I had so much go on here yesterday that I needed more space and this is a perfect idea. Thanks again for such great inspiration.
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Yes - I adhered the large photo page to the new title page.
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I love the lift-up idea to add more to the page. I'm making a small book, at 4"x6" (something I already had on hand). There's not much room, but using this idea really opens it up for me! And it looks like an advent calendar. Happy!
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http://brown-eyed-blog.blogspot.com/2010/12/december-daily-01.html
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Wow! sorry about that last post....meant to say....
I'm so pleased about taking this journey again. I usually scrap our advent calendar but we've had such a strange start to our holiday season that I chose to scrap that instead. Check it out
http://brown-eyed-blog.blogspot.com/2010/12/december-daily-01.html
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Thank you for sharing the fact that December still seemed to sneak up on you, even with all the prep. I am feeling the same way here. But sticking to the idea of searching for one story/one image a day, and believing it will come.
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It looks lovely Ali. I can't wait to get back home and do more with my own daily. For now, it's take photos only.
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This is one of those times when a voice in my head screams 'GENIUS' - I openly refer to you as a 'genius' when I talk to my husband about your projects.
Thanks so much for sharing this - it's so cool.
P.S. not to worry about the 'voice in my head' - there's only one ;)
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Question for Ali (or anyone who has a suggestion or who knows the answer). I would really like to insert/adhere receipts to my album but was wondering how or if you do anything to yours to keep them from fading? With all of the stores using thermal paper now, a receipt fades away to almost blank within months.
Thank you!
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I'd scan & then make a print of your receipts - hopefully the ink jet won't fade as fast as thermal receipts!
Ditto for scanning and printing the receipts...a tip to make it look more real instead of the glaringly obvious - yep its a scanned copy - get a soft paper (I use onion skin or thin vellum) after printing, I rub it lightly with a scouring pad and softly crinkle the paper - looks cooler!
Scanning + printing is a great idea!
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Your mini is gorgeous! Isn't the best to watch the kids' excitement over Christmas fun :)
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Great First Day!!! I too had the Advent Calendar as my main theme for Day One. I'm trying it digi style this year...one simple page a day...one day down, 24 to go!
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[...] Have a lovely day, thanks for stopping by! Check out Ali’s day 1 album post here. [...]
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Hey Ali, toally loving your pages for Day 1!! I'm SO excited to be playing along this year ... finally! Can't wait to put the finishing touches on my album and get my Day 1 + Day 2 ready to share! Thanks for being SO inspiring :)
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I'm so excited we have begun! This is my first year. I was wondering if you would consider putting in a Mr. Linky when you post? That way when others complete their first page, they will be able to share it on the same page as the one(s) you feature. It would be easy to keep up with others and share our projects that way. Thanks so much for this world-wide event!
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I think that's a great idea - I will edit this post and add it in :). I will also include it as I post each day.
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Ha! Pretty funny.....my first page has to do with the LEGO Advent calendar too! AND....Trader Joe's chocolate Advent calendar :) We love our traditions around here too!
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My Day 1 was Advent as well (and the 1st snow of the year). I see why you posted the ideas for finding the time and keeping it simple. I am determined to do it, though. I may do a bit of catching up on the weekends, but I will be sure to take pics and journal each day.
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Looks lovely Ali!
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I did the link-y thing at the top of the comments. ;D So happy to be doing this again this year...and so happy with my decision to do it digitally again. ;D Thanks for the inspiration as always!
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ali, it's beautiful!
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I love the little manila tag you used for the 1. So cute!
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always love how you build your minis! I look forward you each page everyday! :)
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