December Daily 2010 | Day Sixteen

oh, you make me wish i had taken a photo of my cards before i sent them out. i love making and writing christmas cards but i didn't even think to take a photo of the stack of envelopes, stuffed and ready to go! sigh! i'll put it on my dd list for next year. thanks for the daily inspiration and for the little peeks into your family. i love that your mom writes notes to simon and anna. my mom does it too and i have always loved that about her.
kelly

I'm trying to figure out how the acrylic star is attached/hinged.

I love following you every day, but especially during the Christmas season.

Thank you for all your inspiration. And love your kids!

Where did you find the wonderful little meter and Believe from Macy's. I have a photo of the meter from the store, and would love to add the image.

hi ali! was wondering if/what you will do with the extra ephemera from this year. i loved the canvas pockets you used last year-mine are stuffed full of christmas pagent programs, favorite cards, small pieces of the kids artwork. etc. i have an extra canvas one from last year that i was thinking about trimming down, but not sure if the grommets will line up or not.

beautiful pages as always. i keep going back and looking at day 15. so beautiful and it was a good reminder that i wanted to write letters to the boys again this year. when my four yo and i were looking at last years album, having the letter read to him was his favorite part.

have a lovely weekend!
beth

i'm quite envious of the people that receive your christmas card this year - it would make an excellent cover to a december daily :)

also, i love that you included the leftover part from the stamps. i would have never thought of that, but it's so neat.

Ali, I am loving your album so far. I love the little note your mom gave Simon. Your cards are fabulous. This is the first year in a long time that I didn't get a chance to make christmas cards.. so I will be giving away newyears cards instead. time is just flying by..way too fast.

I love your idea ... My girls draw all the time, and want put their sheets in my DD ... It's becoming a painting DD ;-)

My December Daily ritual has been to check out your blog and then I check out one of the blogs on the list and leave a comment. There are so many creative people out there. Lots and lots of inspiration.

I finally posted updates on my blog- day 3-16 LOL Whew! I love this project..but I do see what you mean about being ready to be done with it twds the end LOL I am however going to be glad that I do have this little keepsake. :)

I look forward to reading your blog everyday and seeing your pages. Thanks for inspiring us at this busy time of the year.

Love this page and it's not just because my birthday is on the 16th! Love the tags you included from your mom, what a wonderful idea.

Hey Ali,

Not December Daily related, but I'm curious if you're planning to do an update on your 2010 Project Life project? I bought this year's model on the Black Friday sale and I'm eager to get up and running with it in January. I'd love to see more inspiration from your album :)

Jill

I am admiring as usual! I allowed to put the link towards my blog. At the moment, half of my album is made paper but the rest is digi. As I work until 24/12, I do not have time to print everything and to cut in the evening. I it shall match the holidays. Then not to forget, I already make my pages digi. Thank you for everything!

Ali, I've loved following you and while I'm not up to date (usually 2-3 days behind on actually making the pages) I'm loving it. However, I'm just wondering how many years you think you will take this approach to documenting the holidays. This is my 1st year with the DD and I've already learned that next year I want a little more free form with my book. I don't think I'll put numbers on pages but will still make my book ahead of time. That way I can add and subtract and put numbers on pages that had Christmas activities on those days. Just wondering about your thoughts of how you will grow with the DD project.

Thanks!

Those handwritten notes from your mom are lovely! And priceless. Really cool to have that.

Ha... that is too funny. My Day 16 is about the Christmas cards we received and the ones we sent out :) I love those sweet notes from your mom to your children. Super sweet indeed.

Fun to see all the different books!

It's seems like LOTS of people are going back to sending cards. I would like to be among them, I think. But this year, it will have to be a "holiday" card instead of a "Christmas" card as I'm totally not prepared. I have been known in years past to send out a photo/letter in between Christmas and New Year's and I'm fine with that. :)

all up to date! yay!

i enjoyed getting your card this year ali ;) hope it becomes a tradition!! the pic is fabulous! hugs, merry christmas!