December Daily® 2022 | Story 24 + Story 25

And that's a wrap on my 2022  December Daily® project. 

I love embarking on this one + I love finishing it all up and moving on to the next project. I seriously had the best time working on my album this year in particular - I'm not sure what was different (life, my process, etc) but I enjoyed all of it. 

No matter when you end up telling your December stories I hope you enjoy the process. There isn't a right or wrong and it can come together in a million beautiful ways. 

Here's a look at how these last few stories came together: 

Here are additional images: 

I decided to use the pocket stockings I created for Prep Day this year to hold my 24th and 25th story which basically encompass Christmas Eve + Christmas Day. These stockings were so fun to create pre-December and I looked forward to using them to hold a story all month. 

For a title on top of the front of the stockings I used one of the chipboard circles from the Main Kit, a wreath from one of the  6x8 transparencies, puffy number stickers, a small stitch, and a tab sticker along the outside edge. I adhered this whole thing with foam adhesive squares.  

The stockings were made with vellum on the back in order to be able to see through to the contents. I added the chipboard 25 onto the middle stocking. 

To tell my stories I collected images I wanted to use to make tags and wrote up a story about our "eve" and our "day." Titles for those were made using the  red foam alphabet stickers. Each of these tags also has a photo on the back. 

These photos/journal blocks were sized to 2.75 inches x 6.5 inches. 

On the back of one of the photos I added pattern paper +  the joy glitter cardstock word + a small gold glitter star. 

I love how these tags turned out and how I was able to include a few different scenes from our celebration. 

All those tags are then tucked into the pockets of the stockings after adding ribbon + twine to the top.

I had two additional photo enlargements I wanted to add. The first was a photo of four of the five kids hanging out in the living room. On top of the photo I added the last of the felt 1/2 circle pockets and one of the 2x2 circles on top. 

I printed out my journaling on a transparency and then used the circle journal card to cut off the excess transparency. I stitched the transparency on top. 

My final story in my album this year is about hanging a sign over our fence to wish our new neighbors Merry Christmas. It's a story I shared on Instagram  here. 

I'll be back in a few days with a full walk-through of my completed project. Thank you so much for coming along on this journey + for sharing your own stories along the way. 

SUPPLIES

• December Daily® Main Kit (digital available)
• December Daily® 10x8 Santa Album
• Epson XP15000 Printer
• We R Memory Keepers Hole Punch
• Tiny Attacher
• Red Line Tape
• Corner Rounder
• Red + White Twine
• Glitter Cardstock Phrases
• Red Foam Alpha Stickers
• 6x8 Transparencies
• Corner Rounder

STOCKING SUPPLIES

• Patterned Paper from Main Kit + Add On Paper Pack (digital available)
• Patterned Vellum (don't forget that you could print patterns on vellum using digital designs from home too)
• Large Star Stencil
• Page Attacher Stickers 6x8
• Merry + Bright Stencil (digital available - learn how to make your own stencils here)
• Versamark Embossing Ink
• White Embossing Powder
• Texture Paste
• Black Acrylic Paint
• Washi Tape (Main Kit + red candy cane stripe (similar one to what I used))
• Sewing Machine
• Glitter Paper (shown but not used)
• We R Memory Keepers Hole Punch 
• Red Line Tape