December Daily® 2024 | Story 16
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Welcome to Story 16 in my 2024 December Daily® project.
Today I decided to document a little story about the Advent Calendar Evolution in our house. There are lots of ways I could approach this such as adding in past images of kids with Advent Calendars or taking a photo of where those used to sit in our dining area. What I decided to do is tell the story through the lens of Betty because hers was one of two Advent Calendars in our house for 2024. I also simply loved the process of writing out this story. Sometimes when I write I don't know how the writing will end - this one eded with a little pep talk to myself that was both needed and appreciated.
I love how this page came together. I love the full page photo + the longer journaling + the shaker page underneath. Might be my favorite so far this year.
I saved the "advent calendar evolution" as word art you can download and use in your own project. You'll find that download below.
Let's dive in to the process video so I can talk you through how this all came together:
Here are additional images of my project:
My two-page spread includes a full page photo of Betty + her Advent Calendar (got it from BarkBox) paired with a shaker page (using the back of Story 15) and printed journaling on top.
You can download the "advent calendar evolution" word art here.
I set up my title and journaling in Photoshop and then printed on photo paper (green background with white text). I used a 1 inch hole punch to punch partial homes out of the sides of my journaling to create homes for the letter B (for Betty) and 16 (for the story number).
The gingerbread transparency was stitched to the back of the previous story and before I finished up the stitching I added in a sequin mix from Diary Of Belle Rose on Etsy.
SO FUN.
I also rounded the corners of my journaling block because that's how I'm feeling lately.
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I really love this Ali. My first thoughts were this is a fun shaker - with the solid journaling piece and notched pieces. Then I read the journaling- here's to making magic and finding joy always!
Replies to Nolana
Thank you! I'm so glad I thought about a shaker when I started sewing - I love how it turned out.
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Love it! And you’ve totally got this!
Replies to Jeannew
Thank you for always being so supportive!
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I got my yellow lab Wilson an Advent calendar this year too (from Trader Joe's). I give him his treat before I leave for work in the morning and it just makes me smile every day. I treated myself to the December Daily Advent kit, and that is happiness too!
Replies to schwen
Love all that! And love the name Wilson.
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I love the picture of Betty! And, of course, the layout too. :)
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Thank you! Me too!
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OMG Stop! This is so cute! My Millie just had her 5th birthday and I did a story about it. And now I wish I could go back and totally copy this! LOL. Love your Betty girl. :-)
Replies to stagnaromel
I bet you can tell another one about her! Go Millie!
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That little DING at the end of the video brought joy and a smile to my face this December morning! Love it when one hits on the perfect solution and a page comes together. Thanks for sharing all that you do, and think: it definitely is magic travelling across the miles.
Replies to chiswickmum
Yay! I love that. I'm here for more DINGS!
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Love this so much Ali! I was just wondering if you had any advents for this year. Loved your words and encouragement, thank you!! Cheering you on in the home stretch!
Replies to dawnmi
Yes! Just two this time around!
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DING! LOL. Obsessed with this one.
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Love all this!!!
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I love your doubts, your process, your work and also your ability to decide, I’m the worst at that. Also thinking about having a dog, I think they spark joy, but it’s a very important decision, and how I said before I’m the worst deciding. I hope you will be ok. Merry Christmas Ali!
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Love this. My tween daughter picked out a makeup calendar this year. Feels like such a change after Playmobil, Lego and science experiment calendars. I’m going to miss the Playmobil ones.
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