Good Morning! This has been my first year to do a December Daily and I am wondering why I waited so long! The concept is amazing and I have been enjoying keeping my camera close at hand to capture the little moments of this holiday season as we get closer and closer to Christmas! Teaming up with Maya Road has been fantastic. Their wonderful embellishments make the perfect partner for the 25 Days of Christmas Collection from Simple Stories.
Knowing how busy I would be in December, I preplanned my whole book, making it super easy to just add in my photo and embellishments. I started out with this wonderful 3-Ring Square Round Tab Book from Maya Road:
To make my December Daily, I combined two of these minibooks and exchanged the smaller rings for larger ones that would handle all my pages. That allowed me to have one page for every day and a few extra pages at the end to showcase more photos from Christmas Day. It worked out perfect!
For my cover, I covered one of the ATC Coasters with paper to add dimension and give me a safe place for my Crystal Star Trinket Pins. Chipboard is the perfect solution to safequard against those sharp points of the pins.
Then I went ahead and got all the inside pages ready for my photos! I covered the outside edges of each page with random prints from the 25 Days of Christmas Collection. Then, I punched out 2 different sized circles and layered them with these wonderful Wood Bingo Calendar Numbers from Maya Road:
At this point every page was ready to add a picture, journaling and embellishments! The wonderful sticker sheets, alphabet sheets, and paper designs made this final step so easy!
Inside the front cover:
Memory 1 - The one thing I love about the December Daily is that there are no rules. You can create a custom memory book full of whatever you want to document. That means, if you have 3 memories from one day and nothing special from another day, you can still make your book work. It my mind, it is going to hold 25 special memories of this Christmas season, not necessarily one from each day of the month!
We celebrated our 25th Wedding Anniversary this year and it is definitely a memory that I want to include in my December Daily even though it was on November 29th. So, that is my first memory. That tag actually slips behind the photo so all that you can see is the handle of the tag. I am going to use these tags randomly through my book to add in an extra photo, some journaling or even a special memento from that day. They are created by using one of the Kraft Mini Tickets from Maya Road as the handle of the tag. I have added a small embellishment to the top with a small flower punch and Trinket Buttons.
What you see here is a photo of the envelope my daughter gave us with a dinner gift certificate inside. The other side of the tag contains some private journaling.
Memory 2 - Putting our Christmas lights on the house has always been a job for the guys in the family. This year, all three of the boys worked together - with a little help from Cooper!
Memory 3 - All the Christmas Decoration boxes stacked up and ready!
Memory 4 - We spent the day at Luke's first real school competition. The First Lego League Competition was so fun to watch and Luke was thrilled to be part of it!
Memory 5 - We spent the evening decorating the tree, sipping hot cider, listening to Christmas Carols, and just hanging out together. The Christmas tree is set on a timer and I love how it greats me each and every morning when I wake up!
Once in awhile, I end up with a photo that I just love...that is what happened this year while we were decorating the tree. I added it to my tag along with some journaling on the back side.
Memory 6 - Ahh...the kids under the tree photo as soon as the decorations are done. It is definitely getting easier to take this photo as the kids get older, but I think I would take the chaotic days of trying to get 7 kids to smile all at once!
Memory 7 - My closet is Santa's hiding place for all the gifts collected through the year. By December is is packed so full that I can barely get to my clothes! My shoes have been displaced and now reside in my husband's closet!
Memory 8-10 - These memories are in the making and I will share them with you next week during my second installment! Be sure to follow along all month as we share our journeys using Simple Stories 25 Days of Christmas and Maya Road goodies! For details on how you can win a great prize - see the introduction post!
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Gorgeous mini. Thanks for sharing truly inspirational..:)
Posted by: Nicolle Kramer | December 06, 2011 at 04:05 AM
Absolutely gorgeous mini!!!! I love it!!!! T4S
Posted by: Lindy | December 06, 2011 at 06:12 AM
what a stunning mini album..love the colour theme!
Posted by: Heaney | December 06, 2011 at 06:34 AM
LOVE this mini album!!!
Posted by: Marilyn Nimmo | December 06, 2011 at 07:20 AM
can't go wrong with this collection! What a beautiful album...looking forward to seeing the rest next week.
Posted by: Wendy W | December 06, 2011 at 07:23 AM
I think mini books are my all time favorite and Christmas is my favorite holiday. So, what can I say, but LOVE,LOVE,LOVE it!
Posted by: Krystal H | December 06, 2011 at 07:49 AM
super adorable album!!! totally lovin the bingo chips :D
Posted by: Shauna | December 06, 2011 at 07:53 AM
Oh so cute. I love the idea with the stick pins and the wooden numbers on the tabs. Perfect use!
Posted by: lynne moore | December 06, 2011 at 08:57 AM
Awesome!!! Loving the bingo numbers - looks like they are the perfect size for that spot!
Posted by: Carol | December 06, 2011 at 08:59 AM
Love the wood bingo numbers on the tabs!
Posted by: Melinda T | December 06, 2011 at 09:06 AM
I love the way you used the bingo numbers to label your days. A lot of inspiration in this book; thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Linda Gothard | December 06, 2011 at 09:07 AM
Beautiful! I just LOVE those Bingo numbers! You are SO creative! Thank you so much for the inspiration :-)
Posted by: Kerys | December 06, 2011 at 09:08 AM
love this idea
Posted by: Gina | December 06, 2011 at 09:09 AM
I love all the great ideas for a mini memory book - I have several of these albums in my stash and you haven given me inspiration to make my own holiday book.
Posted by: Belinda | December 06, 2011 at 09:23 AM
What a great mini album...great inspiration. Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Cheryl | December 06, 2011 at 09:45 AM
Oh this mini album is precious. The line goes so well with those mini wooden numbers!
thanks again for the inspiration!
Posted by: Sharon Jaeger | December 06, 2011 at 09:55 AM
Kim, you are the MASTER queen of album creation! I so love this!
Posted by: Kathy P | December 06, 2011 at 10:32 AM
wonderful mini album. thank you for sharing. rush88888 at gmail dot com
Posted by: rush | December 06, 2011 at 10:36 AM
I absolutely loooove this mini album!
Posted by: Romy | December 06, 2011 at 11:13 AM
Love the mini books...these are becoming more and more popular and i think its time I start one too!
Posted by: Erika B | December 06, 2011 at 11:34 AM
Oh, you did an amazing job! Loved all the elements and details, and especially the photos!! Would love to get these products and make one for my family too! Thank you for all your wonderful inspiration!
jordanbev5@yahoo.com
Posted by: Beverly Jordan | December 06, 2011 at 11:35 AM
What a great ideas, and the paper collection is awesome. I love how you used the wooden bingo numbers, clever.
Posted by: Carol | December 06, 2011 at 11:47 AM
love the wooden numbers on there - would never have thought of that!
Posted by: Andrea G | December 06, 2011 at 01:15 PM
Thanks for sharing!. It´s a gorgeous mini!.
Love it!
Posted by: Tesa | December 06, 2011 at 01:52 PM
Very lovely, looking forward to seeing the rest.
Posted by: Geraldine | December 06, 2011 at 01:53 PM
absolutely love what you did with the bingo numbers.
Posted by: Lisa P | December 06, 2011 at 02:22 PM
This mini dd is outstanding! I love all the heart and soul you put into it and so cool to start with your 25th anniversary. i had to laugh about getting 7 kids to all smile, i only have 2 and cant seem to get them coordinated together by the tree!
Posted by: sandra m. | December 06, 2011 at 02:23 PM
WOW! Awesome projects today!! SO much inspiration!! Love everything!!
Posted by: Anna Petitt | December 06, 2011 at 03:46 PM
I love your album already. I like how you are doing it.
Posted by: Deb J | December 06, 2011 at 04:03 PM
this is so cool. I, too, am tackling this project for the very first time. So fun to see things unfold!
Posted by: Lucie Hale | December 06, 2011 at 04:06 PM
So pretty - thanks for sharing :) Especially like the bingo pieces on the tabs.
Posted by: Leisa | December 06, 2011 at 04:24 PM
great album! love how you combined the Maya Road products with the SS. Inspiring!
Posted by: Lynn Darda | December 06, 2011 at 04:25 PM
This album is gorgeous! You used the Simple Stories and Maya Road products beautifully - such a great way to record these precious holiday memories.
Posted by: Cynthia B. | December 06, 2011 at 05:44 PM
Very retro and old fashioned-ish! Love all the traditional colors! I can't wait to see what's next! rgauss at sbcglobal dot net.
Posted by: Ruth G | December 06, 2011 at 06:07 PM
Beautiful photos - will be fun to see more days of your mini.
Posted by: Judy SG | December 06, 2011 at 07:27 PM
I love this mini book. The wooden numbers really add to it and of course the paper is fantastic!
Posted by: Pat M | December 06, 2011 at 08:20 PM
Lovely, lovely album ideas. Thanks for the inspiration.
Posted by: Lynette C | December 06, 2011 at 10:05 PM
Kim I am loving what you are doing with your December Daily! Looking forward to seeing more next week! (So glad you guys are teemed up with Maya Road)!
Posted by: Lauralee Lien | December 06, 2011 at 11:18 PM
Oh, wow! What a gorgeous book - LOVE it!
Posted by: Cheri Howard | December 07, 2011 at 12:19 AM
Love this!!! Everything about it is so wonderful from the tags with photos on them to the bingo chips.
Posted by: Julie E | December 07, 2011 at 02:53 AM
Super cute mini!!!! Love this papers collections!! Thanks for sharing and for the inspiration!!! Hugs... Maggy :)
Posted by: MaggyTronche | December 07, 2011 at 05:43 AM
LOVE LOVE LOVE how the bingo numbers were used. They look adorable on this project!!!
Posted by: Dawn Johnson | December 07, 2011 at 11:17 AM
Loved looking at what you have created thus far-look forward to seeing the rest. It is mostly Simple Scrapbook product for my Dec. Daily.
Leslee
Posted by: Leslee | December 07, 2011 at 02:10 PM
Ooooh love the rustic look of your mini, fabulous! Those wooden bingo numbers are giving me flashbacks to my childhood, how FUN! Well done, TFS!!!
Posted by: Donna Phelan | December 08, 2011 at 04:27 AM
Such a wonderful album! Love the papers and embellies! Thanks for the inspiratioN!
Posted by: Jean Marmo | December 08, 2011 at 05:13 AM
Great album! Love the numbered tabs & all the little details :)
Posted by: Olivia | December 08, 2011 at 02:43 PM
OMG!! I LOVE the way you added the #tiles to the tabs of the mini!! What a GREAT way to use them!! ALso I LOVE all of the little details and your sticker titles!! THANKS for sharing it it AWESOME and for the chance to win!! Have a FABULOUS WEEK!! =)
Posted by: Larissa Heskett | December 08, 2011 at 04:51 PM
I really like the Bingo tabs. Great idea. Beautiful line.
Posted by: Denise | December 10, 2011 at 05:44 PM
Absolutly great blog...so many great ideas and beautiful works. Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Tini A. | December 12, 2011 at 10:38 AM
LOVE this album!!! Truly wonderful and inspirational, thanks so much for sharing your creative work.
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