December Daily 2011 details

November 30th. I'm glad that I was able to finish it all and organize before December first. Can't believe that tomorrow my DD gets it's first recording. Very excited! I love that my kids like to be involved and they even offered to journal everyday in their notebooks just i case mom will miss a day.

So, for my DD cover I wanted it to be light and simple. I cut out title with Silhouette and used negative part of it for a cover with a word paper underneath. Very simple, just the way I thought I wanted:

But then, I wasn't sure if I will be inspired to work with it throughout the whole month, and decided to make one more cover, just in case I like the other one a little better. It seems like a tradition now to make two covers each year.

For my second cover I still tried to keep it light (last two albums from previous years were burgundy), but with a little more details this time:

I added some stitching and had to add some rhinestones (because my little helper had them glued all over the table):

Added some ribbon and roses:

It was the skinniest ribbon I ever made roses from. It wasn't exactly the color I wanted but it kinda worked:

And this is what my DD has inside:

I keep a box with extra patterned paper and daily numbers to include when needed. I didn't want to number my pages now, because you know me - I need a freedom to choose and change things around as I go.

Here is one of the diecut pages glued onto the transparency:

And a gold transparency by Hambly:

Ok. I always wanted to see how a 4x6 December Daily would look like and that's why I made another little book. I did have a special person in mind who could use it, so if she reads this and decides she want to give it a try - it's all hers.

Here is the what it looks like:

I didn't punch holes in it because she has the cutest little hole puncher. I saw it.

One picture a day, which is glued to the back of a patterned paper from a previous day. Add a journaling tag and a day number and it's done. Here is an example of how it can be used:

Or if you have more than one picture for that day - make a photo collage:

I wanted to see how big this little DD will look at the end, so I grabbed random 25 pictures and stacked them underneath:

It will be a little thicker if you use all of the tags, that I premade for this book:

That is it for today. Hope all of you have your camera batteries charged and ready to go. My biggest goal is to write something down few times a day, so I don't have to spend any extra time when assembling a page together. And my wish is to actually work on my December Daily during December, when it's all fresh and I'm still in the Holiday mood (not January or even later).

Great DD post by Ali Edwards as she looks back on her albums from previous years here: http://aliedwards.com/2011/11/december-daily-2011-25-ideas-and-story-inspirations.html

Enjoy your last day of November and have the best December ever!