Let the fun begin. I finished my December Daily foundation this past Sunday just in the "nick" of time...
I am so thrilled to be doing this project for many reasons:
a.) it is T's first Christmas and it must be fully documented for him to enjoy later in life
b.) it is fun, I know this because I started 2 years ago and never finished. I lacked inspiration because we only have my bonus kids every other week.
c. ummm...it's the MOST WONDERFUL TIME of the YEAR!!!
So here is my foundation. Super Super Simple with plenty room for stories, keepsakes, little pictures and big pictures. As you will see I did not get the super cool Studio Calico December Daily 2011 kit because yes you guessed it the same excuse that will be used until we fully pay off our adoption...we are on a super tight budget. So I used my imagination, inspiration from the fabulous Ali Edwards past and current December Daily (for those of you unfamiliar with this project it is the super brain child of this cool chick), leftover items I had from years past, saved items, vintage items and a few NEW things. The NEW things I purchased were some more baseball card and 5x7 protectors from Staples and some must haves from Banana Fish Studio.
Cover
Inspired by Ali's cover mine has a chipboard base with 25 cut out of Bazzil Cardstock Orange Peel and modge podge'd.
Day 1
Simple Baseball Card Protector cut down to 4 , the Capturing December Moments and the "25" are both from Ali
Day 2
Confetti pages turned Confetti pocket as inspired by Ali who was inspired by another. The Number 2 from a couple years ago by Little Yellow Bicycle.
Day 3:
The 3 is from Little Yellow Bicycle and the little green buttons were from American Crafts a few years back, I have no idea who the candy cane button is from.
Day 4
A shout out to Tim Holtz for the cool "believe" charm I think it's from his Idealogy line. The No. 4 and "magic" card are from Banana Fish Studio.
Day 5
The Craft Tag is a Medium one from Joann's the number 5 is a glitter sticker from American Crafts a few years ago the sewn star is all me. Once again, inspired by Ali.
Day 6
B is for Bailey :) with a little snow and a number 6 from Little Yellow Bicycle.
Day 7
The canvas star is something I made. They sell them, Ali used them and I had to have some... but again we are on a budget.
Day 8
Confetti pocket and Little Yellow Bicycle
Day 9
Snow ticket is from Banana fish Studio
Day 10
More Confetti (as you can see I loved this idea) and a fun little journaling circle from Little Yellow Bicycle.
Day 11
Day 12
Vintage buttons I had with red and white twine.
Day 13
Stars from my stash...
Day 14
G is for Gavin, M is for Madison and T is for Tripp...a spread about the littles.
Day 15
Day 16
Day 17
Day 18
Day 19
Day 20
Day 21
A is for Aaron, J is for Jessica, T is for Tripp --this is a day we don't have my bonus kids :( so I was thinking of doing something about us 3 now.
Day 22
The star was attached to my Converse "One Star" kicks I got this past fall, I saved it for a later use...I found it's later use.
Day 23
T is for Tripp...bet you can't guess what will fill the pages this day.
Day 24
Littel Yellow Bicycle Card and one of my hand crafted star pained gold with Tulip Fabric Paint
Day 25
So that is it...like I said super simple. I plan to fill those pockets and use an overlay on a large photo daily from Ali Edwards for Designer Digitals a couple years back. These will be slid into the 5x7 page protector which is behind each day.
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