This weekend I finished the foundation pages for my December daily album. I decided this year to go with a red + kraft color scheme and picked a few unifying embellishments, like vintage santas and red Christmas trees.
I learned a few things from my 2008 album that I think helped improve this year's album:
- Knowing my taste, I simplified my color scheme.
- Last year I ran out of journaling space, so I tried to include some type of journaling card on nearly every page.
- My 4.5 by 9 inch album from last year ended up feeling too small, so I went with 8 by 8 inch this year.
- I didn't like the empty backs of the pages, so this year I used the backs. I decided to do 2-page spreads on days when I think there will be a lot of photos/journaling and 1-pagers on less busy days.
Here is the first half of my album; I'm excited to share the rest with you tomorrow...
I used an acrylic cover and placed the see-through sticker strip on the top of the cover; the 25 is adhered to the paper.
cover: acrylic cover (Zutter), wires (Zutter), numbers strip (My Little Yellow Bicycle), polka dot paper (Making Memories), border punch (Fiskars), 25 (Creative Imaginations)
day one: kraft patterned paper (Jillibean Soup), journaling spot (Creative Imaginations), 1 (My Little Yellow Bicycle)
day two: baseball card holders, red striped paper (Paper Company), circle accent (Making Memories), scalloped circle punch (Marvy Uchida), 2 (Creative Imaginations)
day three: red striped paper (Paper Company), joyful tag (Autumn Leaves), 3 (Making Memories)
day four: brown patterned paper (Jenni Bowlin), red striped paper (Paper Company), kraft paper (Paper Reflections), date overlay (Ali Edwards)
day five: red patterned paper (Jillibean Soup), music note paper (Making Memories), journaling spot (Making Memories), 5 (My Little Yellow Bicycle)
day six: patterned paper (Jillibean Soup), journaling spot (Creative Imaginations), label (Martha Stewart Crafts), border punch (Fiskars), 6 (Creative Imaginations)
day seven: kraft paper (Jillibean Soup), journaling spot (Creative Imaginations), tree (Making Memories), 7 (Making Memories)
day eight: red patterned paper (Jenni Bowlin), journaling spot (Junkitz), tab (Heidi Swapp), 8 (Making Memories)
day nine: brown patterned paper (Creative Imaginations), red patterned paper (Paper Company), journaling spot (Creative Imaginations), tree (Making Memories), bracket (Creative Imaginations), 9 playing card (Bazzill)
day ten: red paper (Paper Company), journaling spot (Creative Imaginations), tree (Making Memories), bracket (Stampendous), 10 (My Little Yellow Bicycle)
day eleven: file folder (Autumn Leaves), journaling spot (Creative Imaginations), 11 (My Little Yellow Bicycle)
day twelve: flocked red snowflake paper (Creative Imaginations), journaling spot (Creative Imaginations), border punch (Fiskars), 12 (Making Memories)
I can't wait to get started on filling in this album...good thing December is almost here! Are you making a December album? Please share links if you are; I'd love to check them out.
And please check back tomorrow for the second half of my December Daily :)
