With the long holiday weekend, I finished the foundation to my December album. Now that the album is set, I can't wait to get started on filling it up! This year, I'm following Shimelle's Journal Your Christmas class, with Ali's December Daily added in, too!
This will be my third December album and I learned a lot about the process and my personal preferences from my last two albums. Some key things for me this year...
cohesive color scheme = trying to go for a color scheme and style that makes the album come together despite having so many different supplies.
unified page shape = the last two years were an assortment of shapes/ sizes/ edges. It was fun in a way, but I'm ready to try something different.
journaling= larger journaling cards so there's plenty of room for words.
flexibility = everything is only lightly adhered at this point, so I can still move items.
room to grow= I'm using temporary jump rings so I can still add full-page photos and other items all the way to the edges. The Zutter binder rings won't be added until December is over.
more pages= the biggest change for me this year is that I've got pages set up through the 31st. With the JYC prompts, I want to be ready to keep going after Christmas in case I'm still inspired.
Here are the foundation pages for the first half of my album. I'm excited to share the second half with you tomorrow...
cover: acrylic cover (Zutter), reindeer paper (Basic Grey), calendar (Jenni Bowlin), journaling tab (Creative Imaginations), border sticker (The Girls' Paperie), alphabet (Basic Grey), 2010 (October Afternoon)
day one: green patterned paper (Little Yellow Bicycle), journaling spot (Making Memories), 1 (Making Memories)
day two: cream patterned paper (My Mind's Eye), snowflake paper (Making Memories), journaling spot (Making Memories), 2 (Elle's Studio)
day three: brown hounds tooth paper (Making Memories), journaling spot (Creative Imaginations), 3 (Elle's Studio)
day four: polka dot paper (Making Memories), journaling tag (liv.e designs for jessicasprague.com), 4 (Making Memories)
day five: sheet music paper (Little Yellow Bicycle), journaling spot (Making Memories), 5 (Creative Imaginations)
day six: snowflake paper (Making Memories), date overlay (Ali Edwards for designerdigitals.com)
day seven: reindeer paper (My Mind's Eye), journaling tag (Katie Pertiet for designerdigitals.com)
day eight: green patterned paper (Making Memories), journaling spot (Creative Imaginations), 8 (Elle's Studio)
day nine: reindeer paper (Basic Grey), journaling spot (Autumn Leaves), 9 (Creative Imaginations)
day ten: green patterned paper (October Afternoon), journaling tag (liv.e designs for jessicasprague.com), 10 (Basic Grey)
day eleven: green patterned paper (Making Memories), journaling spot (Making Memories), 11 (Jenni Bowlin)
day twelve: polka dot paper (Making Memories), journaling spot (Creative Imaginations), 12 (Elle's Studio)
day thirteen: sheet music paper (Little Yellow Bicycle), journaling spot (Making Memories), 13 (Making Memories)
day fourteen: reindeer paper (My Mind's Eye), journaling spot (Making Memories), 14 (Elle's Studio)
day fifteen: green patterned paper (Little Yellow Bicycle), date overlay (Ali Edwards for designerdigitals.com)
Just two more days until we get started!! Are you making a December album? Please share links if you are; I'd love to check them out!
I'll be back tomorrow with the second half of my December album :)
