First up the book itself! This is going to be VERY image heavy, but I hope that you all will think it's worth it and enjoy it. :)
Now that you have seen my book, I'm going to give you my tips and tricks that I used. Take what you want, and leave what you don't. :)
- I started to put the book together ahead of time. I made the pages, covered them with paper, and added some embellishments. Not many, but a couple.
- To make the pages, I used chipboard, and cut them down to size. I wasn't concerned about other page edges going through.
- I used the Christmas paper and embellishments that I had on hand. There are at least 3 lines of paper in there and many, many different brands of embellishments.
- One thing that I did not do, that Ali did, is that I did not work on this each day. I did not have my book completed at the end of December. I was ok with that! I took pictures throughout the holiday season, and blogged them with a bit of journaling. The days that I did not have pictures, I added in Christmas memories, etc. It is fine if every page does not have a picture or journaling. This book is for you, there are no rules.
- If I remember right, I didn't actually finish my book until March, 2009, lol. But you know what, I was ok with that! I did it on my own time, and loved how it turned out in the end.
- On some days, I had lots more pictures that I wanted to share. What I did was punch holes in them using the Crop a Dial and ran ribbon through the holes, and tied it in loose knots, so that I could still flip through the pictures. I adhered the back picture to my book.
- The most important thing about this book is to do it how you want. Do whatever you want! There is no right or wrong with it.
I hope this post encourages others to try out the December Daily. It is a wonderful way to capturing those Christmas memories. If any of you have questions about how I did mine, fire away!
