I first heard about the concept of documenting each December through daily photos in a mini scrapbook album through Ali Edwards December Daily project. Even though I have been taking daily December photos since 2008, this is the first year that I actually have created an album around the photos.
My first December Daily album is a 6 x 6 mixed media album containing a combination of clear acrylic, chipboard and page protector pages. The image above shows the front cover, an acrylic page with a transparency layered over it. You can see below that the pages alternate randomly between page protectors, chipboard pages and clear acrylic sheets.
I used a tag on the inside cover. Part of the challenge of using clear acrylic pages is that you must plan both the front and back of each page, since the page is clear and the back of one page shows right through to the next.
Before starting each of the calendar pages, I added an introduction page. The image is of the Christmas wreath on our front door.
The page for December 1st shows the bus stop with a little layer snow that fell just in time for December to begin. The pages I've shown so far have been acrylic.
Back then, our cat Smokey was a new arrival and such a sweet tiny kitten. On this chipboard page for December 5th, Stephen is helping Merlin get to know Smokey. Aren't the cute??
Below is a double page spread with a page protector on the left and a chipboard page on the right. I've documented our every day life in December, not just Christmas-related activities. On the December 7th page, Evan celebrates his first Black Friday haul. On the right, I took photos at Parents' Day at the girls' dance class.
Decorating our home for Christmas is one of my favourite parts of the holiday season. I journaled digitally directly on some of the photos for this album. On the right, the kids visit with Santa and Mrs. Claus.
One of our traditions during the holidays is making Christmas cookies. The kids are increasingly taking over the design and creation of our culinary masterpieces.
Even though I included just one page for the days leading up to Christmas, I included more than one page for December 24th and 25th, which were quite rich with activities. And below is the back cover of the album, which displays our family Christmas photo from that Christmas. I hope you've enjoyed this little (belated) look at my December Daily project. Maybe it will give you some ideas for the 2013 Christmas season!
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