Welcome and December Album 2015 Sneak Peek!!!!!
Hi there and welcome to our new home right here! I’m so excited to be starting in a fresh place and I hope you enjoy the new look.
All my previous posts are still available at blogher.com, and can be found here. Feel free to browse around at my previous December albums and Project Life layouts! Also in the future I will be uploading my December albums from previous years into the gallery here.
I have been working almost obsessively (ok, really obsessively!) on my foundation pages for December Daily. This is a yearly tradition that I follow to document our December memories, a tradition created and inspired by Ali Edwards. I have been doing this project for about seven years now, and the albums I have created definitely rank as favorites in our house.
A big part of this project involves assembling and completing the foundation pages in advance, so that during the month of December you only have to add photos and journaling. This year my album was created using a set of subway numbers I found at a local shop.
The size of these subway numbers presented a few challenges in creating this album. Their size was awkward: 5 1/2″ wide by 5″ tall. Certainly not typical scrapbook sizes! I will share more on that journey later, but suffice to say this is actually my second album I’ve created and the first one did not work out (not to worry, it is being re-purposed and will be another project I will post for you soon!). But at any rate, I decided in the end that these numbers could be cut down to fit in ordinary pocket pages and so be it.
I’m so happy with how these foundation pages turned out and cannot wait for December to get here already! I completely love the kits and products I have chosen. The album itself is from Simple Stories. I am working on the video that shows how I treated that album to create what you see in these photos!
The products and kits I have chosen to use (mostly!) are as follows:
Ali Edwards December Daily Main Kit
One Little Bird December Daily Mini Kit by Peppermint Jones
Simple Stories Teal Chevron Burlap 6×8 Snap! Album
October Afternoon Under the Tree Collection
I hope you have enjoyed these sneak peeks into my December album as it is right now. Stay tuned for so much more fun to come – videos, how-to’s, and of course photos that I hope will inspire you to create your own! As always, please feel free to share your own December album in the Comments section. And I hope you will Subscribe via the button below so you can follow along in my creative journey.
See you soon!
~Theresa
October 15, 2015 @ 7:25 pm
Theresa, I totally love what you’ve done with and in your DD album, and that you’ve shared it with us here! I’ll be back to see more of the lovliness! Thanks! Peggy
October 15, 2015 @ 7:50 pm
Thank you so much for checking it out and commenting!
~Theresa
October 15, 2015 @ 7:25 pm
Theresa, I totally love what you’ve done with and in your DD album, and that you’ve shared it with us here! I’ll be back to see more of the lovliness! Thanks! Peggy
October 15, 2015 @ 7:50 pm
Thank you so much for checking it out and commenting!
~Theresa
October 15, 2015 @ 8:51 pm
I love it all 🙂 Nice job, I especially like your cover!
October 15, 2015 @ 9:19 pm
Thank you so much! I appreciate the feedback!
~Theresa
October 15, 2015 @ 8:51 pm
I love it all 🙂 Nice job, I especially like your cover!
October 15, 2015 @ 9:19 pm
Thank you so much! I appreciate the feedback!
~Theresa
October 15, 2015 @ 9:28 pm
Looking forward to see the video, that cover is beautiful!!
October 15, 2015 @ 10:20 pm
Thank you so much! I hope to post that in the next few days!
~Theresa
October 15, 2015 @ 9:28 pm
Looking forward to see the video, that cover is beautiful!!
October 15, 2015 @ 10:20 pm
Thank you so much! I hope to post that in the next few days!
~Theresa
October 16, 2015 @ 4:44 am
Love this! So do you take photos that you know that will fit into the pre-made pages..that is what always trips me up
October 16, 2015 @ 12:28 pm
Oh I wish I had an easy answer on that question! I think it is always more important to capture the memories in your photographs and don’t worry about what the planned layout is – but when you take your photos make several options for yourself in terms of composition. Also, alternating styles of pocket pages will help so you have different options for each day!
Thanks so much for commenting!
~Theresa
October 16, 2015 @ 4:44 am
Love this! So do you take photos that you know that will fit into the pre-made pages..that is what always trips me up
October 16, 2015 @ 12:28 pm
Oh I wish I had an easy answer on that question! I think it is always more important to capture the memories in your photographs and don’t worry about what the planned layout is – but when you take your photos make several options for yourself in terms of composition. Also, alternating styles of pocket pages will help so you have different options for each day!
Thanks so much for commenting!
~Theresa
October 16, 2015 @ 10:03 am
Theresa, your DD album is beautiful!! Love what you’ve done with the cover!!
October 16, 2015 @ 12:25 pm
Thanks so much for commenting!
~Theresa
October 16, 2015 @ 10:14 am
JanBaileyThank-you for sharing and I thought the cover was beautiful also and look forward to the video!!
October 16, 2015 @ 12:24 pm
Thank you so much!
~Theresa
October 16, 2015 @ 10:14 am
JanBaileyThank-you for sharing and I thought the cover was beautiful also and look forward to the video!!
October 16, 2015 @ 12:24 pm
Thank you so much!
~Theresa