December Daily | Joy

 Just like that December is here!  I was so excited to get started on my December Daily album.  It was one of my favorite projects last year (see all my pages from 2012 here) and I can't wait to try it again.
I'm actually doing a smaller version this year, 6x8 instead of 8x8.

And while I was pretty happy with my photos last year, Ali Edward's post about putting more effort into photos is a good reminder.  I have an iphone 5 now so I will have to really work to get my my big camera out.  The iphone is just so good and so easy!

I will definitely be trying to work on this everyday and play along with Ali Edwards.  It is a great motivator for me.  I started Day in the Life with her this year and while I have kept up with taking photos, making album pages has sort of fallen by the way side lately. 

 Like my front page last year I used a transparency again, this time old Hambly.  I hand stitched the gold thickers on and glued down the ribbon strips. 

I printed out this photo as a full size 8.5x11 print (I print at home, which works out well for me, especially with a daily project like this one, and makes getting enlargements cheaper).  I used a page protector as a guide to cut it down and add the holes to the side.  

 The wood veneers are part of this year's holiday collection from Elle's Studio.

I love this gold dot vellum paper from dear Lizzy.  I did like the overlapping circle look of the Crate Paper version, but I have a hard time getting my hands on that paper so I mimicked the look with some hand cut circles. 

 I used some patterned paper from Crate's 2012 holiday collection.  The wood veneer is a Studio Calico holiday card and will hold some of our holiday intentions.  Still working on that list.

I am going to add a page using a December 1st photo today and also add in Diwali photos/moments as well.  Here is another quick look at my cover.  If you like the design, the free cut file is available here on my blog.