2011 December Daily

Thought I'd post a couple of updates of my Dec Daily today.

I haven't been doing it every day, but I've been collecting stuff for each day and as of now, I'm up to date. Last night I did three days at once - ie. stuck all the stuff in and wrote a few notes.

The whole blank page thing works for me - I'm not interested in designing much, just documenting. I'll do it this way next year too. I like it.

Full page photos are good - Ali's doing them a lot this year and she inspired me to do one too. Told ya the girl inspires me.

I still have a bit of journalling to write on that second page.

I'm not a fan of leaving blank spots, but it's the way of it this year.

We bought a new star for the tree - ours was second hand when we got it and we had it for about 15  years. It was time!

Sorry, some of the photos are a bit dark.

On the right is a blog post I wrote about the scrapping girls that inspire me. I just printed it out in green and pink (I'm all about the coloured writing this year) and stuck it in.

String (ribbon pics) on the coldest Dec day we've had in 100 years. Hello, it's summer over here. 19 degrees is below average winter weather for us.

Chopped up the free Coles magazine that you get in-store. I'm not a sweet tooth, but I loved the way they presented the things with ribbon and baker's twine (on the right of the second page).

Post it notes show where photos go. I haven't had a chance (or the will) to go back to the shops to get the photos developed - will do at a later time.

Mum, Sue and I did some crafting and we listened to 150 Christmas songs in 8 hours. Whoa baby.

Printed out a calendar and added bits and pieces to it. Like this idea. Will do it again.

 Ali suggested writing a letter to Santa this year and Pink Paislee had a downloadable page, so I decided to do it. Just a bitta fun. 

Actually wrote a two-parter because I forgot to tell him what I wanted in the first letter!

A spot for two photos to go on the left there again.

We ate dinner outside under our lights and I took a couple of shots. We didn't last too long - the mossies chased us inside.

We've since moved the lights inside, so we can enjoy them each night without the bugs...

I want those Adirondack chairs! I'll have the light blue one please. It's actually the Christmas card that Andrew got from work. Nice, hey?

That's all the pages I've taken photos of. Just wanted to give a general idea of what I've been doing. The book's almost full.

Okay, bye now, talk soon.

PS. I made that banner back in November and kept it to stick in the Dec Daily. Like how it looks.

PS. Numbers are Papertrey Ink number dies.

Crafting update - The string...

It's a really bad name, but I call it the string.

Maybe it should be the garland or the pretty thing, but the string? Not fab a name, is it?

Here's last year's string...

or strings...there are two really.

The string is actually ribbon strung between the dining room lights. 

From now on I'll call it the ribbon. 

Here is this year's ribbon. 

Some things are the same as last year and some things are new.

The biggest difference is I've made a lot of the strings longer. Just felt like it.

Usually I put a red tablecloth on, but I've kept the coloured one for the moment. Like it.

Cody's stocking is on the end there - it's purely for decoration. We don't do dog gifts. I bought him a ball thrower (hello, bought it for me) the other day out of necessity, not for a gift.

Pinwheels

A long string of flat shapes on one string hanging from the string...er, ribbon.

Chipboard stars covered with gold glitter (Sizzix Bigz die - Pinwheel is Sizzix Bigz too).

3D ornaments - eight trees folded and glued together. Glitter ended at the end. One of my favourites this year. It's the pink Sullivans punch. I walk by and spin them for fun.

A button wreath - can you see it? Got the idea from Martha Stewart on Pintrest. Hers was green. Red's the go for me.

More stars.

More 3D ornaments.

More flat ornaments.

Used My Mind's Eye 12 Days of Christmas collection a lot.

Oooh, there's the Vintage Ornament punch that I had to throw out...see it just there? It's cream and covered in clear glitter. Looks pretty. It's a collector's item now!

There's the button wreath. These photos were taken at a few different times. I only made one wreath.

And see those candy canes? They're fakes. Love them. Got 'em from Big W for $5 for a box of 12. Bought two boxes and put the other lot on our tree. Just stuck 'em in there.

So that's the ribbon update. 

I've got some ornaments on my desk that haven't been glittered yet, so I'll do them soon. Haven't been spending much time there recently...

Okay, bye now. Hope your Christmas season is travelling along nicely. 

:o)

Small Christmas tree at PC

I've done a craft tree for the last two years, but this year has been all about the decorations, so I decided to keep my tree simple this year.

It's little.

I found it at Spotlight for 5 dollars and decorated it with some decorations I already had as well as a few  new ones.

I also added the white fizz glitter. Last year's tree didn't have any glitter at all.

I plan to make another for Andrew (using decs I have already) for work. He likes having something on his desk.

Anyway, just wanted to show you!

Can see three of the Holiday Tags ornaments here. When doing smaller ornaments like these I use five layers rather than the standard eight.

A Holiday Tags ornament again.

Lots of fun things to make - rosettes, pinwheels, 3D ornaments.

Very cute.

Enjoy!

Started any Christmas crafting yet??

Close ups of the Christmas decorations at PC

Here they are! 

I didn't get all of them, but tried to get a variety. 

I was on a ladder while taking the photos!

Cottage Cutz die with white fizz glitter. 

Sizzix die - Ornament #2

Sizzix die - Ornaments #3 (there are two ornaments on the die)

Cottage Cutz die with Martha Stewart glitter

Sizzix die - Ornaments #3 (second of the two ornaments)

It looks a little squished unfortunately.

Spellbinders Holiday Tags

Sullivans blue Bauble punch.

Sizzix die - Ornament, Round 3D.

This one comes in two parts and you slot them together. 

Rings made using Curvy Cutter - they're a little warped because I glued them. Should've taped them. Rats. 

Sullivans pink star in the middle. 

Curvy Cutter again. 

Jingle bells from Spotlight. 

Sullivans pink tree. 

Sizzix die - Clear scallop circle. 

Sizzix die - Ornament #2.

Felt from Spotlight. 

Spellbinders 2011 Heirloom Ornaments

While I was over there I found these too...

Spellbinders 2010 Heirloom Ornaments. 

I've made one decoration with it so far. Want to do more, particularly the biggest one.

Oh yes, both the ornament sets and the Holiday Tags are limited edition sets according to the Spellbinders website, so if you want them, grab them.

Curvy Cutter Oval templates. 

Pink Star punch from Sullivans.

Pink Star punch from Sullivans. 

Cut acetate with it and put clear glitter on one side. Was going to glitter both sides, but it didn't need it. 

New Sizzix die - Flower #2. 

It's one of the new ones that comes with a matching embossing folder. Nice. 

Foam ball and shard glitter from Photo Continental. 

Blue Tree punch from Sullivans. 

Want to use the Pink Tree to make the same thing. 

Not sure what size circle this is. Doesn't matter - any size works. Bigger wreath, bigger circle. 

Sizzix die - Ornament #2. 

Small tree wreath - blue tree punch from Sullivans. 

Was trying to get a pick of the long one with all the shapes on it. 

There's also a long one there with just stars on it. 

Well, that's it for the decs. Hope you liked them and if you're in the area, check 'em out. There are lots of brands of dies at PC that you can use to do the same thing. It's all fun. 

Thought I'd finish with these two pics again - you can see that I just mixed and matched all the decs and had fun with it. 

Hope you do too!

I'm ready to start making some of my own now - looking forward to it!