December Daily 2009

Day 18 to 22

December Daily 2009

Days 13 to 17

Some more pages from my 2009 december daily. I have tried for the last hour to get this photo turned the right way. I am so over blogger right now !!!!!

You get the idea anyway.

December Daily 2009

Day 7 to 12

Here are some more pages of my 2009 December Daily.

December daily 2009

Today I have pages 1 to 6 of my 2009 December daily to share. I will continue to post the other pages this week. I am really happy to hear some of you are already making your 2010 December daily. Mine should be finished next week, if I can find my mojo!!!!

If you are still a bit lost of ideas in creating your album. Have a look at what some of the other Ali Edwards fans have put together. Warning...............there is 174 Links.

http://aliedwards.com/2010/11/december-daily-2010-are-your-foundation-pages-on-your-blog.html

Some of you are playing with the idea of using an old book. Some are keeping it simple and using a prepared album like this Making memories Album.

Another suggestion from a friend is Shimmelle Journal your Christmas. This is a online class including digital downloads for approx $35. The great thing about this class is once you participate you can do every other Journal your Christmas class at no extra cost.

What ever you do, Have FUN with it!

Cassie xoxo

Twelth Day of Christmas

Day Twelve

This is my December daily 2009. It is an album that documents the month of December leading up to Christmas. I love everything about this project. I love the memories captured, I love the photos, I love the stories, I love watching my kids pick it up and laugh at funny thing they did last Christmas. They are only young once so I want to treasure every second of it.

This year will be my fourth December daily. I treasure everyone of them and can't wait to share each with you over the up coming weeks. All four are inspired by the very famous Ail Edwards. She is the master of this project and I can't really do it justice so I will link you to her web site where she explains the entire process.

Creating a December daily

http://aliedwards.com/2008/10/creating-a-december-daily-album-part-one.html



Ali Edwards 2010 December daily

http://aliedwards.com/2010/10/december-daily-2010-creating-a-foundation.html



Two tutorials on album covers

http://aliedwards.com/2010/10/december-daily-2010-creating-a-foundation.html

http://aliedwards.com/2010/10/december-daily-2010-cover-option-one-step-by-step.html



I think this will be plenty of information to get you started.





My 2009 Album is a Donna Downey canvas album, given to me by a very beautiful friend Michelle. I have simply decorated it with felt, alphabet stickers and buttons. I love how simple the cover is. This project is not about learning fancy techniques or spending hours over you Christmas break putting pages together, it is a simple mix of photos and words to capture how magical Christmas can be. As Ali describes so well, one of the keys of success for this project is having the album structure completed in advance, so you can enjoy enjoy your Christmas break. It is not meant to be stressful. It is a fun was of documenting Christmas and celebrating along the way.


I hope this inspires you to have a go at this projest. I must admit I was a little intimidated by the work require at my first attempt in 2007. I had a 4 month old baby and 3 year old twins and my hubby had moved to sydney for work (two hours from home). But I am so glad I made the time, becuase every time I pick it up and read it my heart melts. I just LOVE it!!



I look forward to posting the pages from my 2009 December daily over the next week, and will reveal my 2010 album very soon.


Thanks everyone for following my 12 days of Christmas and for all the lovely feed back I have been given.



xoxo Cassie

Eleventh Day of Christmas

Day Eleven

Today I have a home decor project to share with you. I must admit this one dose take a while to do. I spent a rainy day last week making all of the flowers......I lost count how many, but their is a lot!!!

I used Confetti Cream cardstock (106558 $17.25 for 40 sheets A4) to make my flowers. You need approx 4 sheets of A4, if you want to use 12x12 pattern paper allow 3-4 sheets. The other essential item is a hot glue gun. You need this to make the flowers and attach them to the tree. My polystyrene Christmas tree, I bought from a cheap shop for $2. It is approx 10 inches tall.

Once I made my flowers they were sponged with soft suede ink (115657 $11.95), such a great colour for distressing. Then glued on to the tree.

Don't forget to visit tommorrow for my 12th day and final day. I have something very special to me, to share with you all!!!

xoxo Cassie

Tenth Day of Christmas

Day Ten

This is a fun project you can do with your Kids or Grand kids. My boys just love them, I think it particularly appeals to little boys sense of humour!!! They will give one to each child in their class as a Christmas gift. It was so much quicker that making cards and writing on each of them.

The bag topper is once again the Top Note Die (113463 $42.95). If you fold in long ways, it fits our Medium Cello Bags (102757 $8.50 for 50) and folded short way, it fits our Small Cellophane bags (103104 $7.50 for 50). I would recommend the small as you end up using a LOT of Choc Chips!!!

I have used the reindeer from Sparkly & Bright stamp set (121568 $31.95), he is stamped in Chocolate Chip (very appropriate I thought....LOL) and his nose coloured in with a real red Marker (100052 $5.75)
He fits nicely in the 1-3/8 circle punch (119860 $30.95) and the 1-3/4 Scalloped Circle punch (119854 $33.95)

The verse on the Back reads:-

I hear you have been naughty

So Listen.......here's the scoop!

Instead of getting coal this year,

You get Reindeer POOP!

Merry Christmas

Thanks for visiting,

xoxox Cassie